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Turning lemons into lemonade: Five ways to reset on customer management fundamentals in a post-pandemic world

Strategic Account Management Association

By Dave Duke, Co-Founder and CCO, MetaCX, and Joel Schaafsma, Research General Manager, SAMA. Once you’ve established which customers have the highest likelihood of strategic success, you need to structure your organization around the needs of the customer and create a customer-centric organization that drives co-created innovation.

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ALIGNING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL TEAM TO SOLVE A HEALTHCARE CUSTOMER’S LONG- STANDING PAIN POINT

Strategic Account Management Association

Pfizer is the winner of the 2021 SAMA Excellence Award for “Innovative Value Co-Creation.” This option led to the creation of a systematic, standardized workflow through education, while better allowing for timely assessments. By Emily Williams, Strategic Account Manager , Pfizer. How the project became a reality.

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30 Consulting Buzzwords that Work (and Don't Work) in Conversation

Hubspot Sales

Co-Creation” or “Enablement” Co-creation or enablement refers to when clients and consultants work together to identify problems and solutions. Ideation” Ideation refers to the ideation phase or brainstorming, where you create theoretical ideas to solve problems.

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The Sliding Scale of Sales Transformation

Mike Kunkle

As applicable, understanding of vendor and channel partners and how to most effectively build relationships and engage with them to uncover, manage, and win opportunities through the effective co-creation of solutions for customers. Value Creation. Or, you can just start to brainstorm forces. SFE FUNDAMENTALS.

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Implications for B2B Selling in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Mike Kunkle

[This article was originally published as part of the Sales Education Foundation 2018 Annual Magazine , co-authored with Robert M. Could AI have suggested/predicted the creation of the iPad? Peterson, Ph.D., Dean’s Distinguished Professor of Sales, Northern Illinois University Professional Sales Program ]. Creativity/Ideation.

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The Growth Hacking Playbook: Your Ultimate List of Growth Hack Resources

Hubspot Sales

In addition to serving as the co-founder of startups like Viximo and Boundless Learning -- which were both acquired -- he also worked in venture capital (VC) as an entrepreneur-in-residence. You can also follow his insights on the blog for Reforge , his growth program creation business. Source: Science Buddies.

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The 10 Best AI Tools for Small Businesses and How to Use Them

Hubspot Sales

Cut to 2024 , and I lean on ChatGPT to brainstorm use cases for products, concepts, or other ideas I’m writing about. I interviewed Appareify Co-Founder Nora Salama about the pros of AI in customer service. As a content manager, I often borrowed another department's design resource specifically for video content creation.