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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

Red Star Kim

Amongst the delegates were business development executives and managers with responsibility for between three and five clients as part of their firm’s Key Client Programme (KCP) or Key Account Management (KAM).

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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

Red Star Kim

The crux of marketing is to anticipate (and meet) client needs whilst maximising profit. Price is a major driver of profit. Differential pricing is rarely discussed in professional services although it is often implicit in key account management. Often, pricing becomes the focus of these negotiations.

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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

Our target markets span large and small businesses; private, public sector and not for profit sectors; centralised and decentralised buying processes; procurement and user-led purchasing behaviour. Essentially a focus on the most profitable clients. So targeting is often more important and more challenging.