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Key Account Management (KAM) – Research companies, use KAM technology and maintain momentum

Red Star Kim

At the start of June I had the pleasure of leading PM Forum ’s “Towards KAM (and ABM) – Helping fee-earners with client relationship management” online workshop. Delegates were from legal and accountancy firms in the UK, Channel Islands, Germany and United Arab Emirates. Why do law firms needs SAM?

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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

Red Star Kim

The culture and rewards systems sometimes worked against integrated client teams. Data – CRM (Client Relationship Management) and CDP (Client Data Platforms) are often lacking. Processes and skills for managing opportunities and pipelines can be lacking. tenders converted and revenue generated).

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Future Marketing and Business Development Manager: Connections, Collaboration, Context, Creativity, Cause and Continuous learning

Red Star Kim

In early December (and despite the train strike), we gathered at the offices of London | Simmons & Simmons (simmons-simmons.com) for a workshop on “Future Marketing and Business Development Manager”. Future Marketing and Business Development Manager: Connections, Collaboration, Context, Creativity, Cause and Continuous learning.

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Referrer management – Grading, Research, Discipline, Storytelling and Leveraging your exemplars

Red Star Kim

Delegates were from legal, accountancy and insolvency firms – both M&BD teams and fee-earners. The main takeaways for the delegates can be summarised with the following themes: Referrer management – Grading, Research, Discipline, Storytelling and Leveraging your exemplars.

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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

But when we look at business development, sales and relationship management competency frameworks for fee-earners (as opposed to professional sales people) there is less clarity. Capacity planning – Research suggests that humans can probably manage a maximum 150 to 250 close relationships. Some automated systems (e.g.

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Why every agency account manager needs to be good at brief writing, with Ceylan Boyce

Account Management Skills

We talked about: why it’s so important for an agency account manager to have have that important skill of writing briefs. why it’s important to agencies and clients to get the writing of the brief right. Now, it’s a really fundamental part of an account manager’s role is to write a really good brief.

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Proactive marketing and business development executives – CRM, internal engagement and career insights

Red Star Kim

Participate in more proactive and strategic approaches by anticipating and responding to client needs and market changes become a more proactive Marketing and Business Development Executive (kimtasso.com). Sometimes this is because of the constraints fee-earners experience – too little time, pressure to serve clients, fear of failure.

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