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Learn from the best: The 2020 SAMA Excellence Awards winners

Strategic Account Management Association

The winners of the 2020 SAMA Excellence Awards demonstrate the amazing things that happen strategic account management is enshrined at the center of a company’s business strategy. The post Learn from the best: The 2020 SAMA Excellence Awards winners appeared first on Strategic Account Management Association blog.

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Ten insights on the future of SAM

Strategic Account Management Association

As conveners of the largest community in the world dedicated to strategic and key account management, one of SAMA’s foundational purposes is to help our community both adapt to what’s happening right now and prepare for what may happen next. At the 2020 SAMA Annual Conference (held virtually Nov. See what you missed here.

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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. SAMA and Boston Consulting Group partnered in May 2020 to conduct a study aimed at discovering the early changes to customer expectations for sales organizations as a result of the COVID pandemic. Turning lemons into lemonade.

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How Aramex’s Young SAM Program Provides Strategic Value and Impact

Strategic Account Management Association

Director Global Account Management, Aramex. Aramex services include international and domestic express delivery, freight forwarding, integrated logistics and supply chain management, and e-commerce solutions. “In Its mission is to handle defined strategic key accounts. By Shahaboddin Wahdatehagh, Sr.

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

Red Star Kim

Key Account Management (KAM) – Research companies, use KAM technology and maintain momentum. Key Account Management (KAM) – Research companies Larger firms may have access to research and knowledge specialists. How should firms identify their strategic accounts? Why do law firms needs SAM?

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How to systemise account management in your agency, with Alex Raymond

Account Management Skills

In this episode, I talk to Alex Raymond from Kapta about everything to do with account management processes. Not project management systems, not CRM systems, but having a dedicated system to guide the agency account management team, when it comes to managing and delve developing existing client relationships.

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10 Trends – Annual International Marketing Benchmark by PM Forum and Meridian West

Red Star Kim

Improving/establishing account management. Improving project management on client engagements. Improving project management on client engagements. There’s also no mention of pricing or sales management which are fundamental to marketing effectiveness in B2B environments. in 2020, -1.3% The figures were 2.3%

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