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21 Free Courses for Key Account Managers to Boost Your Skills Now

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21 free courses for key account managers to boost your skills now A key account manager has to grow and retain their clients. Find out what those skills are, along with 21 free courses to help you become a better key account manager. Leadership 7. FAQ Do I need a degree to be a key account manager?

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9 Unexpected Reasons Why Key Account Management is Important

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Why is key account management important? Well, i f you don't have key account management in place, you could leave money on the table, be helpless to competitor threats and put your most valuable clients at risk of defection. Key account management is the secret to grow revenue and customer retention.

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From ‘order taker’ to trusted advisor: raising the value of account management with agency leadership support

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You can’t just expect clients to treat account managers as ‘trusted advisors’ because trust has to be earned. And high account manager turnover is expensive for the agency – both in terms of hiring costs – but also disruption to clients. Let’s look at the first point above.

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The trouble with account managers

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I read as many reports I can about the state of agency account management and it makes for grim reading. “I But I think the agency business model and how account managers are set up in their roles needs an overhaul before the finger is pointed at their lack of skill/abilities.

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Why agency account managers struggle to think ahead

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I speak to multiple account managers (AMs) every day. Hybrid’ AMs (project managing as well as responsible for account growth) particularly struggle. Account managers generally want to be more informed. And it frustrates them. Why is this stopping AMs thinking ahead?

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25 Problems That Stop Key Account Managers From Doing Their Job

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25 problems that stop key account managers from doing their job Favourite books about problem solving Coming up: How to Build a Successful Executive Sponsorship Program Just for fun: #GorgeousGrandma Day In other news Quote of the week. Key account management is a role that requires both sales skills and strategic thinking.

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Why do we need account managers anyway?

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I was chatting to one of my clients recently about the benefits of introducing account management in their agency for the first time. When you start an agency, typically you start with project management. As a small, agile team it makes sense for project managers to be responsible for client management.