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How to improve performance and reduce stress, with David Meikle

Account Management Skills

We discuss: why David describes the relationship between the agency, the client and the client’s procurement department as the triangle of doom.

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9 Unexpected Reasons Why Key Account Management is Important

Account Manager Tips

Importance of key account management Existing business is cheaper and more profitable than new business. Account growth, renewals and advocacy are difficult for indirect suppliers because procurement focus on spend management. Key account management to the rescue! What is key account management? The answer?

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Is billing by the hour killing your account manager’s proactivity?

Account Management Skills

Well, Gartner says “if the AM is either unwilling or unable, the growth engine stalls” Having taught account growth since 2016, I don’t generally see a lack of willingness among agency account managers. So given the obvious commercial opportunity, what holds them back?

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Aspirational Account Planning – The Story

SalesGlobe

Aspirational Account Planning is a living process that begins with a strong foundational methodology, team engagement, and ongoing points of accountability and adjustment to exceed your account growth goals.

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

Account Management Skills

A reminder also that my next Account Accelerator programme starts on 23rd of September. This is a transformational programme for agency account managers and account directors to take your agency from unpredictable project revenue to more predictable account growth.

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How agencies can use LinkedIn for growth, with James Potter, the LinkedIn Man

Account Management Skills

If you’re in an agency account management role, and you’re responsible for forecasting and firming up the account growth, I’m running my next Account Accelerator programme starting on 27th January 2022. We talk about: why it’s useful to know who could be looking at your profile. No, absolutely not.