Account Manager Tips

OCTOBER 11, 2021

15 Reasons Why You Might be a Bad Account Manager Bad key account managers fail to build business relationships and achieve results. Here are fifteen signs you might be a bad key account manager and how to turn yourself into a good one. Has no plan Which clients need an account plan? Internal teams.

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Jermaine Edwards

MAY 27, 2020

Some account managers and key account managers can get paralysed by over research. When studied and applied these will immediately help you as a customer leader or key account manager prepare to support, shape and solve real problems with and for your customers. There are three influencing market areas.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

I received an email last week from Trevor Borrows who is a newly appointed National Sales Manager in charge of a team of Account Managers. Here’s what Trevor asked: “Hi Sean, being a new National Sales Manager I need to understand how to develop account strategies. Account retention.

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Cosawi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Today, as advisors in the strategic account management space, we are surprised and disheartened to see that marketing is often not only missing at the strategic account team table but also working from an inside-out products focus, rather than an outside-in customer focus. Is ABM strategic or tactical?

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Jermaine Edwards

APRIL 3, 2020

Regardless of the size, maturity or sophistication of your organisation, you can apply these ideas to protect your profits, reputation, relationships and revenues. Since then, Best Buy has grown profitably every year. Simply put, having a Customer Crisis Plan means you’ll sleep better each night you have it in place. Reference Content.

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Jermaine Edwards

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In 2016 I wrote a post on the five foundation steps for stakeholder management success in key account management, that was well received and guided lots of leaders. Stakeholders influence can be both positive or negative on project sign off, commercial profitability, resource access and long-term relationship success.

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Revegy

JULY 17, 2018

According to SiriusDecisions, a global B2B research firm focused on sales strategy, a critical component of a great account plan is charting the product landscape in the account by listing the closed, active and potential opportunities for each buying center, and then grouping opportunities by product or service categories.

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