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Why Account Managers need a point of view on AI

Account Management Skills

b) In an article entitled “The future of AI in client-agency relationships” in Marketing Procurement IQ ” it encourages brands to ask their agencies questions about AI. It says “brand advertisers should ask the following questions to their agencies”: Are you currently using AI or planning to do so? What are you using it for?

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How to improve performance and reduce stress, with David Meikle

Account Management Skills

My guest is David Meikle , the author of ‘Tuning Up’, a book about improving performance and reducing stress in advertising and marketing. We discuss: why David describes the relationship between the agency, the client and the client’s procurement department as the triangle of doom.  Welcome to episode 96.

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

Account Management Skills

The account manager’s job is to keep and grow client relationships. What holds account managers back from growing accounts? Pricing by the hour isn’t very profitable (according to Campaign , advertising agency average profit margins went from 30% in the 1960s to 9% in 2018).

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How to negotiate with procurement, with Mike Lander

Account Management Skills

In this episode, I chat to Mike Lander, CEO of Piscari, a former procurement director who now assists sales teams in negotiating with procurement departments. We also dive into a five-step framework to help you negotiate more effectively and shed light on some questionable tactics employed by less experienced procurement professionals.

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The Best 90 Day Success Plan Every New Account Manager Needs [+ Template]

Account Manager Tips

Your first 90 days in a new job as an account manager are the most challenging.and with the most at stake. A detailed list of all the activities you need to do to get settled into your new account management role, grouped into 30 day periods. Are you moving to account management from a different profession?

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What agencies need to know about generative AI, with Roy Murphy

Account Management Skills

– what you need to know right now as an agency account manager about the AI industry – how he thinks the AI landscape will evolve in the future – and why agencies should be looking to partner with AI experts to help position themselves one step ahead of their clients.