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Account Management Guide – Defend and Grow Revenue

Upland

How can effective account management help you defend and grow revenue? As you’ll see, lone wolf selling is quickly losing efficacy in a B2B business world that puts a premium on relationships. You need a strategy to defend and grow revenue in not only key accounts, but in every account.

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What is Key Account Management? Strategy and Tips

Upland

Account planning and effective account management strategies are about much, much more than your key accounts. That said, any account manager worth their salt has a strategy for their key accounts. Attracting them is an entire process.

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Why should B2B organizations adopt KAM Technology

DemandFarm

Why should B2B organizations adopt KAM Technology With recent economic headwinds tightening everyone’s purse strings, driving growth from existing customers is in vogue. As acquisition becomes increasingly expensive, cross-sell and up-sell initiatives are the latest poster child(ren) of B2B revenue growth.

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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. Sales and account management – no longer an expense but an investment.

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Four Common B2B Account Manager Mistakes

Sales Outcomes

Account Managers often struggle to grow and retain revenue, particularly during economic uncertainty. Here are four common mistakes that contribute to customer churn and prevent realizing the full potential of account relationships. That helps the account manager shift from the vendor’s status to a trusted advisor.

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Back to the Future: F2F selling is returning, but virtual selling is here to stay

Strategic Account Management Association

Just when customer account teams and salespeople were beginning to grow accustomed to virtual-only sales and account management, a return to (some) face-to-face interactions is on the horizon. Jonathan Hughes, Partner, Vantage Partners, and David Chapnick, Partner, Vantage Partners. These mixed results are not surprising.

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The Account Management Imperative: Focus on Your Existing Customers and Deliver Value

Upland

That same advice is just as timely today for B2B sales and marketing leaders facing significant headwinds with COVID-19 and a very conservative spending climate. But the truth is that most organizations’ sales and marketing approach just isn’t aligned to customer reality. It’s a challenging market.