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How can agencies make client relationships more profitable?, with Chris Merrington

Account Management Skills

In this episode we talk about making client relationships more profitable. We covered so many different areas including: What clients really value and how to talk the client language. Why you need to establish and nurture senior client relationships. But your right procurement will say yes, how many FTEs?

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How to pitch to procurement, with Jessica Bowler and Iris Gatzweiler

Account Management Skills

I spoke to Jessica Bowler and Iris Gatzweiler , two senior procurement clients who shared some insights into the pitching process. Don’t forget to go back to Episode 9 , where Jessica and Iris talked about how to approach and develop relationships with procurement. Welcome to Episode 54. So welcome Iris and Jess.

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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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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

Our target markets span large and small businesses; private, public sector and not for profit sectors; centralised and decentralised buying processes; procurement and user-led purchasing behaviour. Capacity planning – Research suggests that humans can probably manage a maximum 150 to 250 close relationships.

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10 top tips to be successful in agency account management, with Jenny Plant

Account Management Skills

This is the top 10 tips to be successful in agency account management. This was with Kate Whittaker , Kate has 30 years as a marketing client. And she said, good account management makes everything run smoothly. Tina has 25 years working in marketing procurement. How do clients make money, for example?

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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? I’ll be talking more about pricing with Alfie Wenegieme FCCA , Managing Partner at Cactus on the next podcast episode “Creative Agency Account Manager

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How AMs and PMs work together in an internal comms agency, with Lindsay McCleary and Sara Forner Howland

Account Management Skills

This episode is for you if you’re interested in understanding how a project management team and an account management team work together in an internal communications agency. Now Brilliant Ink call their account management team strategists. We were doing project management as best as we could.