Arpedio

JANUARY 9, 2024

Elevating Account Management Through Metrics and KPIs Explore ARPEDIO's Account Management Software ← Back to blog As companies strive to build lasting relationships with their clients, the need for effective Account Management strategies and tools becomes paramount.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 5, 2024

At the heart of every thriving enterprise lies a keen focus on business relationship optimization , a task achieved through strategic roles that many might find overlapping—Account Management and Customer Success.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Two such important functions that often go hand in hand are account management and sales. Understanding the nuances between account management and sales can help businesses optimize their strategies and ensure long-term client relationships. Two such crucial roles are account management and sales.

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Account Management Skills

JANUARY 11, 2022

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. Welcome to Episode 53.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 7, 2023

Account managers are the liaison between a company and its clients. Whether you’re a candidate or a hiring manager, you’ll need to brush up on account manager interview questions before making any big decisions. You can practice formulating answers that highlight your skills as an account manager.

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Arpedio

AUGUST 22, 2023

Key account management best practices ← Back to blog In today’s competitive landscape, effectively managing key accounts is not just a strategy: It’s a necessity. The primary objective of this strategy is to either maintain or expand the profits derived from these key or strategic accounts.

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Arpedio

JANUARY 11, 2023

How to Succeed With Account Management. Let’s show you how to get the most out of your account management! In this blog, we’ll break down the concept of account management, and why it’s so important in order to drive a successful business in today’s increasingly complex B2B industry. Back to blog.

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Account Manager Tips

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Are you doing key account management the hard way? Effective key account management requires you to increase profits, develop relationships, increase satisfaction, grow revenue, improve retention and reduce conflict. Let's take a look at 7 of my favourite key account management tools.

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Red Star Kim

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Protectionism – Some fee-earners could be insecure and defensive about sharing client information and relationships. The culture and rewards systems sometimes worked against integrated client teams. Data – CRM (Client Relationship Management) and CDP (Client Data Platforms) are often lacking.

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DemandFarm

APRIL 26, 2023

Key Account Management (KAM) focuses on building long-term relationships, and aims to improve customer satisfaction – especially in a B2B scenario. A key account manager’s primary responsibility is ensuring that the needs of key clients are met, and that they remain satisfied with the company’s products and services.

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Account Management Skills

AUGUST 24, 2021

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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Red Star Kim

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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. Essentially a focus on the most profitable clients. So targeting is often more important and more challenging.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Beyond renewals, existing accounts present a great deal of new revenue and partnership opportunities for sales pros who understand their continued role as account manager. In this space, account managers identify and create opportunities by positioning solutions aligned with customer goals, challenges, and initiatives.

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Account Management Skills

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I get to speak to a lot of account managers who work in creative agencies. And I get a lot of questions about how they can progress their career, how they can be better at the account management role, and some of the key things that are most important when it comes to being more efficient and more effective in the role.

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DemandFarm

JULY 26, 2023

Quality over Quantity: How Focusing on a Select Few Accounts Can Drive Greater Success in Digital Key Account Management As digital Key Account Management grows in relevance, many organizations find themselves confounded by the question of whether obtaining new customers is more important than retaining existing key clients.

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Account Management Skills

JANUARY 29, 2024

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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Account Management Skills

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Given the current unstable economic climate, client retention for agencies is a real top priority right now. He’s brilliant, just go and ask for his advice and I went and had a coffee with him, and he just said, there’s an account management position open, do you want it? And I just thought I’d jump for it.

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Account Management Skills

JUNE 15, 2021

We talked about: why it’s so important for an agency account manager to have have that important skill of writing briefs. why it’s important to agencies and clients to get the writing of the brief right. Now, it’s a really fundamental part of an account manager’s role is to write a really good brief.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 15, 2023

In the fast-paced and ever-evolving world of business, nurturing strong and lasting relationships with key clients is crucial for success. Key Account Management (KAM) is the art of strategically managing and nurturing these vital accounts, unlocking their full potential and driving long-term growth.

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Arpedio

APRIL 30, 2024

It involves identifying opportunities for growth within your current accounts and developing strategies to capitalize on them. The Components of Account Growth Strategy An effective account growth strategy comprises several essential components designed to help you optimize client relationships and drive sustainable growth.

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Upland

JANUARY 29, 2024

Greater team collaboration: Account planning often involves multiple departments, such as marketing, customer success, and technical support. This cross-functional teamwork helps you foster more unified and effective customer account management. Successful account planning also leads to satisfied and loyal customers.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2023

In today’s economic environment, effective account management is essential for building and maintaining strong client relationships and achieving growth. So, let’s dive in and discover the top account management influencers to follow in 2023!

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Red Star Kim

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Leadership and the In-Group/Out-Group Phenomenon (blanchard.com) Create a sense of unity by reminding people we are on the same team and all striving for the same results (happy clients and increased profits). A similar approach would be to unite people behind the need to focus on client interests and overcoming competitor activity.

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Red Star Kim

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Delegates included both partners and business development professionals (some with a banking background) from law firms (employment, criminal, disputes, offshore), accountancy practices (audit, forensic, insolvency and restructuring and financial services. Some looked to LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator to drive data and process.

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Red Star Kim

APRIL 17, 2023

There were also variations on factors such as financial (it’s easy to measure revenue and profit) and others such as market positioning, longevity, reliability/security and prestige. Half the delegates had a KAM (Key Account Management) programme at their firm.

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For this reason, you require a key account management process. . CEOs (Chief Executive Officer) and chief sales officers place a high priority on key account programs. By addressing three crucial problems—misguided key account selection, overworked key account managers , and resource waste—CSOs can buck this trend. .

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 14, 2022

For this reason, you require a key account management process. . CEOs (Chief Executive Officer) and chief sales officers place a high priority on key account programs. By addressing three crucial problems—misguided key account selection, overworked key account managers , and resource waste—CSOs can buck this trend. .

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Account Management. The account management process maximizes the long-term value of select customer relationships by continually aligning your company’s capabilities with the needs of your customer. What plan of action will keep the relationship healthy and profitable? Territory Management.

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SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Strategic account management is a business practice involving activities like providing customers with the best support and services, thus increasing their consumption of products and services offered by the business. The post-sales activities focus on nurturing client relationships. This is certainly not an easy task.

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SmartKarrot

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Account management is a broad field that encompasses many distinct roles and responsibilities. While the average account management salary varies significantly based on location, industry, and other factors, some general guidelines can help you determine how much you can expect to earn as an account manager.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 27, 2021

Hunters are good at quickly building rapport with prospects but not necessarily cultivating long-term salesperson and client relationships. They also drive revenue with existing clients, sometimes through encouraging upgrades to higher software tiers as a business scales.

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Account Management Skills

MARCH 20, 2023

On this episode, we’re talking about the split between the agency Account Manager and the agency Project Manager role, with Kate Vines and Kio Aghoghogbe from Hallam. The way they do that is based entirely on clients feedback and results, so that is quite an accolade to have. So a very warm welcome Kate and Kio.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 17, 2020

Account development managers work with their company’s sales organization to close deals with accounts that meet their ideal customer profile for maximum revenue. Individuals in this role work with their company’s sales and operations teams to determine the profitability of a customer account.

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Arpedio

AUGUST 24, 2022

Think of it like this: a marketing strategy that sales, marketing and account management professionals use in order to maintain marketing efforts to their existing clients. With that being said, there are countless types of plans and strategies that one can use in order to obtain marketing efforts or uphold client relationships.

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Jermaine Edwards

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The more I study trust and the impact and power it has in healthy, profitable and accelerated relationships. Or Perhaps you need to tell a colleague or manager what they’re doing is wrong for theirs and the teams benefit. Action you can take: This approach will have some dependence on your relationship with the other person.

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Account Management Skills

JUNE 5, 2023

We discuss a myriad of topics, including: the process for hiring the right account manager at your agency examples of how to set client expectations and boundaries why having a written scope of work is key to successful project delivery and Rob’s thoughts in general on the agency landscape and the future of agencies.

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Red Star Kim

MARCH 16, 2023

One way is to embed the right cross-selling and referrer management attitudes and behaviours into other programmes – for example, into campaigns, content management, networking and Key Account Management (KAM). This would engender a “one firm” approach where clients are considered owned by the firm.

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