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Strategic account managers (and their bosses) deserve better decision-making tools

Strategic Account Management Association

To be sure, a sales leader or SAM manager will have responsibilities beyond revenue. This being the case, then he or she should have significant input into which opportunities are pursued, since it is the SAM who has the account/political knowledge of his or her account. Sales professionals in general are very visual.

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Got CXM? Why customer experience management isn’t just a nice-to-have for strategic account management

Strategic Account Management Association

In strategic account management, companies have to address the never-ending question of how to differentiate themselves and gain market share. CXM vs. CRM: Do you need both? First, a definition of terms: CRM CRM software keeps sales processes organized and aligned with best practices up to the point that a deal is closed.

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Break & Glue: The art of capturing complex mega-strategic accounts in CRM to get the most from account planning tools 

Strategic Account Management Association

By Saleh Al-Ben Saleh, Strategic Account Manager, Emerson. A while ago, I came across a discussion about the optimal way to capture strategic customers in a customer relationship management (CRM) tool in a way that enables effective, efficient account planning using account planning applications or tools.

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Account Management Guide – Defend and Grow Revenue

Upland

How can effective account management help you defend and grow revenue? You need a strategy to defend and grow revenue in not only key accounts, but in every account. Here’s where having a sales account management strategy becomes indispensable. First, a quick primer – what is account management?

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Key Account Management In Life Sciences

ProlifIQ

Core Facets Of Key Account Management In Life Sciences Managing relationships and building strategic plans to grow revenue across complex accounts is a part of day-today life for anybody in sales, marketing, or account management in the Life Sciences space.

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15 Reasons Why You Might be a Bad Account Manager

Account Manager Tips

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. Account plans are help you define your key account strategy.

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Account Management Through Pipeliner CRM—A Summary

SalesPop

Through the articles in this series, we’ve now covered all aspects of account management, and its related features within Pipeliner CRM. Let’s now take an overview of the subject and pull all the pieces together, and see how Pipeliner powerfully supports account management. Back End Administration. Automatizer.