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The Perplexing Power of Process & Methodology in Complex B2B Sales

Mike Kunkle

The most commonly supported activities for commercial methodologies include prospecting and opportunity management. If you go up high enough in a jet plane, even the most complex landscape starts to look like little connected squares, rectangles, and circles. The bottom-line is, knowing all of the stuff in this post is not enough.

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Is That Sales Rep a Robot? 8 Tell-Tale Signs You're Talking to AI [+Why Human Reps Are Still Necessary]

Hubspot Sales

Nailing Complex Problem-Solving and Negotiations When it comes to fancy-schmancy sales scenarios, humans have the upper hand. Human reps can navigate complex negotiations, adapt to quirky customer demands, and develop creative solutions. Example: Imagine a sales rep presenting a new product to a room full of potential investors.

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A Day in the Life of an Account Manager

SmartKarrot

And the most widely known role in customer success is the customer success manager (CSM). But this blog is specifically about an account manager (AM). In any organization, AMs are specifically responsible for the management of sales and relationships with customers. Responsibilities of an Account Manager.

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The Sliding Scale of Sales Transformation

Mike Kunkle

Opportunity management is the act of purposefully uncovering and satisfying each buyers’ decision criteria and buying process exit criteria, to successful shepherd the opportunity through the stages of the buying and sales process to a final win decision. Negotiating is included here. Strategic Account Management.

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How to deal with difficult clients, with Dr Mark Goulston

Account Management Skills

?. This episode’s for you if you have a difficult client situation to manage. At some point or other as an agency account manager, we have to manage difficult clients. I highly recommend Mark’s book, ‘Just Listen’, it really does include loads of tips for managing difficult clients.

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Jun 04 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Oversee and manage account management and fulfillment teams to build a successful customer-focused team. Communicate and collaborate effectively with internal peers – Product, Engineering, Sales, Enterprise, Marketing, and Data Operations to negotiate and influence customer-driven improvements.

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How To Overhaul End-of-Quarter Discounting

5600 Blue

Market pressures from Wall Street and investors, irrational competitive behavior, internal quarterly pressures to “make our numbers;” they all contribute to the problem. We have coached seasoned account management professionals from around the world who were shocked and panicked by these last-minute buyer tactics.