Account Manager Tips

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Imagine you're at the front of a boardroom about to make a presentation. Make your first impression count The goal of any executive level presentation is to make sure everyone immediately feels this will be time well spent. No pressure, but it's something I always have in the back of my mind when I present to senior executives.

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KAMCast

JULY 8, 2021

Or are you winging it along the way, relying on personality to build those relationships with key contacts? By the 1980s… The marketplace was seeing a new breed of sales representatives and sales executives who had polished up their presentation skills to become the informer, the educator, and the ambassadors for their wares.

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Jermaine Edwards

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

In 2016 I wrote a post on the five foundation steps for stakeholder management success in key account management, that was well received and guided lots of leaders. What is a stakeholder? A stakeholder is either an individual, group or organisation who is impacted by the outcome of a project or relationship.

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ProlifIQ

JUNE 21, 2023

Strategic Account Management in B2B Welcome to our comprehensive guide on strategic account management. Whether you’re an experienced strategic account manager or aspiring to become one, we share the knowledge and skills needed to excel in this critical role.

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DemandFarm

MAY 25, 2023

He must now call and find out if any of these stakeholders are still relevant to the task he needs to do. He is so pleased to be able to see, at one glance, all the key stakeholders in his key account. Any information he needs about his key accounts contacts is now at his fingertips. After: Dear Ms.

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DemandFarm

MAY 9, 2024

Imagine you’re a key account manager at a multinational corporation. These tools are crucial for visualizing corporate structures and strategic account management. They help you identify key players, understand reporting relationships, and tailor your engagement strategy accordingly.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 12, 2023

Key Account Management (KAM) is a strategic approach that focuses on fostering long-term, value-driven relationships with a select group of high-potential customers. This article will discuss the top 6 Key Account Management skillsets that are crucial for driving business success.

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 28, 2023

The key account manager is then supposed to act as the first contact point between these clients and the business, dedicate resources, and hold meetings with them. The main aim of this practice is to help grow the number of key accounts in order to attain mutually beneficial goals and maximize their value.

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Account Manager Tips

JANUARY 22, 2022

Why Don't Clients Make Decisions (and How to Help Them Commit) As a key account manager, your goal is to keep your clients happy and satisfied with your solutions. Present a limited number of choices. Reassure your client that the options you've presented will all work well for them. Talk to their stakeholders.

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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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KAM With Passion

OCTOBER 27, 2020

First, truly complex sales , those where many stakeholders are involved with often contradictory expectations, where the proposed solution is co-constructed with the prospective customer. Second, Account Management , i.e. the management of existing customers. Which topics will be covered and why they matter.

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Clarity Engagement Solutions

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

the evolving healthcare industry, pharma and bio-tech companies are now focusing on each component of market access: – Price – Channel – Stakeholders – Government agencies How do these elements apply to new types of decision makers, previously unknown to market access teams?

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Clarity Engagement Solutions

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

– Stakeholders. Customized processes and functions are required to effectively engage these new stakeholders. A primary challenge for pharma and bio-tech companies is how to identify the right stakeholders in the approval process. – Research each stakeholder and align your goals with theirs.

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Account Manager Tips

MAY 1, 2021

As a key account manager, you not only need to keep your clients, you need to keep them profitable. Sales and key account management Too often, key account managers retreat from sales-focused conversations because it feels manipulative. Do you need the support of internal stakeholders?

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Account Manager Tips

JUNE 29, 2021

Create contact plans to keep in touch with key stakeholders in your company and your client's. Your job as a key account manager is to deliver the kind of value that convinces your clients to stay in the loop. Do you make the first move and present a compelling proposal that positions you as the partner of choice?

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Flevy

JULY 6, 2022

By using the ABM approach , we can mechanize and trim down the protracted process of finding target accounts and minimize the effort, time, and cost involved in courting these prospective accounts. ABM solutions are employed to gain new customers, develop existing and future prospects, and enhance enterprise accounts.

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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 Manager Tips

JUNE 23, 2020

Phil is an account management and sales professional professional with a wealth of experience and wisdom he's distilled into The Tenets of Account Management. These guiding principles have served Phil well and I know they will help you find success as a key account manager. Click to Tweet.

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Account Manager Tips

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Is there anything worse a key account manager has to do than tell clients about a price increase? They need to notify internal stakeholders and update procedures and systems. I had some clients that were on ancient contracts with dedicated dedicated account management. You're between a rock and hard place.

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Account Manager Tips

AUGUST 9, 2022

Details at the end of this page ) The KAM CLUB You’re only seconds away from the essential training, advice and support you need for an exceptional career in key account management. Connected with key stakeholders and decision makers. Presented a customised proposal and sought feedback from my client.

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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. Challenges are inevitable in growing customer accounts. Non-alignment or misalignment of internal stakeholders.

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Revegy

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Key accounts are hard to win, hard to retain and particularly challenging to grow. They also present significant opportunities to optimize revenue by expanding into other buying centers, lines of business, or geographic regions. of sales organizations don’t take advantage of account planning to grow their strategic accounts.

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Louise Collins Associates

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

What is insight and how does it fit within Key Account Management (KAM)? Whether it is at an individual stakeholder level, or at a broader account level, behavioural change is what we are trying to achieve. The world expects more accountability, particularly when dealing with the emotive subject of healthcare.

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Arpedio

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Ned has over 12 years of professional sales experience, 10 of which he has spent in healthcare sales, strategic account management and sales leadership working for Medtronic, the largest medical device company in the world. as a whole didn’t suffer as many others, but actually managed to grow despite of Covid.

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Arpedio

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Ned has over 12 years of professional sales experience, 10 of which he has spent in healthcare sales, strategic account management and sales leadership working for Medtronic, the largest medical device company in the world. as a whole didn’t suffer as many others, but actually managed to grow despite of Covid.

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Arpedio

MAY 23, 2023

The sales coach may provide training on various sales techniques, such as prospecting, lead generation, sales presentations, objection handling, closing, and relationship building. They may also assist with sales strategy development, territory management, and time management. Ready to elevate your sales coaching game?

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Louise Collins Associates

JANUARY 25, 2018

It is no surprise that we have to apply principles of prioritisation in the context of key account management (KAM). The reality of working at an account level, however, is very different. As with most situations, there will be low hanging fruit and accounts which present considerable challenge.

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Account Manager Tips

JULY 9, 2020

Your first 90 days in a new job as an account manager are the most challenging.and with the most at stake. Create two versions: 30 60 90 day plan presentation. Present your plan over three slides - one for each month. Sample slides from the 90 Day Plan Presentation available in The KAM CLUB. People will judge you.

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ProlifIQ

MARCH 11, 2021

When selling into key accounts tied to large opportunities, that saying carries a lot of truth – relationships are everything. The faster you can reach and influence decision makers or key stakeholders, the faster you’ll turn opportunities into deals. You can’t just reach one or two key stakeholders anymore.

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ProlifIQ

MARCH 11, 2021

When selling into key accounts tied to large opportunities, that saying carries a lot of truth – relationships are everything. The faster you can reach and influence decision makers or key stakeholders, the faster you’ll turn opportunities into deals. You can’t just reach one or two key stakeholders anymore.

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Louise Collins Associates

OCTOBER 26, 2017

It is no surprise then, when we consider decision making units and critical stakeholders in our accounts that we should factor in their broader network and seek to find areas and people in common. When creating stakeholder maps, and understanding our critical decision makers we need to probe further.

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KAM With Passion

MARCH 17, 2022

Once this organisation will have progressed enough on complex sales and on basic account management, it be in a much stronger position to enhance and expand its KAM intiative. That, in order to well manage their customers, companies operating in a complex environment need to develop 3 types of commercial capabilities.

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Red Star Kim

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I presented a methodology to design marketing and BD team structures in November 2015. increasingly M&BD professionals play a part on the front line of client contact for example, as account managers) Client concentration? In this case, account managers liaise with the fee-earners.

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Louise Collins Associates

JULY 20, 2017

If someone within your organisation was to look at a plan for an account that they knew nothing about, would they be able to understand what is happening? A great account plan should present a clear story. Core principles to follow for an account plan. What is the current situation in the account?

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Louise Collins Associates

APRIL 26, 2018

Best practice KAM models operate with cross-functional account teams. Diverse teams play to their strengths to support accounts based on the real needs of that account. In the life-science sector it is common practice to be invited to present at health-care provider meetings or in a clinical setting.

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Janek Performance Group: Account Planning

JULY 13, 2021

One of the buzzphrases swirling around the sales stratosphere over the last few years is Strategic Account Management, or SAM. What is Strategic Account Management? Hence, the best strategic account manager is not necessarily your best sales rep (we’ll talk more about that later).

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Arpedio

MARCH 15, 2022

ARPEDIO announces inclusion in New Tech Account-Based Selling Technologies Report. ? ARPEDIO, a leader in Key Account Management (KAM) software for B2B sales professionals, is included in the Forrester New Tech: Account-Based Sales Technologies, Q1 2022. Back to blog. ” – Denise Freier , CEO of SAMA.

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