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What suppliers can do mid-contract to future-proof their negotiations

Strategic Account Management Association

By Jeff Cochran, Partner, Shapiro Negotiations Institute. At Shapiro Negotiations Institute, we coach the principle that the best negotiation occurs when you have leverage. This article discusses what you, as a supplier, can do mid-contract to make your upcoming negotiations more successful. Things are going great.

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3 Best Sales Podcasts for Key Account Managers

Account Manager Tips

The best sales podcasts key account managers should listen to Are you a key account manager? Why selling is hard for key account managers Key Account Managers are busy making sure clients get the best from what they've already bought. He was responsible for managing 168 accounts!

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Turning lemons into lemonade: Five ways to reset on customer management fundamentals in a post-pandemic world

Strategic Account Management Association

In business, it has created an opportunity to reflect on how companies are managing customers, and it has given customers a window of opportunity to re-evaluate their supplier relationships to determine which partnerships are truly valuable. 2: Reset your shared success plan. – SAMA. We’re seeing it first hand.

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Back to the Future: F2F selling is returning, but virtual selling is here to stay

Strategic Account Management Association

Just when customer account teams and salespeople were beginning to grow accustomed to virtual-only sales and account management, a return to (some) face-to-face interactions is on the horizon. COVID-19 has accelerated a trend already underway toward increased virtual interactions between customers and their suppliers.

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Passing the Price Gauntlet with Strategic Accounts

Holden Advisors

As a strategic account manager, you take the long view in working with your customers to ensure that each of them gets the right solution. He spoke about their system to evaluate product groups and the competitive landscapes of suppliers. It takes teamwork, planning, and execution. Or, you can view it as a test.

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A Simple Sales Negotiation Tactic that Works

Account Manager Tips

A simple sales negotiation tactic. As a key account manager, you not only need to keep your clients, you need to keep them profitable. To do that, you need sales negotiation skills to convince them to buy more and, when the time comes, to renew. Here's a simple negotiation tactic that will help. and decisions.

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The Secret to Successful Sales Negotiations

Account Manager Tips

Successful Sales Negotiation Strategy. As an Account Manager, there's always something to negotiate. But there's a simple sales negotiation strategy that works which is. Sooner or later, for one reason or another, you will have to negotiate. Where do you sit in the spectrum of suppliers?