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“LIQUIDITY,” ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCE AND YOU

Strategic Account Management Association

(For more on creating teams within the strategic account management program, see “Addressing the New Normal: Creating Liquid Strategic Account Teams,” in the Fall 2020 issue of this magazine.) Reduce boundaries between the firm and suppliers by creating teams that include people from both firms. Find him online at [link].

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How to Identify Key Accounts: A Quick Guide to Getting it Right

Account Manager Tips

Portrait Software became a key account, and within 18 months, that partnership led to winning the larger Pitney Bowes business. Which is why key account management is so important. So be ruthless when selecting key accounts if you want a return on investment (or hire more account managers.) Solidarity.

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Account Base Marketing

Cosawi

DO STRATEGIC ACCOUNT MANAGERS REQUIRE SUPERPOWERS? TIME FOR ACCOUNT-BASED MARKETING TO COME TO THE RESCUE. The global economy is becoming increasingly complex and, since we work in the strategic account management environment, we can see the impact it has on the day-to-day role of strategic account managers (SAMs).

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Revealed: Top 4 Account Management Strategies That Will Serve You Well!

SmartKarrot

What is Strategic Account Management? This approach is called strategic account management for enterprises (also known as key account management). The Responsibility of Strategic Account Manager. Strategic account management’s primary premise is to start small and expand over time.

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Demonstrating Value to Grow Wallet Share

Revegy

Sales Leaders and Account Management must work closely with Customer Success partners to continually develop each customer’s business value. As we move further into the ‘Everything as a Service’ economy, sales teams and account managers must document customer expectations around business value.

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How to Sell Value in a Transactional Industry

Hubspot Sales

Do you leverage single or multiple suppliers? Is the purchase price the critical issue or does the cost include installation, training, ongoing support, account management, maintenance or other aspects of the ongoing use of the product? Good questions include: How often do you purchase? How are you measured on performance?

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Delivering Measurable Business Improvements

Revegy

Sales Leaders and Account Management must work closely with Customer Success partners to the continual development of business value for each customer. As we move further into the ‘Everything as a Service’ economy, sales teams and account managers must document the customers’ expectations around business value.