article thumbnail

Account Planning Best Practices with Nigel Cullingtonā€™s Expertise

Upland

The Four Most Important Best Practices Inspired by Sales Leaders Nigel outlines four key areas businesses need to focus on to excel at account planning. First and foremost, Nigel highlights the importance of knowing who your key buyers are, and deeply understanding them.

article thumbnail

Account Planning Template

ProlifIQ

Account Planning Template for B2B Sales Teams You can steal the key account plan template we use with customers here. We’ll cover each part including: Business Overview Objectives & goals Relationship Mapping White Space (Expansion) Action Introduction: What is Account Planning?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Best Practices for SaaS Companies and Vendors with Nigel Cullington of Upland Software

Upland

The Four Most Important Best Practices Inspired by Sales Leaders Nigel outlines four key areas businesses need to focus on to excel at account planning. First and foremost, Nigel highlights the importance of knowing who your key buyers are, and deeply understanding them.

Software 221
article thumbnail

The Power of Account-Based Marketing: A Thales Case Study

Cosawi

In our more traditional groups, marketing, and sales work in locked steps but it seems that the shift to strategic account management is often missing marketing when time comes to establish its roadmap. At Thales, this transformation began with the creation of a distinct role – account marketing.

article thumbnail

Key Account Management: The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot Sales

According to RAIN Group , the biggest difference between high performing companies and everyone else is an effective account planning tool. A key account plan helps you identify the greatest possibilities for growth, potential roadblocks, threats from the competition, and more.

article thumbnail

Key takeaways from SAMAā€™s Annual Conference

Arpedio

Companies need to ensure alignment between sales and marketing for their key and strategic accounts. Marketing supports messaging, digital advertising, and critical signals that informs the SAM. That means no more stagnant account plans in PowerPoint or Excel. Excerpt from the McKinsey 2021 B2B Pulse Survey.

article thumbnail

Revenue Team ā€“ It Takes a Village to Close a Deal

Upland

Collaboration: itā€™s often been said that the difference between a good account plan and a great one is collaboration. Therefore, regular collaboration on account plans between sellers, leaders, marketing professionals and customer success team members is vital to tackling accounts as one cohesive revenue team.