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Ten insights on the future of SAM

Strategic Account Management Association

Panelists: Jennifer Stanley, Partner, McKinsey & Co.; From Stanley’s perspective, SAM already serves as a beacon for what it means to be a sales professional–particularly when it comes to the rigor SAMs bring to account planning, solutions co-creation with customers and articulation of unique value propositions. #5.

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The Importance of Co-Creating Value with Every Strategic Customer

Account Manager Tips

20 ways to encourage value co-creation with your customers Favourite collaboration app Listener tip In other news Quote of the week. And what if we take it one step further and ask what it means to "co-create value" with our customers? Which is why co-creation is so powerful. We hear the word "value" all the time.

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Key Account Manager or Strategic Ecosystem Leader?

Arpedio

Define the role of your KAMs or SAMs as leaders in your business SAMA offers a vital community to accelerate KAM programs It’s Strategic Account PlannING, not Account Plan Digital has permanently transformed the KAM role. The mindset shift from account plans to account planning is essential.

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

Account Manager Tips

Why large accounts are not key accounts Key accounts are your most valuable customers, and organisations frequently rely on volume to identify them. For many B2B companies, their largest customers represent 30 to 50% of total revenue and margin. How to identify key accounts Let's keep this simple. Click to Tweet.

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Key Takeaways From SAMA 2023 Annual Conference

Arpedio

. #6 Customers Need to be at the Forefront of Everything you do When you put the customer in the center, and you bring cross-functional resources into the account planning process, amazing things happen. Let’s continue to adapt, innovate, and elevate the field of sales and strategic account management. Sign me up!

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Maximizing Customer Retention: The Role of Key Account Management in Customer Success Management

DemandFarm

Shockingly, just over 20% of B2B companies consistently measure and act on insights from customer experience. These trends highlight the increasing complexity of customer success management and the need for innovative strategies to meet customer needs and drive continuous improvements. But those two need to go hand in hand. “But

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Why ABM is essential to your business

Arpedio

ABM should be customer-led and team-enabled Sales and marketing need to co-orchestrate the account plan Mapping out the customer journey is absolutely crucial ABM starts with a mindset change and management needs to support this cultural shift Watch the LinkedIn Live session here. Re)Defining account-based marketing.