Strategic Account Management Association

MAY 7, 2021

In addition to this, many experts like Professor Steve Kempster, co-author of “Good Dividends: Responsible Leadership of Business Purpose,” claim that you cannot become a sustainable company without having purposeful leadership at the top. Evidence that there is a real commitment from the top to deliver these plans.

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Strategic Account Management Association

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In our organization’s work, we see much confusion and lack of clarity on executive sponsorship, even when it is in place. Clarifying the executive sponsor role, behaviors (internally and externally) and expectations is critical if we wish to leverage the role as an accelerator and create executive accountability within the account team.

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Strategic Account Management Association

JULY 13, 2021

Organizations are already planning for this new- or next-normal hybrid model and have worked hard to elevate the needed skill sets of their commercial teams – especially strategic account managers. The pandemic has forced organizations to pivot and reinvent how they engage with customers. Three Pillars of Success.

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SalesGlobe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

When I hear the words “strategic account planning” in a meeting, I usually notice a range of involuntary visceral reactions, from understated moans to eye-rolls and furrowed brows. Nobody thinks of account planning as aspirational. Aspirational account planning revolves around how you think about and with the customer.

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Account Planning Supply Chain Value Proposition Account Management 52

ProlifIQ

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

As a seller, this means you must also be consultative and understand not just your own product, but also the competitive landscape within each target account. This should include a customer relationship management (CRM) system, an account planning tool , sales engagement software, or a marketing automation tool.

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Quip

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

He shared with us his company’s experience rolling out Salesforce Anywhere for account planning. Why Salesforce Anywhere for account planning? This ability to iteratively design account planning templates was pivotal to our decision to opt for Salesforce Anywhere.

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Quip

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

We recently ran a pilot program using Quip to determine if the tool would be a good fit for our organization. Take three documents our customer success and sales teams use to maintain the health of our clients — the Account Plan, Win Room, and Customer Collaboration — and migrate them to Quip Documents. Pilot Goal.

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Upland

JANUARY 26, 2023

This is where account-based selling really gets interesting. Account-Based Sales Takes a Revenue Team One of the top challenges organizations face in transitioning to an account-based sales model is the change in mindset necessary to succeed at account-based selling. The seller needs a revenue team.

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Account Planning B2B Decision-making Acquisition 195

SBI Growth

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Our KPI Builder tool can help guide you through the process of establishing a set of KPIs for your organization that is built around clean data and automation. How do you leverage data to inform strategy and measure success? Through our.

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Upland

AUGUST 9, 2023

Although account planning software and insight mapping technology can help your team uncover things hidden within an account, that information must be verified with the customer themselves. Simply put, exceptional sales organizations make their customers’ goals the number one priority.

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Account Planning Innovation Decision-making Healthcare 195

Cosawi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The idea of executive engagement implies an accountable and engaged member of the account team, rather than a distant back- room player. In our organization’s work, we see much confusion and lack of clarity on executive sponsorship, even when it is in place. Contribute to, and have accountability for, the account plan.

Leadership 52

Leadership Co-Creation Account Management Decision-making 52

Upland

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Before you strategize how you’re going to sell, therefore, you have to understand the organization you’re selling to. Most importantly, you’ll need to assess how import- ant this initiative is for the organization. The enemy might be an operational issue rooted in organization, process, culture, skill, or tech.

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Arpedio

MAY 31, 2024

The Preferred Account-Based Selling Platform Our platform provides visual org charts, stakeholder relationship heat maps, up-to-date account plans, recommended next-best actions, accurate weighted pipelines, and white space analysis. Let’s dive in. These components also form the backbone of a successful SAM program.

Leadership 52

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Revegy

JULY 17, 2018

Are your account plans helping your teams meet their quotas or are they missing the mark? Without comprehensive, well thought out account plans, companies are missing out on major revenue opportunities and risk losing some of their largest clients. 1) Figure Out Who Matters with Relationship Maps.

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Sales Outcomes

OCTOBER 4, 2022

To that end, changes in sales manager behavior must come first; however, front-line sales managers live in a hectic environment – pressures from leadership, their teams, and other functions such as marketing, sales operations, HR, etc. Organizations tend to focus training and transformation efforts on salespeople.

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Upland

MAY 4, 2023

A sales velocity equation or formula uses four metrics to help organizations calculate their own sales velocity. When used correctly, this formula can help organizations with their sales forecasting for a specific period of time and bolster their sales efforts. What is sales velocity? Why does sales velocity matter?

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Account Manager Tips

JULY 28, 2020

Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:21 Why changing mindset towards account management was the biggest obstacle. 03:53 Why you need to keep account plans simple. 09:03 Account plans are the evidence of the value you create for your clients. 09:49 Should you share account plans with clients?

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Arpedio

APRIL 29, 2024

Key insights and learnings The Symposium brought together thought leaders and visionaries from leading organizations such as Tüv Süd , Zeiss , Mp Consulting , Mercuri and DHL. Managing the SAM Program’s hype cycle requires strategic alignment, stakeholder buy-in, and adaptive leadership to navigate through various phases effectively.

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ProlifIQ

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

According to Gartner , the definition of customer success is as follows: “Customer success is a method for ensuring customers reach their desired outcomes when using an organization’s product or service. For example, the CRM can show the results of previous account plans and identify areas where improvements can be made.

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Arpedio

OCTOBER 30, 2023

On a recent episode of the “Thoughts on Selling” podcast, host Lee Levitt sat down with Ulrik Monberg, CEO of ARPEDIO, to delve deep into the realm of account-based selling. In this episode, Lee interviews Ulrik Monberg , Founder and CEO of ARPEDIO, to explore the keys to success in Account-Based Selling.

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DemandFarm

APRIL 11, 2023

This requires having a clear understanding of the organization’s maturity level and discipline. Is the organization ready to adopt a digital approach to account planning, and does it have the discipline to use it effectively? How does one go about championing a change to Digital Key Account Management?

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Sales Outcomes

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

That helps the account manager shift from the vendor’s status to a trusted advisor. The key to driving organic growth through large and strategic opportunities is to uncover the what, and why behind customer asks and explore the strategy more fully. Account plans help answer the question: “What do we do next?

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The Chapman Group

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It is understood that within many organizations there are existing account managers who have either been trained or who are extremely gifted and intuitive in the art and science of strategic account management. These are often the top achievers in the organization.

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Account Manager Tips

JULY 27, 2020

00:00 Introduction 01:31 How Calin got his start in account management. 03:34 The best thing about account management. 05:21 Account management at Netguru in the early days. 08:16 First task: double the size of the account management team. 17:19 Designing and standardizing strategic account management. Time Stamps.

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Upland

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Relationship mapping refers to the process of outlining the inner workings of an organization – the decision makers, influence, and political structure – to ascertain the path of least resistance to building meaningful relationships with stakeholders. With relationship maps, however, you can get more specific about your goals.

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SBI

JULY 1, 2020

Now, with the economic uncertainties of 2020, sales teams of all sizes are desperate for a more strategic approach to building dependable and ongoing opportunities to optimize customer revenue in their most strategic accounts. To uncover hidden revenue in your key accounts, focus on these 5 strategies that great companies get right.

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Sales Latitude

AUGUST 2, 2018

In a large organization, understanding how these business outcomes and priorities are connected up and down the organization provides additional insight that may differentiate you from your competition as well as change the conversation. Do Thorough and Proactive Account Planning. Help Your Leadership Team to Help You.

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Customer Think

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Every function, every job in an organization is somehow connected with their organization’s strategies, goals, and objectives. The Problem With Account Planning. Related Posts: Should Sales People Be On Quota? Connecting The Dots, Can You Do It For Your Customer?

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ProlifIQ

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Key Account Management is a strategic approach to managing a company’s relationships with its most valuable customers. Gartner calls it “ managing a mutually beneficial partnership between an organization and its most important customers.”

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SalesGlobe

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

You can build the best sales organization out there with well-defined roles and responsibilities from lead generation to close activities, but if you can’t figure out how to create a connection with your customer, it’s all for naught. So where does an organization start, and how do they create the right connection with the customer?

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DemandFarm

MARCH 31, 2023

Karthik Nagendra-Chief Marketing Officer had a one-on-one chat with Andrew Collings – Head of Enterprise at Gearset where they discussed the changing landscape of B2B selling and shared insights on how organizations can adapt to this new environment. This provides structure to your organization’s interactions.

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ProlifIQ

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Eddie Hanson, Josh Gregg, and Erik Dunnigan broke down how they’re leading their organizations into the current climate with a mindset of hitting the revenue number. They shared how they’re structuring their teams, how their reps are being positioned to grow their largest accounts and the strategy they’re using to win more enterprise deals.

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Arpedio

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Leadership and team management in account management Effective leadership and team management play a pivotal role in the success of an account management team. Work-life balance: Promote a healthy work-life balance, ensuring that account managers can recharge and maintain well-being. Superior together.

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Cosawi

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Today, as advisors in the strategic account management space, we are surprised and disheartened to see that marketing is often not only missing at the strategic account team table but also working from an inside-out products focus, rather than an outside-in customer focus. awareness marketing”) packaged as account-based marketing.

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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. It may play a major role in ensuring the long-term viability of your organization. What is Strategic Account Management? Why should we use strategic account management?

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The Chapman Group

AUGUST 23, 2020

It is understood that within many organizations there are existing account managers who have either been trained or who are extremely gifted and intuitive in the art and science of strategic account management. These are often the top achievers in the organization.

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Account Management Management Value Proposition Account Planning 78

ProlifIQ

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Talk Track: “Can you give me a sense of how your sales organization is laid out? The reason I ask is that our solution tends to affect multiple functions, from Sales Ops to Business Development and Account Management, and it’s helpful to have a lay of the land of your GTM function”. Don’t hesitate to reach out if I can help”.

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