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FROM EXECUTIVE SPONSORSHIP TO EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT

Strategic Account Management Association

The idea of executive engagement implies an accountable and engaged member of the account team, rather than a distant back-room player. Strategic account management is a team sport and requires cross-functional, multi-tiered vertical level engagement and strong accountability.

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Key account management strategy: Setting things in motion

PandaDoc

Before attempting to develop a key account management strategy, you must know how to identify these key accounts. Accurate identification will help you avoid rashly categorizing tail accounts as having strategic value. Let’s examine what strategic account management is and the best ways to approach it.

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How to define a strong KAM Training Path

KAM With Passion

This article focuses on individual competencies, especially those of the Key Account Managers. Other articles on this blog explore the collective KAM capabilities an organisation must develop to be successful with KAM. Defining Skills & Competencies. 3 Types of KAM-relevant Competencies.

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The Ultimate Guide to Global Account Management: Framework, Strategies, and Best Practices

DemandFarm

The management team quickly realized that they were facing a number of obstacles in their quest for global presence. This is where Global Account Management (GAM) comes into play. Intrigued by the potential benefits, the company’s management team decided to give GAM a try. What is Global Account Management?

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Quality over Quantity: How Focusing on a Select Few Accounts Can Drive Greater Success in Digital Key Account Management

DemandFarm

Quality over Quantity: How Focusing on a Select Few Accounts Can Drive Greater Success in Digital Key Account Management As digital Key Account Management grows in relevance, many organizations find themselves confounded by the question of whether obtaining new customers is more important than retaining existing key clients.

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The Business Review: a modern classic, so important also during difficult times

KAM With Passion

To keep things relatively simple, let’s consider two types of context: Account Management and Key Account Management and let’s see how the execution of Business Reviews adapts to the depth of relationship between the supplier and each customer. Business Reviews in an Account Management context.

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How to Choose the Right Accounts for ABM, from HubSpot's ABM Product Manager

Hubspot Sales

They’d be wise to identify and target these brand-name companies with a bespoke account strategy. Editor's Note: This blog post was originally published in April 2017, but was updated for comprehensiveness and freshness in 2020. Wake the dead : A closed-lost deal need not be the end of a relationship.