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

Hubspot Sales

In fact, equipped with the right approach, marketing and sales teams can pick their accounts together in as little as an hour. Picking the wrong targets will make it hard for sales and marketing to align and will lead to poor financial results. Identify accounts that will add credibility to your brand. The best part?

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Key account management strategy: Setting things in motion

PandaDoc

Accurate identification will help you avoid rashly categorizing tail accounts as having strategic value. While it may seem like it from an altruistic perspective, treating all accounts fairly isn’t actually a viable key account strategy and doesn’t guarantee a successful relationship with your top portfolios.

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KAM Customer Life Cycle

Jermaine Edwards

One approach is that of Jim Sterne and Matt Cutler, as published in 2000 in a paper called “E-Metrics, Business Metrics For The New Economy”. Core question: How are we making ourselves easy to choose as a partner? At some stage in your customer relationship, your customer will make decisions on the future use of your services.

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The 10 Immutable Laws Every Business Needs to Follow

Jermaine Edwards

It’s knowing this that helps you to make better decisions. Arguably every sale we make has an element of risk to the person in front of us. During your customer conversations you need to be aware of these internal and external factors that drive decision making influence. Don’t wait for this.

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The 10 immutable laws every business needs to follow

Jermaine Edwards

It’s knowing this that helps you to make better decisions. Arguably every sale we make has an element of risk to the person in front of us. During your customer conversations you need to be aware of these internal and external factors that drive decision making influence. Don’t wait for this.

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What To Consider When Creating Goals For Your Sales Team

Brooks Group

We often hear of sales managers tracking how many calls a salesperson makes without making a distinction between the type of calls being made. Prospecting calls, providing samples or demos, and presenting solutions to decision-makers are all examples. This will make coaching conversations much more efficient and effective.

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Transformation through Agile Leadership

Cosawi

We too often confuse strategic account sponsorship with corporate project sponsorship, where sponsorship is a way to escalate issues or decision-making when in need. When done right, strategic account sponsorship begs to have a very different definition. Contribute to, and have accountability for, the account plan.