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Key account management strategy: Setting things in motion

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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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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.

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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”. There are different stages in the customer life cycle and various methods to define them. The paper illustrates one of the most effective views of the customer life cycle I’ve seen.

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The 10 Immutable Laws Every Business Needs to Follow

Jermaine Edwards

The most important commitment you can have with your customers is who you are together. This rests in the ideas of shared values and future expectation.

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The 10 immutable laws every business needs to follow

Jermaine Edwards

The most important commitment you can have with your customers is who you are together. This rests in the ideas of shared values and future expectation.

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Transformation through Agile Leadership

Cosawi

Stay informed on the account through an established strategic account process. Contribute to, and have accountability for, the account plan. Challenge account strategy and tactics. Participate in internal leadership and customer account meetings – and not only when “the house is on fire”.

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Feb 17 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Develop a trusted advisor relationship with key customer stakeholders and executive sponsors to fully understand the publishers’ business strategies and measurements for success. Identify opportunities for new use cases, integrations, and program expansions and, collaborate with account executives to ensure successful renewals.