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Value Chain – What is it?

Arpedio

It includes activities such as procurement, transportation, and inventory management. It includes activities such as market research, advertising, sales strategy development, and customer relationship management. These may include functions such as human resources management, technology development, procurement, and infrastructure.

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How to improve performance and reduce stress, with David Meikle

Account Management Skills

My guest is David Meikle , the author of ‘Tuning Up’, a book about improving performance and reducing stress in advertising and marketing. We discuss: why David describes the relationship between the agency, the client and the client’s procurement department as the triangle of doom.  Welcome to episode 96.

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How to Avoid Deal Slippage – A Closure Plan!

Revenue Storm

Closure plans are absolutely critical for complex B2B deals where there are multiple authorizers, a formal sign off process, and then a commercial and legal process that takes place with procurement. Then of course, you will have the joys of legal and procurement. Procurement approval: November 15. Signature date: January 15.

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How to (ethically) steal your prospect?s attention: 5 ultra-creative sales case studies

Nutshell

Thanks to excessive entertainment, reams of content, and a barrage of advertisements, we’re swamped with information that we struggle to process. After identifying her ideal customer profile, which was mainly procurement managers at heavy engineering companies, Oakley and his team attended exhibitions to build a list of leads.

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Why Account Managers need a point of view on AI

Account Management Skills

b) In an article entitled “The future of AI in client-agency relationships” in Marketing Procurement IQ ” it encourages brands to ask their agencies questions about AI. It says “brand advertisers should ask the following questions to their agencies”: Are you currently using AI or planning to do so? What are you using it for?

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Franchise Agreements: What They Look Like and What to Expect

Hubspot Sales

Here, the franchisor agrees to provide the franchisee with a list of approved and designated suppliers — as well as an advertising plan and advertising copy in advance of the franchisee's grand opening. Advertising. Development Assistance. Quality Control.

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How to negotiate with procurement, with Mike Lander

Account Management Skills

In this episode, I chat to Mike Lander, CEO of Piscari, a former procurement director who now assists sales teams in negotiating with procurement departments. We also dive into a five-step framework to help you negotiate more effectively and shed light on some questionable tactics employed by less experienced procurement professionals.