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FROM EXECUTIVE SPONSORSHIP TO EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT

Strategic Account Management Association

A colleague from the SAMA Board of Directors, Noel Capon, recently wrote an article in Harvard Business Review “When CEOs Make Sales Calls” in which he describes the impact of top management’s involvement in the customer relationship. He draws a parallel between executives and seagulls: “They fly in, make much noise, leave a mess and fly off.”

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The Importance of Aligning Marketing and Sales

Strategic Communications

In a 2013 Harvard Business Review article , “Why Sales and Marketing Don’t Get Along,” authors Andris A. Today there’s no reason for prospects to speak with sales teams early when all the information they want, need, and crave is just one search away,” says Joshua Feinberg, CEO and co-founder of SP Home Run. Zoltners, P.K.

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How to systemise account management in your agency, with Alex Raymond

Account Management Skills

The other thing that people do, who are really good, the black belts at QBR is what they do, Jenny, is they’ll actually co-opt someone from the customer side, to co present and co own the meeting. You know, maybe they came down on them originally from a procurement perspective and kind of squeezed them dry.

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Seismic Acquires Percolate to Create Exceptional Content Experiences at Every Point in the Customer Journey

SBI

Doug Winter, Seismic co-founder and CEO. Marketers understand that producing personalized, compelling content is foundational to providing value to their company’s bottom line and therefore the business at large,” said Doug Winter, Seismic co-founder and CEO. Blog Article. Blog Article. Blog Article.