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Book review: All you need to know about commercial awareness by Christopher Stoakes

Red Star Kim

This short (130 pages) information-packed book was revised in 2019. So here is a Book review: All you need to know about commercial awareness by Christopher Stoakes. He’s also written a book called “ Get to the point – how to write well at work”. And the important distinction between cash and profits is highlighted.

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The trouble with account managers

Account Management Skills

I sometimes feel they are more concerned with their gmail and booking meetings than with my challenge” – client lead ( “The Future of Account Management” report, IPA 2020 ) The feedback from clients and industry experts is relentless and often scathing about the account manager’s performance.

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Referrer management – Grading, Research, Discipline, Storytelling and Leveraging your exemplars

Red Star Kim

There were also variations on factors such as financial (it’s easy to measure revenue and profit) and others such as market positioning, longevity, reliability/security and prestige. There was also discussion about the use of grading criteria for individual attributes such as seniority, influence, sponsorship and loyalty.

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Key issues in Marketing and Business Development Planning: Engage, Analyse, Expand, Innovate and Measure

Red Star Kim

Some suggested focusing on reporting profit improvement instead. It may take time to build up to a full ROI analysis – especially where both digital and traditional methods of marketing and business development were deployed. 40% Selling (winning new clients). 10% Existing client development. 30% All of them.

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

Account Management Skills

Not project management systems, not CRM systems, but having a dedicated system to guide the agency account management team, when it comes to managing and delve developing existing client relationships. We chatted about: – the importance of having a client development plan. – how to avoid client churn.

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Top 50 Women Leaders in Customer Success 2022

SmartKarrot

She has also hosted the very successful Customer Success Podcast and written the informative book called ‘The Customer Success Economy.’ Anita leads a team that dives into the customer insights of B2B SaaS clients and extracts actionable information from it. In turn, Diana helps her clients’ businesses grow. Amarachi Ogueji.

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Net Promoter Score (NPS)

Flevy

Reichheld’s book “The Ultimate Question 2.0,” NPS is portrayed as a metric that goes beyond measuring customer satisfaction to provide valuable insights into customer loyalty. In Frederick F. Detractors (scores 0–6) , on the other hand, voice displeasure and endanger a company’s reputation.