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Ten insights on the future of SAM

Strategic Account Management Association

Panelists: Jennifer Stanley, Partner, McKinsey & Co.; From Stanley’s perspective, SAM already serves as a beacon for what it means to be a sales professional–particularly when it comes to the rigor SAMs bring to account planning, solutions co-creation with customers and articulation of unique value propositions. #5.

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KPI Management: Open Innovation KPIs

Flevy

Open Innovation Programs represent a paradigm shift in how organizations approach innovation, moving beyond the confines of internal R&D to leverage the collective creativity and expertise of external partners.

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The Importance of Co-Creating Value with Every Strategic Customer

Account Manager Tips

20 ways to encourage value co-creation with your customers Favourite collaboration app Listener tip In other news Quote of the week. And what if we take it one step further and ask what it means to "co-create value" with our customers? Which is why co-creation is so powerful. We hear the word "value" all the time.

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How Aramex’s Young SAM Program Provides Strategic Value and Impact

Strategic Account Management Association

Form an organizational capability around co-creating products and solutions with our customers Redesign our philosophy around our customers’ needs Make a positive business impact on our customers’ operations Ingrain a deeply customer-centric vision and mission for sales. Its mission is to handle defined strategic key accounts.

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What Does Digital Transformation REALLY Mean for the Channel?

PartnerTap

“ Digital transformation is not a product or a solution. It’s a continuous process involving new technologies and ways of working to compete successfully through continued innovation.” -Red Digital transformation is really about fostering a culture within your company that adapts to the changing digitized landscape.

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10 Trends – Annual International Marketing Benchmark by PM Forum and Meridian West

Red Star Kim

I’m surprised at inward looking nature of the highest-ranked factors and how low both technology and innovation appear to be on firms’ agendas. Marketing via social and digital channels. I’m surprised at the apparent relative lack of innovation and creativity here. Accelerated digital experience. Sustainability.

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Book review – Managing Brands

Red Star Kim

The course also offers a helpful brand creation plan and a brand plan template (brand essence, brand assets, brand protection and brand strategy). The final section of this chapter looks at how digital techniques can be used to build trust as an online currency to improve brand positioning.