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Turning lemons into lemonade: Five ways to reset on customer management fundamentals in a post-pandemic world

Strategic Account Management Association

By Dave Duke, Co-Founder and CCO, MetaCX, and Joel Schaafsma, Research General Manager, SAMA. In business, it has created an opportunity to reflect on how companies are managing customers, and it has given customers a window of opportunity to re-evaluate their supplier relationships to determine which partnerships are truly valuable.

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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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How to Identify Key Accounts: A Quick Guide to Getting it Right

Account Manager Tips

You're sitting on a goldmine of existing customers that: can deliver an above-average revenue growth; want to invest in your partnership; will co-create value in ways that neither of you could do alone. You'll select your key accounts with 15 criteria which are grouped into three categories: Growth, Harmony and Value Creation.

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Key Account Manager or Strategic Ecosystem Leader?

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The KAM must manage a program and lead the business strategy across internal stakeholders and the value co-creation with the stakeholders at their key accounts – not a trivial endeavor. Follow us on LinkedIn to get all the newest perspectives and insights around strategic relationship management and sales innovation.

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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. I’m surprised at the apparent relative lack of innovation and creativity here. Client Experience (CX) and thought leadership remain top business development priorities.

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Servitization 101 – How servitization can strengthen your relationship with your key accounts

Strategic Account Management Association

Servitization is a term used to describe a journey of transformation, specifically: the innovation of an organization’s capabilities and processes to better create mutual value through a shift from selling products to selling product-service systems that deliver a desirable outcome for the customer. What is servitization?

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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.