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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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Book review – Managing Brands

Red Star Kim

Towards the end of the post is a review of a classic brands book “ Brand Leadership” By David A Aaker and Erich Joachimsthaler which I published some time ago. The course also offers a helpful brand creation plan and a brand plan template (brand essence, brand assets, brand protection and brand strategy).

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

Red Star Kim

Increase profile through thought leadership. Client Experience (CX) and thought leadership remain top business development priorities. Creating thought leadership and insight campaigns. Spend focused on BD technology, social media/web site and thought leadership. Thought leadership/content marketing campaigns.

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Understanding Account-Based Marketing: A Podcast Interview with Bev Burgess, Founder and Managing Principal, Inflexion Group

Farland Group

A: “It is the idea behind the business; I have two co-founders, Louise Jefferson and Tim Shercliff. A: “We interviewed the head of global procurement for a telecoms company, and he said, ‘Of our strategic suppliers, the way we select our suppliers is focused on a supplier’s attitude to ESG, CSR, those kinds of issues.

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7 Creative Ways Sales Reps Are Using AI

Hubspot Sales

Content Creation Generative AI tools like HubSpot’s Content Assistant can write copy for sales messages, proposals, or custom landing pages. 18% of sales professionals use AI for content creation, making it the most popular use case. In the Real World Adam Svhoenfeld, co-founder of Keyplay.io

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June 12 – Customer Success Jobs

SmartKarrot

Role: Customer Success Specialist Location: United States (Remote) Organization: SwiftComply As a Customer Success Specialist, you’ll respond to incoming emails, phone calls, and video requests from more than 400 government agencies and their service suppliers in a courteous, timely, and individualised manner.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Landing Your First Enterprise Client

SmartKarrot

Factors affecting purchasing decisions include your company’s market leadership, reputation, and visibility. According to Sam Odio, co-founder, and CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Freshplum , “it’s not rare to have a 6-12 month sales cycle when selling to Fortune 500 firms, which may be very hard for a startup.”