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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. I suggest expanding your search beyond title and role, beyond commercial leaders. What’s next ?

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The Importance of Aligning Marketing and Sales

Strategic Communications

There is often tension between marketing and sales in many organizations. In a 2013 Harvard Business Review article , “Why Sales and Marketing Don’t Get Along,” authors Andris A. Lorimer write, “Sales-marketing tension can stem from differences in marketers’ and sellers’ perspectives. Zoltners, P.K. Sinha, and Sally E.

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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. Louise, like me, is a career marketer but Tim has come up through IBM as a sales, operations, and strategy leader. In sales, we’ve seen account management—putting senior people on your top customers.

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Transformation through Agile Leadership

Cosawi

A colleague from the SAMA Board of Directors, Noel Capon, recently wrote an article in Harvard Business Review, “When CEOs Make Sales Calls,”¹ in which he describes the impact of top management’s involvement in the customer relationship. 1 Noel Capon, When CEOs Make Sales Calls, Harvard Business Review, March-April 2021. Dominique Co?te?

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

Account Management Skills

And I bring my expertise, which is in software and technology, primarily, a lot of go to market and sales and that sort of thing, and sort of my area of expertise. And are we helping them to meet them? So we’re not meeting the full potential. So people who are trying to figure stuff out, or they have a specific question.

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6 Myths Busted about Working Remotely!

SmartKarrot

They are actually able to meet their targets and the set deadlines because they can plan their time and use the time they would have spent commuting to do constructive work. They argue that remote employees cannot physically present and discuss their ideas with their co-workers. The first thing you should do is to create a rapport.

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

SmartKarrot

The contract negotiation is the last of several challenges you must clear up, including introductions, calls, meetings, follow-up emails, and demonstrations. It is challenging and labor-intensive to develop a product that meets all the requirements of an enterprise organization. What makes enterprise clients different? .