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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. SAMA and Boston Consulting Group partnered in May 2020 to conduct a study aimed at discovering the early changes to customer expectations for sales organizations as a result of the COVID pandemic. Turning lemons into lemonade.

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Learn from the best: The 2020 SAMA Excellence Awards winners

Strategic Account Management Association

Category 1: “Customer co-creation that creates mutual business value” Winners: Interview with Muriel Carroll, Managing Director, Strategic Accounts, Hilton Worldwide Sales, and John Morgan, Senior Strategic Account Manager, Johnson Controls.

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Ten insights on the future of SAM

Strategic Account Management Association

Panelists: Jennifer Stanley, Partner, McKinsey & Co.; Sales and account management – no longer an expense but an investment. While firms once viewed sales as an expense, in this environment it’s clearly an investment. SAM will become (if it isn’t already) the standard bearer for all sales. Centers of Excellence (CoE).

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4 Ways NLP AI and Sales Methodology Will Join Forces

Upland

Enterprise sales is going through a rapid evolution. One groundbreaking development on the horizon is the convergence of Natural Language Processing (NLP) AI technology and enterprise sales methodology. Personalized Customer Experiences Modern enterprise sales methodology thrives on data-driven decision-making.

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We’re All in Sales – Or Maybe Not

Mike Kunkle

We’re all in sales, right? I think the answer depends on what you mean by that (intent) and how you define “sales.” I get the intent of the “we’re all in sales” message, generally, much like Dan Pink’s book, To Sell is Human. “The 1980s called, and they want their sales approach back.”

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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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Christmas Countdown: December 4

Arpedio

Learn more Opportunity Management Boost win rates, reduce sales cycles, and enhance forecast accuracy. Enter draw #1 Account-Based Selling Platform Treat your colleagues to an early Christmas present Relationship Mapping & Org Chart Improve your critical stakeholder relationships.