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The Future of SAM – Revisited

Strategic Account Management Association

From all this, we stress tested long-held views about strategic account management. Karen Passmore is Partner at the management consulting firm McKinsey and Company where she works on organizational design and go-to-market strategies with a focus on breaking down organizational silos. Adjust notion of stakeholder value.

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How to Boost Sales Productivity with Account Planning

Upland

Sales productivity involves how efficiently and effectively a sales team can generate revenue—while managing costs and resources, building customer relationships, and staying competitive in the market. This cross-functional teamwork helps you foster more unified and effective customer account management.

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Why is value-based selling so important?

Mercuri International

Value-based selling has been around for more than 30 years and is still as relevant as ever. When Mercuri Research recently surveyed the most important challenges for business leaders, customer value orientation came out on top, just as it did in our last survey 5 years ago.

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Does Value Creation Need Financial Incentives?

Customer Think

Before you can think of financial incentives for Value Creation, it is important that Value be understood and recognized and also be measured. As you read further, you will relate to these important aspects of Value Creation. Studies have shown that incentives do not improve the innovativeness of creative people.

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6 Myths That Could Be Holding Up Referral Partnerships

CoSell

If your marketing managers are in touch with sales perspective, compensation, goals, and knowledge, you are heading in the direction of cohesive marketing-sales revenue partners. Similarly, with sales managers. Marketing may have innovative ideas to streamline the path that buyers take.

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7 Key C-Suite Roles in a Truly Customer-Centric Executive Team?

SmartKarrot

The focus of Cisco is now on improving customer experience at every touchpoint. By hiring an expert to lead the customer experience efforts, Cisco is now on the right path to innovate and improve customer life cycle with technology. The customer has more power than before and multiple options at their fingertips.

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7 Key C-Suite Roles in a Truly Customer-Centric Executive Team?

SmartKarrot

The focus of Cisco is now on improving customer experience at every touchpoint. By hiring an expert to lead the customer experience efforts, Cisco is now on the right path to innovate and improve customer life cycle with technology. The customer has more power than before and multiple options at their fingertips.