Strategic Account Management Association

AUGUST 24, 2021

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. “We 4 Facilitative style.

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Arpedio

MARCH 6, 2024

Account management serves as the backbone of successful businesses, playing a pivotal role in fostering lasting relationships with clients or customers. At its core, account management involves the strategic oversight and nurturing of client accounts, aiming to maximize their value and satisfaction.

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Flevy

MARCH 17, 2024

In the context of strategic planning and performance management , NPD plays a vital role in determining an organization’s long-term success and market positioning. Relevance : Helps in evaluating the organization’s capability to filter and prioritize ideas that lead to successful products.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

Our strategic planning services offer guidance on how a strategic planning facilitator can provide support in constructing an effective strategic plan that ensures your strategy is communicated and implemented across your entire organization. A facilitator can help: Data strategy or scenario planning? Why not both?

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Being a sales manager is a whirlwind experience, especially for those who were once successful sales reps themselves. Fortunately, there are valuable best practices that can help aspiring sales managers excel in their positions. Best Practices for Sales Managers 1. Your skill as a manager is only as good as your foundation.

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Flevy

MARCH 21, 2024

Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy is a critical aspect of modern business management, pivotal for protecting and monetizing innovations. Furthermore, a strong IP portfolio can enhance an organization’s valuation , attract investment, and facilitate entry into global markets.

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PandaDoc

MAY 7, 2024

An effective lead management process is one of the most critical factors driving sales through your funnel. Optimizing your lead management process , in other words making sure all leads, once hooked, have the maximum chance of converting to a sale, is vital to your business’s success. In essence, this is what lead management is.

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Arpedio

MARCH 6, 2024

In today’s competitive business landscape, effective account management plays a pivotal role in fostering long-term client relationships and driving sustainable growth. Account management involves the strategic management of client accounts to ensure their needs are met, their expectations are exceeded, and their businesses thrive.

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DemandFarm

MAY 22, 2023

Is a key account manager the same as a sales manager? Meet Anna, a diligent Sales Manager at Brilliant Solutions , a thriving software company specializing in cutting-edge automation tools. Her daily tasks revolve around driving sales, managing the sales team, and ensuring sales targets are met.

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PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Below, we’ll discuss the impact that a robust opportunity management process can have on your bottom line. Key takeaways Opportunity management is not exactly the same as lead management, although the two processes are similar. What is opportunity management — and why should you care? What ROI could we expect from this?

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2023

Technical Sales Manager Skills The sales manager plays an important role in any organization. of technical sales manager resumes contained customer satisfaction as a skill! Further, they ensure retailer and vendors’ customer relationship management (CRM) database integrity. Customer Satisfaction 10.7%

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Zendesk

JUNE 27, 2023

Many businesses rely on Zendesk to manage their customer conversations and create satisfying service experiences. AWS AppFabric enables businesses to manage data across apps and access audit logs in a standardized, common language. Zendesk and AWS AppFabric AppFabric facilitates easy querying of information across apps.

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Flevy

MARCH 20, 2024

This article aims to explore the significance of Open Innovation Programs within organizations, highlighting how Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) associated with this area can guide strategic decision-making, facilitate effective strategy formulation, and drive operational enhancements.

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Planview

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The expansive network of millions of lines of code poses practical obstacles, necessitating extensive rework, decision-making amid incomplete data, and effective work prioritization, all while grappling with the looming risk of isolated improvement initiatives.

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Flevy

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

M&A activities are integral to Strategic Planning and Performance Management , offering a pathway to achieve rapid growth , enter new markets , and acquire new technologies or capabilities. Integration Cost Variance Definition : The difference between projected and actual costs incurred during the integration of merged entities.

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Sales Management Plus -- SMP

MARCH 5, 2024

Your account manager can use the missing category as a springboard to understand the customer’s specific needs within that area. Current Customer Insights Account managers can leverage the sheet to uncover sales patterns and trends with their assigned customers.

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Arpedio

MARCH 20, 2024

Developing integrated marketing plans, leveraging automation tools for campaign management, and sharing customer insights can help align sales and marketing efforts and deliver a unified brand experience. Organizations must prioritize high-value accounts and allocate resources judiciously to maximize ROI.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Exceptional sales management is key to an organization’s success—yet the role of a sales manager is one of the most challenging. It’s not that sales managers don’t want to lead effectively. Consistently focusing management attention on negatives can lead to tension between sales managers and their team members or even turnover.

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Insightly

MARCH 11, 2024

You’ll also hear almost any professional is willing to share what CRM or customer relationship management software they are using, since the CRM is a must-have, and is typically the lifeblood of a business. As the day progresses, the CRM facilitates communication and collaboration within the sales team.

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DemandFarm

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Several companies are adopting strategies such as opportunity management to manage the sales pipeline at every stage which involves identifying, tracking, and managing potential sales opportunities. Relationship intelligence expedites and automates many key but repetitive tasks for sales teams and customer managers.

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Envisio

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Today, we are delighted to announce the launch of Envisio Projects – a suite of project management tools to help manage, deliver, and communicate Capital Improvement Plans (CIP). I like the reports’ simplicity for Project Managers. The tool we currently use for reporting is very tedious and defined.

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Flevy

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Most executives associated with procurement lack the competencies and perspectives required to identify gaps and effectively manage the function. What’s needed in this era is an inclusive, long-term purchasing and supply management strategy. FlevyPro is trusted and utilized by 1000s of management consultants and corporate executives.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

AI enhances this understanding, enabling faster and more effective resource prioritization. Together, they manage extended sales cycles, ensure transparency in account planning, and facilitate smoother transitions between sales professionals. Account Management Build powerful account plans in Salesforce.

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Planview

APRIL 24, 2024

Without clear visibility into these areas, it becomes increasingly difficult to prioritize tasks effectively, ensuring that outcomes align with top business priorities. This misalignment disrupts the entire workflow, causing upstream teams to wait and downstream teams to deal with non-prioritized outputs, slowing down the organization.

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Nutshell

APRIL 3, 2024

Startup management used to be complicated and time-consuming for companies wanting to scale. A communication tool can also facilitate smooth correspondence with clients and leads using different formats, such as phone or video calls, depending on their preference. Communication tools for startups include: Slack Microsoft Teams Zoom 3.

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Planview

JANUARY 30, 2024

Effective change management is required for sustained success in delivering strategic initiatives. Moreover, Organizational Change Management (OCM) principles are pivotal in steering the ship toward successful strategy design and implementation. More than four out of five executives recognize the need to improve employee engagement.

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Flevy

JULY 6, 2022

ABM systems facilitate the stakeholders in creating the most qualified leads, developing tailored purchasing journeys, enhancing the lifetime value of customers , and maintaining a healthy pipeline of promising accounts. ABM solutions have the 4 core functions: Account Management. Account Management. Account Intelligence.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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Hubspot Sales

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Lead Scoring and Prioritization Sales and marketing teams can develop and refine a lead scoring system that identifies and prioritizes potential customers based on specific criteria. Sales also prioritizes its efforts on leads with the highest conversion potential.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 2, 2024

Payment processing securely facilitates digital transactions for businesses. Do you just need payment processing or do you also need billing features like invoicing, subscription management, and more? Not evaluating settlement speed: Securing funds as quickly as possible is critical to the livelihood of many small businesses.

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DemandFarm

JULY 26, 2023

Quality over Quantity: How Focusing on a Select Few Accounts Can Drive Greater Success in Digital Key Account Management As digital Key Account Management grows in relevance, many organizations find themselves confounded by the question of whether obtaining new customers is more important than retaining existing key clients.

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Arpedio

APRIL 15, 2024

AI tools can prioritize leads, optimize pricing strategies, and identify upsell or cross-sell opportunities , leading to higher conversion rates and increased revenue. Predictive Analytics : AI-powered predictive models forecast sales outcomes, identify potential leads, and prioritize opportunities.

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Arpedio

MARCH 13, 2024

Unlike traditional sales methods that heavily rely on direct sales efforts, cold calling , and extensive marketing campaigns, product-led sales prioritizes the product’s inherent value and utility to attract and retain customers. In contrast, product-led sales flips this paradigm by allowing the product itself to do much of the selling.

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ClearPoint Strategy

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As a leading strategy management software provider, we’ve helped numerous healthcare organizations plan and execute their goals for the future. Strategic Management In Healthcare: What is it? Why is strategic management important in healthcare? Looking for some examples of healthcare strategic plans? Ease into it.

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Planview

AUGUST 29, 2023

Understanding Resource Management Capacity planning can take on different forms depending on whether it happens internally or externally. External resource management (PSA) involves working for external customers for a fee and balancing supply and demand as you work through opportunity intake, similar to the sales funnel.

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Planview

MARCH 28, 2023

Roadmaps will help you prioritize products, features, and work by their level of strategic importance. On their own, OKRs and roadmaps both help facilitate strategic alignment. On their own, OKRs and roadmaps both help facilitate strategic alignment. Together, they ensure it.

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Arpedio

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This process helps to identify and prioritize leads with the highest potential for conversion, allowing your sales team to focus their efforts and resources on those prospects with the greatest likelihood of making a purchase. Lead scoring helps you identify and prioritize leads based on their potential to become customers.

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