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Key Account Management: The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot Sales

The answer: Key account management. In this comprehensive guide to key account management, you'll learn: The definition of key account management. How to know whether your company needs a key account management strategy. How to identify key accounts.

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How Aramex’s Young SAM Program Provides Strategic Value and Impact

Strategic Account Management Association

The program was sponsored by the CEO of Aramex, who created the role of chief commercial officer to drive the required change with the support of the whole C-suite in close cooperation and partnership with the leadership of the regions. When choosing strategic accounts, size should not be the exclusive criteria.

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Book review: All you need to know about commercial awareness by Christopher Stoakes

Red Star Kim

And there’s a pragmatic guidance on pitching, pricing (six things clients consider, a table of alternative fee structures ) and a simple project management methodology. There’s even an overview of the strategic benefits of different types of clients (linked to Key Account Management strategy).

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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

Connected leadership – How professional relationships (kimtasso.com) Competitors – Analyse who your major competitors are advising and adapt their targeting methods (I’m a little uncomfortable with the current trend to use LinkedIn to review your competitors’ contacts and target them yourself!) There are many articles on both of these topics.

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Selling in a downturn – Are your teams being trained with the proper tools for the job?

Mercuri International

Key findings. Mercuri’s survey looked at a broad range of industries, from finance to pharma, construction to consumer goods, speaking to executives from C-level, sales, HR, and training. Remote selling and remote leadership came in a close 4th and 5th. Remote selling, leadership, and training.

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Update on marketing and business development (M&BD) team structures

Red Star Kim

Here, the M&BD professionals – and perhaps those from other disciplines (such as finance or human resources) – will be formed into temporary project teams to assist with particular initiatives. An allied development is those in Account Based Marketing (ABM) roles. Larger firms may prefer to have a more flexible structure.

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Why ABM is essential to your business

Arpedio

For key or strategic accounts, does it matter if marketing works with sales? Account-based marketing (ABM) revolutionized marketing. So, why do so many strategic/key account management (SAM/KAM) programs not integrate with ABM? Absolutely yes! Best recommendations to integrate SAM and ABM. Angus Robertson.