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Why do we need account managers anyway?

Account Management Skills

I was chatting to one of my clients recently about the benefits of introducing account management in their agency for the first time. When you start an agency, typically you start with project management. As a small, agile team it makes sense for project managers to be responsible for client management.

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Enablement is Hard. Do It Anyway.

Mike Kunkle

It’s organizational behavioral change management, for sure, and requires both smart and hard work. Sometimes, that reality being what it is, we need to work in environments that are not ideal for what we do. Which, earlier, we said wasn’t easy either. So, what’s an enabler to do? Let’s dig in.

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The Challenge of Selling Expertise (Not Product)

Strategic Account Management Association

An interview with Michael Thomas by Harvey Dunham, Managing Director of Business Development at SAMA. He also spent years as a managing consultant for Microsoft’s global consulting organization. How do you think SAMs can learn to sell expertise and not products and transform themselves into trusted advisors? Register here.

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THE 10-K FILING: THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT THAT SAMS NEVER READ

Strategic Account Management Association

In the age of convenience, where same-day deliveries have become the gold standard and news articles are now conveniently timed down to the second, our need for accurate and concise information has never been more pressing. So why on earth do we still bother with documents numbering hundreds of pages, sans picture and color?

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Salesforce Account Planning: Turn Data Into Relationships 

Upland

Sold on account planning but don’t know where to start? For many, account planning in Salesforce is a logical next step. Crafting structured account plans complete with vital data from Salesforce makes it easier for sellers to get the full benefit of account planning methodologies and build better relationships.

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The Business of Expertise | One Step Ahead

Account Manager Tips

Anyway, the first highlight it sent me was from a book I read a while back, called The Business of Expertise and it got me curious (or is that furious?) It talked about the fact that consultants who bounce in an out of the client relationship have more status and impact than account managers that deal with the client daily. "A

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How to Measure the ROI of Your Sales Enablement Program

Mike Kunkle

This is a complex topic that is beyond the scope of one blog post, but I will do my best to provide a solid kickstart for you and offer what I hope will be some helpful perspective and good resources to continue to pursue. I do have a video on this topic, from my newsletter, Sales Enablement Straight Talk , as an additional resource.

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