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Marketing and KAM are thoroughly intertwined: KAM itself is, in effect, marketing to a segment of one, while understanding that there are many sub segments inside that ‘one’ who want different things, talk different languages and respond in different ways, so it’s worth understanding marketing basics. You may be using them unconsciously but you can…
It’s hard to keep your eyes on the customer when you’re going through a Merger or Acquisition, when you’re not even sure if your job is safe. But it’s not much better if you emerge from the situation to discover but your customer has felt overlooked and unimportant and consequently defected to the competition. In…
Kate Burda shared a collection of compelling research data on major changes in purchasing and how ABM (Account Based Marketing) is leading the way in new approaches to customers, current and potential. While there will always be a personal element in working relationships with key accounts, much of the activity around them is already and…
Dominique Côté underscores the importance of KSAM in responding to the disruptive, fast-changing landscape She identifies three essential elements for success: Creating a Center of Excellence (COE) Securing Executive Sponsorship Integrating Account-Based Marketing (ABM) She explains what they mean and why they matter so much. Each of them plays a vital role in enhancing KSAM…
Corruption is a hard word for some not unusual situations in KAM. But Professor Stephan Henneberg applies it to violations of the employer’s norms and interests, which many will have observed in KAM relationships. You will probably recognise many of the situations in Stephan’s hair-raising collection of quotes. Defining the limits in commercial relationships is…
Vagner Pin’s (Pfizer, Brazil) years of experience come powering through in this highly practical discussion of how to conduct negotiations. Negotiation, of course, isn’t just about doing deals with customers, everyone is involved in negotiating something or other most days, often internally. Vagner shows that anticipation and preparation is everything! Including details of the physical…
It’s not easy to build a relationship online, and most of us aren’t going about it the right way. as Kim Arnold tells you in this incredibly useful presentation, more is just more! We send too many standardised emails. You need to take time to acknowledge your customer as a person and inject some of…
Did you know that 57% of the buying journey is complete before Sales even enters the picture? With ABM/DBM by your side, you can quadruple win rates, an opportunity too compelling to overlook. In this webinar, Andrea Clatworthy of Fujitsu distils the range of ABM definitions into a simple, yet powerful concept: “Getting the right…
Darren Bayley describes the role of the key account manager from the point of view of Straumann, in the global medical device sector. He demonstrates the importance of communication and coordination in the complex network of internal and external relationships, based on the key account plan. Digitalisation technology – IT collaboration platforms in particular –…
Key account management is now viewed as an organisation-wide business strategy. In heavy industry sectors (fuel and energy), from mining, drilling the well to data analysis, the account managers are not able to cover all the required knowledge and skills. They work with project-based sales teams for the targeted accounts to sign deals and provide…
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