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Amplifying SAM with Customer-Led Account Based Marketing

In this AKAM webinar, Dominique Côté, Founder of COSAWI, and Kate Burda, Founder of Kate Burda & Co, explore how a customer-led approach to account-based marketing can strengthen and amplify Strategic Account Management. The session focuses on integrating SAM and marketing around the customer journey, moving beyond inside-out campaigns toward team-enabled, value-led engagement. Through practical…

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KAM success demands internal alignment – Continued

In this follow-up to the popular first session (watch the first webinar here), Denise Freier and Bob Sacco reveal how internal alignment enables true account leadership and sustainable growth. Drawing on decades of experience at IBM and beyond, they share practical frameworks for aligning leadership, teams, and clients around shared goals to strengthen execution and…

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What don’t you know about Procurement?

Procurement can often seem like a black box, but understanding how it really works can be a major advantage in Key Account Management. In this session, procurement expert Jonas Olsson flips the perspective, helping KAM professionals see the world through the buyer’s eyes. With over 20 years of procurement experience and a sharp understanding of…

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KAM success in facilities management: EMCOR UK

What does KAM look like when it becomes the core of a company’s strategy? In this case study, EMCOR UK’s Chief Operating Officer Ian Meaden shares how one of the country’s top FM suppliers turned an intuitive understanding of customer needs into a formalised, long-term KAM programme. From training every cohort of key account managers…

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Marketing

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…

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Key Account Managers talking KAM

Gwenola Ducamp of Vetropack and Matt Sankary of ShipMoney are key account managers in very different sectors – manufacturing and financial services – yet they share a lot of the same challenges. In this conversation they share their current issues, how they are approaching them and look at the future, especially the role of technology,…

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Navigating the Journey of a Complex and always Changing Account

In this webinar Dennis Chapman, a seasoned KAM practitioner based in the US, addresses the issues of complexity and constant change in Key Account Management. KAM implementation depends on wide and deep customer relationships and a real understanding of the customer journey in its dealings with your organisation. Value is delivered through the many touch…

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3 drivers of KAM success

Simon Hazeldine explains his three keys to KAM success. You should be mindful that “You will be delegated to people you sound like. Be a business-person not a salesperson.” Which has to be based on having a customer business-focused strategic key account development plan, with core elements identified by Simon. Sound, practical guidance for key…

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Feedback and AI in KAM Action Planning

New technology and AI are bringing more and more invaluable data from customers into KAM, as demonstrated by Dennis Chapman of the Chapman Group USA. But how do key account managers cope with the sheer quantity of information, never mind putting it to good use? Things are changing rapidly: smart companies have data analysts on…

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The power of real insight in long lasting customer relationships

Unlocking the Power of Customer Insight for on Delivering Long-Lasting Customer Relationships. Dive into the insightful conversation between Helen Wilson, Chief Experience Officer at IPSOS, and Maggie Chandler, Leader in CX Transformation. Delve into the science of the ‘Forces if Customer Experience and their impact on Key Account Management (KAM) strategies. Discover the essential elements…

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