Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 3, 2022

Dave Kurlan account management account manager territory sales vertical sales role specializationI do my own weeding and that "hobby" takes up a lot of my free time.

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RAIN Group

MARCH 24, 2021

But that’s all in the hands of the key account team now. The good news is that key accounts are 60% to 70% more likely to close compared to the 5% to 20% likelihood of selling to a new client. Strategic Account ManagementYour team just won a new logo! Congratulations!

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SalesPop

JUNE 10, 2021

The post Seamless Account Management appeared first on SalesPOP! Sales ManagementIn my opinion, every sales organization and sales leader has had a very distinguished and legitimate request to achieve goals.

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The 5% Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2019

What is key account management? And what is the difference between key account management and sales? Then there is key account management and strategic account management – what is the difference? What Is Key Account Management?

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Sales Gravy

MARCH 28, 2021

On this episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jeb Blount (Fanatical Prospecting) answers a listener's question about how to effectively balance prospecting for new logos with serving and managing existing accounts. Podcast Account Management

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The Fine Art of Blending Text Messaging Into Your Account Management Process I love blending text messaging into my account management process. There are two reasons why blending text messaging into your account management process works: It’s mobile.

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Engage Selling

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

I was working with a group of sales managers at a workshop a few weeks ago and one of them introduced this strategy.

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Membrain

AUGUST 7, 2022

I do my own weeding and that "hobby" takes up a lot of my free time. Weeding is like playing the arcade game wack-a-mole where you pull the weed, use a weed wacker, or poison the weed on Monday and two more weeds appear in its place on Tuesday

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SalesPop

APRIL 9, 2021

The next aspect of account management we need to consider–one that is vitally important–is application integration. Integration Tied Into Account Management. Let’s take a look at how application integration affects account management.

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SalesPop

APRIL 23, 2021

Another important foundational aspect of account management—and sales itself—is the handling of quotas and forecasting. From my observation, only a few companies manage the problems for quotas and forecasting well. Sales Management

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Salesforce

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Which account management skills should you be focused on right now? Most recruiters look for hunters to fill sales roles and farmers to fill account management roles. Most recruiters look for hunters to fill sales roles and farmers to fill account management roles.

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Membrain

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Sales Management Sales TerminologyThe words we use affect the way we think. Positive, uplifting words can induce a positive, uplifting mood and an optimistic approach to tasks. Negative, depressing words can have the opposite effect.

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SalesPop

MAY 21, 2021

Through the articles in this series, we’ve now covered all aspects of account management, and its related features within Pipeliner CRM. Let’s now take an overview of the subject and pull all the pieces together, and see how Pipeliner powerfully supports account management.

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SalesPop

MARCH 25, 2021

Sales most definitely have two sides, and this is also true of account management. This is also true of account management. If we didn’t need sales or account management skills, people would simply buy products or services—which they obviously don’t.

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SalesPop

APRIL 30, 2021

It has prioritized lead and opportunity management over account management. Guided by both the industry and the CRM solutions they were using, businesses and organizations never really dug into real account management. Sales Management

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Engage Selling

DECEMBER 20, 2018

There’s a step that’s commonly missing in account management planning. Sales Coaching motivating employees optimizing sales Pipeline ManagementDo you know what it is?

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The 5% Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Learning, and then implementing account management best practices can have an excellent result and impact on your overall sales efforts, and relationships with your clients. 5 x Account Management Best Practices To Succeed. What Are Account Management Best Practices?

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The 5% Institute

APRIL 2, 2020

In the world of business and sales, there are so many terms and definitions – so what is account management? And what are the benefits of account management? What Is Account Management? Account management may consistent of: Managing the relationship.

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Engage Selling

AUGUST 10, 2018

????????????????????????????Many of you have read a lot of the work we’ve done on account management. But here’s what really critical about account management. These are the four steps of account management. The review is so important … Read More » Sales Tips accomplishing goals account management Colleen Francis CRM CRM systems Engage Selling Solutions managing accounts sales Sales Lessons sales results sales success

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SalesPop

MARCH 12, 2021

We explored the vital importance of account management in our previous article on account management —the idea being that obtaining new accounts is far more costly than maintaining and expanding existing accounts. How do companies hang onto accounts?

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SalesPop

MAY 7, 2021

We’ve thoroughly covered many factors of account planning, such as setting goals and targets. But at the end of the day, account planning naturally evolves into creating a project, which falls into the realm of project management. Project Management Elements.

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Miller Heiman Group

APRIL 2, 2019

Managing a strategic account is a complicated balancing act. But to achieve long-term success with a strategic account, the customer needs to view you as a trusted partner, which means you need to constantly set yourself apart from the competition by helping your customer achieve their long-term goals. Strategic accounts are an important part of your company’s success. When you lose a strategic account, you need to first evaluate if you want to win that account back.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Account Based Everything is a huge topic these days. Everyone is account focused, they want to grow their relationships, increase penetration and grow revenue. Developing our accounts is a huge opportunity. Growing our existing accounts is a hands down winner! Intuitively, it makes sense to leverage our current accounts. We have a bit of an “insider” or incumbency advantage with these accounts.

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Hubspot

MARCH 18, 2019

At some point, most company leaders have looked at their list of best clients and thought, "It would be really bad if we lost any of these accounts." The answer: Key account management. How to know whether your company needs a key account management strategy.

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Membrain

JUNE 2, 2021

Many have heard statistics on the value of existing accounts: 80% of future profits come from 20% of customers; 65% of revenue comes from existing customers; it costs 5% less to retain a customer than to gain one. Account Growth Planning & Execution

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A Sales Guy

JULY 30, 2012

The single most important element of account management and one of the most critical sales skills is proactivity. Yet, unfortunately, far too many farmers or account managers leave too much to reaction or reactivity. The great advantage to account management is your access to data. At the very least, good account managers should know all the facts. Unlike hunting, account managers start with a tremendous amount of data.

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SalesPop

JULY 9, 2021

For any company involved with sales, account management and key account management is crucial and requires a vastly different skillset and toolset than winning new sales. What is (Key) Account Management? Nature of Accounts. Sales Management

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Engage Selling

JUNE 8, 2018

All salespeople should be required to have four or more active relationships inside … Read More » Sales Tips active accounts Client Communication client relationships client retention Client Success Colleen Francis Engage Selling Solutions sales Sales Goals Sales Strategies sales success selling??????????????????If I was running your sales team and there had to be one thing that I would insist on, it would be this non-negotiable, mandatory behavior from all salespeople.

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The 5% Institute

JULY 1, 2019

An Account Manager can be a tough job at the best of times – especially if you want to increase your sales. Below are three quick ways to increase your sales as an Account Manager. 3 Ways to Increase Your Sales As An Account Manager.

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

When managing top-tier accounts in consolidated markets, it’s critical to work strategically to close more deals. Losing a strategic account represents a monumental loss and you may find yourself banging your head against a wall, asking where you went wrong or if you missed early warning signs. Meanwhile, your leadership expects you to initiate a top-to-bottom review of your strategic account management plan.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 29, 2013

Jeb Blount, a leading expert on customer experience and account management, just published the new book, People Love You: The Real Secret to Delivering Legendary Customer Experiences. Account managers are usually responsible for holding these relationships together. I don''t endorse many books but this is a good one and if you manage important accounts or relationships this book is a must read.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Sales specialists are very important in sales organizations and critical to account and territory managers. As our products and solutions become more complex, as they broaden, it is impossible for the account or territory manager to have deep knowledge in all the solutions. Yet too often, I see conflict between the sales specialist teams and account managers. Territorialism: Account/territory managers are, by definition, territorial.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

Who we’re hiring for at SaaStr: Director of Account Management to support our top sponsors. The post Who We’re Hiring for Team SaaStr: Director of Account Management, and Director of Email / Growth Marketing appeared first on SaaStr.

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Pointclear

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

At first glance, the idea of outsourcing strategic account management may seem absurd. After all, B2B companies usually define strategic accounts as their best customers and prospects based on criteria like potential for revenue, profit and growth. The line of thinking goes something like this: “Outside resources cannot possibly understand what our sales reps and account managers know about our company, our solutions and our culture.

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

I know it’s hard to believe, but 2016 is right around the corner! There are definitely some things you should be doing now to ensure your 2016 gets off to a great start. Below are the 10 that I definitely think you should not overlook: 1. Learn the 2016 company objectives for each of […]. Blog leadership Professional Selling Skills Sales Motivation forecasting goal setting goals quotas sales motivation

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 3, 2012

Salespeople are quick to assume that just because they have in their phone on speed dial the number of their key account contacts, that the contacts have done the same. The only exception is if you’re calling a key account or some other type of customer you interact with a lot and you use voicemail to convey information, etc. The exception, of course, would be if you’re calling a key account or customer you interact with on a regular basis.

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Sales Gravy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

There are many opportunities for mistakes to be made in the key account management process. What is the Most Common Mistake Regarding Key Account Management? Key Account Management seems to be the buzz word in sales today. It is, in fact, a r

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Pointclear

MARCH 8, 2011

Strategic account management and marketing automation: a marriage made in heaven or oil and water? I had the good fortune to discuss how SAM and marketing automation intersect with Bob Thompson, CEO of CustomerThink, during a recent interview about my new book, The Truth About Leads.

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Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Account Management Prospecting Colleen Francis Engage Selling Engage Selling Solutions How to Integrate Social Media Into Your Sales Strategy Sales Leader sales leadership Sales Lessons sales management Sales Strategies sales success sales team sales training selling strategies The Sales Leader

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Engage Selling

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The sales rep in … Read More » Account Management Observations from the real World account management client retention managing client relationships sales growth sales leadership sales leadership content sales leadership ideas

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