PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If your company wants to increase sales and nurture existing customers, account management software could be the perfect tool to propel you to success. This guide will discuss what account management software can offer you, the main benefits and features to look for, and our assessment of the best solutions on the market.

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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. Bubble-area* advertising was obviously wasteful.

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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. Account Matrixes. Field-Level Security.

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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. A vital key to strategic account management is creating value for the customer.

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Search Engine Land

JANUARY 26, 2024

Winning and losing clients is part of the agency business. But with the right processes in place, you can smooth client transitions and maintain positive relationships no matter the outcome. Managing client transitions seamlessly As a search agency, you are always trying to win new business. New business is hard.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 21, 2023

Key accounts are the 20% of accounts that generate 80% of your company revenue. Before attempting to develop a key account management strategy, you must know how to identify these key accounts. Accurate identification will help you avoid rashly categorizing tail accounts as having strategic value.

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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. 5 x Account Management Best Practices To Succeed.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In todayʼs competitive agency marketplace, itʼs more difficult than ever to stand out from the crowd and retain clients. As AdWeek reports, it’s not uncommon for small-to-medium-sized firms to see upwards of 40% client turnover year over year. Why clients break up with their agencies 2. The solutions to client churn 3.

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SalesPop

MAY 7, 2021

One place where project management really comes into account management is bringing a broadly stated goal into realistic terms. They can use account planning and project management to figure out just how realistic that goal is. Numerous parts of project management will be part of this tool.

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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. In this comprehensive guide to key account management, you'll learn: The definition of key account management.

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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? In this article, you’ll learn what is account management, as well as what are the benefits of having account management in place.

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Veloxy

JUNE 15, 2023

Key factors driving outside sales growth include personalized customer service, increased competition, and digital technologies & tools. Essential skills for success include strong customer relations, business development, account management & problem solving abilities. You can learn more here.

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Engage Selling

DECEMBER 20, 2018

There’s a step that’s commonly missing in account management planning. Do you know what it is? Many strategies look like this: Plan -> Execute -> Measure However, I suggest moving forward, that they look more like this: Plan -> Execute … Read More »

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Engage Selling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Building trust with clients should be at the forefront of every organization’s thinking and planning. Look, making a sale is great, but just because a buyer agrees to purchase your product, use your service or work with you doesn’t mean … Read More »

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Miller Heiman Group

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

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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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. 3 Ways to Increase Your Sales As An Account Manager.

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Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

By Maria Geokezas , Chief Operating Officer at Heinz Marketing When it comes to effective customer-led growth (CLG) strategies, most efforts focus on customer service and support. Effective customer-led growth encompasses more than service and support. Account Management Portals: These are everywhere now.

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Learn from Talkdesk SVP of Client Services how to build a Customer Reference Program. Gillian Heltai | SVP, Client Services @ Talkdesk. I’m the senior vice president of client services at Talkdesk. Another way that customers become advocates is a personal relationship with the account team.

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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. One of my clients lost just one customer and that loss was so significant for them it meant layoffs, a plant closing, and the threat of bankruptcy.

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Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Whether in-house or at an agency, if you’ve been in PPC account management, odds are you’ve been asked some version of that question at least once. A client point of contact may simply be assessing viability and options of a mandate handed down from management. “We want to hit {goal}. What should we expect to spend?”

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Search Engine Land

AUGUST 10, 2023

The minor update includes additional search term data, new recommendation types and account management assistance. features, you will need to upgrade your client libraries and client code. The updated client libraries and code examples are set to be published by Google next week. Google Ads API version 14.1

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

What services do SEO agencies offer? They’ve worked with hundreds or even thousands of clients in many industries. And, because SEO agencies work with many clients, they avoid the tunnel vision that an in-house SEO can be vulnerable to. What services do SEO agencies offer? Different agencies have different service models.

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PandaDoc

JULY 24, 2020

This 90-day period, often called “onboarding,” is perhaps the most critical time in the client-business life cycle. An excellent onboarding experience builds trust, addresses concerns, and sets expectations for both the client and your project team. A high-performing company has well-defined yet flexible client onboarding processes.

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Iannarino

JUNE 21, 2021

The Gist: One of the easiest ways to recognize your sales approach is to look at the level of value you create for your clients. In 2011, I was asked to help a client’s strategic account management team improve their results. The first level of value (Level One) is the value found in your product or service.

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Although I’ve owned an agency for seven years, most of my career was spent working on the client side. I’ve compiled questions I would have asked when I was on the other side of the desk and also from questions prospective clients ask us. What percentage of the company’s revenue does paid media management represent?

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Sales Pop!

APRIL 11, 2024

Client Satisfaction. Without it, of course, the chances of account expansion are highly unlikely. It can be an elusive target, though, given the typical focus in working to insure your products and services delivered to a client are the very best that they can be. It’s a goal we strive for in selling. Not by a long shot.

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Martech

AUGUST 25, 2023

A new account manager that we haven’t met before, asking for money. It seems that many, many organizations are deeply unhappy that SaaS vendors, including martech vendors, are failing to engage year-round (especially as they’re able to collect data on usage of their services). “No health check. No value add.

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Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

These reps spend their days reaching out to prospects, qualifying them and building relationships by helping clients solve their business problems. If your product or service is a high priced solution that includes customization, then outside sales will work perfectly. 3: Account Managers. 5: Sales Operations.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The secret may surprise you… It’s as simple as a solid sales-to-service handoff. For several years, I ran account management at a marketing agency — a business model infamous for mismatched expectations and subjective quality of delivery. Blueprint for a good sales-to-service handoff process. Internal Handoff.

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Search Engine Land

MARCH 8, 2024

The fallback is that we rely more on clients and businesses to engage and build their data. For an account manager or a marketing department, control is difficult to give up. This can be difficult for some clients who are just used to certain reports on Universal Analytics but who have had to adjust their internal reporting.

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Hubspot

DECEMBER 21, 2016

When I discuss this change with my fellow agency leaders, they often think (at least initially) that a switch to a client-based team structure instead of siloed departments would be chaotic, difficult, and possibly negative for clients who were used to and preferred the existing model. Why We Saw Change on the Horizon.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The remote sales force and customer service team is officially here. The rise in remote work has created new challenges and opportunities for managers tasked with leading geographically dispersed teams. Sales and customer service teams are not immune to these larger trends. Benefits of Remote Sales and Customer Service Teams.

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Hubspot

APRIL 27, 2023

The SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) business model is one of the fastest-growing of the last decade. However, the success rate depends largely on the quality of the product/service the AE is selling. Successful AEs can go on to sales management, enterprise sales, or even executive roles, depending on the size of the company.

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SalesPop

MARCH 19, 2021

An extremely important aspect of account management is the strategic aspect, the plans of dealing with various accounts. I recently discovered through research just how much of an impact real account planning can have on company success. Account Planning Basics. Planning Specifics.

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Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Applying auction insights Now that you know how to access Auction Insights data, how can you make it practical to your account management and reporting process? You can also identify if competitors are expanding into different products, service offerings or even regions. Here are a few suggestions.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Here are 13 questions to ask each vendor that will help you narrow the field: What kind of content delivery speed improvements do you typically see with your clients? Will we have a dedicated Account Manager and technical support, especially with the initial migration? Do you have other clients in our vertical?

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Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

But for many on the agency and even client side, it’s a skill too few understand. An SEO executive needs to learn to present their ideas to the account manager. The account manager needs to get buy-in from client services. Clients have access to all marketing channels. And so on.

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