11 Crucial Account Management KPIs that Dictate Success

Key Account Management can be a difficult process. The biggest challenge to selecting the right account management strategy is focusing on too many things too soon. Ideally, the focus should be on only a few impactful components or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that can set you apart from your competitors. This has the potential to […]

Quick Look into Relationship Mapping in 2023

Relationship Mapping is a visual representation of a client’s organizational chart that gives an idea of the kind of connections and influences each entity has over another. Relationship mapping ensures that there is clear understanding into the complex relationships within an organization when it comes to B2B sales negotiations. This enables account managers and sales […]

Whitepaper: The Impact of Digital Key Account Management on Sales Enablement

Measure the Impact of Digital Key Account Management on Sales Enablement Key Account Management is undergoing a digital transformation and with it comes abundant opportunities for sales enablement professionals. Formerly slow and laborious manual processes where sales teams relied on traditional communication methods have now been replaced by digital technologies. Newer ways of managing accounts and […]

Best Practices for the B2B Side of Key Account Management

Focus on key accounts is a lot more important in the B2B sector, and for good reason: the complexity of B2B businesses demands efficiency, and handling a large roster of customers all of whom clamor for attention can stretch teams thin. B2B businesses rely on customer management heavily to keep a steady sales flow. While […]

Fly High Even During A Recession

Make your Key Account Management strategy work even during an economic downturn The recession is coming down on us faster than any of us expected. This unforeseen economic downturn is likely to have impacted your 2022 account plans. While post-covid ‘Land & Expand’ was the favorite approach to growing Key Accounts, the recession has resulted […]

Successful Large Account Management Strategies for Account Managers

Pareto principle or the 80/20 rule can be seen in action in many organizations – but sales is where the effect becomes crystal clear; existing clients account for a large chunk of revenue, yet organizations focus their attention on acquiring new customers at the expense of existing ones. Treating valuable assets with greater care requires […]

4 Ways To Optimize Your Global Key Account Management

Previously published under the Council Post for the Forbes’ Business Development Council In the last few decades, with the spread of globalization, many companies expanded their businesses to operate globally at either the supply side or demand side—or both. Take the example of Jane, an account manager, who used to wine and dine her customers. […]