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How Do You Define What A Key Account Is?

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How Do You Define What A Key Account Is?

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Here are the 7 most common ways of classifying KEY ACCOUNTS

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#1 The BIG Ones

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What about tomorrow’s oak trees? Do you always let the sales statistics make the decisions for you?

The Big Ones

But…

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#2 The Ones You Mustn’t Lose

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You’ll do anything to keep them happy, even if it kills you

What if it’s unprofitable to please this particular whim of theirs?

The Ones You Mustn’t Lose

But…

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#3 The Ones That Offer Future Profit

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Where does today’s profit come from?

What happens if they’ve been over-valued before they pay off?

The Ones That Offer Future Profit

But…

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# 4 The Ones Your Staff Focus On

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So what happens with the rest, do they just ignore them?

Why are your staff focussing on them anyway?

But…

The Ones Your Staff Focus On

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#5 The One Where Extra Effort Brings Extra Return

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What does return mean?How many accounts can you do this for – and at what cost to your business and your other customers?

But…

The Ones Where Extra Effort Brings

Extra Return

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#6 The Ones Demanding More

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Every industry has its loud mouths – does that make them more important?Just how profitable do their demands make them?

But…

The Ones Demanding More

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#7 The Ones That Will Take Your Business Where It Wants To Go

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Could these be the best? Are you certain? The future is never clear.Organisational plans change, yours included

But…

The Ones That Will Take Your Business Where It Wants To

Go

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** REMEMBER **

The 80/20 Rule Applies To Key Account Management

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20% Of Our Customers Will Make 80% Of Our Profits

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How Are You Going To Define Your 20%?