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Outsourcing Strategic Account Management – What, are you crazy?!

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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. So how could it make sense to use outside resources to engage with target companies this valuable? The line of thinking goes something like this: “Outside resources cannot possibly understand what our sales reps and account managers know about o

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Andy Rooney on Sales Leads

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James Obermayer, Executive Director and CEO of the Sales Lead Management Association and President of Sales Leakage Consulting is a regular guest blogger with ViewPoint. Andy Rooney, probably the best known commentator of his time, who at 92 years passed too soon on November 4 th , said, “I've learned. that opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.