The Shift - A DemandFarm Original on Digital Key Account Management
The Shift is a regular podcast series produced by DemandFarm that brings strategic sales and account management leaders from global companies, as guests, to share their stories & experiences about the transition to digital Key Account Management. Increasingly, as customers prefer their B2B Sales interactions to remain virtual, Key Account Management has also shifted towards a virtual direction where technology comes to the forefront as a key differentiator and enabler. Account Managers and Sales Leaders have to deal with these changing trends on the go and adapt quickly. How do they do it? How do you enable yourself to manage future changes? What worked and what didn’t work in the transition to Digital Account Management? To answer all these questions and more, Dr. Karthik Nagendra, Chief Marketing Officer @ Demandfarm hosts the Shift Podcast on Digital Key Account Management to learn & keep abreast of the trends & the future of Strategic Key Account Management. Join the conversation and Unlock Key Account Management through the Shift podcasts!
The Shift - A DemandFarm Original on Digital Key Account Management
The Shift Podcast on Digital Key Account Management: James Manno, VP of Sales, Enterprise West @Qualtrics
At a time when the global economy is expanding at a slow pace and financial conditions are tightening, B2B selling has turned almost completely digital. How does one navigate such a time of economic uncertainty?
In the sixth episode of The Shift Podcast on Digital Key Account Management, James Manno (VP of Sales, Enterprise West at Qualtrics) and Dr. Karthik Nagendra (Chief Marketing Officer at DemandFarm) discuss the changing digital B2B environment.
James shared his thoughts on managing key customers during a time of economic slowdown including:
The need for increasing focus on business impacts
- The increasing complexity of sales cycle and stakeholders involved
- The need for digital transformation in account planning, relationship planning & opportunity planning
- The need to create consistency across sales teams
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