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Key Accounts: Thinking Big

Posted on December 12th, 2009.

Pursuing a key account, even if you have a great portfolio of clients, can lead to rethinking the economics of how you deliver services.

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Major Accounts: Fatten Your EBITDA

Posted on December 11th, 2009.

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Deductions and Allowances” is why you want to have major accounts as clients.

When I was retained by an early-stage services company, they needed stable, predictable revenue. Friends and family had been promised they would have their funds back within 3 years.

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Tracking Major Accounts: How Long is Too Long?

Posted on July 3rd, 2009.

Winning a major account is not for the faint of heart.
Four years ago, on a client assignment, I initated contact with a senior executive of a firm ranked in the top 10 of their industry..
When this leader took a  position in another company, I was back in touch.  Still no business was won.
Shouldn’t I have stopped tracking and gone on [...]

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Major Accounts: What Difference a Word Makes

Posted on June 19th, 2009.

Major accounts can seem like another species.
I have learned that words are neuropathways to the heart.
Let’s say you’re a service provider to the pharma/biotech industry. Would you talk about “customers”  or “KOLs”  (Key Opinion Leaders)?
I was having a discovery conversation on behalf of a client.  The audience was the training group in a Biotech firm. 
They taught [...]

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Key Account Acquistion: Why Use a Tracker?

Posted on June 12th, 2009.

A few key accounts on your client roster can mean you sleep well at night.
What is the best way to track down a major account?
Here’s a story from the concrete jungle:
A second-generation, design-build firm found themselves with shrinking profit margins and a reputation as a me-too supplier in their industry.
My task was to track down larger, [...]

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