The future of KAM, as with the future of many business activities, will involve information, digital and social media technology. An Aberdeen Group study back in 2012 showed that 64 per cent of sales teams using social selling met their key performance indicators (KPIs), as compared to 49 per cent of sales teams that did not use social media in their sales processes. Sales teams using social selling also had better customer renewal rates and sales forecast accuracy. Whilst this is not KAM, it will become part of the future for KAM teams and organizations, including their customers.
The industrial gathering and use of social media data is already happening, and being used to understand perceptions and sentiment, which in turn is influencing ...
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