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Improve Performance, Provoke Thought, Think Critically.

You are constantly striving to improve.  You are looking for practical tips you can apply to your daily work that will impact your performance.  You are looking for advice from professionals who do the work. You want to engage with professionals who have been in your shoes.

Be the Founder that can clearly articulate the problem your company solves.

Be the Sales Professional that your customers want to work with.

Be the Learning Professional who can deliver your solution in the context of the business.

The Find My Catalyst Podcast is published weekly.  We take listener questions at @catalystsale on twitter or hello@catalystsale.com via email.

Topics discussed - Revenue Operations, Customer Success, Goal Setting & Execution, Mindset, Performance, B2B Sales, Sales Training, Product Market Fit, Growth, Hiring, Recruitment, Sales Process, Business Acumen, Startups, Leadership.

Mar 14, 2017

The Catalyst Sale Account Plan - Strategic Account Plan Template

At Catalyst Sale we look at the account plan as the roadmap of where we have been, and where we expect to go with an account.  The document is critical to effective strategic sales, and account management.  This plan fits into our qualification stage of our sales process, and will be utilized through proposal, confirmation, and beyond. 

Account planning includes baseline information such as goals, objectives, the roles of the players in the relationship.  It also should include a list of open questions, or gaps in knowledge.  The things we need to know, but have not yet determined or uncovered.  

An effective account plan should read like a story, one that can be used to allow senior leadership, or other players on the team to read up on an account quickly.  We address the why, the who, the what, and via the 30/60/90/180 & past 90, and the when.  

In this weeks' episode of the Catalyst Sale Podcast, we share our personal experience related to strategic account planning, why it is worth the investment of time, and how we apply this approach with our client base. 

Catalyst Sale - Account Plan Template

Sales is a Thinking Process.  Catalyst Sale is a learning organization first and foremost. That’s why we care about a thinking process that enables results versus a process that tells people what to do. We aim to add value whenever we can, and our true success is measured by the sustainability of our work long after we complete a project. We surround ourselves with good company and never stop learning.

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