An agency leader's guide to account management, with David C Baker

Today's episode was a real treat. For me, I have the pleasure of talking to David C. Baker, who is a legend in the agency world.

We discussed everything to do with account management, including

  • why David thinks the account management role is the most difficult role in the whole agency.

  • Also the problem with account managers doing project management tasks

  • where he sees performance deficiencies in account management

  • and some brilliant advice for how to address those deficiencies, and also up your account management game.

  • why he suggests agencies asked their clients to take personality profile tests

  • why account management don't receive guidance from agency owners, and so many more topics.

David has lots of high quality useful resources on his site including recordings of past webinars, his books and also you can sign up for his live events. You can also find out more about his consultancy services here.

I hope you come away with lots of new ideas about the account management role.

Jenny Plant

This article was written by Jenny Plant is the founder of Account Management Skills and a straight-talking coach for agency account managers, focused on practical tools to help you retain client relationships and grow your accounts.

Jenny is also a podcast host, speaker, trainer and workshop facilitator.

https://accountmanagementskills.com/
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