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Executive Sponsor Program Library

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Executive Sponsor Programs

Increase Account Penetration with Executive Sponsor Programs

Executive Sponsor Programs provide an opportunity to connect with major strategic accounts on an executive level. These programs drive account relationships across the enterprise, and extend sales and solution penetration. Teams explore customer-specific issues and challenges, industry trends and organizational priorities for sales/service solution development and collaboration.

These one-on-one interactions foster “partner” relationships that drive long-term strategic relationships.

Sample Scorecard

Areas covered Average Results
Sales
Customer retention 6% increase in retention
“Wallet share” spending from current customers 15% increase in Board Member purchases
New customers 22% increase in new sales
Marketing
Positioning and brand messages Valuable market differentiation
Reference-able accounts 10 additional Customer references
Cost avoidance of ineffective marketing campaigns Optimized marketing budgets
Product
Success rate of new product introductions Consistent product introduction success and improved market adoption
Number of new products in development (innovation) Increased ideas for new offerings that match market needs
Cost avoidance (invalidated/off-the-mark product releases) Optimized product launches
Customer Service
Satisfaction levels 12% increase in satisfaction
Cross-sell / Add-on sales opportunities 16% revenue increase from additional opportunities
*Typically narrowed to 3 or 4 items to measure and track