Fishing With Spears:
All About Account-Based Marketing
Jon Miller, Founder and CEO
@jonmiller
Agenda
ABM
Market Map
The 7 ABM
Processes
From Leads
to Accounts
@jonmiller
From Leads to Accounts
Different Demand Types
SiriusDecisions
Account
Based
Marketing
Demand
Generation
Account Type Pipeline
KPI Averages
Large:
Strategic Enterprise
Named/Territory
Small/Midsize
and Non-Named
Influenced: 60-75%
Sourced: 15-25%
Influenced: >75%
Sourced: <10%
Influenced: 50-60%
Sourced: 25-45%
@jonmiller
Salespeople never talk about
how many leads they’ve closed.
They talk about how many
accounts they’ve closed.
@jonmiller
Account Based Marketing
A strategic approach that
coordinates personalized
marketing and sales efforts
at named accounts.
@jonmiller
Account Based Marketing
A strategic approach that
coordinates personalized
marketing and sales efforts
at named accounts.
ABM targets specific accounts
@jonmiller
Account Based Marketing
A strategic approach that
coordinates personalized
marketing and sales efforts
at named accounts.
a way of doing business, not a campaign or tactic
@jonmiller
Account Based Marketing
A strategic approach that
coordinates personalized
marketing and sales efforts
at named accounts.
focus = more insights = more relevance
@jonmiller
Account Based Marketing
A strategic approach that
coordinates personalized
marketing and sales efforts
at named accounts.
a close collaboration required for success
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
Nets versus Spears
Demand
Generation
Account Based
Marketing
Demand Generation
Land and Expand
Account Based Marketing
Zero waste
strategy!
How does ABM return on investment (ROI)
compare to other marketing initiatives?
% of respondents (N=38)
The more practical ABM payoff
(2014 results)
Significantlyhigher
Somewhathigher
Same
42% 42%
16%
DataSize
26%
CloseRate
75%
Velocity
7%
© March 11, 2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
ABM Today is Like Like Lead Nurturing in 2008
• Returns on inbound flattening
• Marketing and sales ready to work together
• Technology is emerging
The Next Big Thing?
Google Trends
@jonmiller
The Seven ABM Processes
ABM planning starts with the account, not the offer
©2015 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
#FlipMyFunnel
What do we
want to say?
(offers)
Who should we
say it to?
(segments)
Who are we
trying to reach?
(accounts)
What should
we say?
(content)
Where should
we say it?
(channels)
Where should
we say it?
(channels)
DEMANDGENABM
ACCOUNTS
CONTACTS
INSIGHTS
CONTENTINTERACTIONS
ORCHESTRATION
MEASUREMENT
ABM
Market Map
WHO
WHAT
WHERE
ACCOUNTS
CONTACTS
INSIGHTS
CONTENTINTERACTIONS
ORCHESTRATION
MEASUREMENT
ABM
Market Map
WHO
Tier # of Accounts Insights Tactics
“Classic”
Tier 1
5 to 50
[Tens]
 Full profiles
 Quarterly updates
• Bespoke 1:1 Campaigns
“Lite”
Tier 2
~200
[Hundreds]
 Basic account profiles
 Annual updates
• 1:Few Campaigns
Tier 3
1000s
[Thousands]
 Industry or segment
• Traditional Marketing with
Account Targeting
• MQAs
Styles of ABM
Level 1: Reps Self-Select
Level 2: Basic Data
Level 3: Advanced
Level 4: Predictive Analytics
Sophisticated predictive
scoring and modeling.
Adding purchased data and more
advanced scoring or modeling
Adding in manually collected data
and simple scoring
Based on intuition and experience.
Manual
Build Your Database With the Right Contacts for Each Persona
at Target Accounts
©2015 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
Purchase Predictive
Representative companies; not exhaustive
ACCOUNTS
CONTACTS
INSIGHTS
CONTENTINTERACTIONS
ORCHESTRATI
ON
MEASUREMENT
ABM
Market Map
WHAT
With #ABM you
need to knock on
people’s doors.
– @jonmiller
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
Opt out, tune
out, toss out
Outbound Does Not Mean Interruption
Account-based marketing applies best concepts from demand
generation to outbound prospecting:
• Content driven
• Helpful and valuable
• Focused on the buyer, not the company
• Personalized and relevant
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
No Cold Calls
Market * Company * People * Relationships
History * Connections * Door Openers
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
Three most important factors in enterprise decision:
• Knowledge and understanding of my unique business issues
• Knowledge and understanding of my industry
• Fresh ideas to advance my business
ITSMA
“75% of executives will read unsolicited
marketing materials that contain ideas
that might be relevant to their business.”75%
25%
Yes
No
Content Personalization Spectrum
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Persona plus Industry is where the magic happens.”
Johan Sundstrand, Freya News
ACCOUNTS
CONTACTS
INSIGHTS
CONTENTINTERACTIONS
ORCHESTRATION
MEASUREMENT
ABM
Market Map
WHERE
Account Based Marketing Channels
• Events (Owned and 3rd Party)
• Direct mail
• Account development / SDR
• Online advertising
• Web personalization
Events Are a Big Part of ABM
Tip: executive invites come from someone with an equal or higher title
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
• Owned events
• Meetings at 3rd
party events
Direct Mail
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
ABM Sales Development
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
Tip: measure quality of interactions, not just quantity
Human email is the most
important channel for outbound
account based marketing
©2015 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
Display
Advertising
• IP-Based
• Proactive
Retargeting
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• … more
Example:
Custom Content + Facebook
Orchestration:
It’s not about any
one tactic; it’s the
MIX of touches that
drive success.
BUYING CENTERS
JOURNEYS
PLAYS
TACTICS
Accounts have one or
more buying centers
Buying centers go on
Journeys towards a Goal
Plays synchronize Tactics and activities
into coordinated plans to achieve Goals
Tactics are specific marketing
programs or activities
SELECTION
CONTACTS
INSIGHTS
CONTENTINTERACTIONS
ORCHESTRATION
MEASUREMENT
ABM
Market Map
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
• Account-centric
metrics
• Quality, not
quantity
• Long
development
cycles
• Influence
Engagement
• Higher engagement means deeper
commitment
• It’s about time: use the number of
minutes that someone spends with
your brand
• Track everything, online and offline
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
Concept 1
Lead to Account Matching
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
Concept 2
Leads
Leads in SFDC are not connected to
the Account object
Account
• Routing problems
• Can’t tie activity to the right account
• Hurts campaign attribution
Lead to Account Matching
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
Concept 2
Leads Account
• Fuzzy logic
• Powered by Leadspace
Coverage
Do you have sufficient data, opt-in contacts, and
account plans for each target account?
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Big 5” ABM Metrics (1a)
Coverage
How well are you adding new / engaged people to the
database? Director-level and above?
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Big 5” ABM Metrics (1b)
Awareness
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Big 5” ABM Metrics (2)
Which target accounts have any awareness of us? Are they
visiting the website?
Engagement
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Big 5” ABM Metrics (3a)
Are the right people at the account spending time with your
company? Is that engagement going up over time?
Engagement
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Big 5” ABM Metrics (3b)
Is that engagement going up over time?
Engagement
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Big 5” ABM Metrics (3c)
Marketing Qualified Account (MQA):
An account (or discrete buying center) that
has reached enough aggregate
engagement.
Which accounts are engaging the most?
Don’t count the
people you
reach; reach
the people that
count.
– David Ogilvy
Program Reach
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Big 5” ABM Metrics (4)
FOCUS
%ofsuccessesfrom
targetaccounts
COVERAGE
% target accounts with a success
Are marketing programs reaching the target accounts?
How much waste is there?
Program Impact
©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
“Big 5” ABM Metrics (5)
• “Top 25% engagement = 18% faster sales
cycles.”
• “Accounts with >three engaged contacts =
15% higher contract values.”
• “Accounts that attended that dinner = 16%
more movement to next opp stage.”
How are the ABM activities improving sales outcomes such as
deal velocity, win rates, average contract values, retention, and
net promoter scores?
Coverage:
Awareness:
Engagement:
Reach:
Impact:
Do you have sufficient data, contacts, and account
plans for each target account?
Are the target accounts aware of your company?
Are the right people at the account spending
time with your company, and is that engagement
going up over time?
Are marketing programs reaching target accounts?
Are ABM activities improving key sales outcomes?
Impact:
Coverage:
Awareness:
Reach
Engagement:
Are ABM activities improving key sales outcomes?
Do you have sufficient data, contacts, and account
plans for each target account?
Are the target accounts aware of your company?
Are marketing programs reaching target accounts?
Are the right people at the account spending time
with your company, and is that engagement going up
over time?
@jonmiller
ABM Market Map
May
2016
Oct
2015
EOY
2016
@jonmiller
engagio.com/Guide
Get your free copy
today!
The Clear and
Complete Guide to
Account Based
Marketing
• Account based marketing coordinates
personalized marketing and sales efforts to
land and expand named accounts
• ABM delivers the highest ROI of any B2B
marketing strategy or tactic
• Outbound does not necessarily mean interruption;
use account-specific content to reach out
• There is no magic campaign; success comes
from a mix of integrated tactics
• Leads are insufficient to measure account-based
marketing; measure via coverage, awareness, engagement,
reach & impact
Tweetable Takeaways
@jonmiller

Fishing With Spears: All About Account-Based Marketing

  • 1.
    Fishing With Spears: AllAbout Account-Based Marketing Jon Miller, Founder and CEO @jonmiller
  • 5.
    Agenda ABM Market Map The 7ABM Processes From Leads to Accounts
  • 6.
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    Different Demand Types SiriusDecisions Account Based Marketing Demand Generation AccountType Pipeline KPI Averages Large: Strategic Enterprise Named/Territory Small/Midsize and Non-Named Influenced: 60-75% Sourced: 15-25% Influenced: >75% Sourced: <10% Influenced: 50-60% Sourced: 25-45%
  • 8.
    @jonmiller Salespeople never talkabout how many leads they’ve closed. They talk about how many accounts they’ve closed.
  • 9.
    @jonmiller Account Based Marketing Astrategic approach that coordinates personalized marketing and sales efforts at named accounts.
  • 10.
    @jonmiller Account Based Marketing Astrategic approach that coordinates personalized marketing and sales efforts at named accounts. ABM targets specific accounts
  • 11.
    @jonmiller Account Based Marketing Astrategic approach that coordinates personalized marketing and sales efforts at named accounts. a way of doing business, not a campaign or tactic
  • 12.
    @jonmiller Account Based Marketing Astrategic approach that coordinates personalized marketing and sales efforts at named accounts. focus = more insights = more relevance
  • 13.
    @jonmiller Account Based Marketing Astrategic approach that coordinates personalized marketing and sales efforts at named accounts. a close collaboration required for success
  • 14.
    ©2016 Engagio, Inc.All rights reserved. Nets versus Spears Demand Generation Account Based Marketing
  • 15.
    Demand Generation Land andExpand Account Based Marketing
  • 16.
    Zero waste strategy! How doesABM return on investment (ROI) compare to other marketing initiatives? % of respondents (N=38) The more practical ABM payoff (2014 results) Significantlyhigher Somewhathigher Same 42% 42% 16% DataSize 26% CloseRate 75% Velocity 7% © March 11, 2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 17.
    ABM Today isLike Like Lead Nurturing in 2008 • Returns on inbound flattening • Marketing and sales ready to work together • Technology is emerging The Next Big Thing? Google Trends
  • 18.
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    ABM planning startswith the account, not the offer ©2015 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. #FlipMyFunnel What do we want to say? (offers) Who should we say it to? (segments) Who are we trying to reach? (accounts) What should we say? (content) Where should we say it? (channels) Where should we say it? (channels) DEMANDGENABM
  • 20.
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    Tier # ofAccounts Insights Tactics “Classic” Tier 1 5 to 50 [Tens]  Full profiles  Quarterly updates • Bespoke 1:1 Campaigns “Lite” Tier 2 ~200 [Hundreds]  Basic account profiles  Annual updates • 1:Few Campaigns Tier 3 1000s [Thousands]  Industry or segment • Traditional Marketing with Account Targeting • MQAs Styles of ABM
  • 23.
    Level 1: RepsSelf-Select Level 2: Basic Data Level 3: Advanced Level 4: Predictive Analytics Sophisticated predictive scoring and modeling. Adding purchased data and more advanced scoring or modeling Adding in manually collected data and simple scoring Based on intuition and experience.
  • 24.
    Manual Build Your DatabaseWith the Right Contacts for Each Persona at Target Accounts ©2015 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. Purchase Predictive Representative companies; not exhaustive
  • 25.
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    With #ABM you needto knock on people’s doors. – @jonmiller ©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 28.
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    Outbound Does NotMean Interruption Account-based marketing applies best concepts from demand generation to outbound prospecting: • Content driven • Helpful and valuable • Focused on the buyer, not the company • Personalized and relevant ©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. No Cold Calls
  • 30.
    Market * Company* People * Relationships History * Connections * Door Openers ©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. Three most important factors in enterprise decision: • Knowledge and understanding of my unique business issues • Knowledge and understanding of my industry • Fresh ideas to advance my business ITSMA “75% of executives will read unsolicited marketing materials that contain ideas that might be relevant to their business.”75% 25% Yes No
  • 31.
    Content Personalization Spectrum ©2016Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. “Persona plus Industry is where the magic happens.” Johan Sundstrand, Freya News
  • 32.
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    Account Based MarketingChannels • Events (Owned and 3rd Party) • Direct mail • Account development / SDR • Online advertising • Web personalization
  • 34.
    Events Are aBig Part of ABM Tip: executive invites come from someone with an equal or higher title ©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. • Owned events • Meetings at 3rd party events
  • 35.
    Direct Mail ©2016 Engagio,Inc. All rights reserved.
  • 36.
    ABM Sales Development ©2016Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. Tip: measure quality of interactions, not just quantity Human email is the most important channel for outbound account based marketing
  • 37.
    ©2015 Engagio, Inc.All rights reserved. Display Advertising • IP-Based • Proactive Retargeting • LinkedIn • Facebook • … more Example: Custom Content + Facebook
  • 38.
    Orchestration: It’s not aboutany one tactic; it’s the MIX of touches that drive success.
  • 39.
    BUYING CENTERS JOURNEYS PLAYS TACTICS Accounts haveone or more buying centers Buying centers go on Journeys towards a Goal Plays synchronize Tactics and activities into coordinated plans to achieve Goals Tactics are specific marketing programs or activities
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    ©2016 Engagio, Inc.All rights reserved. • Account-centric metrics • Quality, not quantity • Long development cycles • Influence
  • 42.
    Engagement • Higher engagementmeans deeper commitment • It’s about time: use the number of minutes that someone spends with your brand • Track everything, online and offline ©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. Concept 1
  • 43.
    Lead to AccountMatching ©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. Concept 2 Leads Leads in SFDC are not connected to the Account object Account • Routing problems • Can’t tie activity to the right account • Hurts campaign attribution
  • 44.
    Lead to AccountMatching ©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. Concept 2 Leads Account • Fuzzy logic • Powered by Leadspace
  • 45.
    Coverage Do you havesufficient data, opt-in contacts, and account plans for each target account? ©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. “Big 5” ABM Metrics (1a)
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    Coverage How well areyou adding new / engaged people to the database? Director-level and above? ©2016 Engagio, Inc. All rights reserved. “Big 5” ABM Metrics (1b)
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    Awareness ©2016 Engagio, Inc.All rights reserved. “Big 5” ABM Metrics (2) Which target accounts have any awareness of us? Are they visiting the website?
  • 48.
    Engagement ©2016 Engagio, Inc.All rights reserved. “Big 5” ABM Metrics (3a) Are the right people at the account spending time with your company? Is that engagement going up over time?
  • 49.
    Engagement ©2016 Engagio, Inc.All rights reserved. “Big 5” ABM Metrics (3b) Is that engagement going up over time?
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    Engagement ©2016 Engagio, Inc.All rights reserved. “Big 5” ABM Metrics (3c) Marketing Qualified Account (MQA): An account (or discrete buying center) that has reached enough aggregate engagement. Which accounts are engaging the most?
  • 51.
    Don’t count the peopleyou reach; reach the people that count. – David Ogilvy
  • 52.
    Program Reach ©2016 Engagio,Inc. All rights reserved. “Big 5” ABM Metrics (4) FOCUS %ofsuccessesfrom targetaccounts COVERAGE % target accounts with a success Are marketing programs reaching the target accounts? How much waste is there?
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    Program Impact ©2016 Engagio,Inc. All rights reserved. “Big 5” ABM Metrics (5) • “Top 25% engagement = 18% faster sales cycles.” • “Accounts with >three engaged contacts = 15% higher contract values.” • “Accounts that attended that dinner = 16% more movement to next opp stage.” How are the ABM activities improving sales outcomes such as deal velocity, win rates, average contract values, retention, and net promoter scores?
  • 54.
    Coverage: Awareness: Engagement: Reach: Impact: Do you havesufficient data, contacts, and account plans for each target account? Are the target accounts aware of your company? Are the right people at the account spending time with your company, and is that engagement going up over time? Are marketing programs reaching target accounts? Are ABM activities improving key sales outcomes?
  • 55.
    Impact: Coverage: Awareness: Reach Engagement: Are ABM activitiesimproving key sales outcomes? Do you have sufficient data, contacts, and account plans for each target account? Are the target accounts aware of your company? Are marketing programs reaching target accounts? Are the right people at the account spending time with your company, and is that engagement going up over time?
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    @jonmiller engagio.com/Guide Get your freecopy today! The Clear and Complete Guide to Account Based Marketing
  • 59.
    • Account basedmarketing coordinates personalized marketing and sales efforts to land and expand named accounts • ABM delivers the highest ROI of any B2B marketing strategy or tactic • Outbound does not necessarily mean interruption; use account-specific content to reach out • There is no magic campaign; success comes from a mix of integrated tactics • Leads are insufficient to measure account-based marketing; measure via coverage, awareness, engagement, reach & impact Tweetable Takeaways @jonmiller

Editor's Notes

  • #15 ABM is an investment in time and resources so you MUST focus on accounts with highest ROI
  • #16 ABM is an investment in time and resources so you MUST focus on accounts with highest ROI
  • #18 Why now? What about mobile, social, cloud, etc. makes this inevitable? Harder than ever to reach decision makers with traditional tactics New ways to reach buyers (individually-addressable touch-points, real-time ad buying) Shift from campaign-marketing to “always on” mindset requires integration Big data / predictive analytics allow marketers to understand the complexity of relationships and buyer context, and match personalized content accordingly Buyers delaying engagement with sales ; harder to reach CXOs {happened in velocity, needs to happen in XYZ} Decomposition of the nice/clean customer funnel… no longer just awareness, familiarity, consideration, etc. Useful model, but. Really a set of nodes, interactions (through a connected device) New ways to reach buyers Proliferation of “connected customers” and customer data -- smart phones, smart devices (50B connected devices) behind every device is a customer → data proliferation From campaigns to “always on” Big data / predictive (understand the complexity of the relationships, context) Needs new ways to measure
  • #20 Wrong: what we want to say, how we want to say it  target the right people RIGHT: who we want to target  what and how to say it
  • #21  ----- Meeting Notes (8/4/15 13:26) ----- account-based on Sales and Success; not marketing open to influence as a metric demandbase: vertical audiences T1: 300 top accounts (whales) T2: 300 next
  • #22  ----- Meeting Notes (8/4/15 13:26) ----- account-based on Sales and Success; not marketing open to influence as a metric demandbase: vertical audiences T1: 300 top accounts (whales) T2: 300 next
  • #26  ----- Meeting Notes (8/4/15 13:26) ----- account-based on Sales and Success; not marketing open to influence as a metric demandbase: vertical audiences T1: 300 top accounts (whales) T2: 300 next
  • #29 Need to LISTEN
  • #31 “You’re going to have to spend some money to be really good at account based marketing. But it’s OK because it’s the accounts that will make you the most money.”
  • #33  ----- Meeting Notes (8/4/15 13:26) ----- account-based on Sales and Success; not marketing open to influence as a metric demandbase: vertical audiences T1: 300 top accounts (whales) T2: 300 next
  • #35 Many of the best high-level executive events include unique, ‘money can’t buy’ experiences. Earn the list of attendees For marketing invites, list should be 4-5x desired attendance
  • #36 Offer charitable donation, or ipad, or airline voucher in exchange for a meeting Don’t ignore the team
  • #37 Targeting outreach campaigns by account enables Cloudera SDRs to research individual accounts and buyers and speak to their exact pain points. As a result, these campaigns produce a 60% open rate, 31% response rate, and massive increases in both net-new opportunities and add-on business from current customers.” TOPO: Cloudera Case Report, September, 2015 Sales Development – or Prospecting – is the heart of every ABM program. It combines email, phone calls and the personalized end of social media interactions into a coordinated series of engagements that develop and deepen relationships. use all the account insight you’ve generated to prove to the prospect that you understand their challenges and have a unique approach to solving them
  • #38  More = Google PPC targeting now, future Uber cars
  • #39 “It takes an average of 9.82 touches to engage with a prospect. We also find that senior executives are 2.5 times more responsive to quality multi-touch campaigns than are junior executives.” Dan McDade President & CEO, PointClear ----
  • #42  ----- Meeting Notes (8/4/15 13:26) ----- account-based on Sales and Success; not marketing open to influence as a metric demandbase: vertical audiences T1: 300 top accounts (whales) T2: 300 next
  • #43 The “law of large numbers” breaks down in narrow funnel -- can’t use vanity metrics, can’t count on volumes Only need one deal to make a program ROI look good – noisy data
  • #44 Including MEETINGS