Account-based marketing is a proven strategy for growing revenue for B2B organizations. Ultimately, it's about delivering the right content, on the right channel, to the contacts in your target accounts. In this presentation, learn how best-in-class B2B marketing teams are doing ABM orchestration using advertising, content and direct mail.
3. What is Account-Based Marketing?
Focused
B2B
“Smarketing”
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The #FlipMyFunnel model for #ABM
IDENTIFY
Start with the best-fit accounts
EXPAND
Focus on people in same roles
ENGAGE
Right content, right channel
ADVOCATE
Create raving fans
MEASURE
Gauge the results & adjust
5. Terminus is for all 4 types of ABM
Net New Interest Dead Opp Renewal & ExpansionOpportunityBuying Stage
ABM Strategy
(1:1, ABM Lite,
Programmatic)
Lead-Based
Strategy
(Bolt-On ABM)
Demand Gen Sales Pipeline Customer Marketing
Pre-
targeting
Renewal
& Upsell
Pipeline
Acceleration
Wake the
Dead
Account
Nurture
Lead-to-
Account
Nurture
Land &
Expand
X
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Stages of Account-Based Marketing
8. Hypothesis
Combining
high
impact
marketing
touches
across
an
account
with
coordinated
sales
efforts
will
improve
our
sales
and
marketing
efficiency.
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9. So then what are the
“high impact” touches from
sales & marketing?
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Engage
• Messaging should be an
extension of the brand
• Connect on a personal level
• On the channels where
they’re most active
• Make it visceral, appeal to
your customers emotions
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11. YOUR IMPACT GRAPH
ABM Engagement
Low
Impact
(1X)
Should Do
High
Impact
(10X)
Must Do
Email newsletter
Nurture Programs
Blog and website updates
Analyst recommendations
In-person events
Industry or persona-based webinar
Account-based
advertising/messaging
or LinkedIn Ads
Direct mail
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25. EXAMPLE
The Sales & Marketing Terminus 500 Cadence
Pre-cadence: Terminus Ads
During cadence: LinkedIn and
Facebook retargeting to known
contacts
After 1st 8 days: Direct mail to
unresponsive accounts
Day 1: Personalized
video email
Day 2: Email
Day 2: Call, LVM
Day 4: LinkedIn
(Attempt to connect)
Day 6: Inmail
Day 7: Video email
(Sangram)
Day 8: Call, no VM
Day 8: Direct mail
Day 13: Call, LVM
about the package
Day 13: Email about
the package
Day 15: Video Email
Day 16: Call, no VM
Day 20: Breakup video
email
MARKETING TOUCH POINTS SALES TOUCH POINTS
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29. B U Y E R ’ S J O U R N E Y
Demand Gen Pipeline Velocity
Stages
Prospect Opportunity Customer Adoption Upsell/Cross-Sell Land & Expand
“Always On”
Air Cover
Goal Leads to Qualified
Accounts
MQA to Opportunity Opportunity to
Customers
Customers to
Advocates
Winning New
Business
Winning More
Business
Keeping Top of
Mind
Strategies • Events/Webinars
• Campaigns
• Inbound
• Outbound
• MQA to SQA
• SQA to Opportunity
• Lost/Dead to
Opportunity
• New Opportunity to
Evaluation
• Evaluation to
Negotiation/Review
• Negotiation
to Closed-Won
• Workshops &
Training
• Webinars/Events
• Customer Reviews
• New Product
• Features
• Upgrades
• Outbound
• New Departments
• Personalized
Messaging
• Outbound
• Partners
• Analysts
• Influencers
• Investors
Recommended
Content
• Blog Post
• eBook
• Infographic
• Whitepaper
• Video Testimonial
• Case Studies
• Webinar
• Video Testimonial
• Case Study
• “How To” Content
• ROI
• Competitive Analysis
• Implementation
Guide
• Tutorials
• “How To” Resources
• Product Webinar
• Case Study
• ROI
• Case Study
• ROI
• Video Testimonial
• Quarterly
Reports
• Thought
Leadership
• Newsletters
Stakeholders Marketing, CMO,
Demand Generation
Marketing, Sales, Sales
Development
Marketing, Sales, Sales
Development, CMO,
CSO
Marketing, Customer
Success
Marketing, Customer
Success, Sales
Marketing, Customer
Success, Sales
CEO, CMO, CSO
ABM Success
Measure
Increase In:
MQLs
Contact Activities
Audience
↑Executive
Awareness
Number of Appts.
Increase In:
Opportunities
Engagement in
Accounts
Marketing-Sourced
Pipeline
Pipeline Velocity
Increase In:
Closed/Won Deals
↑Engagement in
Opportunities
Sales Velocity
Deal size
New logos
Increase In:
Usage
Retention
Churn
Increase In:
New Business
Deal Size
Revenue per Acct
↑Engagement in
Accounts
Increase In:
New Business
Deal Size
Current Customer
Revenue
Engagement in
Accounts
Increase In:
Awareness
(more
impressions)
Engagement
(traffic to site)
The Account-Based Marketing
F R A M E W O R K
C U S T O M E R ’ S J O U R N E Y
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31. Customer Marketing
Research shows that 85% of companies believe that
ABM provides significant benefits
for retaining and expanding current client relationships
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33. ABM Orchestration Takeaways
• Align
your
marketing
+
sales
teams
=
“smarketing”
• Coordinate
messaging
and
creative
across
all
channels
(including
sales
conversations
and
emails)
• Select
the
right channels
– consider
account
coverage
and
depth
of
engagement
• Scale
and
automate
using
marketing
tech
&
tools
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34. Terminus Cloud for ABM
terminus.com/abm-cloud
Using the #FlipMyFunnel model for ABM
• Build a best-in-class ABM tech stack
• Partner program of 40+ B2B marketing &
sales software vendors
• All integrate w/ Salesforce CRM for a
comprehensive strategy
• Aligning #MarTech stack allows ABM to be
done at scale (1-to-1 or 1-to-many)
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