What are the future mega trends in B2B marketing? On March 23 2017, Sangram Vajre, Terminus' Co-Founder and CMO, joined Uberflip in Atlanta to talk about the future trends in marketing and how ABM fits into it all.

1. MEGA TRENDS
>> Evolution Drives Revolution <<
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2. ##UFXATLl @SangramVajre
Introduction
Evolution – 2000 to 2015
Revolution – 2015 to 2030
01
02
03
THE RUN
DOWN
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3. Sangram here!
• Head of Marketing, Pardot (now Salesforce)
• Co-founder and CMO of Terminus
• Founder of the
#FlipMyFunnel community
• I am now an author (by accident)
@sangramvajre
Introduction
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4. TECHNOLOGY
EVOLUTION#1
MEGA
TREND
(2000s to 2015)

5. 2000 20102005
Unchanged Channel: Email / Call Unchanged focus: Lead Generation
PredictiveEmail Marketing Marketing Automation
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6. TECHNOLOGY
EVOLUTION#1
MEGA
TREND
(2000s to 2015)
RESULTS

7. @sangramvajre#FlipMyFunnel @FlipMyFunnel
#1 challenge for B2B
marketers is generating
high quality leads
— IDG Research
But…isn’t that what
we thought we
were focusing on?
RESULTS
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8. @sangramvajre#FlipMyFunnel @FlipMyFunnel
94% of the buying
process is done online
—MarketingProfs
But…we only
know how to
email and call!
RESULTS
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9. On average, 7 to 12
people part of the
decision making process
—Gartner
But…we only talk to
one person that is in
our CRM or MAP or
filled out a form.
RESULTS
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10. So, in last decade and half,
Technology Evolution
has left marketers with
more technology and
no real innovation to
enable marketing tactics.
RESULTS
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11. STACK GRADER: Graded Account-Based Marketing stack of over 200+
companies. Shows an average of 20 tools per company.
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bit.ly/stack-grader
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12. DO-IT-ALL
HEROISM#2
MEGA
TREND
(2000s to 2015)

13. Low
Touch
Low Tech
High
Touch
High Tech
 Display advertising on social (Twitter,
Facebook, etc)
 Email nurturing
 Content marketing
 Thought leadership ebooks
 Thought leadership webinars
 Sponsoring big events
 Print Ads
 Direct mail
 Sales calls
 Doing small, targeted events
 VIP dinners / sporting events
 Personalized videos
 Customer Success webinars
 Customer/industry specific webinars
 Customer product demo
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14. DO-IT-ALL
HEROISM#2
MEGA
TREND
(2000s to 2015)
RESULTS

15. @sangramvajre#FlipMyFunnel @FlipMyFunnel
15+ channels
Unfocused
Demand Gen and Branding
Poor quality
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16. THE MEGA TRENDS FROM 2000 TO 2015
HAS LEFT US WITH THIS:
+ =
Less than 1%
of leads turn
into customers
— Forrester
RESULTS:
TECHNOLOGY
EVOLUTION
More
Technology
DO-IT-ALL
HEROISM
More
Work
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17. THE
GOOD
NEWS
Today you can change the course of
the future….
The two mega trends for the next decade and a
half will challenge the status quo
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18. MEGA TREND
PREDICTION#1
(2015 to 2025)
Technology Evolution > > Account-Based Marketing

19. @sangramvajre#FlipMyFunnel @FlipMyFunnel
I wrote a book on
this, so it better be
a hot trend :)
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20. @sangramvajre#FlipMyFunnel @FlipMyFunnel
The ABM trend is
already growing
strong
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21. It’s true!
If you suck at marketing,
you will suck at ABM.
@sangramvajre
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22. #FlipMyFunnel @FlipMyFunnel#FlipMyFunnel @SangramVajre@SangramVajre @Terminus #ABM #UFXATL

23. SO, WHAT IS ABM?
Account-Based Marketing
is a
Mindset
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24. Account-Based Marketing is a Mindset
OLD WAY NEW WAY
Email / Call
Lead Generation
Channels that matter
to your customer
Focus on only the
best-fit accounts
and influence the people
within that account
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25. MEGA TREND
PREDICTION#2
(2015 to 2025)
Do-it-all Heroism >> Customer Heroism

26. WHAT IS CUSTOMER HEROISM?
 Customer believes you can solve their problems
 Customer feels empowered
 Customer trusts you
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27. IMPACT GRAPH
CUSTOMER HEROISM
Low
Impact
(1X)
Need to Do
High
Impact
(10X)
Must Do
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28. My wife, Manmeet
@sangramvajre#FlipMyFunnel @FlipMyFunnel
MY IMPACT
GRAPH
WIFE HEROISM
My life long
customer!

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29. Low
Impact
(1X)
Need to Do
High
Impact
(10X)
Must Do
Clean cars, pay the bills on
time, take kids to soccer
Try to become both Mom and Dad
on the weekends and let her have
some personal time Do dishes when she is away
Flowers on a Wed
Asking her, “What do you want for
Christmas?”
MY IMPACT
GRAPH
WIFE HEROISM

30. YOUR IMPACT GRAPH
CUSTOMER HEROISM
Low
Impact
(1X)
Need to Do
High
Impact
(10X)
Must Do
Email newsletter
Blog and website updates
Analyst recommendations
In-person events
Industry or persona-based webinar
Account-based
advertising/messaging
or FB Ads

31. Low
Impact
(1X)
Need to Do
High
Impact
(10X)
Must Do
What would happen
if you got rid of
everything here?
What will happen
if you put all your
focus here?
YOUR IMPACT GRAPH
CUSTOMER HEROISM

32. EVOLUTION
IS NOT
ABOUT
YOU
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33. EVOLUTION
IS ABOUT
REVOLUTION
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34. Welcome to
Account-Based
Marketing
Have Questions?
Tweet me!
@SangramVajre
@Terminus
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