In account-based marketing (ABM), account selection is the first step in the ABM process and, in my view, the most important activity. And most companies don’t do it well. In this post, we will explain why ABM Account Selection is so critical to get right, and I will help you develop an account prioritization matrix that works for you.
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ABM Acceleration is for you if:
Our ABM Approach is Based On
The Total Buyer Journey
Our approach to Account-Based Marketing Strategy is based on a deep understanding of the Total Customer Journey. In developing your Account-Based Marketing Strategy, we will help you identify in-market accounts who are showing intent, develop ways to engage them, improve how you convert them, and build a plan to grow these into highly profitable long-term customers.
The ABM Acceleration Process
Get moving with ABM, and then scale up ABM and ABX across your organization.
Think:
ABM and ABX Playbook
Define your ABM/ABX strategy in less than six weeks with the ABM Playbook
Crawl:
ABM Pilot
Generate demand and learn how to get ABM working with a 90-day ABM Pilot
Walk:
Scaling ABM across the organization
Scale ABM across the organization and see your entire team increase demand and productivity
Run:
Transition from ABM to ABX
Transition from ABM to ABX and make your highest value customers even more profitable
Jim Brown
Vice President Technology Sales at AMN Healthcare
"The healthlaunchpad are ABM experts. Their account-based-marketing-services team have helped us ramp-up with ABM in a short time. Thanks to these folks our sales, marketing and account management teams are collaborating on a program that is already generating results. It's exciting to see this come to life. They also create engaging healthcare content too!"
How to Get Started
Coaching
Our team ABM experts will help you speed up your time to market. This includes 15 weekly sessions to coach you through the whole process from goal setting, through buyer journey development, campaign planning and execution. You even get our proprietary tools and templates. Once you launch, your coaches will provide 3 check-ins to help you optimize your program
120-Day Pilot
There is no better way of getting started with than a tightly defined and timebound pilot.
We can help you get this moving with our battle-tested 120-day program. In the first 30-days we will work with you to create a precise ABM pilot strategy and plan to launch for you on Day 30.
Then for 90-days we will help you generate and capture demand. This program will generate business as well help you determine your long-term ABM plans.
ABM Playbook
Looking to develop a long-term ABM strategy? The ABM Playbook is our proprietary methodology that has been refined across dozens of client engagements. The process is based on the Total Customer Growth approach and proven ABM principles. The output is a detailed, and immediately actionable long-term plan based on rigorous strategic analysis, customer insights and the latest in thinking on ABM, ABX and GTM.
Schedule an ABM Review Session
Are you looking for new ideas on how to get your ABM program moving? Let’s chat. (Don't worry, nothing is for sale on this call)
In this 30-minute call, we will help you get "unstuck" in your ABM program. We will review what you are trying to achieve, how you are targeting, how you are engaging prospects, the use of intent data, alignment, measurement and all that goes into an effective ABM program. Coming out of this session, we will send you:
- 2-3 ideas
- Relevant tools and templates
- Some articles to read or videos to watch
- What types of account-based-marketing-services will help you
Account-Based Marketing
Strategy Blogs
October 2, 2023
ABM Account Selection
September 26, 2023
Check out the ABM 101 Course on the New Buzz B-School
Learn the fundamentals of ABM, challenges with current B2B marketing environment, what ABM is, why it matters and get to grips with the 7 basic principles of ABM.
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September 4, 2023
Why an Obsession with Buying Groups Will Improve Your Marketing
If Accounts are the atomic unit of ABM, then buying groups are the protons and electrons. In B2B and especially in ABM, Buying Groups, Buyer Groups, Buyer Collectives, Buyer Circles – whatever you choose to call them – are a fundamental concept. And it’s one we obsess over. In this post, we will dive into buying groups: What they are and why a better understanding will change how you market.
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September 1, 2023
10 Tips on Personalization in Account-Based Marketing
Personalization is crucial in Account-Based Marketing (ABM) and Account-Based Experience (ABX). At its heart, ABM is about allocating marketing resources more precisely to a select group of accounts instead of a broad audience. You do this by leveraging insights about
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September 1, 2023
Enterprise ABM vs Growth ABM?
Account-based Marketing (ABM) is in its third decade and has become a festival of definitions and acronyms. One of the latest I have heard referenced is the notion of Enterprise ABM and Growth ABM. I think it was the superb Davis
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September 1, 2023
The Total Customer Growth Book
I am excited to share the launch of the Total Customer Growth book, or How to Win and Grow Customers for Life with ABM and ABX, a book Ben Person and I wrote together. Why We Wrote Total Customer Growth Ben, like me,
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