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Everyone in B2B is talking about account-based marketing. And almost everyone is practicing it in some form — around 93% of organizations, according to SiriusDecisions
When people think of account-based marketing (ABM), they tend to think of it as a smaller-scale practice.
Account based marketing (ABM) is the hybrid sales/marketing/revenue discipline that is shaking up the status quo for marketers and sales pros alike. There are as many definitions of ABM as there are accounts to target, but I’m partial to this one from LinkedIn’s Megan Golden : “ABM is a strategy that directs marketing resources to engaging a specific set of target accounts.
Do you know that account-based marketing (ABM) is like spearfishing? Or that effective ABM requires sales and marketing departments to act like a unified soccer team? Or have you heard that some say B2B marketing may be heading for a shipwreck?
I’ve attended two B2B conferences in the past few months – B2B Sales and Marketing Exchange in Boston, and MarketingProfs B2B Forum in Washington DC – and at both, account-based marketing was unmistakably top-of-mind. A majority of sessions and conversations evoked the term in some fashion, matching the trend I’ve noticed online and in client interactions.
In the universe of Stranger Things , a widely beloved sci-fi horror series that debuted its third season on Netflix last month, avoiding the Upside Down is paramount. This dark and mysterious alternate dimension is filled with predatory creatures and unknown terrors of all sorts. In the universe of account-based marketing (ABM), there is an equivalent to the Upside Down – according to Engagio’s Sandra Freeman , who gave a spirited Stranger Things -flavored REVTalk on Monday afternoon at the B2B Sales and Marketing Exchange (B2BSMX) in Boston
When Andrew Gaffney , president of G3 Communications, took the stage on Monday morning to kick off B2B Sales and Marketing Exchange (B2BSMX) in Boston, he shared a fact that is more or less evident in the conference’s overall agenda: account-based marketing (ABM) is approaching ubiquity in the world of B2B organizations. “What I’m hearing in talks with CMOs is that ABM is really just becoming B2B marketing,” Andrew said. It was a fitting setup for the opening keynote that followed courtesy of Sangram Vajre , titled “ABM Is B2B: Why B2B Marketing And Sales Is Broken And How To Fix It.” Without question, Sangram is a foremost authority on this topic.
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Account-based marketing (ABM) has been a rising trend for B2B brands for roughly a decade. And it’s appeal (and effectiveness when done right) is rooted in thinking differently—in transforming your traditional approach to targeting, engagement, and nurturing to drive results.