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Flip My Funnel
Account-Based Marketing (ABM): no longer a Big S and a small m
Matt SenatoreService Director – Account-Based Marketing
August 11, 2016
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© 2016 SiriusDecisions. All Rights Reserved 3Not drawn to scale
One Key Reason for Mis-Alignment
Account Type
Sales
focu
s,
costs
H
L
Marketing focus,
costsH
L
SMB/Unnamed
Enterprise Named/
Industry/Segment
Large/Strategic
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The Promise of ABM
87%REV
PIPE
ALIGN
% of respondents that said ABM is “extremely” or “very” important to their overall marketing initiatives
Source: SiriusDecisions State of ABM Report, 2016
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Top 3 reasons stated why
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ABM Builds Alignment…
Source: SiriusDecisions State of Account-Based Marketing Survey (2016)
22%“Tightly aligned”
68%“Moderately/Somewhat aligned”
2%
“Not aligned”
“AS A SALESPERSON, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD HOPE FOR FROM ABM − ANOTHER AVENUE TO MEET AND DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE AS CUSTOMERS AND PROSPECTS.”
“OUR ABM PRACTITIONER IS AWESOME. SHE IS THOUGHTFUL AND PROVIDES STRATEGIC IMPACT AT THE ACCOUNT LEVEL. SHE IS LOOKED AT AS PART OF THE TEAM.”
89% OF SALES WOULD RECOMMEND ABM TO OTHER SALES COLLEAGUES.
84% OF SALES SAID ABM UNCOVERED NEW OPPORTUNITIES
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…and Alignment Fuels Growth@SiriusDecisions@MattSenatore#ABM
Source: SiriusDecisions Economics of Sales Marketing and Product Alignment Study (May 2015)
19%faster revenu
egrowth
higher profitabilit
y
15%
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Three Considerations for ABM M&S Alignment
REIMAGINERELATIONSHIP
What will Sales now say about you?
RECASTPLANNING
Support sales goals? Will the accounts
even care?
REVISITMEASUREMENT
Are we in the same boat? Is our money where our mouth
is?
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A Client Story of Alignment: SAP
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A Client Story of Alignment: SAP
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A Client Story of Alignment: SAP
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A Client Story of Alignment: SAP
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Introducing ABM Superhero Bob Basiliere
@BobBasiliere
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Key Takeaways
• ABM promotes alignment; alignment yields better results
• Reset expectations
• Laser focus
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