1) The document discusses Demandbase's Conversion Solution which provides sales teams with insights from Demandbase's ABM platform to improve their prospecting efforts.
2) It demonstrates how the Conversion Solution provides insights on website engagement and account news that sales teams can use to personalize their outreach.
3) A case study of how Demandbase's own sales development team uses the Conversion Solution is presented, showing how insights allow them to prioritize accounts and find the right contacts to engage with.
1. DEMANDBASE CONVERSION SOLUTION
Adam Nichols, Director Product Marketing
Jeff Freeman, Director Product Management
Jay Tuel, VP Sales Development
DEMANDBASE IN ACTION
2. SLIDE 2
DEMANDBASE ABM PLATFORM
ABM PLATFORM
Audience Management
ABM Analytics
Account Selection
Global B2B
Data at Scale
Patented IP
Identification
Proprietary B2B Ad
Tech/DSP
Artificial Intelligence
& Machine Learning
MASIntegration
3. AGENDA
§ The importance of Sales in ABM
§ Demo of the Demandbase Conversion Solution
§ Real story – how does Demandbase use Conversion?
§ Q&A
6. SLIDE 6
MARKETING AND SALES ROLES HAVE CHANGED
OLD MODEL
MQL CLOSE
IDENTIFY
MARKETING SALES
MARKETING
SALES
CLOSE
NEW MODEL
IDENTIFY
7. SLIDE 7
OLD MODEL NEW MODEL
• Focus on volume
• Calls/emails per hour
• BANT
• All accounts are the same
• Go for the close- every time
• Focus on quality
• SQLs and opportunities
• Get the right person
• Be smart about which
accounts you target
• Go for timely engagement
SALES NEEDS A NEW APPROACH
8. SLIDE 8
BUT SALES HAS CHALLENGES
#1 CHALLENGE:
CONNECT RATES
“Help me find the right person
at the right account.”
43%
#1 PRIORITY:
IMPROVED MESSAGING
“I need to know what to say
when I reach out.”
72%
9. SLIDE 9
THE INSIGHTS THAT SALES NEEDS…
Real-time intent
Website engagement
Account news
Contact talking points
Leveraging AI and machine
learning to uncover insights and
deliver them where sales lives.
10. SLIDE 10
… DELIVERED WHERE SALES WANTS THEM
Demandbase Conversion
Sales Insights
Slack
All Insights,
Lightning ready
All Insights
Flexible scheduling
Real-time
Web Engagement Insights
Email
Salesforce
14. SLIDE 14
THE DEMANDBASE SALES DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND ABM
Alignment Focus - Inbound
• Three teams in the US –
West, Central and East
• One UK team
• Teams split into Inbound,
Mid-Market and
Enterprise/Strategic
• 3:24 inbound to outbound
ratio
• ~2:1 AE to SDR ratio
• Get to inquiries ASAP
• Responsible for Chat
• Assign inquiries to
appropriate Outbound
SDR
• Dig up old inquiries, see if
they are now a fit
Focus - Outbound
• Paired together with AEs –
geo or named accounts
• Focus on AE’s top
accounts (from ABM)
• Highly personalized
outbound activity – calls,
emails and social
• Work on “land and
expand” and upsell
15. SLIDE 15
HOW DOES MY TEAM APPROACH THE DAY?
Social Selling
Personalized
Emails
Calls/Connects Voicemails
60
Activities
1. Prospect Activity
• Slack website activity (Conversion)
• Email insight digest (Conversion)
• Follow-up on prospect engagement
(Sales engagement/MAS)
2. Inquiries from Marketing
• Events, Field Marketing, Website,
Direct Mail
3. AE Top Accounts (Tier 1)
4. Nurture + Closed Lost
Opportunities
5. Tier 2 Accounts with Account
Score >2
PRIORITIZATION
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STEP 1 – EMAIL DIGEST TELLS YOU WHERE TO FOCUS
WHAT I’VE LEARNED:
An account in my patch is
reading/researching a topic
that is interesting to me.
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STEP 2 – GET MORE CONTEXT VIA SLACK
WHAT I’VE LEARNED:
The same account is visiting
my web site and hitting high
value pages.
18. SLIDE 18
STEP 3 – FIND THE RIGHT PERSON IN LINKEDIN SALES NAVIGATOR
WHAT I’VE LEARNED:
There is a high likelihood that
this person is the person I
should reach out to!
19. SLIDE 19
STEP 4 – WRITE A PERSONALIZED EMAIL BASED ON THE INSIGHTS
THE EMAIL I SENT THE EMAIL I RECEIVED!!
20. SLIDE 20
AI BASED INSIGHTS BOOST PROSPECTING RESULTS
39%Fewer touches to get target
accounts into pipeline
67%Increase in prospecting
engagement
2017 internal Demandbase study of beta customers using Conversion solution
21. KEY TAKE AWAYS
§ Sales engagement is
critical to convert
marketing activity into
pipeline and closed
deals.
§ Sales needs meaningful
insights that support
ABM strategy.
§ Insights need to be easily
accessible and
actionable.