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In this session, experts from Full Circle Insights and Highspot will examine the keys to proactively engage accounts and maximize account performance by connecting individual leads to accounts in your tech stack and processes.
8. Feng Hong
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• Finance and analytical
background (recovering
spreadsheet addict)
• Ex-venture capital and
ex-investment banking
• Adtech and martech
industry focus
• Owns product go-to-market
and messaging strategy
Senior Product Marketing Manager
Full Circle Insights
9. Today’s Agenda
• The “Account-Based” Trend and Hype
• Strategic and Technical Complexities and Challenges
• Adapting Your Organization and Technology
• Highspot: Real-World Executing an Account-Based
Strategy
• Q&A
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11. The Direction of Marketing Towards ABM
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Account Data Sources ABM Measurement Frameworks
Source: SiriusDecisions® Demand Unit WaterfallSource: Scott Brinker, www.chiefmartec.com
12. The ABM Promise
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• Better top-of-funnel sourcing from target list of accounts
• Understanding of account context for all leads from marketing
• Improved engagement with accounts down the entire funnel
• More efficient marketing with ROI increase
• New source of revenue growth
The bottom line: Prioritize account context throughout your funnel to yield growth.
13. Basic ABM Funnel
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Marketing Engaged Account
(Defined roles engaged)
Marketing Qualified Account
(Hits threshold rating. Prioritized)
Sales Accepted Account
(Verified)
Sales Qualified Account
(Qualified - BANT)
Close
Target Accounts, Key Contact Roles
Marketing works with
Sales to define
Targets and key
Stakeholders
Then tactically
engages with those
individuals to prime
the account for sales
engagement
Marketing to Sales handoff
starts with Engaged
Accounts
Sales should follow up and
identify if there is a qualified
selling opportunity
Track the stages between
opportunity and close
14. The ABM Requirements
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• Define Ideal Customer Profile and Buyer
Groups for target accounts
• Modify engagement process and messaging
• Define ABM success, measure results, and
improve
• Have a source of account data
• Connect leads to accounts in your database
• Track account progression down the funnel
• Measure performance across accounts
accurately
TechnologyOrganizational Process
15. Ideal Customer Profile – Firmographics
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Firmographics
• Company size
• Industry
• Customer type
• Geography
• Technographics
20. Define Account Milestones and Success
•Define your success benchmarks
• Scope your ABM goals against overall revenue goals
• Set MQL/MQA goals
• Set SQA goals (a real opportunity, e.g., post-demo)
• Set Account close goals
• Align these between sales and marketing teams
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21. Leverage Technology
Overview of Key Technology to Leverage
• Full-funnel measurement
• Account profile data
• Intent data
• Lead to account matching
• Attribution
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Marketing Engaged Account
(Defined roles engaged)
Marketing Qualified Account
(Hits threshold rating. Prioritized)
Sales Accepted Account
(Verified)
Sales Qualified Account
(Qualified - BANT)
Close
Target Accounts, Key Contact Roles
22. Leverage Technology
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Full Funnel Measurement
• Basis of measuring performance and
account lifecycle
• Automated tracking of leads and
accounts
• Accurate performance metrics
(volume, conversion, velocity,
campaign engagement)
Marketing Engaged Account
(Defined roles engaged)
Marketing Qualified Account
(Hits threshold rating. Prioritized)
Sales Accepted Account
(Verified)
Sales Qualified Account
(Qualified - BANT)
Close
Target Accounts, Key Contact Roles
23. Leverage Technology
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Account and Lead Profile Data
• Account firmographics, including
industry, size, geography
• Website scrapers for company
technographics
• Job titles for personas
• Contact information for personas
• Up-to-date profile information
• Predictive analytics for look-alike
companies
Marketing Engaged Account
(Defined roles engaged)
Marketing Qualified Account
(Hits threshold rating. Prioritized)
Sales Accepted Account
(Verified)
Sales Qualified Account
(Qualified - BANT)
Close
Target Accounts, Key Contact Roles
24. Leverage Technology
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Intent Data
• Visit behavior on your websites,
mapped to domains via IP and other
technologies
• Content consumption on third-party
media sites and publisher networks
• Propensity to buy models, linking
strings of activity to buyer / prospect
intent
Marketing Engaged Account
(Defined roles engaged)
Marketing Qualified Account
(Hits threshold rating. Prioritized)
Sales Accepted Account
(Verified)
Sales Qualified Account
(Qualified - BANT)
Close
Target Accounts, Key Contact Roles
25. Leverage Technology
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Lead to Account Matching
• Leads automatically linked to the right
Accounts in the CRM
• Leads assigned to the right sales rep
• Lead engagement by both sales and
marketing utilizing the account context
26. Leverage Technology
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Attribution
• Connect pipeline and revenue to campaigns
• Track campaign engagement across individuals linked to an account
• Multi-touch modeling for comprehensive marketing mix performance review
28. Bryant Lau
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• Digital Marketing Manager @ Highspot
• Growth Focused Demand Gen Marketer
• Hiker
• Dog Owner
About
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29. Highspot Today
• 71 of employees
• 4 in marketing team
• 38 in sales team
• Series B funding
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30. Highspot’s Account-Based Strategy Goals
• Highspot’s Goal: 3x Growth
• Account Based Everything
•Sales Development
•Marketing
•Customer Success
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36. 2) Which Contacts?
•Best Practice
• Defined buyer personas
• Marketing Leadership
• Product
• Sales Enablement
• Sales Leadership
• Sales Operations
• Content Marketers
• Built contact database
for key personas
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43. Key Takeaways
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Understand your ABM
needs and align both your
organization and your
technology
Leverage technology, such
as external data and lead-
to-account matching, to
gain both accuracy AND
productivity that will scale
your ABM
Measure, measure,
measure, and then
optimize to achieve
success