Being Part of Your ICP and Showing Intent Is Not Enough

08/04/22 • 10 min

Many of the GTM teams we talk to are already using ABM platforms like Demandbase and Terminus, predictive analytics platforms like 6sense and intent data tech like Bombora. They are driving the top-of-the-funnel and increasing pipeline KPIs.
But, the common thread we're seeing across the different companies in different industries is that they are challenged to drive stage progression even though the accounts they are now targeting are in-market and are in their ICP. There is a huge discrepancy between the pipeline revenue and actual revenue. In many cases, when deals are signed, the deal sizes are less than desired.

What's going on?
That’s what Kristina Jaramillo covers on this ABM Done Right Podcast and video.

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What's going on?
That’s what Kristina Jaramillo covers on this ABM Done Right Podcast and video.

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How Reachdesk is Winning with ABM and Demand Gen

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Declan Mulkeen mentioned on LinkedIn that ABM + demand gen = a winning team. He’s right, it is a winning team together as demand gen should have a role in an ABM program. The problem is that most ABM programs are nothing more than demand gen. Leadership, sales, and marketing teams do not understand the difference between the two motions – and they don’t understand how the “two” should work together.

Kristina Jaramillo, President of Personal ABM, and Amber Bogie (Director of Global Demand Generation for Reach Desk and board member, host, and member of the Peak Community) discuss how to integrate ABM with demand gen. You’ll gain insights from Amber’s 7+ years of building out all of the different flavors of ABM and executing 1:1, 1:few, and 1:many ABM strategies.

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How a Cybersecurity Firm Crafted Their POV and Story to Challenge the Status Quo and Teach for Differentiation

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Loyal listeners of the ABM Done Right Podcast know that Personal ABM believes that ABM and the Challenger Sale go hand-in-hand as ABM is not about sourcing the pipeline. It's about how are we going to win with those tier 1 accounts that do not respond to campaigns. It's about accelerating stuck accounts to revenue and how are we going to get a higher deal size and then expand accounts. This requires sales, marketing, and customer success teams to tailor for relevance, teach for differentiation and come to each interaction with a point of view about our future and existing customers' businesses so we can reframe them. This is especially important in industries like cybersecurity, employee engagement, and others where enterprises already invested - and have used their platforms for 10+ years.
However, as we mentioned in previous podcasts, sales and marketing teams are unable to come to a POV about their prospects' businesses as they do not have a strong POV about their business. How these teams are positioning themselves and differentiating themselves -- and the positions they take are off. This is why Eric Gruber (Personal ABM) CEO and branding expert David Brier talks about the foundation that companies need to build before they can effectively execute ABM. Along with providing their insights, you'll hear how a cybersecurity firm recrafted their POV and story to challenge the status quo and to teach to differentiate against all of the other competitors in this crowded space. You'll see why the rebranding won -- and how the cybersecurity company is taking market share from competitors.