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Maximizing your B2B spend: Is account-based marketing worth it?

Martech

Longer sales cycles: The personalized nature of ABM can sometimes lead to longer sales cycles, meaning marketers must weigh the potential benefits against the patience required for the strategy to yield results. With this information, you are set up to make an informed decision.

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3 Ways to Find Budget for ABM in an Economic Downturn

Engagio

In fact, according to a 2022 Forrester TEI Study, “Demandbase account-based marketing and sales platform delivers a 367% three year return on investment (ROI).” Making the case for ABM (or ABX as we call it at Demandbase) Why budget for ABM? This can result in much bigger wins, higher closure rates, and shorter sales cycles.

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How Anonymous Web Traffic Turned Into A Closed Deal in 10 Days

DemandBase

The sales cycle for B2B can be long and inefficient. Sales team members often have to coordinate with each other, Marketing, and other departments to provide the right answers at the right time, to the right buying individuals within target accounts to deepen engagement. This kicked off the official sales cycle.

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Top 3 Things SDRs Need To Know In 2023

Engagio

As a long-time Sales Development leader, I know too well the difficulties of opening up sales opportunities in tough economic climates. So you need to get yourself ready and in position for when they are ready to buy –– not forcing them into your sales cycle when you want to sell.

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Why Sales-Marketing Alignment Is Necessary for ABM to Be Effective

Marketing Insider Group

This is the key reason why your sales and marketing teams must be completely united in their approach. Otherwise, sales teams could follow an outdated approach with half-hearted nurturing tactics that fail to convert these leads, slowing down the sales cycle and cutting into profits. Faster sales cycles.

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Why Your ABM Is Only as Good as Your Target Account List

Engagio

Segmenting your accounts into a target list requires understanding not only what inputs to factor in (for example, the number of sales touches, open opportunities, and what stages they are in along the account journey) but also what type output you want (in other words, whether you are creating an account list or a people list).

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How to Prioritize Prospects: Sales Secrets for Pipeline Hyper-Growth

Engagio

Success in Sales can only be achieved by first understanding the challenges we face in our industry. So what’s the new reality of Sales? 2020 was a particularly difficult year for our teams to push their accounts through a Sales cycle and hit the revenue goals they had in front of them. And we’re in good company.