Account-Based Selling (ABS) is a new and quickly evolving space. There’s no set playbook circulating around the Internet. This method for selling is made possible by advancing technology, increasing availability of data in the public domain and the need to find a new, effective way to sell.
In this presentation you'll discover:
-What Account Based Selling is
-Why you should care
-How to find target accounts
-How to conduct research
-How to establish and execute your outbound plan
-The most costly mistakes
-An example of ABS in action
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6. Why should you care about ABS?
• Bigger impact on your bottom line
–5-10 (or more) times larger than your average deal
• Quality over Quantity
• More focused approach
7. Step 1: Finding Your Key Accounts
• What does your ideal company/account
profile look like?
• Similar to ICP but more firmographic data
• Make a list of about 50 companies that
match this criteria
8. Step 2: Do Your Research
• Public companies
–10-k Filing
• Private
–CrunchBase
–AngelList
–LinkedIn
9. • Usually more than one at larger companies
• Using call mapping
• Bottom-up vs. Top-down?
–Both approaches work, though many argue
top down is better
Step 3: Identify Decision Makers
10. • Number of touchpoints
• Utilizing different mediums
• Time between touchpoints
• Content of the touchpoint
Read this Hubspot article for more
Step 4: Plan Your
Outbound Campaign
11. Costly Mistakes
• Not following up
• Generic messaging
• Reaching out with
the same message
• Cold outbound after
you’ve already
connected
12.
13. Why?
• Not using the right technology
–The difference between marketing & sales
automation
• Relying too much on automation
–Dangers of too much automation
• Not investing enough time on strategy
15. Plan Effectively
• Who to target first?
• Already connected to me?
• Already connected to my colleagues?
• Am I the right person to reach out?
• What’s the History of the relationshp?
16. Get Your Messaging Right
Pain, Priorities, Motivations (PPM)
Role PPM Messaging
VP - Revenue
- Pipeline
- Headcount
Manager - Productivity
- Onboarding
Sales Development
Rep
- Quota
- Effectiveness
26. Resources:
• How to Build the Perfect Sales Stack for Your
Company
• 5 Steps to Personalizing Your Sales Emails at
Scale
• The Quick Start Guide to Outbound Sales
27. Got Questions About ABS?
• Don’t hesitate to ask!
–Brandon@PersistIQ.com
–Pouyan@PersistIQ.com
28. Get In Touch With Us!
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