Your Guide to B2B ABM Strategies: 3 Steps to Creating a Winning Strategy
Your Guide to B2B ABM Strategies: 3 Steps to Creating a Winning Strategy
While B2B advertisers have plenty of tools at their disposal,
none are quite as effective as an account-based marketing
strategy. That said, knowing where to start can be difficult.
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3 Steps to Success
3 Steps to Success
Step 1
Develop a Clear Audience
Strategy
Step 2
Leverage the Right Media
Channels
Step 3
Optimize the User
Experience
Stage 1
Stage 1
Develop a Clear Audience Strategy
Develop a Clear Audience Strategy
The Insight ABM approach to account-based marketing starts with developing a clear audience strategy. You cannot effectively target high-value accounts unless you first develop an extensive understanding of your ideal audience. In order to accomplish this goal, we recommend that you:
The Insights ABM approach to account-based marketing starts with developing a clear audience strategy. You cannot effectively target high-value accounts unless you first develop an extensive understanding of your ideal audience. In order to accomplish this goal, we recommend that you:
Outline Audience
Personas 
Outline Audience
Personas
Creating custom audience personas is a simple but effective way of defining exactly who you are trying to reach with your marketing efforts.
Remember, the driving force behind an effective account-based marketing program is the ability to provide your target accounts with customized advertising material. In order to capitalize on this opportunity, you will need to develop several distinct personas.
As you’re creating your personas, make sure to address decision-makers at various levels of the target organization’s hierarchy.
For instance, you will need to use different tactics to appeal to a facilities director as opposed to a VP of operations. Each of these professionals will be responsible for making unique purchasing decisions for their organization. This means that each will be weighing different factors when they think about placing orders with your company.
Why Account-Based Marketing Matters
Why Account-Based Marketing Matters
Sixty-80% of the buyer’s journey is hidden or pre-funnel. But, intent data and ABM can help you proactively target those buyers when they are showing a propensity to purchase.
Andre Yee
CEO, Triblio
Account-based marketing is no longer just a digital marketing tactic, digital advertising tactic. It is an all encompassing marketing strategy..… It’s about driving authentic engagement. It’s about nurturing trust. It is about realizing value, building relationships.
Liz Demers
Partner Manager, LinkedIn
Stage 2
Leverage the Right Media Channels
Stage 2
Leverage the Right Media Channels
Use the Right Media Channels
Use the Right Media Channels
During Stage 1 of account-based marketing strategy creation, the majority of your focus should be on the clients themselves.
That is because the overall effectiveness of your ABM campaign hinges on your ability to target the right B2B accounts. However, who you are targeting is only half the battle. You will also need to leverage the right media channels to communicate with these prospective clients. When you’re determining which media channels to focus on, we suggest that you:
Listen to the Data
Use existing data about your target audience to determine where they are most active and what they engage with to meet them where they are.
Implement Quality Advertising Content
After you have zeroed in on a few valuable marketing mediums, it is time to craft quality advertising content. This should include a good mix of written content, photographs, and videos for your various funnel stages and audiences.
Choose Your Mediums
When you’re engaging in account-based marketing, keep in mind that a multi-faceted approach is vital. You will not be able to rely on a single communication medium in order to acquire high-value accounts.
Account-Based Marketing Stats
Why 2023 is the year of ABM
Stage 3
Stage 3
Optimize the User Experience
Optimize the User Experience
So you’ve identified who you are going to target with your account-based marketing campaign and have some great content lined up. You have even determined which channels are best for connecting with B2B accounts in your industry.
Far too often, B2B organizations neglect the buying experience. They focus on producing top-quality goods or services and drawing clients in with lead-generation tactics, only to deliver a subpar user experience at the bottom of the funnel.
Boost marketing and sales performance
If you’re looking to improve B2B marketing efficiency, this guide will help you develop the main components of a successful ABM strategy:
- Audience strategy
- Media optimization framework
- User experience
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