Delivering on the Promise of Account-Based Marketing

Account-based marketing (ABM) is the first step toward sales and marketing alignment. It’s a set of principles that range from trying to engage large, named customers at a deeper level to pursuing new, high-value accounts that share similar size, industry or geographical characteristics with existing top-tier customers. But these strategies all share one thing in common; unlike traditional B2B marketing, they prioritize accounts, not simply individual job titles or job descriptions alone. Focusing on accounts results in higher-quality leads delivered to sales in more reasonable quantities that sales can actually manage, while also reaching more prospects on the buying team. So, sales win rates, marketing efficiencies and company revenues improve dramatically.

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Really B2B

Really B2B is a business-to-business marketing and lead generation agency that's all about the numbers. We love to count, measure, analyse and talk about the metrics that matter - the qualified leads, revenue and ROI generated for our clients' businesses. In 2016, we took home 3 B2B Marketing Awards for 'Best SME-targeted campaign' (for the third year in a row!), 'Best corporate decision-maker-targeted campaign' and 'Best product launch'! Every year since 2012 we've ranked in the Top 50 B2B Marcomms Agencies and the Top 20 Fastest-Growing B2B Agencies Leagues, and this year we ranked 39th in the Top 40 Global Marcomms agencies! The secret to our success? Delivering exceptional B2B marketing campaigns that grow our clients' businesses.

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Your B2B Sales & Marketing Flywheel

whitePaper | June 4, 2021

For B2B industrial and technical companies embracing modern marketing practices, we view the website as your most important marketing asset and lead generation tool. We’ve also said a great website can be like adding a few more people to your company’s sales team. The challenge, however, is to fine tune your website and other digital marketing strategies to provide a stream of marketing qualified leads. And, at the same time, establishing disciplined processes to promptly follow up on each lead. The role of marketing, including how marketing works with sales within B2B companies, has shifted dramatically within just the past few years. Emerging technologies and digital marketing tactics are also blurring the lines between traditional sales and marketing roles. And according to Aberdeen Group, sales and marketing alignment can lead to a 32% increase in year-over-year growth.

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The Marketing and Sales Alignment Playbook

whitePaper | September 30, 2022

Alignment between marketing and sales is a top priority at most organizations. After all, the more marketing and sales teams are aligned, the better the results. When marketing and sales are in sync, teams see increased revenue, improved customer retention, increased renewals, and better win rates. Despite the fact that teams want alignment, many struggle to achieve it. That’s, in part, because gaining alignment isn’t easy. If your company is already performing well, it may be tempting to continue on upholding the status quo—making sales through reputation or referrals. If your company is underperforming, it may be overwhelming to address issues with alignment. In either case, getting aligned is essential.

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Increase Demand Gen Results With These 5 Tactics

whitePaper | January 5, 2023

Demand Generation within B2B organisations has progressed in recent years, both innovatively and intuitively. Whether it’s embracing and adopting maturing predictive technologies and ABM methodologies or macro factors, including Covid, that forced a complete focus on digital engagement, marketers have had to respond instantaneously, researching, and activating digital approaches that ensure demand generation continuity and growth.

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5 Steps For B2B Companies To Improve Their Digital Lead Generation

whitePaper | January 12, 2023

In the past two years, the B2B customer journey has shifted more than ever before into the digital world. According to the latest MC Kinsey figures, about 70% of the B2B buyer journey now takes place digitally. As a result, the demand for digitally acquired leads grows as they are the basis for successful sales activities. In this whitepaper we show you how to improve your lead generation.

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How Does Your Sales Development Program Measure Up?

whitePaper | September 20, 2022

As technology markets have become increasingly competitive over the last several years, companies have had to increase their prospecting capabilities to deliver new growth. Marketing-led demand generation has not done nearly enough to provide necessary pipeline coverage. New technology has massively increased the outreach capabilities of sales development teams and along with it, increased pressure from investors has been exerted on these teams to make up the difference with ever-increasing activity levels.

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Elevating ABM: Building Blocks for Long-Term Growth

whitePaper | March 3, 2023

Revenue Forecasting, Sales and Marketing, Intent DataOne of the most interesting aspects of Account-Based Marketing (ABM) is the interplay between continuity and change. Twenty years into the ABM journey, core principles from the very beginning have stood the test of time: leading with customer insight, full partnership with sales, tailoring and customizing customer connection, and focusing on the three R’s—Reputation, Relationships, and Revenue.

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Spotlight

Really B2B

Really B2B is a business-to-business marketing and lead generation agency that's all about the numbers. We love to count, measure, analyse and talk about the metrics that matter - the qualified leads, revenue and ROI generated for our clients' businesses. In 2016, we took home 3 B2B Marketing Awards for 'Best SME-targeted campaign' (for the third year in a row!), 'Best corporate decision-maker-targeted campaign' and 'Best product launch'! Every year since 2012 we've ranked in the Top 50 B2B Marcomms Agencies and the Top 20 Fastest-Growing B2B Agencies Leagues, and this year we ranked 39th in the Top 40 Global Marcomms agencies! The secret to our success? Delivering exceptional B2B marketing campaigns that grow our clients' businesses.

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