A bit about us… Video marketing platform for business
Rapidly growing in a competitive B2B market
Kick-ass Revenue Marketing team
Rockin’ Sales and SDR team*
*Vidyard is an active practitioner of marketing and sales alignment. Results discussed during this presentation may not be achievable by those not adhering to similar practices.
Back in 2012
ü Inbound marketing and Content Syndication ü List buying and email marketing ü Events and conferences ü Google adwords and display ads ü Lead scoring and nurturing based on activity
ü High volume of leads and MQLs!!
Such poor conversion rates and lack of efficiency… L
Less than 40% MQL-to-SAL rate
#1 Reason for rejection: Company not in target market
Key Takeaways • Blog post referencing their brand worked well
• Offer and CTA had little contextual relevance – too forced
• Limited to retargeting and marketing to those already in the funnel
• “Orientation session” perceived as too aggressive and confusing
• Targeted accounts didn’t always fit our ideal profile, poor conversion
• Not very scalable
Which Accounts Have the Greatest Propensity to Buy?
Asked the Sales Team Asked the Marketing Team Asked the Data!!!
Which Accounts Have the Greatest Propensity to Buy?
ü Company size ü Revenue ü Industry ü Geography ü etc. ü Technologies Used ü Services Partners
Account Attributes Activities & Intent ü Related jobs & hiring ü Video “momentum” ü Recent funding ü Actively researching
video marketing ü Number of engaged
leads in account ü Previous Dead Opp’s
COMPANY SCORE! ü Company size ü Revenue ü Industry ü etc. ü Technologies Used ü Services Partners ü Previous Dead Opp’s
Account Attributes Activities & Intent ü Related jobs ü Hiring related roles ü Video “momentum” ü Recent funding ü Actively researching
video marketing ü Number of engaged
leads in account
Account Identification
Phase 1: Identification, Contact Acquisition & Brand Awareness
Existing Contacts
Contact Acquisition
Unknown Contacts Known Contacts
Display Advertising
COMPANY SCORE
RELEVANCE REACH
Beyond Core Prospecting:�Additional Campaigns via ABM
Competitive Campaign against B--------e
Automated targeting of accounts using competitive platform (via data in Salesforce)
28 new opportunities influenced
Beyond Core Prospecting:�Additional Campaigns via ABM
Drive awareness of our user conference
Automated targeting of accounts with specific location and company score (via data in Salesforce)
26 accounts influenced to attend
14 new opportunities influenced
Grateful Dead Opp’s Revival campaign
Automated targeting of accounts with previous sales Opportunities with status Closed/Lost
35 new opportunities influenced
Beyond Core Prospecting:�Additional Campaigns via ABM
Key Lessons Learned • ABM is a discipline and a strategy, not a product or a role
• Relevance, Reach, Engagement, Scale
• Leverage marketing tech to identify high-propensity accounts with intent
• Create an engagement program around ABM, not a sales program
• Personalize and contextualize
• Be creative in the types of campaigns, use the data you have in CRM
• Automate for scale and efficiency
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