A one-page overview of various potential objectives and tactics for account based marketing. From intel gathering and awareness activity through to campaigning, sales engagement and advocacy.
Account based marketing - targeting key accounts with 1-2-1 marketing programmes
1. ACCOUNT BASED MARKETING
An overview built from experiences running end-to-end annual programmes for organisations including Canon, Fujitsu, Oracle and Unisys. We execute end-to-end programmes, managing all activities
in house (from upfront planning, initial data gathering, account profiling and online monitoring through to senior executive telemarketing, campaign execution, bid support and ROI measurement).
PROCESS OVERVIEW
EXAMPLE ACTIVITIES
1
Create the strategic ABM framework
2
Planning workshop
3
Required research
4
Create plan
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INTELLIGENCE
AWARENESS
Regular updates,
account microsites
and/or targeted
advertising
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CAMPAIGNING
Individual-level
profiling and
data build
Company-level
research, profiling
and proposition
selection
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Objectives, resources and process
Account workshops to define priority goals per
account and identify best potential activities
To fill intelligence gaps identified in phase two
Real-time monitoring,
with personalised
reaction pieces
Combining relevant elements from the planning
‘wheel’ (opposite) with existing wider activity
Execute
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Personalisation of
existing corporate
activities
Re-use; mix-and-match channels; take the burden
away from the account team; regular reporting
against dashboards and action plans; keep on top of
the data; don’t always push the call to action!
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Review
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EXAMPLE CONTACT/ACTIVITY MATRIX
SALES
ENGAGEMENT
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Supporting
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marketing and two-way SMS services
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How can the
IT department
drive business
growth (with flat
budgets)?
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taking off – these services
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How can digital
services enhance
business value?
Enhance the customer journey
through digital services
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Customers
increasingly engage
via mobile and social
How do your people actually do
their work?
“CIOs can prioritise their device and app investments
by walking a mile in employees’ shoes. Build a
very deep marketing understanding of who your
employees are and what they use technology for.
Start with a simple segmentation of employees’
mobile and application requirements, so you can
provision the right services on the right devices based
on business outcomes, not just on intuition.” [3]
How should we
respond to customers’,
suppliers’ and
employees’ changing
behaviours?
Employees demand
flexible working and BYOX*
What can we get
out of data?
Turn customer data into
actionable insight
Visualise data (including
Big Data) so other teams
can react profitably
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ADVOCACY
From joint client
activity to advocacy/
relationship events
foster effective communication
by bringing together real time
communication such as voice,
chat, video, and presence with
persistent collaboration such
as groups, messaging, activity
streams, file editing/sharing,
blogs, wikis, etc. [4]
Through innovation, CIOs can
help their firms win in the
age of the customer
– with technology at the core
of competitive differentiation,
CIOs and business
technology organisations
are in a position to
empower innovation in
their firms. They can do this by
tracking emerging technologies
that support the firm’s strategic
business goals, focusing on
systems of engagement, and
concentrating rapid change at the
edge of the technology stack. [1]
[We will see] a surge in mobile
Internet traffic, inbound and
outbound. Cisco’s Visual
Networking Index (VNI)
forecasts compound annual
growth rates (CAGR) of 78%
during the next four
years for mobile data/
internet traffic. [2]
The role of the CIO – evolution
or revolution?
• Gather evidence to show cost-effectiveness
• Report stakeholder value to demonstrate the
contribution of IT
• Engage with customers as part of the customerfacing team
*BYOX: bring your own device, application, data or anything else to improve your work or personal business readiness
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Provide consistent
access across
multiple channels
for enhanced
effectiveness