Mastering Account Penetration: Four Essential Tactics for Sales Success
Account penetration is a useful metric to determine how effective your sales and marketing strategies have been. This article provides tips on how to improve that metric.
Most B2B firms do not have individuals or teams dedicated exclusively to account based marketing ( ABM). The report, based on a survey of B2B executives from around the world, found that 22% of respondents have marketers dedicated to ABM, 17% have a dedicated ABM team, 59% have marketers balancing ABM with other responsibilities, and 2% have an ABM team comprised of both marketers and salespeople.
Only 36% of respondents who have marketers balancing ABM with other activities feel their setup supports success, compared to 73% of those with marketers dedicated to ABM. 49% of respondents overall say their team setup supports ABM success. 65% say their marketing team sets ABM objectives in partnership with Sales, which impacts success.
The report was based on a survey of B2B executives from around the world.
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Account penetration is a useful metric to determine how effective your sales and marketing strategies have been. This article provides tips on how to improve that metric.
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