Strategy6 min · Updated Feb 2026
    ABM

    Account-Based Marketing

    Marketing to named accounts, not personas.

    In plain English

    A go-to-market approach that treats individual target accounts as markets of one. Standard for enterprise tech sales with long cycles and committee buying.

    Account-Based Marketing (ABM) explained: A go-to-market approach that treats individual target accounts as markets of one.

    Why it matters now

    When average contract values exceed €100k, spray-and-pray demand gen is a rounding error. ABM aligns sales + marketing on the 50–500 accounts that matter.

    How it shows up in practice

    1. 01

      Named account lists co-owned by sales and marketing.

    2. 02

      Personalized landing pages, direct mail, 1:1 ads.

    3. 03

      Intent data to detect buying signals early.

    From vocabulary to strategy

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