Our approach 

In B2B businesses, many CEOs lament about the misalignment between their sales and marketing functions. This lack of focus and misalignment typically results in disjointed efforts, low return on investment (ROI) and an underperforming team.

The B2B buying behaviours are changing; the buyers are now more informed, doing up to 70% of their research before even engaging a vendor. As a result, B2B firms need to adopt approaches that could be more effective in winning new business. Account Based Marketing provides that strategic approach for your business. It offers a framework that delivers:

True collaboration and alignment between sales & marketing – collectively working through the customer’s buying journey to convert more qualified leads into sales.

A structured, focused and pro-active approach to sales & marketing with common goals.

More targeted sales & marketing efforts on pre-selected, pre-qualified prospects.

Increased personalisation that encourages deeper engagement and focuses on building relationships along the buying cycle to convert more sales.

Account Based Marketing (ABM) "Flip the Funnel" approach...

Focused on prioritising, engaging and expanding targeted accounts with high revenue potential

Our approach 

In B2B businesses, many CEOs lament about the misalignment between their sales and marketing functions. This lack of focus and misalignment typically results in disjointed efforts, low return on investment (ROI) and an underperforming team.

The B2B buying behaviours are changing; the buyers are now more informed, doing up to 70% of their research before even engaging a vendor. As a result, B2B firms need to adopt approaches that could be more effective in winning new business. Account Based Marketing provides that strategic approach for your business. It offers a framework that delivers:

True collaboration and alignment between sales & marketing – collectively working through the customer’s buying journey to convert more qualified leads into sales.

A structured, focused and pro-active approach to sales & marketing with common goals.

More targeted sales & marketing efforts on pre-selected, pre-qualified prospects.

Increased personalisation that encourages deeper engagement and focuses on building relationships along the buying cycle to convert more sales.

Account Based Marketing (ABM) "Flip the Funnel" approach...

Focused on prioritising, engaging and expanding targeted accounts with high revenue potential

How we do it 

At Shaping Business, we provide Account Based Marketing services to firms in technology and professional services sectors. It is typically delivered in 3 stages:

Initial ABM workshop

to facilitate collaboration between sales & marketing, establish a collective understanding of the buyer journey, define goals & KPIs with a breakdown, identify ideal customer profiles and key target accounts.

ABM planning

to develop a prioritised account-based plan across the 3 tiers of ABM (1:1, 1:few, 1:many) with defined tactics, channels, content and the supporting systems & processes to deliver ABM.

ABM execution

to manage the delivery of the programme by providing relevant tools and templates along with operational support to deliver, analyse and optimise ABM results. To truly align sales & marketing functions by getting them to work together to achieve ABM and business goals.

3 Tiers/ Categories of ABM

Knowledge of your buyer’s business and its challenges 

To scale ABM while managing the budgetary and resource constraints a three-tier category model is used for ABM planning

3 Tiers/ Categories of ABM

To scale ABM while managing the budgetary and resource constraints a three-tier category model is used for ABM planning

How we do it 

At Shaping Business, we provide Account Based Marketing services to firms in technology and professional services sectors. It is typically delivered in 3 stages:

Initial ABM workshop

to facilitate collaboration between sales & marketing, establish a collective understanding of the buyer journey, define goals & KPIs with a breakdown, identify ideal customer profiles and key target accounts.

ABM planning

to develop a prioritised account-based plan across the 3 tiers of ABM (1:1, 1:few, 1:many) with defined tactics, channels, content and the supporting systems & processes to deliver ABM.

ABM execution

to manage the delivery of the programme by providing relevant tools and templates along with operational support to deliver, analyse and optimise ABM results. To truly align sales & marketing functions by getting them to work together to achieve ABM and business goals.

Our Account Based Marketing services will enable you to:

Establish ABM goals and KPIs, broken down into account targets that sales & marketing can focus on

Structure a personalised, targeted approach that focuses on acquiring new accounts, increasing recurring revenue from existing accounts and building strong relationships

Develop a plan to deliver a successful ABM programme that creates a sustainable revenue pipeline for the business and increases your ROI 

Understand the challenges of different stakeholders in targeted accounts at a deeper level with a combination of sales and marketing intelligence

Develop thought-leading content relevant to your stakeholders in key target accounts

Implement systems and processes to capture better customer-intelligence on key accounts and stakeholders


Although there is a perception that ABM is for large enterprises, SMEs can equally benefit from it by adapting and implementing our tailored Account Based Marketing approach.

Our specialist Account Based Marketing services team can help improve your sales & marketing performance, drive deeper engagement with stakeholders in key accounts and sustainably grow your business.