A Practitioner's Guide to Account-Based Marketing - 2nd Edition by Edward Blackwell & Dave Munn (Paperback)

About the Book

Improve relationships, drive growth and win new business by developing and implementing highly-customized B2B marketing programmes for key accounts.

Book Synopsis

As some of today's major and complex companies are worth more than the GDPs of some countries, traditional marketing approaches, such as glossy corporate campaigns, will have limited returns.

Account-based marketing, also known as client-centric marketing, treats important individual accounts as markets in their own right, to help strengthen relationships, build reputation, and increase revenues in important accounts.

A Practitioner's Guide to Account-Based Marketing outlines a clear, step-by-step process for readers to harness ABM tools and techniques and set up ABM programmes. Featuring insights from practising professionals and case studies from organizations including Microsoft, Accenture, O2 and Fujitsu, it also contains guidance on developing the competencies needed for account-based marketing and managing your ABM career.

This updated second edition contains further discussion on how ABM initiatives can go from a pilot to being embedded in a business, new material on quantified value propositions and updated wider research. Meticulously researched and highly practical, A Practitioner's Guide to Account-Based Marketing will help all marketers to deliver successful B2B marketing.

Review Quotes

"A must-read for all B2B marketing leaders! Whether you're a CMO driving revenue and growth, needing to stay relevant with the latest marketing strategies at your disposal, or an emerging marketing leader looking to advance your personal career development and potential, this is your must-read practical marketing guide this year."-- "Emma Roborgh, Founder and CEO, B2B Marketing Leaders Forum APAC"

"As this valuable book emphasizes, the alignment of key account management and ABM brings exceptional competitive value by ensuring that strong customer relationships are at the heart of strategic philosophy and operational focus. This book is a step-by-step guide to not just getting it right but persuading everyone why this approach is so critical to success."-- "Geoff Quinn, Director, Key Account Management Center of Excellence, Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group"

"At Accenture, the fundamental principles of ABM have been a strategic reality for a long time. We understood the critical need to ensure marketing and account teams align to deliver client value. This book is a brilliant exposition on why, how and when to do it. It truly is essential reading."-- "Stephanie Winters McConnell, Managing Director - Marketing, Strategic Accounts and Global Sales, Accenture"

"ABM has come such a long way in such a short space of time, but Bev Burgess remains its biggest and best advocate and evangelist. She has been pivotal in its development to date, and without a doubt, will be the centre of how it continues to evolve (in an accelerated way) into the future. If you only ever read one book about ABM, make sure it's this one."-- "Joel Harrison, Editor-in-chief, B2B Marketing"

"ABM puts the customer at the heart of your marketing strategy. This excellent book explains how to build and scale an ABM programme that is right for your business and gives a step-by-step guide to creating integrated plans that deliver great business outcomes for you and your customers."-- "Tim Yeaton, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Red Hat"

"Bev Burgess and Dave Munn have humbly titled this work A Practitioner's Guide to Account-Based Marketing, but it might be better called The Account-Based Marketing (ABM) Bible, such is their pre-eminence and knowledge of this topic. It is a must-use reference for anyone serious about leading or being part of a successful ABM team, and given client expectations around account-level marketing engagement, it should also be considered critical for every B2B marketer."-- "John Gallagher, CMO, IBM Services"

"Burgess and Munn do a terrific job of demystifying account-based marketing. They provide practitioners with highly relevant examples, insightful nuggets, and pragmatic suggestions for succeeding in a world where the ability to treat large customers as individual markets really matters."-- "Jonathan Copulsky, Executive Director, Medill Spiegel Research Center; Senior Lecturer, Northwestern University; author: Brand Resilience, co-author: The Technology Fallacy and The Transformation Myth"

"Burgess and Munn have written a must-read primer for anyone considering account-based marketing. Read this book and learn from the best."-- "Alisha Lyndon, Founder, Momentum the growth consultancy"

"If you are looking for guidance on how to create an effective B2B marketing strategy to build deeper and mutually valuable relationships with customers, buy this book."-- "Jon Geldart, Director General, Institute of Directors"

"Once again, Bev Burgess, with David Munn, has produced the definitive guide to delivering measurable impact through ABM. As ABM becomes a mainstream element of every B2B brand's marketing strategy, this is a must-read for any progressive marketer."-- "Clive Armitage, CEO, Agent3"

"The digital transformation of B2B marketing has added to the complexity of a discipline that requires even more specific and relevant experiences for targeted accounts. Luckily for us all, Burgess and Munn have evolved what is already an indispensable guide to ABM to include essential updates in strategy and best practices that will power B2B marketing success stories for years to come."-- "Lee Odden, CEO and Co-Founder, TopRank Marketing"

"The first edition of this book was one of the best resources out there, and the second edition is even better: It's chock-full of best practices honed from years of working with the most sophisticated clients in the world, and even has career advice on the skills you need to develop to be a good account-based marketer. If an account-based strategy is part of your go-to-market, you owe it to your company - and yourself - to read this as soon as possible."-- "Jon Miller, CMO, Demandbase (former CEO, Engagio)"

"This book shows in clear steps how all B2B businesses can benefit from taking an outside-in approach to engaging with their most important clients. If you want to take a focused and cost-effective approach to accelerate your organic growth, then read this book."-- "David Sharp, CEO, International Workplace"

"This second edition is a must-read for any ABM-er who is taking executive engagement seriously. This was important before; it is critical now."-- "B Lee Demby, Co-Founder and President, Boardroom Insiders, Inc"

About the Author

Bev Burgess is founder and Managing Principal at Inflexion Group, which delivers thought leadership, consulting and training to companies on account-based growth. She has held senior marketing roles at British Gas, Epson and Fujitsu and headed ITSMA's global Account-Based Marketing (ABM) practice and European business. Based near London, UK, she is also the author of Account-Based Growth and Executive Engagement Strategies, both published by Kogan Page.

Dave Munn, based in Massachusetts, US, is a recognized thought leader in B2B services and solutions marketing. As President and CEO of ITSMA, he has led the way in defining and inspiring excellence within the ITSMA global community. Dave helped pioneer the discipline of Account-Based Marketing (ABM) in the early 2000s and is co-author of the first and second edition of, A Practitioner's Guide to Account-Based Marketing.