Intro

Mason Cosby shares a webinar on finding a treasure trove of opportunities in closed-lost programs. If you are looking for a quick way to generate a pipeline right now, this is it. You have already spent money to acquire these accounts, built relationships, and uncovered real pain. Mason explains why 60 to 80 percent of closed-lost opportunities are lost for reasons that can change: budget, timing, and priorities.

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This episode breaks down the 4 D framework: Data, Distribution, Destination, and Direction. Mason outlines a systematic approach to re-engagement rather than just reaching out when the pipeline is low. He walks through specific playbooks designed to address industry changes, overcome past objections, and engage missing personas in the buying committee.

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What We Cover

1. Defining ABM as a Revenue Strategy: Aligning marketing, sales, and customer success around shared target accounts that reflect your best customers.
2. Why ABM Programs Fail: How a lack of sales marketing alignment, measurement difficulties, and undefined ownership stall progress.
3. The 4D Framework: Using Data (targets and triggers), Distribution (channels), Destination (content), and Direction (measurement) to build repeatable processes.
4. Vertical Specific Playbooks: Reactivating deals by addressing industry changes—like tariffs or regulations—that impact your target accounts.
5. Objection-Based Playbooks: Creating campaigns that directly address and diffuse reasons for saying no, such as pricing, missing features, or status quo.
6. Persona-Based Playbooks: Identifying deal cycles where key decision makers were missing or single-threaded, and re-engaging with a multi-threaded approach.
7. Roles in Distribution: Why the Account Executive should lead outreach to known contacts while SDRs and Executives support with new contacts and alignment.

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Resources Mentioned

1. Scrappy ABM Plan Template
2. ABM in a Day Workshop
3. Fathom
4. HubSpot
5. LinkedIn

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Resources:

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