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Don't do ABM | E104 with Marta George


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Why does “ABM” so often become a logo-swap landing page and a prayer? In this episode, Emma and Ruta sit down with Marta George (ex-Head of ABM, now Field & Channel Marketing) to get brutally honest about what real ABM takes—and when you shouldn’t do it at all.

We get into:
 ✅ Why “ABM Lite” isn’t real (and why it keeps getting sold anyway)
 ✅ The village ABM needs: sales, SDRs, CS, product marketing, brand, design
 ✅ Account selection done right (data > opinions, relationships matter)
 ✅ Start small: 2–4 accounts, bottom-of-funnel first, then scale
 ✅ Timelines & expectations: quarters to years—not weeks—and what to report
 ✅ What to track (and why MQLs are the wrong question for ABM)
 ✅ When to skip ABM and do personalised demand gen instead
 ✅ Tools & AI: faster personalisation ≠ ABM
 ✅ Spicy take: why growth teams deserve bonuses/commission

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