For Marketing and Sales

Account based outbound

Engagement across the buying committee of every target account, through coordinated email, LinkedIn and calling.

At a glanceABM Outbound

The job it does: Win a specific list of dream accounts by engaging the whole buying committee, the way account based selling and account based marketing both require.
What it moves: Account engagementMulti threaded accountsOpportunities createdPipeline by account
Best for: Large deal sizes · Defined dream account lists · Complex buying committees

What is account based outbound?

Account based outbound is a targeted strategy that concentrates coordinated outreach across email, phone and LinkedIn on a specific list of high value accounts rather than a broad market. Multiple contacts inside each account are reached with a consistent, tailored message to create opportunities where deal size justifies the focus.

13 + 9

The typical B2B buying decision now includes 13 internal stakeholders and nine external influencers, rising for more complex or strategic purchases. Forrester, The State of Business Buying, 2026

What's included

What's included in Account Based Outbound, run by one team.

01Target account selection
02Buying committee mapping
03Tailored multi channel sequences
04Coordinated touches across contacts
05Account level reporting
06Qualification and handoff

Why now

Why one contact per account is not enough

Forrester's State of Business Buying 2026 found that the typical B2B buying decision includes 13 internal stakeholders and nine external influencers. A program that reaches one person per company is talking to a small fraction of the people who decide.

Account based outbound starts from the accounts, not the contacts. It maps the committee inside each target account and reaches every relevant role with a message about their own priorities.

How we run it

How account based outbound runs

Accounts are selected and tiered with Sales and Marketing. For each account we map the economic buyer, the champion, the evaluators and the users, build and verify their data, and write messaging for each role.

Email, LinkedIn and calling are then coordinated across every contact in the account, so the committee hears one consistent story. Engagement is tracked at the account level and qualified conversations are handed to Sales with the whole account history.

Account selection and tiering
Buying committee mapping
Role specific messaging
Coordinated multi contact sequences
Account level engagement tracking
Handoff with account context

Process

How implementation works.

1
Select accounts
Agree on the named target list.
2
Map the committee
Identify the contacts that influence the deal.
3
Tailor
Build account specific messaging.
4
Coordinate
Sequence email, phone and LinkedIn across contacts.
5
Report
Track engagement and opportunities by account.

What good looks like

Account based selling, measured by account

Measure the share of target accounts engaged, the number of committee members reached per account, and opportunities created by account. These show whether the program is penetrating accounts or just generating isolated replies.

For account based selling teams, the same data tells reps which accounts are warming and who inside them has already engaged.

What we report on

Account engagement
Multi threaded accounts
Opportunities created
Pipeline by account

Results

Client results from Account Based Outbound programs.

Each client's own reported figures.

All client results

Client results
Client	Result	The problem	Story
Risk intelligence software	5Qualified Fortune 1000 meetings in 2 months	Internal SDR team was generating less than one meeting per rep per month. Manual list building against the fractured US banking and credit union market was breaking down.	Read the story
Healthcare technology	168Demos booked since January 2025	Extremely hard to reach industry with fragmented buying committees across hospitals and local surgery centers.	Read the story
ChattrAI hiring technology	200+Qualified meetings booked in 2025	Attending multiple industry events without converting booth traffic into scheduled meetings. Manually building restaurant industry lists was slow and inconsistent.	Read the story

Research

What the research says

Current, independent data behind how we run account based outbound.

13 + 9
The typical B2B buying decision now includes 13 internal stakeholders and nine external influencers, rising for more complex or strategic purchases.
Forrester, The State of Business Buying, 2026, Jan 2026.
53%
Procurement professionals are decision makers in 53% of business buying cycles, engaging from the start of the process.
Forrester, The State of Business Buying, 2026, Jan 2026.
94%
94% of buying groups ranked their preferred vendors before first contact with a seller, and the vendor preferred before engaging sellers still wins 80% of deals.
6sense, 2025 B2B Buyer Experience Report, Nov 2025. More than 4,000 buyers across North America, EMEA and APAC.

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Where ABM Outbound fits for Marketing and Sales

Account based marketing that generates sales conversationsTurn your target account list into qualified pipeline with coordinated email, LinkedIn, calling and buying committee outreach.ABM lead generation from the accounts you already choseInstead of generating thousands of random leads, generate conversations with the buying committees inside your target accounts.Add outbound execution to your demand generation engineConvert more of your target accounts into conversations by pairing your demand programs with coordinated outbound.One outbound engine. Built for Sales and Marketing.Outreach Engine helps B2B Sales and Marketing teams turn target accounts into qualified pipeline through coordinated email, LinkedIn, calling and account based outreach.Multichannel outreach that reads as one conversationCoordinate email, LinkedIn and calling across every contact in the account, so each touch builds on the last.

Built for your industry

ABM Outbound for enterprise software companiesVendors selling large, complex software into multi stakeholder enterprise buying committees.

Frequently asked questions

Is account based outbound worth it for a small target list?

When deal sizes are large, concentrating coordinated effort on a named list usually returns more than spreading the same effort across a broad market.

What is account based selling?

Account based selling is the sales side of an account based strategy: sellers pursue a defined list of target accounts and engage several stakeholders in each buying committee with coordinated, tailored outreach. Account based outbound supplies the research, data and multi channel execution it depends on.

What is account based prospecting?

Account based prospecting is researching a target account to find every relevant stakeholder, then reaching each of them with messaging about their own priorities, rather than prospecting one contact at a time across a broad market.

What is the difference between account based outbound and broad lead generation?

Broad lead generation casts wide to find fit. Account based outbound starts from a fixed list of high value accounts and works multiple contacts inside each one with tailored messaging.

Compare your options

Account Based Outbound vs an Appointment Setting AgencyAn appointment setting agency finds contacts, sends cold email and books meetings. Account based outbound starts from your target accounts, maps each buying committee, builds and enriches the data, coordinates email, LinkedIn and calling across every contact, qualifies the interest and reports by account. Choose appointment setting for simple, high volume sales to single decision makers; choose account based outbound when deals are larger, committees are bigger and the accounts you want are specific.Outreach Engine vs BelkinsBelkins is a larger, broader agency built around appointment setting, with a long menu of channels and add-on services and an advertised yearly appointment range. Outreach Engine can handle the same breadth, scale and appointment volume targets, with or without a pre-built target list, through a smaller team with higher talent density that gives you the service level expected of a boutique growth partner. Choose Belkins when you want the widest menu of add-on services from a larger organization. Choose Outreach Engine when you want senior, high execution talent running your program.Outreach Engine vs SalesHiveSalesHive is a sales development agency that supplies US-based SDRs running calling and email on its own platform, with a published tier structure, no setup fees and month to month terms. Outreach Engine adds LinkedIn, buying committee mapping and an up front diagnosis, and can run at the same volume with or without a pre-built list, through a smaller team with higher talent density and boutique level service. Choose SalesHive when you want phone and email SDR capacity on simple, flexible terms. Choose Outreach Engine when execution quality and senior attention matter more than seat count.Outreach Engine vs LeadiumLeadium is an appointment setting and data sourcing provider with US-based SDRs, month to month contracts, shared Slack channels and a wide channel list including SMS and gifting. It guarantees its service and activity deliverables, and says it does not guarantee outbound outcomes. Outreach Engine can match that volume without a pre-built list, adds buying committee coverage and an audit first, and delivers it through a smaller team with higher talent density and boutique level service. Choose Leadium for flexible terms and activity commitments. Choose Outreach Engine when senior execution and a boutique level of service matter most.

Best of lists

Best Outsourced SDR Companies in 2026Eight outsourced SDR companies compared on staffing model, pricing, contracts and proof, from each company's own pages, with who fits each best.Best LinkedIn Lead Generation Agencies in 2026Seven LinkedIn lead generation agencies compared on how they run outreach, pricing, account access and proof, from each company's own pages.Best B2B SaaS Lead Generation Companies in 2026Seven outbound lead generation companies for B2B SaaS compared on proof, pricing, channels and fit, from each company's own pages.

Client stories

Big Think Capital: Commercial lendingCommercial lending, scaling outbound as a predictable pipeline channel.OR Trax: Healthcare technologyHealthcare SaaS serving hospitals and surgery centers. Exited to Banyan Capital.Supply Wisdom: Risk intelligence softwareEnterprise risk assessment AI for Fortune 1000 and top US banks.

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