Outbound · Contact-based ABM
Contact-based ABM produces the sharpest signal in the stack: which named individual inside a target account just crossed an engagement threshold. That signal triggers the SDR call within hours — with full context on what the person engaged with, how many times, and whether others in their buying group are moving too.
Contact-based ABM closes the gap that account-level ABM leaves open. Ads delivered to named individuals. Every touch attributed to a real person. This is the layer most ABM agencies don’t run — and the one that produced 58% more cold meetings booked and 40% more pipeline per outreach attempt on the AMPECO account.
+77%
peak cold meeting uplift · AMPECO · contact-level ABM via Influ2 + SDR triggers
Five days. Senior specialist. Senior debrief.
The gap
Account-level ABM
ONE SIGNALAcme Corp
SaaS · 1,200 employees
Account engagement score
68 / 100
Buying group
Not identified.
Sales gets an account name. They walk in cold.
Contact-Level ABM
PER-PERSONAcme Corp
3 contacts engaged · buying group
Sarah Chen
VP Marketing
Engaged · ROI calculator · pricing page · case study
Marcus Reyes
CFO
Engaged · ROI calculator · payback whitepaper
Priya Kumar
Director, Demand Gen
Engaged · integration spec sheet · demo video
SDR alert: Sarah Chen crossed the engagement threshold. Outreach playbook attached.
Buying decisions don't happen at companies. They happen across six to ten people inside companies, each with different concerns, different content engagement, and different proximity to the budget.
The CMO cares about pipeline contribution. The CFO cares about ROI proof. The VP of Sales cares about lead quality. The IT lead cares about integration capability. Account-level intent tells you the company is researching. It doesn't tell you which person is researching, what they've engaged with, or whether to escalate to sales.
Contact-Level ABM closes the gap. Ads served to named individuals inside named accounts. Engagement tracked at the person level. Sales triggered with context — not a generic "Acme Corp is in market" alert, but a specific "Sarah Chen, VP Marketing at Acme, has engaged with three of your assets this week, including the ROI calculator."
The conversion math gets sharper. The AMPECO program: 58% more cold meetings booked. 40% more pipeline per outreach attempt. 77% peak cold meeting uplift.
The signal layer
Contact-based ABM produces the sharpest signal in the stack. Every ad impression is delivered to a specific, identified person inside a target account — and every engagement is tracked at the individual level. When that person crosses a threshold, the signal goes directly to the SDR. Not a list. A trigger, with full context.
Signal produced
Every ad impression is delivered to a named contact inside a target account via Influ2, Mountain, or RollWorks. Engagement is tracked per person — how many impressions, which content, and when.
SDR trigger
The moment a named contact crosses a defined engagement threshold, the SDR gets an alert — with their name, title, company, engagement history, and whether others in their buying group are active. Sales calls in warm.
CRM sync
Contact-level engagement history syncs to your CRM. Every ad touch, engagement score, and threshold event is visible on the contact record. Sales enters every call knowing exactly what the person has seen and engaged with.
Methodology
Five components. The discipline is the named-list precision. The technology is what makes the ads deliverable to those specific people.
Live · Contact-Level ABM workflow
The buying committee per account, identified by role and seniority. Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Apollo, Cognism — whichever data source has the cleanest contact match for your category. The list isn't generic personas. It's specific people, named, verified, and matched to LinkedIn or email identifiers.
Influ2 is the dominant contact-level ad-serving platform — though we also run Mountain.com, RollWorks contact-level, and direct LinkedIn member-targeting in regions where Influ2 isn't the right fit. Each platform serves ads to named individuals on identifier match, not on lookalike approximation.
Every ad impression and click ties back to a named contact in your CRM. The engagement score belongs to the person, not the account. Three contacts at one account engaging across three different content types is a different signal than thirty contacts at thirty accounts engaging once each.
Engagement signal pipes to Salesforce, HubSpot, or Marketo at the contact-record level. The contact's record shows what they've engaged with, when, and how the signal compares to the engagement threshold for SDR escalation.
When a named contact crosses the engagement threshold, the SDR is notified — automatically — with full context. Content history. Engagement timeline. Account intent context. A playbook for the outreach. The conversation starts informed.
What sales gets · the deliverable
Most marketing programs hand sales an MQL list and call the job done. Contact-Level ABM hands sales something different: contextualized engagement intelligence at the person level.
Every account in the priority outreach list ships with
The buying-group map
which 4–8 people inside the account are part of the buying committee
Per-contact engagement history
which assets each person has engaged with, when, and how often
Engagement scores
which contacts have crossed the SDR-trigger threshold
Recommended outreach sequence
a playbook for the conversation, tuned to the engagement context
Account intent overlay
6sense, DemandBase, or LinkedIn intent signal that frames the moment
The conversation rate improves. The lead-to-opportunity ratio improves. Sales walks into every conversation with the homework done.
Proof
EV Charging Software
+58%
cold meetings booked
+40%
pipeline per outreach
+77%
peak cold meeting uplift
Influ2 + named-individual ABM + SDR trigger workflows.
See the work+92%
MQLs at the same Cost/MQL
+73%
conversions matched vs SFDC native
Contact-level retargeting on closed-won lookalikes + 1st-party data activation.
See the workCustomer voice
4.9 / 5
"They brought real opinions, not just execution. They understood what our ICP responds to and weren't afraid to tell us when something wasn't made right, even if fixing it meant more work on their end or ours."
Verified G2 Reviewer
IT/Cybersecurity · Small-Business
G2 Verified · Apr 2026
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How we engage
ICP audience snapshot. Buying-group analysis. Account-level intent context. Five days. Thirty-minute debrief.
Fixed fee. Fixed scope. Named lists built. Influ2 (or equivalent) deployed. SDR trigger framework live. Pipeline target agreed.
Continuous list refinement. Per-contact engagement scoring tuned monthly. SDR enablement cadence. 30-day notice from day one.
Commercial guarantee
30-day notice from day one
Cancel any time. The contract doesn't trap you.
Fixed-fee pilots, no scope creep
What you signed for is what you pay. Always.
Renewal earned every quarter
Pipeline targets reviewed at QBR. The work earns the next quarter.
One last thing
The Pipeline Assessment includes a buying-group analysis — mapping the 4–8 person committee per target account, with reachability scoring across LinkedIn, email, and display networks.
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