EP. 62 - You Need To Change How You Track Account Engagement in B2B Marketing With Davis Potter

In this episode of Scrappy ABM, host Mason Cosby interviews Davis Potter, CEO and founder of ForgeX, an account-based go-to-market research firm. They discuss key metrics and benchmarks for ABM success, why engagement measurement is important but challenging, and tips for modeling engagement in a scrappy way when resources are limited.Best Moments:(05:14) Metrics and benchmarks for ABM are difficult because every company defines and measures things differently. There is no standard model or funnel.(08:11) Engagement can be measured at the account and contact levels. Important to track buying group engagement for open opportunities.(16:39) Since standard benchmarks don’t exist, compare over time or use a control group rather than trying to compare to industry averages.(19:34) Marketing, sales, and customer success touches should all be included in engagement modeling. Focus on meaningful interactions.(23:10) For scrappy marketers, start tracking engagement manually in Excel while proving out the model before investing in more advanced tech.