Outbound · Contact-based ABM

The frontier of B2B ABM is the named individual — not the account.

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 — with full context on what the person engaged with, how many times, and whether others in their buying group are moving too.

We run contact-level ads exclusively via Influ2 — the platform that established person-level B2B advertising — and push per-contact impression and click data directly into your CRM so sales walks in informed, not guessing.

+77%

peak cold meeting uplift · contact-level ABM via Influ2 + SDR triggers

Influ2 Founding Partner

A few of the 200+ B2B technology companies we've worked with

The problem

Account-level signals hide the buyers.

Traditional ABM collapses buying-group behaviour into account-level averages. Sales is left guessing who to call.

Without contact-level ABM

Account X — in-market

All contacts equally “warm” to sales. SDR picks a name at random. Cold outreach. Low conversion.

With contact-level ABM

Jane Smith — VP Eng · 132 impressions

Saw problem + solution content. Last engagement 3 days ago. SDR trigger: active. Reach out now.

6–10

Stakeholders in a typical enterprise purchase

38%

Of deals derailed by stakeholders marketing never engaged

66%

Of B2B buyers change priorities mid-buying process

Source: Influ2 · ABM That Starts With People Report

Methodology

How we run contact-level ABM.

Four steps from named list to informed SDR outreach.

01 Named list BUYING COMMITTEE PER ACCOUNT 02 Influ2 deployment ADS TO NAMED INDIVIDUALS 03 CRM sync IMPRESSIONS + CLICKS PER CONTACT 04 · PAYOFF SDR trigger INFORMED OUTREACH
01 Named list

Build the buying committee. Named and verified.

4–8 named contacts per target account, identified by role and seniority. Matched to LinkedIn or email identifiers for Influ2 activation. Not a persona filter — a list of specific people.

02 Influ2 deployment

Ads served to named individuals. Not approximations.

Influ2 serves ads directly to the contacts on your list on identifier match. Each buying group member sees messaging mapped to their role — economic buyer, technical evaluator, champion.

03 CRM sync

Impressions and clicks. Per contact. In your CRM.

Every impression and click Influ2 records pushes to the contact record in Salesforce, HubSpot, or Marketo. Sales sees what each named person has been exposed to — not an account aggregate.

04 SDR trigger · the payoff

Sales triggered with context. Not a list.

When a named contact crosses a defined impression or click threshold, the SDR is notified with their name, title, company, and what they’ve engaged with. The conversation starts informed.

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Platform partnership

One of the first agencies globally to run Influ2 at scale.

Most agencies run whatever platform their reseller agreement dictates. We chose Influ2 because of what it does — person-level identifier match, not lookalike approximation. Founding Partner status means our clients get earlier access, a direct line to the product team, and a deployment partner that already knows where the edge cases are.

  • Early adopter

    We were among the first agencies worldwide to trust Influ2 and deploy it across a client portfolio — before it became the default choice for contact-level ABM.

  • First to implement new features

    As Influ2 ships new capabilities, we implement them first. Our clients aren't waiting for the agency ecosystem to catch up.

  • Client value first

    Every Influ2 capability we enable is evaluated for direct client pipeline impact — not platform coverage for its own sake.

What sales gets

Not an account score. A contact record with history.

We push per-contact impression and click data into your CRM. Sales sees what each named person in the buying group has been exposed to — and when they crossed the outreach threshold. We don’t advise on the outreach sequence; that’s your SDR team’s call, informed by the data we surface.

Deliverable 01

Buying-group map

Which 4–8 named people in the account are on the list.

Deliverable 02

Per-contact impression + click data

Which assets each person has been exposed to, how many times, and when.

Deliverable 03

Threshold trigger

Alert when a named contact crosses the agreed impression or click threshold.

Customer voice

Our clients speak for themselves.

G2

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 G2 verified review · April 2026

"They built a paid acquisition program that became one of marketing's top three sources of pipeline generation for our business."
Grant Ho

Grant Ho

CMO, IRONSCALES · LP, Stage 2 Capital Catalyst

G2 G2 verified review · January 2025

Who this fits

Who contact-level ABM fits.

Best fit

  • B2B SaaS or B2B technology, $50M+ ARR (the unit economics need ACVs that justify person-level targeting cost)
  • Defined named-account list of 200–2,000 accounts (precision, not breadth, is the point)
  • Sales-led motion with an active SDR or BDR team
  • CRM with contact-to-account hierarchy intact
  • Buying committee of 4+ stakeholders per deal

Not the right fit yet

  • Sub-$50M ARR with low ACVs — contact-level CPMs don't pencil
  • Account list under 200 — the volume is too low to learn at the person level
  • No SDR team — contact-level ABM produces sales-ready signal that needs to be acted on
  • CRM with broken contact hierarchies — the per-person scoring breaks down without clean records

If you're in this column, the Pipeline Assessment will flag what to fix first.

FAQ

Questions B2B marketing leaders ask before signing.

How is contact-level ABM different from account-level ABM?
Account-level ABM targets companies and tracks engagement at the company level. Contact-Level ABM targets named individuals inside those companies and tracks engagement at the person level. Different precision, different conversion math. We typically run both — account-level intent layers on top of contact-level engagement.
What platforms do you run contact-level ABM on?
Influ2 is the dominant choice. We also run Mountain.com, RollWorks contact-level, LinkedIn member-targeting, and Meta custom audiences with hashed-email match — depending on geography, ICP behavior, and budget. The Pipeline Assessment informs the recommendation.
What's the minimum monthly budget for contact-level ABM?
$25,000/month in media spend, plus platform fees (Influ2 starts at ~$24,000/year). Below that, the impression volume is too low for engagement scoring to learn against meaningful signal.
How long until contact-level ABM produces pipeline?
Account engagement signal shows in 30–60 days. Sales-accepted opportunities from contact-level activity typically show in 60–120 days, depending on sales cycle length.
Do you handle the SDR sequences?
We handle the framework — the engagement thresholds, the trigger logic, the playbook content, the per-contact context. Actual sequencing (Outreach, Salesloft) is run by your SDR team or your outbound agency. We integrate with both.
Is contact-level ABM compliant with GDPR / privacy regulations?
Yes — when run correctly. Contact-level platforms operate on hashed identifiers (email hashes, LinkedIn IDs) rather than raw PII. We work with your privacy and legal teams to confirm the configuration matches your jurisdiction's requirements.
What if our ICP is mostly in non-LinkedIn-heavy regions?
Contact-Level ABM is platform-agnostic. We can run it on email-match channels (Meta, Google Customer Match), display networks with ID-graph matching, or hybrid LinkedIn+display motions for buyers who don't use LinkedIn heavily. The Pipeline Assessment informs the channel mix.

How we engage

Assess. Pilot. Grow.

Day 1 FREE

Pipeline Assessment

ICP audience snapshot. Buying-group analysis. Account-level intent context. Five days. Thirty-minute debrief.

Day 90 PILOT

Contact-Level ABM Pilot Sprint

Fixed fee. Fixed scope. Named lists built. Influ2 (or equivalent) deployed. SDR trigger framework live. Pipeline target agreed.

Day 90+ ONGOING

Always-On Contact-Level ABM

Continuous list refinement. Per-contact engagement scoring tuned monthly. SDR enablement cadence. 30-day notice from day one.

Commercial guarantee

No 12-month lock-in. No surprise scope fees. Renewal earned quarterly.

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.

30-day notice from day one

Applies to monthly retainers — cancel any time. The contract doesn't trap you.

The team

The people on your account.

Not a black box. Every engagement runs with a defined partner team — three roles, clear ownership, each with a direct line to you.

Client

01

Account Lead

Your primary relationship owner. Translates your marketing objectives into contact-level ABM strategy, runs performance reviews, and manages the commercial relationship.

02

Contact ABM Specialist

Builds and manages person-level targeting, CRM contact sync, and SDR trigger workflows. Each named contact tracked individually — engagement data handed to sales in real time.

03

Data & Analytics Consultant

Builds your conversion pipelines, audience data flows, and attribution infrastructure. On call throughout the engagement for data escalations and infrastructure needs.

Radi Kinaev — Sr. Associate, Paid Growth at VertoDigital

Radi Kinaev

Sr. Associate, Paid Growth

Stefani Petrova — Associate, Paid Growth at VertoDigital

Stefani Petrova

Associate, Paid Growth

Marie Goygadjieva — Sr. Associate, Paid Growth at VertoDigital

Marie Goygadjieva

Sr. Associate, Paid Growth

Alexandra Yanakieva — Director, Paid Growth at VertoDigital

Alexandra Yanakieva

Director, Paid Growth

One last thing

See whether your buying committee is reachable at the person level. In five days.

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.

Five business days. No commitment.