Account-based selling is often presented as an enterprise motion with big budgets. It is not. Small teams benefit most, because they cannot afford to waste effort on poor-fit accounts.
What account-based selling is
Instead of chasing leads one by one, you choose a short list of high-value accounts and treat each as a market of one: researched, prioritised and approached across several stakeholders.
The small-team playbook
1. Pick 25–50 target accounts
Use your ICP and tier them: A (perfect fit, active signals), B (fit, no signal yet), C (watch).
2. Build account intelligence
For each Tier A account, capture business model, recent news, technology, competitors in use and two pain hypotheses.
3. Map stakeholders
At least three people per account. See how to map the buying committee.
4. Coordinate outreach
One narrative per account, tailored per role. Space touches across email, LinkedIn and calls.
5. Review weekly
Move accounts between tiers as new signals appear.
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