I Built the ABM Category. It's Broken, So I'm Back.

Name: I Built the ABM Category. It's Broken, So I'm Back.
Uploaded: 2026-07-21T08:00:00Z
Duration: 23 min 42 s
Channel: Sangram Vajre
Description: Sangram Vajre co-founded Terminus and helped build the Account-Based Marketing (ABM) movement. Here, he pulls back the curtain on why 78% of ABM programs fail to generate pipeline, and reveals the modern account-centric execution framework.

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Pillar 1: Total Relevant Market (TRM)Pillar 3: Brand & Demand GTM OS

Sangram Vajre

Co-Founder, GTM Partners & Author of MOVE

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Sangram Vajre — Co-founder & CEO, GTM Partners

About This Video

Topic

The evolution and fixing of Account-Based Marketing into full-funnel Account-Based GTM

Audience

CEOs, CROs, CMOs & GTM leaders

Frameworks Covered

Pillar 1: Total Relevant Market (TRM)Pillar 3: Brand & Demand GTM OS

Executive Takeaways

Industry data reveals 78% of enterprise ABM programs fail to hit revenue targets because vendors reduced ABM to programmatic ad-tech and mass outbound sequences.
True account-based GTM is not a marketing silo, but an aligned commercial motion across sales, marketing, and customer success.
Modern GTM requires focusing on a tightly defined Total Relevant Market (TRM) and orchestrating diagnostic, personalized engagement that solves executive-level problems.

Key Questions Answered in This Interview

Why are most enterprise ABM programs failing today?

ABM programs frequently fail because vendors and agencies turned the category into ad-tech, running programmatic ads over massive target account lists while sales continued blasting generic outbound sequences without commercial alignment.

What is the difference between traditional ABM and modern Account-Based GTM?

Traditional ABM treated account targeting as a marketing-only demand campaign. Modern Account-Based GTM is commercial precision across sales, marketing, and customer success aligned on a tight Total Relevant Market.

How should B2B organizations fix their broken ABM strategy?

Organizations must align sales, marketing, and customer success around a defined Total Relevant Market (TRM) and shift from generic messaging to personalized, diagnostic engagement that addresses specific executive challenges.

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Sangram Vajre: In 2015, I co-founded Terminus with a mission to eliminate spray-and-pray lead generation through Account-Based Marketing. We grew that category into a multi-billion-dollar movement. But if you look at industry benchmarks today, 78% of enterprise ABM programs are failing to meet their revenue expectations. Why? Because vendors and agencies turned ABM into expensive ad-tech. They told marketing teams to run programmatic ads against lists of 10,000 target accounts while sales reps continued blasting generic outbound sequences. Real account-based go-to-market isn't marketing—it is commercial precision. It requires sales, marketing, and customer success to agree on a tight Total Relevant Market and orchestrate personalized, diagnostic engagement that solves executive problems.

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