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S2M-group

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What is S2M-group?

S2M-group is an account-based marketing (ABM) and pipeline generation marketing agency. It was founded in 2009 by software sales practitioners, marketing, and tech experts. With a global presence and regional/local offices, the agency boasts a team of 220+ experts specializing in strategy, copy, sales development representatives (SDRs), project management, and account management. They use technologies such as Data Management, Mapping/Profiling, Marketing automation, and reporting tools.

They offer integrated services that help enterprise technology companies, who are seeking a partnership with an internationally specialized ABM agency to assist them in expanding their global reach, piloting new solutions, or strengthening their sales pipeline. With the support of a team of professionals fluent in over 22 global languages, S2M-group offers expertise in collaborating with internal client teams, including BDRs, SDRs, Account Executives, and Sales and Marketing leaders.

Its key differentiators include expertise in complex technology and software sales and ABM, multinational presence to support technology companies across various regions, and a team of specialists to provide comprehensive support. They take a data-driven approach to develop ABM strategies that generate growth and revenue, and ultimately the services aim to provide predictable revenue, and a clear ROI for the agency's technology clients.

Categories & Use Cases

A Strategic Partner to Sustain Pipeline Growth

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

NICE Ltd. hired S2M to accelerate our Sales Pipeline Growth in Europe and Asia. As part of the DACH Sales team, I have been supproted by S2M since 2020. S2M is targeting specific accounts using an account-based-marketing approach to create brand awareness, generate leads and deliver qualified sales meetings to myself and my team. S2M is providing a team of skilled sales representatives who keep us updated on their work on progress through continuous reporting. EVery lead they deliver is precisely qualified and they provide detailed information so that the NICE sales teams have all necessary information to take over the qualified opportunities. S2M is continuously able to provide opportunities which have led to closed deals.

Pros

  • Lead Qualification
  • Continuous Reporting
  • Market Feedback and Insights
  • Advise on Sales Strategy
  • Collaboration and Communication
  • Ad-hoc support and Flexibility

Cons

  • N/A - I can't identify points for improvement based on my experience with S2M

Return on Investment

  • They delivered at least 4 highly quailifed leads per month
  • 50% of these leads were qualified sales opportunities
  • We signed 2-3 new clients per year thanks to opportunities from S2M
  • Hundreds of relevant market feedbacks that helped us shape and improve our startegy

Other Software Used

Salesforce CMS, Salesforce Experience Cloud, LinkedIn Sales Navigator

B2B Lead Generation in the Media and Entertainment Industry

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

As we don´t have an internal SDR team, we use agencies to help generate leads to support the sales team. We used S2M to help generate our leads across EMEA for our Media and Entertainment solutions.

Pros

  • Generating leads within net new accounts
  • Account and market intelligence
  • Strategy updates
  • Collaborative approach

Cons

  • Lead consistency - some months slower than others

Return on Investment

  • ROI - many clients signed over our 4 year collaboration - not sure the number

ABM lead generation in German in the DACH region

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our strategy was to increase our client base in the DACH region. Due to problems recruiting, we decided to use an agency. S2M-group was recommended to us from a colleague who had used them in a previous organisation. Their scope was to generate qualified leads within new logo accounts within the DACH region. We worked closely with one of their German SDRs to do this. They also did some on demand ABM account research in our key accounts and generated a lot of valuable market insight.

Pros

  • Project progress update and communication
  • Volume of qualified leads
  • Market insights
  • Strategy ideas

Cons

  • Some leads could be qualified more but not from a lack of trying on S2Ms side - but rather the contact not giving details

Return on Investment

  • ROI - we have 10+ ongoing sales opportunities which are likely to close!
  • Market and account insights which we can use to inform our own strategy

Collaborative agency working to succeed

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Helping companies with their digital transformation, improving processes, reducing cost and managing staff.

Pros

  • Help companies with complex sales
  • Support growth of our facilities management segment
  • Proactive Communication and exchanged to succeed together

Cons

  • Increase exchanges with our sales, but not always easy
  • The first month was slow to get meetings, but this quickly improved

Return on Investment

  • Increased pipeline withtin specific markets
  • Increased brand awareness in markets where we have little traction
  • Shared relevant market insight on competitors to aid our nurting campaigns

Successful B2B Demand Generation With the Help of S2M-group!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used S2M to

support us with our lead generation

requirements. S2M provided support with their Account Based Marketing strategy

for lead generation which aimed to solve challenges in our pipeline

acceleration.

Pros

  • Working as a partner
  • Thorough alignment with us
  • Ability to quickly grasp knowledge on our solution and suggest ideas for our GTM and ICP
  • Multi-lingual
  • Detailed reporting and insights
  • Happy with the services they provided

Return on Investment

  • Boosted sales pipeline by identifying qualified leads
  • Positive ROI due to new clients signed