ABM is Dead for Mid-Market Cybersecurity. Here's What Works Now.

A free playbook for cybersecurity marketing leaders doing $1M–$5M ARR who are tired of expensive ABM tools that don't deliver.

Download the Mid-Market Cybersecurity ABM-Lite Playbook

Get the Golden Fifty scorecard, signal monitoring template, and our full sequence blueprint.

Let's be real.

If you're a marketing leader at a cybersecurity firm doing one to five million in revenue, I know your pain. You were sold a dream. Load accounts into a platform, run some targeted ads, and watch enterprise deals roll in.

Your reality? Expensive software, thin pipeline, and a nagging feeling you're just feeding a machine that doesn't work for you.

The traditional account-based marketing playbook is broken for the mid-market. It consumes budget you don't have to target accounts you can't win.

Why Your ABM Investment Isn't Paying Off

Budget Math Doesn't Work

A true enterprise ABM stack costs six figures annually before you even create an ad. On a mid-market budget, this forces impossible choices.

Advertising Into a Void

Your ideal buyer, a CISO or tech lead, is targeted by hundreds of vendors. Your display ad is just more noise—it doesn't build trust.

Alignment Theater

Marketing and sales share a target account list, but without a true joint action plan. This isn't alignment—it's shared disappointment.

Introducing Structured Account Selling

Stop trying to execute enterprise ABM. Start implementing what we call Structured Account Selling. This framework is built for focus, efficiency, and results.

The Golden Fifty

Forget lists of 500 accounts. Build a Golden Fifty list of accounts where you have a legitimate, provable right to win.

Hunt for Signals

Replace blind ad spending with intelligent observation. Monitor for funding rounds, new hires, tech announcements, and competitor failures.

Problem-Specific Content

Create content that addresses exact, immediate problems. Don't write about your product—write about their pain.

Human-Led Sequence

Launch coordinated five-touch sequences that feel like consultation, not bombardment. Personalized emails, LinkedIn, and direct outreach.

Written by Jeff Byer,
founder of Phish Tank.

Jeff has helped cybersecurity brands like NTT connect with the right buyers, simplify their story, and scale their marketing results. At Phish Tank Digital, this is how we drive consistent leads for cybersecurity vendors like yours. We focus on execution that fits your reality.

What's Inside the Playbook

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The Golden Fifty Scorecard to identify accounts you can actually win

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Signal Monitoring Template to catch trigger events in real-time

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Full 5-Touch Sequence Blueprint for human-led outreach

Agility Beats Budget Every Time

You cannot outspend the giants. But you can be smarter, faster, and more relevant. Structured Account Selling turns your smaller size into your greatest advantage.

Stop funding a broken model. Start building a system that works for the market you are actually in.

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Ready to stop guessing and start growing?

This isn't just another marketing framework. It's a practical playbook for marketers who want to outsmart the competition, build genuine relationships, and actually move the needle with the accounts that matter.

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