The Account-Based Selling Academy
Spears, not nets.
Free tools, templates, scripts and lessons for teams that sell to a short list of named accounts, from a team that has practised account-based selling since April 2017. Free to use. No sign-up.
104 giveaways · 11 tools · 22 lessons · free, no sign-up
Inbound taught companies to be found. Account-based selling teaches them to choose.
Choose the account before the contact. Map the people before the message. Count accounts opened, not emails sent.
Start here, by role
The same method, entered from where you sit.
You carry a number and the afternoon is already booked. Start with these.
- Cold Call Opening Lines for Senior BuyersScriptUse this when you have a call block in ten minutes and no opener.
- Gatekeeper Call GuideScriptUse this when the switchboard keeps turning you away.
- Cold Email WriterToolUse this when you know the account but the first line will not come.
- Outbound Cadence PlannerToolUse this when you need to know who to touch today.
- No-Show Recovery ScriptsScriptUse this when the meeting room is empty and the deal still matters.
- SDR Daily PlanPlaybookUse this when the day keeps dissolving into the inbox.
You own the list, the plan and the reasons to talk. Start with these.
- ICP BuilderToolUse this when the ICP is a slide nobody can act on.
- Target Account List BuilderToolUse this when sales asks for a list and you want to agree what belongs on it.
- Account Tiering Worksheet (Tier 1, 2, 3)TemplateUse this when every account on the list claims to be a priority.
- Weekly Trigger Watch for Key AccountsSales hackUse this when you want a reason to talk this week, not a theme for the quarter.
- ABM Plan Template: A One-Page ABM StrategyTemplateUse this when leadership asks what the ABM plan actually is.
- One-Page B2B Go-to-Market Plan for Key AccountsTemplateUse this when the plan has to fit on one page before the quarter starts.
You answer for the quarter, the list and the team. Start with these.
- Account Scoring ToolToolUse this when the team argues about which accounts deserve the hours.
- Pipeline Coverage CalculatorToolUse this when you need to know whether the quarter adds up before it starts.
- Account Coverage CalculatorToolUse this when the target list looks bigger than the team.
- SDR Cost CalculatorToolUse this when the hire or outsource question comes up again.
- Outbound Weekly DashboardTemplateUse this when Monday's report counts activity instead of accounts.
- Account Penetration TrackerToolUse this when you cannot say how far into each key account you are.
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Strip the AI Tells Before You Send
For sellers who draft with AI and suspect the buyer can tell.
You leave with seven tells, one prompt that flags them in your draft and a rewrite rule that keeps your voice.
Sales Pipeline Template by Account (Sheets)
For sellers who work a list of named accounts and find a deal by deal pipeline hides the stuck ones.
You leave with a paste in sheet, six buyer led stages, a people count per account and a summary tab that shows where each account stands.
B2B Sales Strategy Template, One Page
For founders and sales heads who need a written sales plan this week and have never had one.
You leave with a seven part template, a test for each part, a one page layout and a 30 minute way to fill it in.
Call Prep Prompt Pack for Named Accounts
For sellers who have fifteen minutes before a call with a company they know little about.
You leave with four prompts (brief, questions, check, debrief), a never-trust list and a fifteen minute routine.
Reply Sorting Prompts for Cold Outreach
For sellers whose Monday inbox has more replies than time.
You leave with three prompts (sort, draft, log), a list of what the assistant must never decide, a ten-minute routine and a worked example.
Account Brief Skill File for Claude and ChatGPT
For sellers who brief themselves on large accounts again and again.
You leave with a ready skill file, three ways to load it, a document list, a five-step test and a rule for keeping it honest.
WhatsApp and Voice Note Scripts for India and the Gulf
For sellers who work senior buyers in India or the Gulf, where WhatsApp is how business gets done.
You leave with a permission gate, five message scripts, three timed voice notes and a stop list.
Transcript to Forwardable Recap
For sellers who send meeting summaries nobody forwards.
You leave with a prompt that writes the recap for the absent decision makers, a length rule and a check that keeps it true to the transcript.
Stalled-Account Review
For account owners whose tracker has rows nobody has read in weeks.
You leave with a review prompt that flags stalls and single-threading, and a rule for what each flag earns: a next step, a new person or a park.
Dictate the Account Update
For sellers whose CRM notes are written on Friday from memory.
You leave with a 60-second dictation habit, the prompt that structures it and the fields that keep an account tracker honest.
Criteria, Not Company Names
For anyone tempted to ask AI for a list of companies to sell to.
You leave with the prompt that works instead: criteria sharpened, knock-outs found and the places a verifiable list actually comes from.
AI Plays the Buyer
For anyone whose first call with a target account matters too much to improvise.
You leave with a role-play prompt, three difficulty settings and a debrief question that finds the weak spot.
Weekly Trigger Watch for Key Accounts
For sellers with a named account list and no time to read the news on each one.
You leave with one weekly prompt, a two-minute way to read the output and a pattern for the first line.
Fact-Check AI Research Prompts
For anyone who sends AI-researched claims to real buyers.
You leave with three prompts (extract the claims, demand the sources, cross-examine the brief), the risk tiers and a five-minute routine per account.
LinkedIn Profile to First Line Prompts
For anyone whose personalised first lines sound like a bot read a profile.
You leave with the two-step prompt, the four rules that keep lines honest, good and bad examples and the skip rule for empty profiles.
AI Calling Agent Test Script
For anyone being demoed an AI agent that dials.
You leave with 12 test scenarios to run on your own number, the pass marks for each, the disclosure question vendors dodge and the tier rule for deployment.
AI Sales Stack Map
For sales leads drowning in AI tool demos.
You leave with the six jobs any AI sales stack divides into, what a ten-person team actually needs per job, the human-mandatory lines and four questions that cut any shortlist.
Client-Fit Scorecard
For agencies and services firms that discover bad clients after signing them.
You leave with ten questions scored in twenty minutes, four red flags that veto alone and the walk-away wording that keeps the door open.
Agency Credentials Deck Outline
For agencies whose creds deck opens with a founding story nobody asked for.
You leave with a ten-slide outline in the order buyers actually read, the proof-first rule and the four slides to delete today.
Recruitment Agency Lead Gen Plan
For recruiters whose new business is whatever the job boards surface.
You leave with a named client list, the vacancy and market signals that time your approach, the candidate-led email and a weekly hour that compounds.
IT Staffing Client Plan
For IT staffing firms living portal to portal.
You leave with a named-account plan: the client criteria, the four hiring signals worth watching daily, outreach that leads with a person and a two-week rhythm.
White-Label Outbound Partner Checklist
For agencies considering reselling outbound under their own brand.
You leave with 12 checks across quality, operations, data and exit, the three questions that veto a partner and the client-risk map nobody shows you.
Agency Target Account List
For agencies that chase whatever enquires.
You leave with the criteria that define a right-fit client, the five signals that say a brand is buyable now and a 25-row list structure to run the quarter on.
Cold Email Templates for Agencies
For agencies whose new business depends on referrals drying up slowly.
You leave with eight templates built on real openings: rebrands, hires, campaigns gone quiet, portfolio proof and an honest audit offer.
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