A worked example (fictional companies)
Key Account Sales, Reimagined.
Every key account is bigger than the parts you can see.
Key account sales is supposed to mean knowing a customer inside and out: every site, every buyer, every budget. In practice, your team works the handful of deals in the CRM and never sees the rest. The building nobody called on. The new VP nobody met. The project that went to a competitor before anyone heard about it.
Watch one account fill in on the Key Account Board, and count what was missing.
Make it relevant to you. What do you sell?
Key Account Board: Marlowe's Markets, as seen by Halyard Fire Protection
CRM: 22 contacts, 25 deals and quotes. Public sources: 31 more people. Refreshed Oct 2026.
Halyard covers 8 of 72 cells at Marlowe's, has 6 open, lost 1, and 16 show public demand Halyard isn't in.
Today
$105k
won, per year
In play
$58k
proposed + quoted
Untapped
$196k
public signals, est.
At risk
$26k
renewals Mar 2027
| Site | People | InspInspections | HoodKitchen hoods | RepRepairs and installs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster / York | ||||
| Store 101 · Lancaster | CRM 2+1 found | |||
| Store 102 · Lititz | CRM 1+1 found | |||
| Store 103 · York | CRM 1+1 found | |||
| Store 104 · Red Lion | CRM 1 | |||
| Store 105 · Elizabethtown | CRM 1+1 found | |||
| Store 106 · Ephrata | CRM 1+1 found | |||
| Store 107 · Hanover | CRM 1 | |||
| Store 108 · Columbia | CRM 1 | |||
| Harrisburg / Carlisle | ||||
| Store 109 · Mechanicsburg | CRM 1+1 found | |||
| Store 110 · Camp Hill | CRM 1+1 found | |||
| Store 111 · Carlisle | CRM 11 never worked idle+2 found | |||
| Carlisle DCunder construction | CRM 0+1 found | |||
| Philadelphia suburbs | ||||
| Store 112 · West Chester | CRM 11 never worked idle+2 found | |||
| Store 113 · Exton | CRM 11 never worked idle+2 found | |||
| Store 114 · Downingtown | CRM 0+2 found | |||
| Store 115 · Media | CRM 0+1 found | |||
| Maryland | ||||
| Store 116 · Towson | CRM 11 never worked idle+3 found | |||
| Store 117 · Bel Air | CRM 0+1 found | |||
| Store 118 · Owings Millsopening 2027 | CRM 0+1 found | |||
| Store 119 · Columbia MDopening 2027 | CRM 0 | |||
| Store 120 · Glen Burnieopening 2027 | CRM 0+1 found | |||
| Shared | ||||
| Manheim DC | CRM 32 never worked idle+1 found | |||
| Commissary Kitchen | CRM 11 never worked idle+2 found | |||
| Headquarters | CRM 31 never worked idle+5 found | |||
| Sites won / with any activity, and won $ per year | 8/11$105k | 0/12$0 | 0/8$0 | |
The offer
An account strategy, delivered as software.
Phase one isn't a software project. It's account strategy, built for the way you sell by a seasoned go-to-market strategist. What you take away is a custom board that reflects your business, ready for annual planning, quarterly reviews and the weekly sales meeting.
Every step is optional. Stop after any of them and what you have still works.
- 1
Setup and first account
$1,500
One working session on what you sell and how your best accounts buy. We define your columns, choose the signals that matter in your market, and build your first board with your CRM history on it. Yours to use from day one.
- 2
More accounts
$500 each
$400 each at five or more
Every key account buys differently. Each one is researched for how it actually buys: which sites, who decides, and where you're already in.
- 3
Watch
$500 / month
up to 10 accounts, month to month
Only if you want the board live. It stays current, a Monday email shows what changed, and new people and plays go into your CRM.
- 4
Pursue
Scoped separately
Outreach built on the plays, when you're ready for it.
Signal data is added only if your market needs it, like construction permits for facilities sellers, and passed through at cost.
Built for
Annual planning
Decide which accounts to grow and where, with the whole account in view.
Quarterly reviews
See what moved, what opened and what you lost since last quarter.
Weekly sales management
Walk the board in the pipeline meeting and agree where to go next.
Not an intent-data platform, not a contact database, not a CRM. It sits on top of the CRM you already have.
How it compares
Built around how you sell. Strategy included.
Signal tools watch a fixed list of signals for any account. The Key Account Board starts from how your accounts buy and what you sell, and comes with the account strategy built in.
| Attribute | Key Account Board | ABM platforms (6sense, Demandbase) | ZoomInfo | UserGems | LinkedIn Sales Navigator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built around how you sell | Yes: your columns, your sites | No | No | No | No |
| Signals | Chosen for your market, plus your CRM | Online research activity | Contact data and intent | Job changes | People and job changes |
| Account strategy included | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Typical price | $1,500 setup, $500 per account, Watch $500/month | About $55k to $65k a year (median) | About $30k a year (median) | About $28k a year (median) | About $120 a month per user |
Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Competitor prices are buyer-reported median contracts from Vendr, or published list prices, as of November 2026, and vary by contract. Sources: 6sense and Demandbase (Vendr), ZoomInfo (Vendr), UserGems (Vendr), Sales Navigator (LinkedIn)
Start with a 30-minute call.
We walk through the demo, talk about the account you most want to grow, and you leave knowing whether it fits.