Marketing ops · Production

Ingram Micro and CloudBlue reduce sales cycle from 12 to 2 months with Demandbase

The problem

CloudBlue's sales cycle ran 12 months and many accounts stalled in the funnel without progressing to sales-qualified status; there was no unified view of funnel stages or way to personalize outreach at scale.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
ICP scoring model setup
ai_action
“setting up a scoring model to define the appropriate ICP”
2
Unified funnel stage view
integration
“looking at the different funnel stages all in one place”
3
Customer journey personalization
ai_action
“personalize their customers' journeys and serve content in a way that makes sense for them”
4
Multi-channel campaign launch
output
“launch multi-channel integrated campaigns in just minutes”
5
Stalled account identification
output
“Within 2 months of running their first campaign, the team was able to identify accounts that were going nowhere previously and now are sales-qualified accounts”
Reported outcome

CloudBlue reduced their sales cycle from 12 to 2 months and, within 2 months of their first campaign, converted previously stalled accounts to sales-qualified status while launching multi-channel campaigns in minutes.

Reported metrics
Sales cycle length12 to 2 months
Campaign launch timejust minutes
Stalled accounts converted to sales-qualifiedaccounts that were going nowhere previously and now are sales-qualified accounts
Reported stack
Demandbase One
Source
https://www.demandbase.com/resources/case-study/ingram-micro-increases-pipeline-velocity-with-demandbase/
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

CloudBlue reduced their sales cycle from 12 to 2 months and, within 2 months of their first campaign, converted previously stalled accounts to sales-qualified status while launching multi-channel campaigns in minutes.

What tools did this team use?

Demandbase One.

What results were reported?

Sales cycle length: 12 to 2 months; Campaign launch time: just minutes; Stalled accounts converted to sales-qualified: accounts that were going nowhere previously and now are sales-qualified accounts (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this marketing ops AI workflow structured?

ICP scoring model setup → Unified funnel stage view → Customer journey personalization → Multi-channel campaign launch → Stalled account identification.

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