Autonomous outbound
for accessiBe.

A two-track pilot to put qualified meetings on AE calendars. High velocity coverage of the SMB long tail, and calendar building for Sr AE reps upmarket, powered by signals across intent, site traffic, and champion job changes.

$32.4k
Total pilot investment
6 mo
Pilot window
10+
Reps covered
0
Added workload for reps
01 · Executive summary

The proposal, in one page.

Where things stand

The current outbound motion has produced zero opportunities in seven weeks. Activity is happening. Results are not. accessiBe has a large target market and a sales team that closes when it gets at bats. What's missing is a scalable way to create those at bats.

A six-month pilot that puts qualified meetings on AE calendars without adding rep workload.

The problem

Seven weeks of activity, zero opportunities. The bottleneck is at-bat creation, not close rate.

The solution

Ava runs autonomous outbound across multiple plays, acts on live intent and champion signals, and books qualified meetings straight to AE calendars.

The decision point

At month six, a full review by track and signal determines whether to scale, adjust, or stop, on data, not on hope.

02 · Pilot design

The pilot design.

Why both tracks run together

SMB velocity delivers fast proof and upmarket compounds through longer cycles. Running both from the start means fast proof and long-cycle momentum, not one traded for the other.

Play 01

SMB long-tail velocity

High-volume outbound across SMB that reps can't cover today. Ava sends, replies, and books directly to AE calendars.

  • SMB reps, ICP-fit US accounts
  • Email and LinkedIn, autopilot after week two
  • Chili Piper handoff, zero rep logins
Play 02

Upmarket pipeline building

Multi-threaded sequences into named mid-market and enterprise accounts for Sr AE reps. Long-cycle momentum built in parallel with SMB.

  • Sr AE named account lists
  • Persona-tuned messaging
  • Rep-in-the-loop on key replies
Play 03

Intent-signal informed plays

Prospects are routed into the right play the moment a signal fires, so timing and targeting drive the reply-rate lift across both tracks.

  • Third-party intent on topics
  • Champion job-change tracking
  • Website visitor ID on ICP accounts
03 · The model

Projected pilot outcomes.

~45,000 prospects enrolled across both tracks over six months. Conversion assumptions are benchmarked from Artisan's customer base and kept deliberately conservative; blended deal value assumes a 70/30 SMB-to-upmarket mix.

Outcome over 6-month pilotConservativeExpectedStrong
Meeting booked rate (per prospect enrolled)0.20%0.45%0.65%
Meetings booked90203293
Meetings held (75% hold rate)68152219
Qualified opportunities (60% of held)4191131
Pipeline created ($5.5k blended value)$226k$504k$726k
Revenue closed in or near pilot window (33%)$75k$167k$240k
Return on $32.4k pilot, closed revenue alone2.3x5.2x7.4x
Return on $32.4k pilot, pipeline created7.0x15.6x22.4x

Upmarket opportunities with 45 to 120 day cycles will largely close after the pilot window, so closed revenue during the pilot understates the true return. Pipeline created is the honest leading indicator for that track, exactly as discussed on our call.

Post pilot, volume is the lever: the same infrastructure scales 2 to 3x with no added headcount.

04 · Objections and resolutions

Questions this raises, answered.

A few things worth addressing, since they came up as questions on our call.

Why six months and not something shorter?

Upmarket cycles run 45 to 120 days. A shorter window would only measure SMB velocity and miss whether the upmarket track is working at all. Six months is the minimum needed to see real signal on both tracks, not just the fast one.

What happens if this doesn't outperform the current motion?

The current motion produced zero opportunities in seven weeks. The conservative case in this pilot, not the expected case, already clears that bar with 41 qualified opportunities and $226k in pipeline. Month six ends with a full review by track and signal, so the decision to scale, adjust, or stop is made on data, not on hope.

Does this add work for reps?

None. Campaigns are centrally managed by sales leadership. Meetings land directly on rep Chili Piper calendars. The only exception is escalated threads, like pricing or competitor questions, which route to a human by design.

05 · Investment and timeline

Getting live in days, not months.

Pilot term
6 months (entry point ahead of an annual engagement)
Investment
$32,400 total ($5,400 per month), sized for the two-track scope and full signal layer across the AE team
Included
Full onboarding, dedicated customer success manager, secondary domain and mailbox setup and warmup, Salesforce and Chili Piper integration, knowledge base and brand voice training, signal setup including website visitor ID, intent, and champion tracking
Campaign management
Centrally managed by sales leadership, with Artisan CS alongside throughout
Rep workload added
None. Meetings appear on Chili Piper calendars; only escalated threads reach a rep inbox.

Launch plan

Week 1
Foundation

Kickoff, Salesforce and Chili Piper connected, unassigned account report synced, knowledge base and coaching built, website script tag live, secondary domains warming.

Week 2
SMB track live

First campaigns launch with message approval on for quality review, then autopilot.

Week 3
Upmarket and signal tracks live

Sr AE campaigns launch on owned accounts with autonomous replies on; site visitor, intent, and champion tracking campaigns go live alongside them.

Week 4+
Ongoing optimization

Weekly performance reviews against KPIs, message and targeting iteration, and continuous tuning in partnership with the Artisan team.

Month 6
Scale decision

Full readout on meetings, opportunities, pipeline, and revenue by track and signal, plus the scaling plan for what worked.

06 · Next steps

The path to a decision.

  1. Today
    Materials in hand
    This business case and the draft pilot agreement, delivered July 23 so nothing blocks internal review.
  2. End of week
    Michael reviews
    Questions welcome by email or Slack anytime; quick turnaround on anything that helps the internal case.
  3. Mon / Tue
    Leadership alignment
    Michael walks the case and agreement with his leadership for sign-off.
  4. Wed, Jul 29
    Group call, 11:00 AM ET
    Feedback, remaining questions, and the concrete process to get started.
  5. On signature
    Launch
    Kickoff scheduled within days; first campaigns live in week two.

Why teams choose this path

The infrastructure proposed here, secondary domains, autonomous replies, centrally managed campaigns, is the same setup running today for companies like DoorDash, Superhuman, and Quora.

accessiBe's team is built to win meetings, not to hunt for them.

For $32,400 over six months, this pilot puts an autonomous outbound engine behind the AE team, proves exactly what converts across SMB, upmarket, and signals, and replaces zero with pipeline.