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INTENT DATA PLAYBOOK

Hey Box 👋 Take your intent-based approach to the next level.

As a Bombora-Powered Partner, your sellers can combine intent signals with Cognism’s accurate firmographic and contact data, from a single platform. 

In this playbook, you'll learn how to identify buying groups and find the mobiles of key decision makers with genuine buyer intent, to drive faster and more relevant sales conversations.

Channels run
  • Chat
  • Email
  • Phone
Playbook impact
  • Maximising those bottom line metrics
  • Knowing when to strike!
PLAYBOOK HOST
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Jon Ilett

VP Global Sales

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Let's jump in 👇🏻

What's on this page:

Step 1: Outlining what you are looking to achieve

  • As a customer of Bombora, we don't need to explain how powerful intent data is. But what's missing from your intent-based approach is the contact data to reach buyers so you can strike when the iron is hot.
  • What if you were able to identify the key decision-makers across the buying group who are showing genuine buying intent, connect with the exact person you want to reach, and be the first to the finish line? Well, you can be.
  • First, however, you need to define what is important to you, and how you rank things such as purchase intent, industry relevance, company size, and other parameters that align with your target ICP.

Step 2: Cognism & Bombora Integration


  • Open Cognism Prospector. Our Bombora integration lives under our Intent tab but is now visible in multiple handy areas of the platform.
  • The easiest route is to remain in Prospector, and head to the ‘Company’ tab.
  • From here, you can apply your saved companies to an intent search and it will display the companies that are showing Company Surges against those topics.
  • For example, in your case, your sellers will be interested in tracking companies who are trending against topics such as 'content management', 'collaboration, and 'file sharing' - this makes it clear who is in the market for a solution like yours.

Step 3: Find entries into high-intent accounts

  • Once you have identified the accounts trending against your defined topics, now it's time to identify the buying group in these accounts.
  • Pick the region you want to target and then define the ideal job titles or seniority you want to target.
  • From here, drill down into the Contact Data Quality filter to prioritise prospects with mobile phone numbers or verified B2B emails, depending on your preferred outreach method.
  • If there is key prospects you want to reach and we don't have their mobile phone number, you can request us to manually find and verify that prospects mobile number to ensure you don't hit a dead end.
  • And voila, you're done (it's really that easy). All that's left to do is to export this data into Salesforce. 
  • We also have a native integration with Salesforce which will allow you to easily identify which accounts are already in your CRM, to ensure you're only exporting net new data into Salesforce.

Step 4 | Iterate & optimise!

  • The landscape of intent data is dynamic. New technologies, processes, and personalisation tactics always emerge, meaning that new signals and topics do, too.
  • Regularly revisit your sales plays and update your strategy to reflect the change and advancement that takes place.
  • Stay informed on current trends - it pays to be in the know of what your customers are looking to achieve and evolve into.

Box, we're ready when you are...

You need the mobile phone numbers for decision-makers that are showing intent for content management and file-sharing tools.

Book a 1:1 call with our team - we'll show you how you can do it with Cognism.

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“Our sales cycle is typically 6-8 months long. With Cognism, we saw ROI in 8 weeks from intent data and direct dials. One deal pays for a year’s Cognism subscription.”