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AE @Cognism
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🧙 Your quest
More and more companies want their AEs to do self-gen.
You're the owner of your territory, so you want to maximise your chance of success and not just be reliant on others.
But how do you balance prospecting with all the other tasks on your to-do list?
Consistency and prioritisation are key.
This cheat code shows how you can focus on key signals so when you are prospecting your spending time on best-fit accounts with a higher likelihood of moving in-market.
🎮 Tutorial
Step 1: Check out your Companion
Every day, your companion will identify the contacts from your accounts that you should reach out to today.
It does this by taking into account previous activity, signals and intent data to know exactly who to reach out to in your limited time to get the best results.
So instead of spending hours researching your prospects, you can spend your limited time on valuable, timely outreach
Step 2: Make the most of the signals where you win most
Different companies and reps find different signals more valuable. They can all work, but you have to tailor your outreach accordingly.
You can get a lot of these signals through manula research, but by using Sales Companion I get all of these at my fingertips, personalised to me
Here's some of the different signals you have at your disposal with sales companion:
- Intent scores for topics you want to monitor (for example I'll get alerts for when companies start searching for B2B data) - more on this play here
- Technographics so you can see companies who have a software you integrate well with, or monitor how long they have been with a competitor so you know they may be coming up for renewal. This play works great when you combine with intent scores as well - more here
- New-joiners and champion changes so you can see when a new decision maker has joined and if they've used your software before - more here
- Hiring, funding and news alerts
Check out the power ups below for some examples of how I action these signals that you can try out.
Step 3: Start connecting with the right decision-makers
In your Companion browser extension click into the account and scroll down to 'Recommended Contacts'.
This is an AI-driven list of highly recommended contacts within the account, ready for you to prospect.
Each contact record includes the correct mobile and email for that individual and can be easily exported into your CRM or sales engagement tool.
This means you know exactly who to reach out to, powered by relevant signals to make the conversation meaningful.
💰 Power-ups
Now it's time to turn these technographic signals into results.
In this first example, I'm leveraging the fact that this manager has just hired two new reps. From conversations with other managers, I know that bad data can really impact ramp, so this is a great time to reach out.
Why it works:
- Attention grabbing subject line
- Ramp is such an important period for dictating the success of a team. We know that this can be a sticking point for sales leaders so it's a good pain to go into
- The email is short, relevant and timely
New Message
Recipients
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Ellen & Killian
(First name),
Noticed you recently brought in Ellen & Killian as new SDRs in EMEA.
Wondered if [competitor]'s mobile data might be slowing their ramp.
Salesloft switched from [competitor] to Cognism and now book 70% of their monthly meetings with our mobiles (they proved ROI in 30 days too).
Worth testing our data to see if we can deliver the same results for your team?
Cheers
If you're reaching out to someone new to the company or if Sales Companion has identified a previous champion moving to a new account, here are two alternative approaches you can use.
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Data enrichment
Hi (First name),
Just saw you recently joined [Company]—congrats on the new role!
I was speaking with the marketing team, and they mentioned the CRM is packed with stale data—legacy contacts with missing or inaccurate mobiles.
Wanted to quickly share how Cognism’s data enrichment can automate updates—cleaning up stale data and enriching new leads as they enter the CRM.
I know you’re just 45 days in, but have you noticed similar issues?
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Danny from Cognism, remember?
Hi (First name),
We haven’t spoken before, but I noticed you used Cognism in your previous role at [Previous Company Name].
You’ve probably seen firsthand the improvements in mobile quality and coverage—in our last QBR, we delivered an 8% uplift in connect rates compared to the previous tool.
I know you’ve recently joined [Company Name], but I’d love to hear about your experience with Cognism. Do you think it’d be worth a conversation to explore how we could bring similar results to [Company Name]?
✅ It's time to level up
🎉 You did it—Cheat Code unlocked!
Here’s the recap: Use contextual intent data and job join signals to spot your warmest accounts and connect with the right people with relevant driven outreach to land a meeting.
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