Prioritise your warmest accounts with high-impact outreach

Chief Outbounder

Revenue Rob
Enterprise SDR @Cognism
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Being in front of your buyers FIRST increases your chance of closing the deal by 74%.
But here’s the problem—most SDRs miss the mark.
They waste time chasing the wrong prospects or connect when it’s already too late.
This cheat code shows you how to identify your warmest prospects and engage them earlier in their buying journey using contextual intent signals.
🎮 Tutorial
Step 1: Configure the intent topics you want to monitor
Admin users can choose 12 intent topics from the 11,000+ we have available.
For this scenario, we’re interested in tracking companies who are trending against topics such as ‘B2B Data’, ‘Cognism, or ‘Sales Intelligence’ - this makes it clear who is in the market for a solution like ours.
Step 2: Prioritise the accounts showing positive intent trends
Once your admin configures the intent topics, Companion automatically populates your dashboard with intent signals.
You’ll see:
- Intent scores for each topic
- Upward search trends
- Key locations driving the intent
With insights into what your accounts are searching for—plus the frequency and recency of their activity—you’ll intercept buyers earlier in their journey, long before they start exploring competitors.
Bonus Step🚀: Layer job join signals on top of intent signals
Intent is a great indication of the accounts you need to prioritise —but it’s just one piece of the puzzle.
To make an impact, you need to know who to contact and have a compelling reason to reach out.
Job join signals are a powerful way to reconnect with new hires who already know your solution.
Since you know which accounts are showing purchase intent, targeting advocates at their new company gives you an easy way to break in and start the conversation.
Step 4: Start connecting with the right decision-makers
In your companion dashboard, you’ll find the contact information for new hires in the high-intent accounts, based on the job join signals your admin set up.
You’ll also get an AI-powered list of top-recommended contacts you should prioritise in the account.
This is a quick way to identify other members of the buying committee and effortlessly multi-thread the account.
Each contact record includes the correct mobile and email for that individual and can be easily exported into your CRM or sales engagement tool.
💰 Power-ups
Now it's time to turn these intent signals into results.
Instead of the generic ‘saw you were researching our tool’ (which hundreds of SDRs would normally do) try this approach instead.
New Message
Recipients
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Your DACH team needs help...
Hi (First name),
Noticed your DACH team were exploring [competitor name] alternatives...
Thought I'd share a personalised intro to Cognism and how it compares to [competitor name].
[insert headshot video running through a bespoke use case of the platform]
Let me know what you think. Did I nail your target persona and workflow?
If you opted for the job join triggers, use alternative methods like gifting to engage new joiners and discretely tie the gift back into your pitch.
New Message
Recipients
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Those first 90 days🫠
Hi (First name),
Congrats on the new gig - those first 90 days can be exhausting so here's a free coffee on me.
You know what else can be exhausting? Spending 70% of the day dialling wrong numbers.
At Cognism, we phone verify our mobile numbers to ensure your team always connects with the right person - something I know your DACH team could benefit from.
Worth exploring in your first 90 days?
✅ 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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