GTM guide
Signal-Based Prospecting
How to use public company signals to decide who to research and why now may be a reasonable time to reach out.
Start with a real buying situation
How to use public company signals to decide who to research and why now may be a reasonable time to reach out. The useful unit is not a giant list of titles. It is a company and person with a believable reason to look at the problem now.
Choose signals that indicate a change in the buyer's work, not vanity activity that has no connection to your offer.
Research enough to change the message
Research should answer a simple question: what would make this outreach more useful than a generic note? Look for public context that changes the reason, framing, or timing.
- a relevant job opening or expansion in a team you help
- a launch, funding event, or product change tied to the buyer's problem
- a public statement that exposes a current priority or constraint
Write for the person, then review the work
A signal earns a closer look. It does not automatically prove intent, so the message should be curious rather than certain.
Keep the work reviewable. A person should be able to see why the company was chosen, what was learned, and what will be sent before outreach begins.
Where Puffle fits
Puffle learns what your company sells, finds relevant people, gathers the context behind each recommendation, and prepares email and LinkedIn outreach for review. You keep the judgment about who matters and what should go live.
Related Puffle pages
If you want help doing this work, these Puffle pages show the product in more detail.
GTM guides
Practical guides for buyer research, outbound email, LinkedIn, and founder-led selling. Browse the guides.
Frequently asked questions
What should founder-led and lean GTM teams do first?
Choose signals that indicate a change in the buyer's work, not vanity activity that has no connection to your offer.
How much research is enough before outreach?
Enough to explain why the company and person are relevant and to make the message meaningfully different from a mail-merge. More facts are not useful if they do not change the outreach.
Can Puffle help with this work?
Puffle can find people, gather lead research, and prepare personalized outbound across email and LinkedIn. You review the work before anything launches.
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