Prospect Research Autopilot

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Automatically research B2B prospects in 2-3 minutes with comprehensive sales briefs including company intel, recent news, decision-maker insights, personalized talking points, and objection handling.

What You Get

Research any B2B prospect in 2-3 minutes with actionable sales briefs and personalized talking points, saving 15-30 minutes of manual research per prospect

The Problem

Sales professionals need to research prospects before cold outreach or discovery calls, but manually gathering company information, recent news, decision-maker backgrounds, and crafting personalized talking points takes 15-30 minutes per prospect. This research burden limits outreach volume and makes it hard to consistently personalize at scale.

The Solution

This skill automates B2B prospect research by gathering company background, size, industry, business model, and recent developments from public sources using WebSearch and WebFetch. It finds funding announcements, product launches, leadership changes, and hiring trends from the last 90 days to identify timely conversation hooks. The skill analyzes role-specific pain points based on company stage, industry, and prospect position, then generates 5-7 personalized talking points that reference specific company context. It creates 4-6 discovery questions tailored to the prospect's situation and anticipates 3-4 likely objections with reframe strategies. For prospects in competitive or adjacent markets, the skill assesses competitive positioning and provides guidance on complementary framing to avoid positioning landmines. The output is a comprehensive, scannable brief with company overview, recent developments, persona analysis, talking points, discovery questions, and objection handling. All research uses only publicly available information and completes in 2-3 minutes.

How It Works

  1. 1 Gather company name or website URL and prospect role from user
  2. 2 Research company background using WebSearch and WebFetch to find industry, size, stage, business model, and employee count
  3. 3 Search for recent developments from last 90 days including funding, product launches, leadership changes, and hiring trends
  4. 4 Identify decision-maker background if publicly available or proceed with role-based persona analysis
  5. 5 Analyze role-specific pain points based on company stage, industry, and prospect position using targeted searches
  6. 6 Assess competitive positioning if prospect operates in same or adjacent market to what you're selling
  7. 7 Generate 5-7 personalized talking points that reference specific research findings and company context
  8. 8 Create 4-6 open-ended discovery questions tailored to prospect's situation and pain points
  9. 9 Anticipate 3-4 likely objections with reframe strategies based on company stage and industry
  10. 10 Format comprehensive brief with company overview, recent developments, persona analysis, talking points, discovery questions, objections, and competitive positioning notes
  11. 11 Handle edge cases for limited public information by pivoting to industry-level insights and peer analysis

What You'll Need

  • Company name or website URL for prospect's company
  • Prospect role or title such as VP Marketing, CISO, or CEO
  • Optional: Description of what you're selling for better personalization
  • Network access for WebSearch and WebFetch operations

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