HEAT MODEL

We know exactly who to target, and why.

We build your custom heat model to score accounts and decision-makers on fit and intent timing, so we know exactly who to engage and when.

Your accounts, ranked by heat

Heat model · accounts

H

Halvorsen Freight

Logistics

New CTO

Hot

C

Castell Labs

Biotech

Comparing vendors

Hot

N

Northwind Grid

Energy

Hiring

Warm

O

Ostrava Systems

Manufacturing

Visited pricing

Warm

Q

Quarry Point Energy

Energy

Cold

B

Brightline Health

Healthcare

Cold

Why Halvorsen Freight is hot

Tier 1

Logistics

On AWS

New CTO in role

6 days ago

Hiring cloud architects

3 days ago

Read your migration guide

Today

D

Dana Okafor

VP Engineering · matched

Your accounts, ranked by heat

Heat model · accounts

H

Halvorsen Freight

Logistics

New CTO

Hot

C

Castell Labs

Biotech

Comparing vendors

Hot

N

Northwind Grid

Energy

Hiring

Warm

O

Ostrava Systems

Manufacturing

Visited pricing

Warm

Q

Quarry Point Energy

Energy

Cold

B

Brightline Health

Healthcare

Cold

Why Halvorsen Freight is hot

Tier 1

Logistics

On AWS

New CTO in role

6 days ago

Hiring cloud architects

3 days ago

Read your migration guide

Today

D

Dana Okafor

VP Engineering · matched

Amy Spencer
Amy Spencer

A strategic partner, for HSO

"Many firms describe themselves as strategic partners, but few consistently act like one. Zystems did. Zeb and the team took the time to understand our business, adapted as priorities evolved, and were genuinely invested in our success. They felt like an extension of our team, not just another vendor."

Amy Spencer

Former VP, US Marketing, HSO

HSO
HSO

The market is massive. Who do you target, right now?

Your market · every account, continuously scored

Your market · every account, continuously scored

Cold

Warm

Hot

Halvorsen FreightLogisticsHot
Brightline HealthHealthcareCold
Castell LabsBiotechHot
Meridian Tool CoManufacturingCold
Northwind GridEnergyWarm
Pellham InsuranceInsuranceCold
Varden LogisticsLogisticsWarm
Kestrel RetailRetailCold
Ostrava SystemsManufacturingWarm
Tidewater FoodsFood and beverageCold
Orbis PaymentsFintechHot
Aster BioBiotechWarm
Quarry Point EnergyEnergyCold
Corvid SecurityCybersecurityWarm
Sable HospitalityHospitalityCold
Fenwick LegalLegalCold
Lumen Ridge MediaMediaCold
Juniper AnalyticsSoftwareWarm
Palisade ManufacturingManufacturingCold
Granite Peak Credit UnionFinancial servicesCold
Halvorsen FreightLogisticsHot
Brightline HealthHealthcareCold
Castell LabsBiotechHot
Meridian Tool CoManufacturingCold

Your custom heat model does the heavy lifting:

Without Zystems

Sales picks the logos. The accounts someone would like to win become the list. A finger in the air, nothing data-driven.

Sales picks the logos. A finger in the air.

Sales picks the logos. A finger in the air.

Firmographics only. Industry, headcount, revenue, location. Thousands of accounts, no context, no timing.

Firmographics only. No context, no timing.

Firmographics only. No context, no timing.

Warm intros and vendor referrals. They got you here, but they aren't repeatable, and a vendor lead is the vendor's relationship, not yours.

Warm intros and vendor referrals. Not repeatable, and not yours.

Warm intros and vendor referrals. Not repeatable, and not yours.

With Zystems

Data picks the logos. Every account is scored on evidence you can verify.

Data picks the logos. Every account scored on evidence.

Data picks the logos. Every account scored on evidence.

Fit, custom signals and heat, built from your closed-won. The pattern comes from the customers you've already won, going far beyond firmographics.

Fit, custom signals and heat, built from your closed-won. Far beyond firmographics.

Fit, custom signals and heat, built from your closed-won. Far beyond firmographics.

A repeatable model you own. The model scales a consistent system that belongs to you.

A repeatable model you own. It belongs to you.

A repeatable model you own. It belongs to you.

We build your custom heat model in 3 steps.

Step 1

Analyze your closed-won.

Why your best customers bought, read three ways.

Firmographics

Industry, size, region.

Pains

What was breaking before you.

Solutions

What you built, and what it changed.

Closed-won

T

Tallis Freight

Won

B

Bergen Carriers

Won

C

Coastline Logistics

Won

Firmographics

Logistics

500 to 2,000 staff

North America

Pains

Legacy on-prem stack

Peak-season outages

Solutions

AWS migration

Managed cloud ops

Fit profile

Mid-market logistics on legacy infrastructure, ready to modernise

Closed-won

T

Tallis Freight

Won

B

Bergen Carriers

Won

C

Coastline Logistics

Won

Firmographics

Logistics

500 to 2,000 staff

North America

Pains

Legacy on-prem stack

Peak-season outages

Solutions

AWS migration

Managed cloud ops

Fit profile

Mid-market logistics on legacy infrastructure, ready to modernise

Closed-won

T

Tallis Freight

Won

B

Bergen Carriers

Won

C

Coastline Logistics

Won

Firmographics

Logistics

500 to 2,000 staff

North America

Pains

Legacy on-prem stack

Peak-season outages

Solutions

AWS migration

Managed cloud ops

Fit profile

Mid-market logistics on legacy infrastructure, ready to modernise

Step 2

Find lookalikes.

Who else looks like them, tiered on fit.

Addressable market

Everyone who shares their firmographics.

Custom signals

The same pains, found in your market.

Tiers

Tier 1, 2, 3 or no fit.

Your market, filtered by

Custom signal · legacy on-prem stack

Lookalike fit

Tier 1

H

Halvorsen Freight

V

Varden Logistics

C

Castell Labs

Tier 2

N

Northwind Grid

O

Ostrava Systems

O

Orbis Payments

Tier 3

A

Aster Bio

J

Juniper Analytics

No fit

F

Fenwick Legal

S

Sable Hospitality

Your market, filtered by

Custom signal · legacy on-prem stack

Lookalike fit

Tier 1

H

Halvorsen Freight

V

Varden Logistics

C

Castell Labs

Tier 2

N

Northwind Grid

O

Ostrava Systems

O

Orbis Payments

Tier 3

A

Aster Bio

J

Juniper Analytics

No fit

F

Fenwick Legal

S

Sable Hospitality

Your market, filtered by

Custom signal · legacy on-prem stack

Lookalike fit

Tier 1

H

Halvorsen Freight

V

Varden Logistics

C

Castell Labs

Tier 2

N

Northwind Grid

O

Ostrava Systems

O

Orbis Payments

Tier 3

A

Aster Bio

J

Juniper Analytics

No fit

F

Fenwick Legal

S

Sable Hospitality

Step 3

Watch for intent.

Who's in market right now, and why.

First party

Your site, your ads, our outbound.

Second party

Hires, funding, growth, new tools.

Third party

Research, comparisons, peer conversations.

First party

Visited your pricing page

Today

Second party

New CTO in role

6 days ago

Third party

Comparing vendors

2 days ago

H

Halvorsen Freight

Tier 1 · Logistics

Hot

D

Dana Okafor

VP Engineering · matched

First party

Visited your pricing page

Today

Second party

New CTO in role

6 days ago

Third party

Comparing vendors

2 days ago

H

Halvorsen Freight

Tier 1 · Logistics

Hot

D

Dana Okafor

VP Engineering · matched

First party

Visited your pricing page

Today

Second party

New CTO in role

6 days ago

Third party

Comparing vendors

2 days ago

H

Halvorsen Freight

Tier 1 · Logistics

Hot

D

Dana Okafor

VP Engineering · matched

The equation

Lookalike fit + intent trigger = action.

Lookalike fit + intent trigger = action.

Lookalike fit

Worth going after?

A tier, scored per offer, from firmographics plus the signals unique to you.

Intent trigger

Worth going now?

Dated signals, on the account and on the person inside it who matches your buyers.

No trigger

One trigger

Triggers stacking

Tier 1

Awareness plays

Point of view, social

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Straight to sales

CRM and a Slack alert

H

Halvorsen Freight

Tier 2

Awareness plays

Point of view, social

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Tier 3

Watch

Scored, not engaged yet

Awareness plays

Point of view, social

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Hot

Warm

Cold

Not yet

No trigger

One trigger

Triggers stacking

Tier 1

Awareness plays

Point of view, social

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Straight to sales

CRM and a Slack alert

H

Halvorsen Freight

Tier 2

Awareness plays

Point of view, social

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Tier 3

Watch

Scored, not engaged yet

Awareness plays

Point of view, social

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Hot

Warm

Cold

Not yet

No trigger

One trigger

Triggers stacking

Tier 1

Awareness plays

Point of view, social

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Straight to sales

CRM and a Slack alert

H

Halvorsen Freight

Tier 2

Awareness plays

Point of view, social

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Tier 3

Watch

Scored, not engaged yet

Awareness plays

Point of view, social

Consideration plays

Case studies, comparisons, offers

Hot

Warm

Cold

Not yet

The signals we track.

Your heat model draws on all of these, watched across LinkedIn, X, Reddit, YouTube, private communities, forums, events and the open web. Signals get tied to a real person at a real company.

People on the move

Changed role

Changed company

New executive hire

Entering a buying window

Company changes

Started hiring

Headcount growth

New office or location

Fundraising

New software in the stack

Social activity

Posted about a topic you track

Asked for recommendations

Complained about a tool

Commented on a competitor's launch

Liked competitor content

Engaged with competitors

Mentioned your brand

Shaping the conversation

Research and communities

Asked peers in a private community

Researching across the web

Comparing vendors

Reddit and forum threads

Developer communities

Events

Attended a webinar

Showed up at an event

Your own channels

Visited your site

Engaged with your ads

Replied to outbound

Built for you

Custom signals, when the one you need doesn't exist yet

People on the move

−

Changed role

Changed company

New executive hire

Entering a buying window

Company changes

+

Social activity

+

Research and communities

+

Events

+

Your own channels

+

Built for you

+

What we build.

Your heat model

Fit criteria per offer, the signals and triggers that matter to your buyers, the weights behind them, and the thresholds that decide what happens next.

Live heat in your CRM

Accounts re-scored as new triggers land, with your reps notified the moment one crosses the line.

The foundation an audience is built on

Every account we find, every contact we map and every play we run inherits this model.

Start building your demand system now.

Start building your demand system now.

Book your 30-minute strategy call now to start growing your self-sourced pipeline.