Use case: Conversations before your competition

Reach buyers before your competition.

We spot the accounts and people in a buying cycle, engage the whole buying group and hand your reps hot leads before a form is ever filled in.

Halvorsen Freight · the buying journey

Researching

Sep 2

Comparing partners

Sep 9

Asking peers

Sep 12

Shortlisting

Oct 3

Form fill

Oct 14

Your rep calls Dana

Sep 13 · with Zystems

Where vendors usually hear

Oct 14 · the form

Halvorsen Freight · the buying journey

Researching

Sep 2

Comparing partners

Sep 9

Asking peers

Sep 12

Shortlisting

Oct 3

Form fill

Oct 14

Your rep calls Dana

Sep 13 · with Zystems

Where vendors usually hear

Oct 14 · the form

Halvorsen Freight · the buying journey

Researching

Sep 2

Comparing partners

Sep 9

Asking peers

Sep 12

Your rep calls Dana

Sep 13 · with Zystems

Shortlisting

Oct 3

Form fill

Oct 14

Where vendors usually hear

Oct 14 · the form

Will Vasquez
Will Vasquez

MQLs before other vendors, from a real build

MQLs before other vendors, from a real build

"Zystems provides MQLs early in the discovery phase, before other vendors enter the deal. This offers an opportunity for brand awareness across the buying team at key accounts when the signals are strongest, during first-party website visits. It's incredibly compelling."

Will Vasquez

Global Director of Account-Based GTM Strategies

Global Director of Account-Based GTM Strategies

Where you're stuck

By the time they fill in a form, your competition is already in the deal.

Most buyers research, compare and ask peers long before they talk to anyone. If your reps only hear about them when a form lands, they're walking into a shortlist someone else wrote.

Zystems can:

Spot buyers in a buying cycle before they raise a hand

Reach the whole buying group while the signal is fresh

Hand reps hot leads before other vendors enter the deal

How we handle it.

Heat model

Intent, dated to the day.

Intent triggers dated to the day, so we know who's in market now, not who fit last quarter.

Heat model

Intent, dated to the day.

Intent triggers dated to the day, so we know who's in market now, not who fit last quarter.

H

Halvorsen Freight

Tier 1 · Logistics

In market

Sep 2

New CTO in role

Sep 5

Hiring cloud architects

Sep 8

Read your migration guide

Sep 9

Asked peers about partners

In market

H

Halvorsen Freight

Tier 1 · Logistics

In market

Sep 2

New CTO in role

Sep 5

Hiring cloud architects

Sep 8

Read your migration guide

Sep 9

Asked peers about partners

In market

H

Halvorsen Freight

Tier 1 · Logistics

In market

Sep 2

New CTO in role

Sep 5

Hiring cloud architects

Sep 8

Read your migration guide

Sep 9

Asked peers about partners

In market

Heat model

Intent, dated to the day.

Intent triggers dated to the day, so we know who's in market now, not who fit last quarter.

Audience building

The person behind the signal.

We resolve each signal to the person who acted, then map the committee around them.

Audience building

The person behind the signal.

We resolve each signal to the person who acted, then map the committee around them.

Research and communities · peer forum · Sep 9

"Who's good for a mid-size freight migration?"

D

Dana Okafor

VP Engineering · Halvorsen Freight · asked it

Champion

M

Marcus Lindqvist

CTO

Decision maker

P

Priya Raman

Head of Infrastructure

Evaluator

T

Tom Becker

CFO

Approver

S

Sam Ito

Security lead

Can block

Research and communities · peer forum · Sep 9

"Who's good for a mid-size freight migration?"

D

Dana Okafor

VP Engineering · Halvorsen Freight · asked it

Champion

M

Marcus Lindqvist

CTO

Decision maker

P

Priya Raman

Head of Infrastructure

Evaluator

T

Tom Becker

CFO

Approver

S

Sam Ito

Security lead

Can block

Research and communities · peer forum · Sep 9

"Who's good for a mid-size freight migration?"

D

Dana Okafor

VP Engineering · Halvorsen Freight · asked it

Champion

M

Marcus Lindqvist

CTO

Decision maker

P

Priya Raman

Head of Infrastructure

Evaluator

T

Tom Becker

CFO

Approver

S

Sam Ito

Security lead

Can block

Audience building

The person behind the signal.

We resolve each signal to the person who acted, then map the committee around them.

Demand plays

Plays start when we see the signal.

Plays start the day the signal lands and speak to what the buyer is researching, not a generic pitch.

Demand plays

Plays start when we see the signal.

Plays start the day the signal lands and speak to what the buyer is researching, not a generic pitch.

Dana reads your case study

Day 0 · 9:14

Day 0

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Email

11:00

Follow-up

LinkedIn ad

Live 13:00

Committee

DM

15:30

Reply

Three touches before the day is out

Dana reads your case study

Day 0 · 9:14

Day 0

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Email

11:00

Follow-up

LinkedIn ad

Live 13:00

Committee

DM

15:30

Reply

Three touches before the day is out

Dana reads your case study

Day 0 · 9:14

Day 0

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Email

11:00

Follow-up

LinkedIn ad

Live 13:00

Committee

DM

15:30

Reply

Three touches before the day is out

Demand plays

Plays start when we see the signal.

Plays start the day the signal lands and speak to what the buyer is researching, not a generic pitch.

Hot lead handoff

Hot leads before the form.

Hot MQLs reach your reps with why they're hot and what to say, before a form ever gets filled in.

Hot lead handoff

Hot leads before the form.

Hot MQLs reach your reps with why they're hot and what to say, before a form ever gets filled in.

Wk 1

Wk 2

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Wk 7

Wk 8

Your rep

First call

A competitor

Form fill

Weeks earlier

Your rep's in the deal before the shortlist

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Wk 2

Wk 3

Wk 4

Wk 5

Wk 6

Wk 7

Wk 8

Your rep

First call

A competitor

Form fill

Weeks earlier

Your rep's in the deal before the shortlist

Wk 1

Wk 2

Wk 3

Wk 4

Wk 5

Wk 6

Wk 7

Wk 8

Your rep

First call

A competitor

Form fill

Weeks earlier

Your rep's in the deal before the shortlist

Hot lead handoff

Hot leads before the form.

Hot MQLs reach your reps with why they're hot and what to say, before a form ever gets filled in.

The plays we'd run.

A few from the library. See them all

Social activity

Engaging with competitors

When

Buyers follow or comment on a rival partner's posts.

We run

A DM and an email on what sets you apart, with a client story to prove it.

Social activity

Engaging with competitors

When

Buyers follow or comment on a rival partner's posts.

We run

A DM and an email on what sets you apart, with a client story to prove it.

Your own channels

High-intent page visit

When

Someone at a hot account reads your case studies or services pages.

We run

An email the same day and a LinkedIn touch the next, aimed at the whole committee.

Your own channels

High-intent page visit

When

Someone at a hot account reads your case studies or services pages.

We run

An email the same day and a LinkedIn touch the next, aimed at the whole committee.

Company changes · stack

New platform committed

When

The account adopts the cloud or data platform you deliver on.

We run

The implementation conversation, before they choose a partner.

Company changes · stack

New platform committed

When

The account adopts the cloud or data platform you deliver on.

We run

The implementation conversation, before they choose a partner.

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