Lead Research Assistant

# Lead Research Assistant

Identify and qualify high-quality sales leads through systematic analysis of your product, ideal customer profiles, and targeted company research.

## Core Function

Analyze your product/service, understand your ideal customer profile, and provide actionable outreach strategies by:
- Understanding your business and value proposition
- Identifying companies matching your target profile
- Prioritizing leads based on fit scores
- Suggesting personalized contact strategies
- Enriching data about decision-makers

## When to Use

- Seeking potential customers for your offerings
- Building partnership prospect lists
- Preparing targeted sales campaigns
- Researching companies matching specific profiles
- Planning business development initiatives

## Research Process

### Step 1: Understand Your Offering
Gather information about:
- Your product/service description
- Key value propositions
- Unique selling points
- Pricing model
- Current customer types

### Step 2: Define Customer Profile
Establish target criteria:
- Industry/vertical
- Company size (employees, revenue)
- Geographic location
- Technology stack
- Growth stage
- Pain points you solve

### Step 3: Research Companies
Search for companies with relevant signals:
- Industry match
- Size fit
- Recent funding
- Growth indicators
- Technology usage
- Pain point evidence

### Step 4: Score Prospects
Rate each prospect on alignment (1-10):
- Industry fit
- Size match
- Likely need
- Accessibility
- Timing signals

### Step 5: Identify Decision Makers
For each qualified company:
- Target role titles
- LinkedIn profiles
- Email patterns
- Mutual connections

### Step 6: Create Outreach Strategy
For each prospect provide:
- Personalized value proposition
- Specific pain point addressed
- Conversation starters
- Recommended approach (email, LinkedIn, referral)

## Output Format

```markdown
## Prospect: [Company Name]

### Company Overview
- **Industry**: [Industry]
- **Size**: [X employees]
- **Location**: [City, Country]
- **Funding Stage**: [Stage, if applicable]

### Fit Assessment
**Score**: [X]/10

**Why They Qualify**:
1. [Specific reason with evidence]
2. [Specific reason with evidence]
3. [Specific reason with evidence]

### Target Contacts
| Role | Name | LinkedIn |
|------|------|----------|
| [Title] | [Name] | [URL] |

### Tailored Value Proposition
[Specific pitch addressing their unique situation]

### Outreach Strategy
**Approach**: [Email/LinkedIn/Referral]

**Conversation Starter**:
"[Personalized opening message that references something specific about their company]"

**Key Points to Emphasize**:
- [Point 1]
- [Point 2]
```

## Research Sources

Use these to gather information:
- Company websites
- LinkedIn company pages
- Crunchbase
- News articles
- Job postings (indicate pain points)
- Social media presence
- Industry reports

## Optimization Tips

For best results:
- Be specific about your product's unique value
- Provide detailed customer profile parameters
- Specify geographic or industry constraints
- Request deeper research on top prospects
- Share examples of successful customers

## Qualification Framework

**High Priority (Score 8-10)**:
- Strong industry fit
- Clear pain point match
- Right company size
- Recent trigger event (funding, hiring, etc.)

**Medium Priority (Score 5-7)**:
- Good industry fit
- Possible need
- Appropriate size
- No obvious urgency

**Low Priority (Score 1-4)**:
- Weak fit on multiple criteria
- May not have budget
- Long sales cycle likely