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Apollo.io Onboarding Document - Using ICPs, Personas, Messaging, Signals to Set Up an Automated Outbound Engine

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This is an example Apollo.io Onboarding Document to get alignment with SaaSBoost.io on ICPs, Personas, Messaging, Pain Points, and Signals to build an outbound sales engine in Apollo.io. From this information we will build account and contact lists and custom scoring models, personalized outbound sequences based on intent data, signals (who to reach out to and when, for what reason), personas, content you have, and more. We will track and measure results by ICPs, Personas, and report on this and optimize/experiment over time. Workflows will be used to automate a steady flow of leads and responses.

For further reading, here is a great article that provides a detailed framework to develop ICPs for SaaS: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-identify-your-ideal-customer

You don’t have to fill out every box but fill out what could be helpful/make sense based on your current situation (when working with SaaSBoost.io on a custom done for you Apollo.io setup, we will share this in an editable Notion page).  If you already have this in another doc or format we can work with that as well.

The most important parts for setup are:

  • ICPs - Target Account List level (detailed data - demographic, technographic, intent topics, etc)
  • Personas (Contact level)
  • Pain Points for both - reasons for reaching out, inflection points
  • How You Solve the Problem, Messaging, Content to support that
  • Social proof - any case studies, logos, customer stories, etc. we can leveragae

TAM - Account Level

Total Addressable Market
What industries and size companies can use your products or services?
Question/Info Needed:
Answer
Industry (s)
Revenue Size
Employee Size
Location
Additional Criteria Used to Build TAM? Any Intent data topics or keywords? Technographics (technologies installed), etc?
Who is not a fit?
Is their an “inflection point” where the timing is good to reach out? (for example opening up a new office, attending an upcoming tradeshow, installed a certain tech, etc.)

ICPs

Ideal Company Profile -
Identify new angles and ways to approach your targets
Question/Info Needed:
Answer
Who are your dream/wish list clients
Anything else that makes someone a better fit for your product or service?
Competitors
What is your average annual contract size?
What's the range of your contract sizes?
What is your average sales cycle time?
What industries or target customers have the shortest sales cycle?
Do you have any compelling content pieces focused on a specific industry/target?
What are the biggest reasons that cause you to lose deals?

Industry/ Target
Message/Offer - Add Your ICP Specific Call To Action Here (landing pages, white papers, webinars, reports, tools, etc.).

Personas (Contacts within Accounts)

Could be 1; up to 4

Personas
Category
Persona Group 1
Persona Group 2
Persona Group 3
Persona Group 4
TARGET OR INFLUENCER
DEPARTMENT
Minimum Seniority Level
Main Title
Similar / Relevant Titles
Key Responsibilities
Important KPIs
Common Pain Point(s)
How We Solve That Pain
Common Objections
Objection Response

Values - Messaging

Question/Info Needed:
Answer
What do you provide to your clients?(Dumb it down)
Value proposition
Why CHANGE?
Why NOW?
Why YOU?
How does your differentiator benefit the client?
Free offer?
Low Hanging Fruit
Events
Cold Opportunities/Leads

Customer Stories

Rank Top Pains/ Problems
Value How do you help them?
Customer Proof Can you give a customer example? $$ or % impact on business?
#1:
#2:
#3:
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