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    Lead prioritization with trust signals

    Most lead scoring models use fit only. Adding trust signals — whether your team has any real path into the company or buyer — changes which rows reps should work first.
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    Fit alone is incomplete

    Fit tells you a row could buy. Trust tells you you actually have a way to land a conversation. Together they tell you more than either alone, especially in strategic and founder-led sales motions, where a cold approach rarely gets a hearing.

    What counts as a trust signal

    • A teammate has met the buyer
    • A current customer is connected to the buyer
    • An advisor or investor overlaps with the company
    • A prior conversation exists in your account history
    • A partner has explicitly offered to make introductions

    A simple combined score

    A workable starting model: score fit 0–10 from your usual ICP attributes, score trust 0–10 from confirmed signals above, and weight them roughly equally. Work the top decile first. Iterate the weights from outcomes.

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