Process Playbooks Aligned to the Customer Lifecycle
Each AI operational process is a complete playbook: what work happens at every lifecycle stage, the internal process steps, and the orchestration agents that execute it. Click a tab to explore any playbook.
Campaign Ops
Owns campaigns through their full flight path. Coordinates multi-channel campaigns across every lifecycle stage. The foundational backbone — every prospect-facing motion runs through a campaign.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
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Awareness Campaigns
| Nurture Campaigns
| Conversion Campaigns
| Deal Acceleration
| Activation
| Retention
| Expansion
|
- Receive briefs from operator, signals, or GTM Orchestrator
- Validate required fields (audience, channel, goal)
- Surface incomplete briefs for clarification
- Hand structured request to Campaign Planner
- Build targeting rules and audience segments
- Allocate budget across channels
- Set KPI targets and benchmarks
- Submit plan for HITL approval before BUILD
- Draft copy variants (headlines, body, CTAs)
- Brief visual concepts and creative direction
- Design email and message sequences
- Assemble assets for human approval before activation
- Deploy creative to Meta, LinkedIn, Google Ads
- Configure landing pages and tracking pixels
- Set scheduled send windows
- Confirm successful launch across all channels
- Enroll prospects based on targeting rules
- Trigger first touchpoint in sequence
- Honor unsubscribe and frequency caps
- Log enrollment events for attribution
- Run A/B tests on creative and audience variants
- Auto-pause ads below CTR/CPA thresholds
- Scale spend on winners within budget caps
- Surface recommendations to Domain Expert
- Stitch multi-touch attribution across channels
- Map influenced opportunities and closed-won deals
- Calculate campaign ROI and CAC
- Push results to revenue dashboards
- Mark campaign complete and freeze attribution data
- Extract performance patterns (what worked, what did not)
- Feed learnings into Campaign Library for reuse
- Generate post-mortem brief for Domain Expert
ABM Ops
Treats the account as the unit of value. Same target-account discipline that closed the deal returns post-sale to retain and expand it. Steps aside at Onboarding, then resumes at Retention with account-based renewal and whitespace plays.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Identify
| Engage
| Personalize
| Close
| —ABM steps aside. CS owns implementation. | Retain
| Expand
|
- Research firmographics and tech stack
- Map the buying committee
- Score intent and timing signals
- Surface whitespace pre-sale and post-sale
- Run parallel outreach to 3–7 contacts per account
- Coordinate cadence across channels
- Detect engagement signals per stakeholder
- Alert Domain Expert when account heats up
- Attend all account calls and meetings
- Extract qualification data into structured CRM fields
- Surface unanswered objections and knowledge gaps
- Flag coaching opportunities to Domain Expert
- Answer product and technical questions in real time
- Generate draft RFP responses and solution designs
- Build stakeholder-mapped demo environments
- Escalate complex solutioning to human SE
- Generate account-specific demo flows
- Tailor case studies and ROI models
- Build stakeholder-mapped pitch decks
- Maintain account-context library
- Track product usage and adoption per account
- Identify whitespace and upsell opportunities
- Coordinate executive sponsor programs
- Run QBR preparation workflows
Inbound
Converts first-party inbound signals into qualified pipeline. When a prospect submits a form, requests a demo, downloads content, or signs up for a trial, agents capture, enrich, score, route, and sequence the response before a human rep ever touches the record. Speed-to-response is the primary lever — every minute of delay compounds drop-off.
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Inbound Capture
| Lead Nurture
| Demo Conversion
| —Owned by ABM / Campaign Ops. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. |
- Receive form submissions, trial sign-ups, and demo requests from all entry points
- Deduplicate against existing CRM contacts and accounts
- Create new lead record or update existing contact with submission data
- Tag lead source, campaign attribution, and entry page
- Enrich with company firmographics — industry, size, ARR range, tech stack
- Identify best-fit contacts within the buying committee from enrichment sources
- Pull recent company signals — funding, headcount growth, job postings
- Flag data quality gaps for Domain Expert review
- Score lead against firmographic ICP fit — industry, size, tech stack match
- Apply behavioral scoring — pages visited, content consumed, form type
- Assign tier: Tier 1 (AE), Tier 2 (SDR), Tier 3 (self-serve nurture)
- Flag edge cases to Domain Expert for manual tier override
- Apply territory, vertical, and rep-capacity rules to assignment
- Check if inbound account matches ABM target account list — escalate to ABM Domain Expert if so
- Route Tier 3 leads to appropriate nurture track in Campaign Ops
- Log routing decision and rationale to CRM
- Send instant confirmation email within defined SLA window
- Trigger multi-touch follow-up sequence matched to form type and lead source
- Personalize messaging with enrichment data — company name, use case, content consumed
- Monitor reply and booking signals to pause sequence on positive response
- Build rep-ready context package: enrichment data, score, lead source, content consumed, intent signals
- Notify assigned SDR or AE via Slack or CRM task — Tier 1 requires human acknowledgment within SLA
- Log all touchpoints, routing decisions, and sequence activity to CRM with attribution tags
- Trigger SLA alert if rep does not acknowledge Tier 1 hand-off within defined window
Event Ops
Manages the full event lifecycle from landing pages and registrations through day-of coordination and post-event attribution. Covers all event types: educational webinars, product demo webinars, conferences, field dinners, and executive briefings. AI handles logistics so humans focus on conversations.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brand Events
| Educational Webinars
| Demo Days
| Executive Briefings
| —Not Event Ops territory. | —Not Event Ops territory. | —Not Event Ops territory. |
- Receive event briefs from operator or GTM Orchestrator
- Validate required fields — date, format, audience, goals, budget
- Surface incomplete briefs for clarification before production starts
- Hand structured request to Event Generator
- Generate landing page copy and design brief
- Draft invite email sequences
- Configure registration form and capacity
- Hand off to Event Router for activation
- Process registrations and capacity limits
- Trigger reminder cadence
- Coordinate live event hand-off
- Push attendees back into lifecycle with engagement scores
- Compile attendance and engagement data
- Map attendees to pipeline and influenced opportunities
- Extract performance patterns for future events
- Generate post-event brief for Domain Expert
Paid Social / Display
Manages paid acquisition across Meta, LinkedIn, and programmatic display. AI generates creative variants, monitors spend, auto-pauses underperformers, and scales winners within HITL budget bounds. Distinct from PPC — creative-driven targeting rather than intent-driven search capture.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cold Acquisition
| Retargeting
| Bottom-Funnel
| —Post-Selection only. | —Post-Selection only. | —Post-Selection only. | —Post-Selection only. |
- Generate 3–5 copy variants per concept
- Brief visual designs (carousel, video, static)
- Submit creative for human approval
- Tag creative for attribution
- Pull metrics from Meta, LinkedIn, programmatic platforms
- Auto-pause ads below CTR/CPA thresholds
- Scale budget on winners within HITL bounds
- Report to Domain Expert for cross-channel attribution
PPC / Paid Search SEM
Manages paid search across Google and Bing. Intent-driven — captures prospects actively searching for solutions. AI handles keyword clustering, bid optimization, search term mining, and Quality Score management. Distinct from Paid Social — intent-driven search capture, not creative-driven targeting.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brand & Category
| Problem-Aware
| Solution-Seeking
| —Post-Selection only. | —Post-Selection only. | —Post-Selection only. | —Post-Selection only. |
- Identify keyword gaps vs. competitors
- Cluster by intent (brand, category, pain, solution)
- Build responsive ads per cluster
- Align landing pages to Quality Score requirements
- Monitor Quality Score, CPA, and ROAS in real time
- Adjust bids within guardrails set by Domain Expert
- Mine search term reports for new opportunities
- Add negative keywords to block irrelevant spend
Content Ops
Drafts blog posts, social copy, lead magnets, emails, and customer-facing collateral. Output gates on human review before publish. Scales content velocity 3–5x without scaling headcount. Touches every stage except Expansion.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Top-of-Funnel
| Lead Magnets
| Evaluation Content
| Close Content
| Onboarding Content
| Customer Content
| —Owned by Customer Marketing. |
- Long-form blogs, white papers, lead magnets
- Match tone to brand guidelines
- Submit for human review at Draft stage
- Tag content for SEO and attribution
- Send approved sequences via email platform
- Track opens, clicks, bounces
- Respect 1 email/prospect/day cap
- Honor unsubscribes immediately
- Post brand content on schedule
- Send connection requests with personalized notes
- Track engagement and connection acceptance
- Respect LinkedIn rate limits and terms of service
- Monitor traffic, time-on-page, and scroll depth per content piece
- Track conversion rate from content to MQL and pipeline
- Flag underperforming content for refresh, update, or retirement
- Route top-performing content patterns to brief queue for replication
SEO
Continuous organic search optimization — ranking drops, keyword gaps, technical issues, and content freshness all trigger agent action. Separate from Content Ops because SEO runs on signals, not briefs. The SEO Monitor watches rankings 24/7 and fires content briefs when opportunities or threats are detected.
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Organic Discovery
| Problem Education
| —Not SEO territory. | —Not SEO territory. | —Not SEO territory. | —Not SEO territory. | —Not SEO territory. |
- Track keyword rankings and SERP feature presence
- Detect ranking drops and competitor movements
- Identify keyword gap opportunities
- Monitor backlink profile and technical health
- Draft SEO-optimized articles from keyword briefs
- Optimize title tags, meta descriptions, headers
- Map internal linking opportunities
- Submit for human review before publish
Podcast Guesting
Systematically builds founder and executive presence on ICP-aligned podcast shows. AI scouts opportunities, generates pitches, prepares talking points, handles logistics, and repurposes appearances across channels. The interview itself is always human-led.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brand Presence
| Authority Building
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. |
- Scan podcast directories for audience and topic fit
- Score shows by ICP alignment and listener size
- Surface ranked opportunity list to Domain Expert
- Track outreach history to avoid duplicates
- Research host and recent episode themes
- Draft personalized outreach to podcast host
- Build talking points brief tailored to show audience
- Submit pitch for human personalization before send
- Coordinate scheduling between podcast host and executive guest
- Confirm recording platform, tech setup, and audio requirements
- Send calendar invites and pre-recording reminders to both parties
- Brief guest on format, audience profile, and episode talking points
- Generate transcript and key moment timestamps
- Clip highlight reels for social distribution
- Format show notes and blog post from transcript
- Track traffic and pipeline from each appearance
PR / Media Outreach
Builds and manages earned media presence — press releases, journalist pitches, coverage monitoring, and response management. AI monitors news windows and journalist activity continuously, fires pitches at the right moment, and tracks all coverage. Humans approve all outbound communications.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earned Awareness
| Authority Signals
| —Not PR territory. | —Not PR territory. | —Not PR territory. | —Not PR territory. | —Not PR territory. |
- Monitor journalist beat activity and recent publications
- Track competitor press releases and announcements
- Detect industry news windows relevant to brand
- Surface ranked pitch opportunities to Domain Expert with context
- Research journalist beat and recent coverage
- Draft press release from brand narrative and milestone
- Generate personalized pitch per journalist
- Submit all outbound for human approval before send
- Monitor all earned coverage and brand mentions (Auto)
- Draft positive coverage follow-ups for Domain Expert review (Review)
- Flag negative coverage immediately — response always requires human approval (Required)
- Track coverage volume, sentiment, and reach
Community Participation
Monitors Slack communities, Reddit, LinkedIn groups, and industry forums for ICP conversations and brand mentions. AI surfaces high-intent threads and drafts responses — but humans always post. Brand reputation requires human judgment on every engagement.
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Discovery
| Education
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | Community Retention
| —Not applicable. |
- Monitor target communities across platforms continuously
- Detect brand mentions, ICP questions, and competitor discussions
- Score conversation intent and urgency
- Surface ranked opportunities to Domain Expert with context
- Research conversation context and prior engagement history
- Draft response aligned to brand voice and community rules
- Submit for human review and posting — never auto-posts
- Track traffic and lead attribution from community engagement
Review Platforms
Manages G2, Capterra, and peer review platforms — review generation, response management, competitor monitoring, and pattern reporting. Review presence directly influences Selection-stage buyers. AI handles detection and monitoring; humans approve all public responses.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | Social Proof
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | Review Generation
| —Not applicable. |
- Monitor customer health scores and NPS for review readiness
- Score review timing by milestone and satisfaction level
- Send personalized review invitations within approved templates
- Track invite open and submission rates
- Monitor all incoming reviews across G2, Capterra, and peer platforms
- Track competitor review velocity and rating trends
- Detect product issue patterns across negative reviews
- Generate weekly sentiment and competitive report
- Draft responses to positive reviews for Domain Expert review (Review)
- Draft responses to negative reviews — always requires human approval (Required)
- Maintain consistent brand voice across all responses
- Track response rate and time-to-response metrics
GEO / AEO
Generative Engine Optimization and Answer Engine Optimization — ensuring the brand appears when buyers ask AI tools (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews) about problems the company solves. A fast-growing channel as AI search replaces traditional query-based search for B2B buyers.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AI Visibility
| Authority in AI
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. |
- Query ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews for priority topics
- Detect brand citation gaps and competitor citations
- Map priority queries where brand should appear but does not
- Track visibility trends and report weekly to Domain Expert
- Identify content pages most likely to be cited by AI systems
- Restructure content for clear entity definitions and Q&A formatting
- Improve answer completeness and source credibility signals
- Submit all content changes for human approval before publish
Intent Data-Driven Outbound
Always-on monitoring of third-party intent signals — G2 buyer intent, Bombora topic surges, website engagement, and competitive research signals. When an account crosses the threshold, agents enrich, sequence, and route automatically. Tier 1 accounts always get human personalization before outreach.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Pre-Selection. | —Pre-Selection. | Intent-Triggered Outbound
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. |
- Monitor G2 buyer intent, Bombora, and website behavioral signals
- Score accounts by intent strength, ICP fit, and timing
- Fire alert when account crosses defined threshold
- Surface account brief to Domain Expert for tier classification
- Pull firmographic data from enrichment sources
- Identify best-fit contacts within the buying committee
- Research recent company news and trigger events
- Prepare account brief for outbound sequence
- Auto-run personalized sequences for Tier 2 and 3 accounts (Auto)
- Escalate Tier 1 accounts to Domain Expert with full context (Required)
- Log all outbound activity to CRM with intent signal source
- Track sequence performance and reply rates
Health Scoring & Alerts
Continuously monitors account health across all post-sale stages. Pulls usage data, support tickets, NPS, and engagement signals into a composite health score. Fires alerts and routes at-risk accounts to the right intervention before churn signals are visible to humans. The Health Score Agent feeds both this play and the Renewals Growth Loop.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Pre-sale. | —Pre-sale. | —Pre-sale. | —Pre-sale. | Onboarding Health
| Retention Health
| Expansion Signals
|
- Pull product usage, login frequency, and feature adoption data
- Ingest support ticket volume, NPS scores, and engagement signals
- Compute weighted composite health score per account
- Feed scores to Alert Router and Renewals Loop simultaneously
- Detect score drops and deterioration velocity
- Classify accounts as Green, Yellow, or Red
- Route Yellow accounts to CS playbook with context brief
- Route Red accounts to Domain Expert for immediate review
- Auto-trigger re-engagement sequence for Yellow accounts (Review)
- Escalate Red accounts to human with recommended play and full context (Required)
- Log intervention type, timing, and outcome
- Feed outcomes back to Health Score model for improvement
QBR / Business Reviews
Automates the data compilation, deck generation, and action item tracking for Quarterly Business Reviews. AI turns a 6–10 hour manual process into a 1–2 hour human review. The presentation itself is always human-led — agents handle everything before and after the room.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Pre-sale. | —Pre-sale. | —Pre-sale. | —Pre-sale. | —Pre-sale. | Renewal QBR
| Expansion QBR
|
- Detect QBR cadence date or risk-triggered window
- Pull usage data, support history, ROI metrics, and expansion signals
- Assemble QBR deck with risks, wins, and opportunities highlighted
- Submit completed deck for human review before any customer-facing use
- Send QBR meeting invitation and agenda to account stakeholders
- Manage calendar scheduling, confirmations, and pre-meeting reminders
- Distribute approved QBR deck to attendees before the meeting
- Facilitate post-meeting handoff — package notes and outcomes for Action Tracker
- Capture action items from QBR transcript or notes
- Send automated follow-up reminders to account owner
- Flag overdue action items to Domain Expert
- Track completion rate across all active accounts
ROI Calculators & Assessments
Interactive tools that quantify the value of the solution for a specific prospect. Calculators capture leads at the point of highest intent — when a buyer is actively building a business case. Assessments create personalized reports that qualify and route prospects automatically.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | Evaluation Tools
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. |
- Monitor industry benchmark data sources for updates
- Flag stale assumptions to Domain Expert for review
- Update calculator logic after human approval
- Version-control all methodology changes
- Pull firmographic and revenue data for known accounts
- Pre-populate relevant fields to reduce friction
- Personalize output benchmarks by industry and ARR stage
- Track calculator completion rates by segment
- Collect contact and company data on form completion
- Score lead by output value and ICP fit
- Route to appropriate Sales motion or Intent Outbound play
- Trigger personalized follow-up sequence based on score tier
SDR Ops
Systematic territory-based prospecting motion. Agents build lists, research prospects, manage sequences, and book meetings so SDRs spend their time on conversations, not admin.
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Cold Outreach
| Warm Sequences
| Meeting Booking
| —Owned by AE / ABM Ops. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. |
- Pull prospect lists from Apollo, LinkedIn, and CRM data
- Score prospects by ICP firmographic fit and intent signals
- Deduplicate against existing CRM contacts and active sequences
- Surface list to Domain Expert for tier review and approval
- Research recent company news, funding, and hiring signals
- Identify personalization angle per prospect
- Compile research brief for sequence personalization
- Flag accounts matching ABM target list for escalation
- Deploy personalized sequences by prospect tier and source
- Monitor open rates, clicks, and reply signals
- Pause sequences on out-of-office or bounce signals
- Surface hot engagement signals to Domain Expert for prioritization
- Route positive replies to Domain Expert for personalized response
- Send calendar invite with confirmed meeting details
- Generate pre-meeting briefing doc: prospect profile, company context, intent signals
- Create CRM opportunity and notify AE via Slack and CRM task
PLG / Trial Conversion
Converts free trial and product-qualified leads into paying customers. Agents monitor usage signals, trigger contextual upgrade prompts, and route conversion-ready users to the right next step — self-serve upgrade or sales-assist.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Trial Activation
| Usage Monitoring
| PQL Conversion
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. |
- Send welcome and activation sequence on sign-up
- Monitor first-login and setup completion events
- Trigger re-engagement if activation steps are not completed within window
- Flag failed activations to Domain Expert
- Monitor product usage events against defined activation milestones
- Score trial health: PQL, nurture-ready, or churn-risk
- Surface PQL alerts to Domain Expert with usage summary
- Track time-in-trial and flag expiry windows
- Trigger upgrade prompts when users hit feature limits or key milestones
- Deliver contextual tips when usage patterns indicate readiness
- Suppress prompts for users already in sales conversation
- A/B test prompt timing and messaging variants
- Route high-fit PQLs to SDR queue with full product usage context
- Route self-serve-ready PQLs to upgrade flow with pre-filled account data
- Log PQL routing decision and rationale to CRM
- Track conversion outcome per routing path for Domain Expert optimization
Deal Desk
Manages the structured documentation and approval workflows behind complex deals. Agents handle RFP responses, security questionnaires, and proposal generation so reps stay focused on the relationship while deal admin moves in parallel.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | RFP + Proposal
| Approval + Delivery
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. |
- Parse RFP structure and extract individual requirements
- Map questions to approved answer library and recent reference material
- Flag questions with no approved response for Domain Expert input
- Generate structured response draft for human review
- Pull account context from CRM — industry, use case, key stakeholders
- Populate proposal template with account-specific data and approved value propositions
- Generate executive summary tailored to prospect's stated priorities
- Format and brand the document to approved standards
- Receive and parse inbound security questionnaires
- Complete standard questions from approved security response library
- Flag questions requiring engineering or legal input
- Track questionnaire completion status and deadlines
- Identify non-standard pricing or discount requests requiring approval
- Route to appropriate approver with deal context and justification
- Log approval decision and rationale to CRM audit trail
- Deliver approved proposal to prospect and confirm receipt
Onboarding
Orchestrates the customer journey from closed-won to time-to-first-value. Agents run the standard onboarding flight path — kickoff scheduling, success planning, milestone tracking, and adoption nudges — while humans intervene when customers stall or deviate from the plan.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | Kickoff Prep
| Success Plan + Milestones
| Value Confirmation
| —Not applicable. |
- Send kickoff scheduling link to primary customer contact within 24 hours of close
- Distribute pre-kickoff preparation guide and product access instructions
- Confirm agenda, stakeholders, and technical requirements before call
- Notify AE and CS of confirmed kickoff details
- Pull deal context from CRM — use case, objectives, key stakeholders
- Generate success plan with stage-gated milestones matched to customer goals
- Include time-to-value benchmark and escalation triggers
- Route plan to Domain Expert for review before sharing with customer
- Monitor product activation events against success plan milestones
- Score onboarding health: on-track, at-risk, or stalled
- Send weekly onboarding progress summary to Domain Expert
- Trigger escalation alert when high-value account falls behind schedule
- Detect stall on specific activation steps from product event data
- Trigger relevant how-to content, walkthrough, or check-in prompt
- Escalate persistent stalls to Domain Expert for human intervention
- Suppress nudges when customer is actively working through steps
- Detect and confirm first value milestone from product and CS signals
- Document outcome in CRM with date, milestone achieved, and customer confirmation
- Trigger Advocacy Loop when NPS or satisfaction threshold is met
- Route to CS motion and notify Domain Expert of successful onboarding close
Expansion
Detects expansion-readiness signals and executes the upsell and cross-sell motion. Agents identify opportunities, build proposals, and sequence outreach while humans own the commercial conversation and the close.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | Signal Detection
| Upsell / Cross-sell
|
- Monitor product usage growth against tier and seat thresholds
- Detect org signals — new team members in product, new department access
- Track feature adoption patterns that historically precede expansion
- Surface expansion-ready accounts to Domain Expert with signal summary
- Pull account usage data, contract terms, and expansion signal context
- Generate proposal with current vs. proposed tier, usage case, and ROI estimate
- Personalize proposal narrative with account-specific outcome data
- Route proposal to Domain Expert for approval before delivery
- Identify expansion stakeholders beyond the primary champion
- Deploy personalized expansion sequences referencing account-specific usage context
- Monitor engagement signals and surface hot replies to Domain Expert
- Coordinate timing with CS team to avoid conflicting outreach
- Compile negotiation brief — account history, expansion rationale, comparable deals
- Log commercial discussion notes and agreed terms to CRM
- Update success plan and account tier post-close
- Trigger updated onboarding steps if expansion includes new products or seats
Churn Intervention
Runs structured save plays for accounts classified as at-risk before churn, and win-back sequences for recently churned accounts. Agents prepare context and run scripted plays. Humans own the critical conversations where relationships and judgment determine outcomes.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | Save Plays + Win-Back
| —Not applicable. |
- Receive Red health score alert or churn trigger from Health Scoring playbook
- Classify intervention type: at-risk save play or post-churn win-back
- Select appropriate play template based on churn reason and account tier
- Notify Domain Expert with full account context and recommended play
- Identify appropriate executive sponsor on both sides of the account
- Compile escalation brief: account history, health trajectory, churn signals, relationship context
- Draft executive outreach for human review and send
- Schedule and confirm escalation call logistics
- Deploy save play sequence for at-risk accounts not yet requiring executive escalation
- Run win-back sequence for churned accounts at defined re-engagement windows
- Personalize outreach with account-specific context and previous relationship history
- Surface positive signals to Domain Expert for human follow-up
- Send structured exit survey to churned accounts
- Compile churn debrief from survey responses, support history, and account timeline
- Extract root cause category: product gap, competitive loss, budget, relationship
- Route insights to ICP Learning Loop and Health Scoring calibration
Sales Enablement
Continuously maintains and delivers rep-facing intelligence — battlecards, competitive positioning, objection guides, and coaching signals — so sales teams have accurate, current information at every stage of the cycle without waiting for quarterly updates.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Competitive Intel
| —Not applicable. | Objection Handling
| Closing Materials
| Handoff Materials
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. |
- Monitor competitor websites, product releases, review sites, and news
- Track win/loss data from CRM and Gong conversation intelligence
- Identify new objection patterns emerging across the sales team
- Surface competitive intelligence summary to Domain Expert weekly
- Update battlecards when competitive intelligence signals a material change
- Generate new battlecard when new competitor enters monitored list
- Retire or archive battlecards for competitors no longer appearing in deals
- Route updates to Domain Expert for review before distribution
- Identify objection patterns from conversation intelligence and win/loss data
- Update objection handling guides with newly validated responses
- Refresh sales stage playbooks when conversion patterns change
- Flag outdated playbook sections to Domain Expert for review
- Monitor active deals and match relevant battlecards and playbooks by stage and competitor
- Send rep-facing asset recommendations via Slack or CRM task at key deal moments
- Surface coaching alerts when rep behavior diverges from winning patterns
- Track asset usage and click-through by rep and stage for Domain Expert reporting
Partner / Channel
Manages the full partner lifecycle from recruitment through co-sell execution and pipeline attribution. Agents handle operational admin so partner managers focus on relationship development and revenue-generating co-sell activity.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner-Sourced Leads
| —Not applicable. | Co-sell Motion
| Partner Onboarding
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | Partner-Led Expansion
|
- Source partner candidates from industry directories, events, and referrals
- Score partner fit against ICP alignment, market coverage, and technical capability
- Manage partner application workflow and collect required documentation
- Route qualified partner applications to Domain Expert for final approval
- Deploy partner onboarding sequence on approval — product training, sales materials, portal access
- Track certification completion and flag partners falling behind enablement milestones
- Update partner training content when product changes warrant it
- Surface enablement completion status to Domain Expert
- Process partner deal registrations and check for direct sales conflicts
- Coordinate joint demo scheduling, proposal alignment, and pricing approvals
- Route partner-sourced leads to appropriate AE with full partner context
- Track co-sell opportunity progress and surface stalled deals to Domain Expert
- Receive and process partner MDF requests with activity documentation
- Route requests to Domain Expert for approval against MDF budget
- Track MDF utilization by partner and program type
- Report ROI on MDF investments by partner and campaign
- Track partner-sourced pipeline from registration to close
- Attribute closed revenue to partner source in CRM
- Surface top-performing partners by pipeline contribution and win rate
- Identify partner development investment opportunities for Domain Expert review
Customer Marketing
Proactively communicates with the installed base to drive adoption, retention awareness, and expansion interest. Distinct from the Advocacy Loop — this is segmented broadcast communication to the customer base, not individual conversion.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | —Not applicable. | Welcome Communications
| Product Updates + Education
| Expansion Awareness
|
- Pull customer data from CRM, CS platform, and product usage system
- Segment by health score tier, product edition, tenure cohort, and feature adoption level
- Surface segment health shifts to Domain Expert for communication strategy adjustment
- Maintain segment definitions and update membership on rolling basis
- Draft product release announcements tailored by customer segment and edition
- Generate monthly customer newsletter with curated content by segment
- Write milestone and celebration communications for key customer moments
- Apply brand voice rubric before routing to Domain Expert for approval
- Schedule communications against content calendar and segment suppression rules
- Execute sends across email platform and in-app notification channels
- Apply send-time optimization by segment engagement history
- Suppress communications to accounts in active churn intervention or sensitive escalation
- Monitor open rates, click-through, and unsubscribes by segment and content type
- Flag segments with declining engagement to Domain Expert
- Identify top-performing content types and subject line patterns
- Route expansion click signals to Expansion playbook for follow-up
Renewals Loop
Fires when a renewal window opens. Agents assess health, classify risk, and run the appropriate renewal play before a human CSM needs to step in. Catches churn risk 60–90 days out rather than 10 days before contract end. The Health Score Agent is shared with the Health Scoring play.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| —Not active. | —Not active. | —Not active. | —Not active. | —Not active. | Renew
| Compound
|
- Pull usage data, NPS, support tickets at renewal window
- Compute composite health score per account
- Classify Green, Yellow, or Red risk tier
- Alert Domain Expert on all Yellow and Red accounts
- Auto-send renewal notice and invoice prep for Green accounts (Auto)
- Trigger re-engagement sequence for Yellow accounts (Review)
- Escalate Red accounts to Domain Expert with full risk brief (Required)
- Coordinate executive sponsor outreach if needed
- Generate renewal order form and pricing
- Track redline status and flag exceptions
- Coordinate signature workflow
- Log outcome and feed result to ICP Learning Loop
Risk Sharing Loop
During onboarding, customers who experience first value identify other teams or departments that could benefit. Agents detect adoption milestones, identify internal champions, and map expansion opportunities — seeding new pipeline from within the account.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Re-enter
| —Not active. | —Not active. | —Not active. | Detect & Map
| —Not active. | Expand
|
- Monitor product usage events for first-value milestones
- Identify most-active users as champion candidates
- Score champion readiness for referral ask
- Alert Domain Expert when threshold is crossed
- Research other departments within account matching ICP criteria
- Draft warm intro request for champion to send
- Coordinate intro logistics with CS agent
- Route new contact into ABM or Sales motion after human approval
Advocacy Loop
Converts satisfied customers into active advocates — case studies, reference calls, G2 reviews, speaking slots, advisory boards. Agents detect satisfaction signals, qualify advocate candidates, and coordinate capture. Advocacy-influenced pipeline closes faster and at higher win rates.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Influence
| —Not active. | Reference
| —Not active. | —Not active. | Identify & Invite
| Activate
|
- Monitor NPS, health scores, and review site signals
- Score advocate fit by story strength and public visibility
- Draft and send program invitation for Domain Expert review
- Track invite acceptance rates and follow-up cadence
- Coordinate case study interview scheduling and approval workflow
- Manage reference call logistics and contact matching
- Push published assets to Campaign and Content Domain Experts
- Track influenced pipeline per advocate asset
ICP Learning Loop
Uses outcomes from the right side of the Bowtie to sharpen who you target on the left. When cohorts hit renewal, expansion, or churn milestones, agents analyze patterns and push refined targeting criteria back to all acquisition plays. Without this loop, acquisition chases the wrong prospects indefinitely.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Refine Targeting
| Refine Messaging
| —Not active. | —Not active. | —Not active. | Analyze
| Signal Source
|
- Pull renewal, expansion, and churn cohort data
- Segment by firmographics, use case, and tech stack
- Identify strongest predictors of success and churn
- Produce ICP update brief for Domain Expert review
- Update ICP definition in CRM and scoring models
- Push refreshed targeting to Campaign, ABM, Paid Social, PPC, and Intent Outbound agents
- Update SEO keyword intent mapping and Community engagement priorities
- Sync persona messaging updates to Content Domain Expert
Referrals Loop
Systematically converts satisfied customers into a source of qualified pipeline. Referral-sourced leads close at 2–3x the rate of cold outbound — agents make sure no referral opportunity goes undetected.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Pipeline
| —Not active. | —Not active. | —Not active. | —Not active. | Source
| —Not active. |
- Monitor NPS, health scores, and milestone events for referral readiness
- Score referral readiness per account by satisfaction and timing
- Draft and send personalized referral invitation within approved templates
- Track invite open and response rates
- Track referral link clicks and prospect submissions
- Route referred prospect to appropriate Sales motion
- Tag pipeline and closed-won revenue to referral source
- Trigger referrer acknowledgment and reward workflow
Nurturing Loop
Keeps interested-but-not-ready prospects warm until timing is right. When a prospect exits without committing, agents detect the exit reason, segment them, enroll them in the right nurture track, and watch for re-engagement signals. Converts cold exits into future pipeline.
01 Awareness ► | 02 Education ► | 03 Selection ► | 04 Commitment ► | 05 Onboarding ► | 06 Retention ► | 07 Expansion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Re-enter
| Warm Drip
| Exit Catch
| —Not active. | —Not active. | —Not active. | —Not active. |
- Monitor stage transitions and inactivity signals
- Classify exit reason from available CRM and engagement data
- Select appropriate nurture track per exit reason segment
- Enroll prospect and log entry point with context
- Execute low-frequency content sequences per nurture track
- Track opens, clicks, and site revisits as re-engagement signals
- Score re-engagement readiness against threshold
- Route re-engaged prospects to Campaign or Intent Outbound — Domain Expert reviews before handoff