Buyer Intelligence & Scoring
AutoReach's Buyer Intelligence system is the heart of smart outreach. Instead of blasting everyone, it scores each lead across three dimensions (fit, intent, and timing), assigns a buyer state, and uses dozens of signals to predict who is most likely to buy right now.
When to read this page: You wonder why a specific lead scored low (or high) and want to understand which dimension is dragging the score. You're tuning your offer and want to know how each input affects scoring. Or your reply rates are low and you suspect targeting — this page tells you what AutoReach is actually evaluating, so you know what to fix in your offer. You don't need to read it before you start outreach; the system works automatically.
The 30-Second Version
If you only read this section:
Every lead is scored on three dimensions, each 0-100: Fit (do they match your ICP?), Intent (are they actively looking?), and Timing (is now the right moment?).
The three scores combine into a buyer state. Active = ready for outreach. Monitor = watch for new signals (auto-rechecked on a schedule). Poor Fit = not a match today, but still re-evaluated when new signals appear. Disqualified = filtered out and not auto-rescored. Manual Outreach = you overrode the rules.
Your Offer drives all of this. Sharper target audience and pain points produce sharper scoring. New leads always score against your current offer. Existing leads behave differently: Monitor and Poor Fit leads get re-evaluated automatically over time; already-enrolled Active leads keep their score until you trigger a manual rescore.
If a score looks wrong, open the lead and click Should be a buyer / Should NOT be a buyer. This launches the Offer Refinement flow, which suggests offer edits to fix the misclassification.
Where to spend your time: Active leads convert best. Monitor leads are your near-future Active list — they'll get promoted as new signals appear. Don't manually outreach Poor Fit; let resurfacing handle them, or use Manual Outreach for specific high-value accounts you want to reach despite the filters.
The rest of this page is the detail behind those five points — read on if you want to know exactly what signals feed each score, how state transitions work, or how to tune the system.
The Three Scoring Dimensions
Each lead is scored independently on three dimensions, each on a 0-100 scale.
Fit Score
"Is this person in my target market?"
Fit measures how well a lead matches your ideal customer profile (ICP):
Right industry?
Right company size?
Right role/seniority?
Geographic match?
Skill/background match?
Intent Score
"Is this person actively looking for a solution?"
Intent measures signals that show the lead is searching for, considering, or planning to buy something:
Are they asking for recommendations?
Have they mentioned switching tools?
Are they complaining about current tools?
Engaging with competitors?
Posting about hiring/scaling challenges?
Timing Score
"Is this the right moment to reach them?"
Timing measures how urgent or immediate their needs appear:
Did they just change jobs?
Recent company funding/expansion?
New hiring initiative?
Recent product launches?
Active engagement with relevant content?
Understanding the Scores
Each dimension is scored independently. You might have:
High fit + Low intent: Someone in your target market who is not actively looking yet
Low fit + High intent: Someone actively buying, but not the right persona
High fit + High intent + High timing: Your ideal buyer, ready to engage right now
The combination of all three determines the lead's composite Buyer Score (0-100) and their buyer state.
Buyer States
Every lead has a buyer state that represents their current status in your pipeline. The state determines where they appear in the UI, whether they are eligible for outreach, and how AutoReach treats them.
Active (shown as "Ready" in the UI)
This person is ready to buy. They meet your ICP, show buying intent, and the timing is right.
Appears on the Buyers page, Ready tab
Fully eligible for sequence enrollment and auto-enrollment
Next action: Add to a sequence and start outreach
Monitor (shown as "Emerging" in the UI)
This person has potential, but is not quite ready yet. Maybe fit is strong but intent is weak, or the timing is not there yet.
Appears on the Buyers page, Emerging tab
Can be enrolled in sequences, but not recommended for aggressive outreach
AutoReach periodically re-checks these leads for new buying signals and automatically promotes them to Active if they qualify
Poor Fit (shown as "Low Priority" in the UI)
This person does not match your ideal customer profile well. Something significant does not line up - wrong industry, wrong seniority, or insufficient signals.
Appears on the Buyers page, Low Priority tab
Not recommended for outreach
Still monitored on a longer cycle for signal changes
Disqualified
This person is far outside your ICP with almost no chance of conversion. They remain in the database but are excluded from automatic processing.
Appears on the Buyers page, Disqualified tab
Must be overridden to Manual Outreach before enrollment
Skipped by the resurfacing scheduler
Manual Outreach (shown as "Manual" in the UI)
You have decided this person is worth reaching out to, overriding the scoring system.
Appears on the Buyers page, Manual tab
Eligible for sequence enrollment, treated like Active
Protected from automatic pipeline rescoring (unless you explicitly trigger a manual rescore)
When to use: VIP accounts, strategic partnerships, founder relationships, or intentional lower-funnel experiments
Not Scored (shown as "Analyzing" in the UI)
Lead has not completed initial enrichment/scoring.
Appears on the Buyers page, Analyzing tab
Not eligible until scoring completes
Background enrichment and scoring in progress
State Transitions
Leads move between states based on their scores. Higher scores promote to Active, moderate scores land in Monitor, low scores go to Poor Fit, and very low fit leads are Disqualified.
Leads can move up or down as new signals appear. Active leads can be demoted on rescore if their signals weaken. Poor Fit leads can be promoted if they change jobs, start posting about relevant pain points, or show new timing signals.
You can manually change any lead's state via the UI. Manual Outreach overrides scoring and treats the lead as eligible for enrollment.
State Impact on Sequences
Active
Yes
Immediate enrollment, outreach begins
Manual Outreach
No
Immediate enrollment, treated as Active
Monitor
No
Allowed, but not recommended
Poor Fit
No
Allowed (manual override), low priority
Not Scored
No
Enrollment queued, starts when scoring completes
Disqualified
No
Must override to Manual Outreach first
Only Active leads are eligible for automatic enrollment by Autopilot.
Signals
Signals are data points that indicate a lead is interested, actively buying, or urgently needs your solution. They power buyer intelligence scoring and help identify who is ready to buy.
Explicit Intent Signals
Asked for Recommendation - Lead explicitly asked for product/service recommendations
Switching From Competitor - Lead mentioned switching away from a competitor (one of the strongest signals)
Looking for Alternative - Lead is actively searching for an alternative
Complained About Current Tool - Lead complained about their current tool or process
Tool Mention - Lead mentioned using or considering a competitor or similar tool
Company-Level Signals
Funding - Company announced a new funding round
Product Launch - Company launched a new product or major feature
Mergers and Acquisitions - Company acquired or was acquired
Cost Cutting - Company announced layoffs, consolidation, or cost reduction
IPO Filing - Company filed for IPO
Geographic Expansion - Company expanding to a new geographic market
Engagement Signals
Competitor Engagement - Lead engaged with content from competitor companies
Engagement Pattern - Lead has high engagement on posts related to your category
Own Post Engagement - Lead engaged with YOUR posts (inbound signal). AutoReach detects likes, retweets, new follows (X) and reactions, comments, mentions of you, and new connections (LinkedIn)
Competitor Customer - Lead is a confirmed user of a competing product
Interaction Orbit - Lead suddenly starts engaging with multiple competitor or adjacent vendor accounts in a short time window, indicating active evaluation. See Account Signals for details
Hiring Signals
Hiring Activity - Company is actively hiring
Hiring Roles - Specific roles being hired for
Job Change Detected - Lead recently changed jobs (strong timing signal)
Role Tenure - How long the lead has been in their current role
New Hire - Lead started their current role recently
Custom Intent Signals
Beyond built-in signals, your Offer can define custom intent signals specific to your product. Specify keywords and phrases that your buyers use, and AutoReach monitors for mentions and factors them into scoring.
Offer Pain Match
AutoReach automatically checks if a lead's content matches your offer's pain points. If a lead posts about challenges you solve, it is detected as a pain match signal and boosts their intent score.
Industry and Classification
Industry Classification - Compared against your offer's target industries. A match increases fit
Competitor Employee - Lead works at a competing company. Scored as Poor Fit
Location Match
Lead's location compared against your preferred locations. The check method depends on your offer's location filter type: "lead" matches the lead's own location; "company_hq" matches the company's headquarters location.
How Signals Feed Scoring
Signals feed into the three scoring dimensions:
Fit: Industry match, role match, company size, location
Intent: Asking for recommendations, switching tools, complaints, pain point matches, competitor engagement, competitor customer status, interaction orbit clusters, custom intent signals
Timing: Job changes, new hires, funding, IPO filings, product launches, hiring activity
The more signals a lead has, and the stronger those signals are, the higher their scores.
Signal Recency
AutoReach continuously monitors for new signals. It periodically rechecks leads for job changes, new posts, and company activity. Recent signals carry more weight than older ones.
Viewing Lead Signals
In the lead profile, you can see:
All detected signals in the lead's signal summary
Intent strength (Extremely High, High, Moderate, Low) - an overall AI-assessed rating of buying intent
Account-level signals with individual strength ratings and dates
Raw activity (posts, comments, job changes)
Scoring Rules
AutoReach applies rules that override normal scoring:
Industry mismatch: If a lead is in the wrong industry, their fit score is reduced
Competitors: If a lead works at a competitor company, they are scored as Poor Fit with zeroed scores
Internal builders: If a lead is actively building an in-house solution that overlaps with what you sell (e.g., a CTO building their own AI platform when you sell AI tools), they're flagged as not a buyer (right company, wrong persona) and land in Poor Fit
Note: You can manually override scoring rules via the UI (set "Manual Outreach" state) if you want to reach someone despite these filters.
Lead Source Context
AutoReach automatically considers how a lead was discovered when scoring. A lead found by searching for your keywords carries inherent intent signal, while a CSV import or follower extraction starts with no intent signal. This happens automatically - no configuration needed.
Rescoring
You can rescore leads at any time by selecting them and running a rescore. This performs a full AI-powered analysis that examines the lead's entire profile, signals, and context.
Score Feedback
If you disagree with a lead's score, you can correct it directly. Open a lead's detail view and click:
Should be a buyer (thumbs up) - if the lead scored low but you believe they are a good fit
Should NOT be a buyer (thumbs down) - if the lead scored high but is not actually relevant
This opens the Offer Refinement flow. AutoReach analyzes why the score is off and suggests changes to your offer definition - adjustments to your target audience description, pain points, or ICP criteria. You can review and edit the suggestions before applying them. Once applied, the offer is updated and the lead is rescored.
This feedback loop improves scoring accuracy over time by aligning your offer definition with your real-world judgment.
Score Changes Over Time
Lead scores are not static. They update when:
New signals detected - Background activity fetch finds new posts/engagement
Job changes detected - Career moves update experience and timing
Offer redefined - You update your ICP, keywords, or target criteria
Manual rescore triggered - You explicitly request re-analysis
Re-engagement - Lead responds to your message
Best Practices
Tip: Your conversion rates will be highest with Active leads. Spend 80% of your effort on this list.
Tip: Your next batch of Active leads comes from the Emerging (Monitor) state. Check in weekly to see who got promoted.
Warning: A lead might be Poor Fit today and Active tomorrow if they change jobs or companies. Keep monitoring.
Tip: Use Manual Outreach strategically. It is powerful for high-value accounts, but do not overuse it.
Tip: Leads actively asking for recommendations or evaluating tools are significantly more likely to reply than those with no intent signal.
Tip: If you notice a certain phrase or pattern in conversations with buyers, add it as a custom signal. AutoReach will find more people with that pattern.
Next Steps
Account Signals: Interaction Orbit and company-level heat scoring
Auto-Enrollment: How Active leads get enrolled into sequences automatically
Finding Leads: Discover leads showing the signals that matter most
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