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I’ve been using Trigify.io for 1.5+ years now. Now, I’ve been tracking 25+ LinkedIn profiles on it, mostly for my clients. And one thing is very clear to me: Posting on LinkedIn isn’t the hard part.  Tracking what happens after is. Most people stop at “posting consistently”. That’s where the real problem starts. What usually goes wrong... 1. Everyone tries to create content for their ICP – very few do it consistently – even fewer attract the right people 2. Some posts get engagement – likes – comments – profile visits 3. And then… nothing – no tracking – no follow-up – no system That’s wasted INTENT. What actually works (when you track it): 1. Lead magnet → warm outbound → Post a lead magnet → Track who engages with it → Enrich those profiles → Use that list for outbound You’re no longer cold. You’re starting with context. 2. Competitor & creator engagement → Track engagement on competitor posts → Or people consistently posting in your niche → Scrape those interactions → Enrich the data Now you’re reaching out to people who are already active in the problem space. 3. Keyword-based intent signals (underrated) → Track engagement around keywords like:    ~ “intent signals”    ~ “GTM Engineer”    ~ “RevOps” → Build lead lists from those conversations → Reuse them for:    ~ outbound    ~ content ideas    ~ account research Same signal. Multiple plays. Why I’ve stuck with Trigify.io, it’s not because it’s flashy. But how it turns LinkedIn activity into usable intent. Post-level tracking. Profile-level monitoring. Keyword-level listening. And now, workflows make this operational. Instead of exporting data, stitching tools, and manually following up, you can: - track engagement - enrich profiles - route data where it needs to go - trigger next steps automatically They’ve also been adding integrations around enrichment, sequencing, and data sync, which makes these workflows practical in real GTM setups. But the core idea stays the same: If you’re already creating content and doing outbound, you should be tracking who’s raising their hand. Otherwise, you’re guessing. And guessing doesn’t scale. This is the difference between posting content and building a system. Do you actually know who’s engaging with your content?

Partnerships have a honeymoon period. But you can't build a successful partnership strategy that way. A successful partnership strategy can't survive on starry-eyed excitement. It needs consistent tracking, review, and adjustment. Setting up a routine for regular partnership reviews helps ensure that every partner continues to contribute value and align with your goals. Here’s a straightforward guide to establishing an effective review cadence: DURING MONTHLY CHECK-INS: Monitor Engagement and Pipeline Health: - Partner Engagement: Are partners actively promoting your solutions? Monitor how frequently partners engage, share leads, or collaborate on content. - Pipeline Health: Review the current status of partner-sourced leads. Are they progressing through the pipeline or stalling? This provides a pulse on lead quality and pipeline velocity. (Pro Tip: Use CRM dashboards to quickly visualize monthly trends. A partner falling behind in engagement or lead generation can be flagged for extra support before the issue impacts quarterly goals.) DURING QUARTERLY CHECK-INS (Quarterly Business Reviews or QBRs): Assess KPIs and impact: - Revenue Contribution: Track revenue from partner-sourced leads. Are partners contributing to target revenue goals? Compare this against previous quarters to detect any patterns. - Deal Velocity: Examine the average time for partner-sourced deals to close. Faster deal cycles may indicate strong alignment with your audience, while slower cycles could highlight areas for enablement improvement. - Retention and Renewals: Review retention rates for customers acquired through each partner. Higher retention often suggests the partner is bringing well-aligned, high-value leads. (Pro Tip: Share a summary of the QBR data with the broader team and executives. Keeping everyone informed boosts alignment across departments and reinforces the value of your partnerships.) DURING ANNUAL CHECK-INS (Annual Pipeline Audit): Evaluate & adjust long-term strategy - Trend Analysis: Review metrics like partner-sourced revenue, pipeline growth, and retention over the year. Look for trends that show which partnerships delivered consistent value and which may need reevaluation. - Resource Allocation: Identify high-impact partners and consider how to deepen those relationships. This could mean exclusive training, co-marketing, or more dedicated support to further accelerate growth. - Forecasting and Goal Setting: Use annual metrics to set achievable targets for the coming year. Which partner types or industries contributed the most? (Pro Tip: Use insights from the annual audit to adjust your Ideal Partner Profile and refine your partner strategy. Trends from a full year’s data will guide resource allocation and pinpoint where to focus for maximum impact.) Anything you'd add?

Likes and comments on LinkedIn matter—but they don’t tell the whole story. Here are the “less obvious” success metrics you should be tracking too: 🔹 1. Profile Views Per Post → A spike in profile views = people checking out who you are. → Are they in your target audience? If they're from random industries, your content might be too broad or irrelevant to your niche. 🔹 2. DMs & Connection Requests → Are people reaching out after your posts? That’s a sign your content is working. → But again, are they potential clients, partners, or industry peers? If most inbound messages are unrelated to your goals, you may need to refine your positioning. 🔹 3. Outbound Connection Acceptance Rate → If less than 40% of your connection requests are accepted (granted you're reaching out to your ICP), your profile might need work. → A high acceptance rate means your profile and content are aligned with your ideal audience. 🔹 4. Website Clicks & Email Sign-Ups → Are your posts leading people to your site or newsletter? → If not, you may need to rethink your content strategy. Some content grabs attention, some builds trust, and some drives action. If you're only creating engagement-focused posts, you're staying visible, but not turning that visibility into results. 🔹 5. Post Longevity → How long is your post staying in people’s feeds? → Posts that get engagement 48+ hours later signal strong content resonance. Pay attention and dissect what made them successful. 📌 Takeaway: Engagement matters, but it’s not just about likes and comments. The best posts spark interest, profile visits, DMs, and conversions. Are you tracking any of these?

Organizing Digital Innovation Festival was a journey full of insights and lessons. Through the series #DIFLessons, I'll be sharing the key takeaways we learned along the way—starting with the essentials of solid event planning. Here’s Lesson 1: 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 📅 For an event like DIF, early planning is crucial. Ideally, start at least 6 months ahead—if possible, begin right after the previous year’s event. Why? Because if you’re seeking international partners, speakers, or sponsors, timing is everything. 𝟭 — 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: Large companies and international organizations allocate budgets for the upcoming year by the end of the current one. Get on their radar early to secure a spot in their plans. 🎯 𝟮 — 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝘂𝗽: High-profile speakers—CEOs, international experts, or anyone you envision headlining your event—are often booked months in advance. Make sure your event date is set on their calendar at least 3 months before. 𝟯 — 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴: Schedule your event strategically. Avoid conflicting with major international events to keep your audience and potential speakers fully engaged. 📌 𝟰 — 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Engage with your audience early. Give participants and your target audience time to pencil in your event date. 🗓️ Even with meticulous planning, expect last-minute changes. Speakers may cancel, or schedules might shift. Always have backup plans and alternate speakers ready. 🔑 Key takeaway: Thoughtful planning doesn’t eliminate surprises, but it ensures you’re prepared to handle them. See you next week for Lesson 2 in #DIFLessons! S.T

Track customer UX metrics during design to improve business results. Relying only on analytics to guide your design decisions is a missed opportunity to truly understand your customers. Analytics only show what customers did, not why they did it. Tracking customer interactions throughout the product lifecycle helps businesses measure and understand how customers engage with their products before and after launch. The goal is to ensure the design meets customer needs and achieves desired outcomes before building. By dividing the process into three key stages—customer understanding (attitudinal metrics), customer behavior (behavioral metrics), and customer activity (performance metrics)—you get a clearer picture of customer needs and how your design addresses them. → Customer Understanding In the pre-market phase, gathering insights about how well customers get your product’s value guides your design decisions. Attitudinal metrics collected through surveys or interviews help gauge preferences, needs, and expectations. The goal is to understand how potential customers feel about the product concept. → Customer Behavior Tracking how customers interact with prototype screens or products shows whether the design is effective. Behavioral metrics like click-through rates and session times provide insights into how users engage with the design. This phase bridges the pre-market and post-market stages and helps identify any friction points in the design. →  Customer Activity After launch, post-market performance metrics like task completion and error rates measure how customers use the product in real-world scenarios. These insights help determine if the product meets its goals and how well it supports user needs. Designers should take a data-informed approach by collecting and analyzing data at each stage to make sure the product continues evolving to meet customer needs and business goals. #productdesign #productdiscovery #userresearch #uxresearch

I built a workflow that tracks companies engaging with our ads and automatically sends them an email. I use LinkedIn Ads as an intent signal, alongside other inbound-led outbound workflows: → Website visitors (RB2B) → LinkedIn post engagement (Trigify, Teamfluence) Here’s how it works: 1️⃣ Create targeted campaigns ↳ Seniority + Job Function (e.g., Directors+ in Sales) ↳ Job Titles (e.g., Head of Sales, CRO, VP of Sales) 2️⃣ Track engaged companies (using LinkedIn Ads data) ↳ If a company engages with my Director+ Sales campaign, I know it was senior sales leaders interacting. ↳ If a company engages with my Marketing campaign, I know it was Marketing leaders engaging. 3️⃣ Send the company list to Clay for qualification: ↳ Account scoring ↳ CRM lookup 4️⃣ Find the right people in those companies based on the campaign they engaged with: ↳ Identify decision-makers in Sales, Marketing, or other relevant departments. ↳ Cross-check their roles to match the campaign they engaged with. 5️⃣ Verify their emails & contact details 6️⃣ Create AI personalizations 7️⃣ Scale this across multiple campaigns ↳ Replicate the process for different departments. ↳ Each time, knowing exactly who likely engaged based on my targeting. Why this works: → Warm up accounts with ads before reaching out. → Gather real engagement data instead of relying solely on third-party intent signals. → Proactively build outbound campaigns with real-time insights. By adding LinkedIn Ads as an intent signal source, I don’t just wait for interest, I act on it. Comment if you'd like the full-res graphic 👇

Here's my Super Bowl planning playbook. I’ve planned dozens of special events. From National Special Security Events (NSSEs) to SEAR I-IV. Every event. Big or small. Hinges on key strategies that keep everything running smoothly. Working with the NFL is a positive experience. They often hire retired Feds who are pros. But I made life easier for myself with some small but deliberate steps. Here's how I helped turn the Super Bowl into a success for everyone. 1. Shadow the Event the Year Before 📌 For the LA Super Bowl, I shadowed the Tampa event the year before. 📌 Site visits, Zoom meetings, and 1-on-1 calls gave me firsthand insight into the biggest challenges. 📌 For one-time events (like a POTUS visit), connect with the lead agency and local jurisdiction early. A quick call can offer invaluable insights. 2. Get the Right People at the Table 📌I connected with the Federal Coordinator, private event POC, and key stakeholders at all levels. 📌 I followed up with emails to keep them updated, but I didn’t overshare. Stakeholders prefer relevant, actionable intel. 📌 Built a strong relationship with the event POC by grabbing a drink after the first walkthrough. 3. Respect Peoples' Time 📌 Local stakeholders juggle multiple roles. The Super Bowl is big, but they had other responsibilities. 📌 I only invited those who TRULY need to be in meetings or walkthroughs. 📌 Open invitations lead to burnout. Keep it tight & relevant. Not everything needs to be a meeting. Update POCs by email or one-on-one for significant updates. 4. Keep a Regular Meeting Rhythm 📌 I held a 30-minute monthly update call with ALL partners. 📌 It was predictable and kept everyone aligned. 📌 I simply briefed everyone in this meeting—no brainstorming or problem-solving. Participants included DHS, FBI, FEMA, ASPR, CDC. Local public health, law enforcement, fire, hospital systems. And several state agencies. 5. Work Happens in Micro-Groups 📌 Most work gets done in SMALL, focused groups. 📌 I kept working meetings to THREE people max. 📌 Afterward, I looped in others as needed. The more people involved, the harder it is to get things done. 6. Get POCs for Infrastructure Around your Operations 📌 Gather contacts for utilities, private security, and nearby building owners. 📌 Add these POCs to your phone. 📌 You might not need these POCs today, but when you do, it’s often urgent. 7. Build Relationships, Not Transactions 📌 Meet with key POCs one-on-one. 📌 Get them out of the office for coffee or happy hour. 📌 Use push-to-talk, text, phone calls—whatever it takes to stay in touch. Remember, this is a two-way relationship. Identify what matters to your partners. Focus on goals & challenges outside of the special event. Once they see that you truly care. And this isn't simply a transaction. You've got yourself a hell of a team.

If your CSM doesn't talk to the customer until implementation is done, you've already lost half the renewal. 𝟳𝟯% 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝟵𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀. I pulled this from our State of Retention report, and it tracks with what I saw at a $40M SaaS company last month. Their CSMs were running QBRs at 60 days like clockwork. But by then, half the at-risk accounts had already mentally checked out. Most CS teams don't have a system that flags when an account goes quiet in week 3. Or when a champion stops logging in. Or when adoption stalls before the first value milestone. So they default to calendar-based check-ins instead of signal-based intervention. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆: Some CS orgs don't even start the clock on check-ins until implementation is done! Yeah, I get it if it's a short little install, but if you've got a six-to-nine-month implementation, that means you're going half a year without a single strategy conversation. By the time the CSM shows up, the customer's already decided whether this was worth it. Here's what actually works: Build a 90-day early warning system that starts at contract signature: 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟏-𝟐: 𝐎𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 Did they complete setup? Hit first use case? Add team members? If no movement by day 10, trigger outreach. 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟯-𝟲: 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Track login frequency, feature adoption, support ticket volume. If engagement drops 40%+ week-over-week, flag it. 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟕-𝟏𝟐: 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭 Did they hit the outcome they bought for? If not, you're heading into renewal with a problem, not a relationship. This isn't theoretical. I've operationalized this exact workflow in HubSpot Service Hub for clients moving off Gainsight and ChurnZero. It runs automatically, no CSM lift required. What would you instrument first: onboarding velocity, engagement drop, or value realization? And if you're trying to build this in your CRM and want a second set of eyes on your setup, drop a comment or DM me "90-DAY" — I'll tell you what I'd change.

Here's everything you need to know about outbound signals in one post. What they are, how to track them, and when to reach out. I never send more than 10k emails a month for a client. Unless I want to spray and pray - which is the second thing I never do. Instead of spray-and-pray cold email, you reach out when prospects actually need you. Here's the framework that works: → Find relevant reasons to reach out → Re-engage dead leads at the perfect moment → Turn cold outreach into warm conversations → Time your pitch when they're ready to buy The 3 types of buying signals: 1. First-Party Signals Intent data from YOUR ecosystem. People already in your orbit taking action: → Website visitors (pricing page, case studies) → Content engagement (downloaded guides, webinar attendees) → LinkedIn profile visitors → Post engagement (comments, shares, likes) Tools that track this: • Website visitors: RB2B, Warmly, • LinkedIn tracking: Teamfluence™, Trigify.io • Engagement scoring: Clay workflows 2. Second-Party Signals Intent data from YOUR NETWORK. Prospects connected to your ecosystem: → Former colleagues at new companies → Past champions who switched jobs → Companies in your partner network → Prospects reading your G2 reviews Tools for this: • Job change alerts: UserGems 💎, Clay • Partner intelligence: Crossbeam, Reveal • Review engagement: G2 tracking 3. Third-Party Signals Public intent data showing buying readiness. External signals they're in market: → Funding announcements (Series A+) → Hiring spikes (3+ SDRs in 30 days) → New executive hires (VP Sales, CRO) → Office expansions (new locations) → Tech stack changes (added competitors) Tools for this: • Funding data: Crunchbase via Clay • Hiring signals: LinkedIn Sales Nav, Clay • Tech stack: BuiltWith enrichment • Custom research: Claygent, PhantomBuster The signal-to-outreach framework: Strong signal = immediate outreach VP of Sales hired + 5 open AE roles = ramp time pain Medium signal = nurture sequence Visited pricing page 3x = interested but not ready Weak signal = content first Downloaded guide = educate, then pitch in 2 weeks Pro tip: Stack multiple signals Single signal: 8-12% reply rate Stacked signals: 22-28% reply rate Example stack: → Raised Series B funding (third-party) → Hired new CRO (third-party) → Visited your website (first-party) → Former colleague works there (second-party) That's not cold email. That's a warm handoff. Our client results: Generic cold campaigns: 5-8% reply rate Signal-based campaigns: 18-25% reply rate Same ICP. Same product. Better timing. Most reps email when it's convenient for them. Winners email when prospects have budget and pain. Which buying signal drives your best conversations?