Find strategic accounts based on criteria

Find high-potential companies that perfectly match your target. This prompt helps you generate a shortlist of strategic companies based on precise business criteria. It helps you start a targeted outbound campaign, identify new segments or markets, and save time on manual prospecting.

When to use this prompt?

When you want to find prospects similar to your existing customers

To prepare an ABM (Account-Based Marketing) sequence

To identify high-potential accounts to prioritize

When starting a new outbound campaign

To discover new market segments

What this prompt helps you achieve

Start a targeted outbound campaign

Identify new segments or markets

Save time on manual prospecting

Focus on high-value accounts

Tips and mistakes to avoid

✓Do's

•Be specific about your ICP: 'SaaS with 50-200 employees' > 'tech companies'
•Include relevant tech stack keywords for better targeting
•Consider growth stage and funding status

✗Don'ts

•Don't be too broad → narrow down your criteria for better results
•Don't ignore geography → local companies often convert better

Prompt Template

This is the base template with placeholders. Replace the placeholders with your specific information:

You are a B2B growth strategist.
Your job is to generate a list of strategic accounts (companies) based on the following criteria:

- Ideal Customer Profile (ICP): {{icp_description}}
- Geography (optional): {{geography}}
- Growth Stage (optional): {{growth_stage}}
- Tech Stack (optional): {{tech_stack}}
- Other filters: {{other_filters}}

Provide:
- A short explanation of why each company is relevant
- 5 to 10 company names (public or private)

You can suggest tools or platforms to find them if real data isn't accessible.

Placeholder descriptions:

{{icp_description}}Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) - e.g., Series A SaaS startups in Europe with 20–200 employees

{{geography}}Geography - e.g., France, US West Coast

{{growth_stage}}Growth Stage - e.g., Seed, Series B+, Scale-up

{{tech_stack}}Tech stack (keywords) - e.g., HubSpot, Shopify, Snowflake, Kubernetes

{{other_filters}}Other filters or exclusions - Optional: industries to exclude, funding status, etc.

Example of generated prompt (final result)

Here's an example with filled-in values:

You are a B2B growth strategist.
Your job is to generate a list of strategic accounts (companies) based on the following criteria:

- Ideal Customer Profile (ICP): SaaS startups in scale phase with >50 employees, based in France
- Geography (optional): France
- Growth Stage (optional): Scale-up
- Tech Stack (optional): HubSpot, Segment
- Other filters: B2B SaaS companies

Provide:
- A short explanation of why each company is relevant
- 5 to 10 company names (public or private)

You can suggest tools or platforms to find them if real data isn't accessible.

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