Inbound Sales: Enrich Contact Data and Qualify Leads

Business Goal: Request additional contact information to enrich data and qualify leads.

After collecting basic information, sales agents often need additional data about the lead for qualification purposes. Automated processes can be used to enrich data to provide further context about leads.

Benefits of Data Enrichment and Lead Qualification

Use data enrichment and lead qualification to:

Provide agents with more information and context about leads.
Qualify and prioritize leads.
Categorize leads for routing purposes.

Methods for Data Enrichment and Lead Qualification

Retrieve details about leads and qualify them by sending their identifiers to lead intelligence databases using a Workflow.
Enrich Data and Qualify Leads by asking a question with Workflows.
Enrich lead data by integrating with CRM and E-commerce software via Zapier.

Get Information from Lead Intelligence Software

Use this method when you want to retrieve lead qualifying information from a lead intelligence database or an external CRM.

This method is most commonly used by B2B businesses.

Method Objectives

Provide lead’s identifier to your database software.
Save retrieved information.
Record the data received in YesHello.
Set up an automated qualification process based on the data received.

Workflow Setup

Here’s an example of a Workflow using this method. You can adapt it based on your business needs.

Provide lead’s identifier to your database software

The HTTP Request step is used to retrieve additional Contact information from database software.

HTTP Request Step initial configuration

Select HTTP Request Step.
Use the GET method and enter the URL of your lead intelligence database. For this example, we're using Clearbit to search for a Contact by company email.
Lead the Body section blank as it's not necessary for a GET request.
Under Headers, fill in the necessary authentication key if it's required by the database software. This will vary depending on where you're sending the request.

Save retrieved information

Response Mapping is used to save the information you get from the lead intelligence database as a Variable. The Variable can later be used to update the Contact Field on respond.io. This example will show you how to save the EmployeeCount field as a Variable

Response Mapping configurationIn order to map the retrieved data, you'll need to know what the response looks like. The response code looks like this in Clearbit. It may be slightly different in other database software like ZoomInfo, but the process is similar. To see what your specific response looks like, send the request in Postman. 1. To find the company's employee count, look for Metrics and Employees.

2. In the HTTP Request configuration panel, expand the Response Mapping toggle, add $metrics.employees in the JSON Key field and give it a Variable name.

Record the data received in YesHello

Use Update Contact Field Step to automatically update a Contact’s data in YesHello. Here’s an example of how to update one field.

Update Contact Field configuration

Add Update Contact Field Step and select the field you want to save from the dropdown.
Input the field with the Variable from the Response Mapping section.

Set up automated qualification based on the data received

When you retrieve the data, use the Branch Step to make automated decisions that can be used to qualify leads. In the example, we’ll use the EmployeeCount field as the qualifying factor.

Lead qualification configuration

Add the Branch Step.
Select Variable from the first dropdown, the select the Variable name that was saved in the previous step as the Field, in this case, EmployeeCount.
For the Operator, select is greater than to get results of companies that have more than a certain number of employees. The Value is that number of employees.

Enrich Data and Qualify Leads by Asking a Question with Workflows

Use this method when you want to ask leads questions to gain additional qualifying information.

This additional information received can help you route leads to the next step in the qualification process.

Method Objectives

Gain further information about leads by asking a multiple choice or open-ended question.
Use the information gained from the questions to automate your lead qualification process.

Workflow Setup

There’s no limit to the number of questions you can add to a Workflow. For example, you can add an email question, then a multiple choice question, then an open-ended question.

Here’s a sample Workflow with some basic steps you can adapt for your business needs. We will show you one question for each example.

Ask a question to gain further information about leads

Ask a question to gain further information about leads

Use the Ask a Question Step to enrich your contact data. These are just examples of the types of questions you can ask.

Ask a Question Step for multiple choice questions configuration

Add Ask a Question Step and fill in the Question Text field.
Select Multiple Choice Question from the Question Type dropdown.
Add your answer options. Up to 10 answer options is possible.
Enable Save Response As Variable and name the Variable. This Variable will be used in the Branch Step of this Workflow.

Ask a Question Step for open-ended questions configuration

Select Text from the dropdown.
Enter the Question Text.
Enable Save Response As Variable and name the Variable. This Variable will be used in the Branch Step of this Workflow.

Use the information gained from the questions to qualify leads

Use the Branch Step to route leads to the next Workflow step based on their answers. In this example, we’re using the BudgetAmount Variable as a condition.

Branch Step configuration

Add the Branch Step.
Select Variable from the dropdown, then choose the previously saved Variable as the Field, in this case, BudgetAmount.
From the Operator dropdown, we're selecting is equal to. The Value is the budget amount the lead answers.