Inbound Signup Expansion

When someone signs up on your site, this workflow scores them, finds additional contacts at high-fit companies, and routes them into manual or automated sequences based on tier.

OutcomeConverts inbound signups into multi-threaded pipeline by expanding coverage at high-fit accounts before they go cold.

OperationalTime to value: 2 to 3 weeks8 tools

How it flows

How it flows.

Source
Website Signup
Process
Account Enrichment
Process
Contact Enrichment
Process
Data Normalization
Agent
AI Qualification
Process
Lead Scoring
Output
Tier 1
Output
Tier 2
Output
Tier 3
Process
Find More Contacts
Output
Champions
Output
Decision Makers
Channel
Manual LinkedIn Outreach
Channel
Automated Email Sequences
Channel
Slack Reply Alerts
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    Build it, step by step

    Build it, step by step.

    1. 01

      Capture signup via webhook

      When a visitor submits your signup form, fire a webhook into Clay with name and email.

      • Add webhook endpoint to website signup form
      • Pass full name and email address as payload
      • Clay receives each signup in real time
    2. 02

      Enrich account and contact

      Use Clay enrichment providers to append company and person attributes for scoring.

      • Run account enrichment: industry, headcount, geography, funding
      • Run contact enrichment: job title, seniority, LinkedIn profile, work email
      • Store all enriched fields in standardized Clay columns
    3. 03

      Normalize columns

      Ensure all downstream scoring and routing logic reads from a consistent schema.

      • Create fixed columns: Company Name, Company LinkedIn URL, Headcount, Full Name, Job Title, Work Email, LinkedIn Profile URL
      • Map enrichment outputs into these columns
      • Handle nulls or malformed data with fallback logic
    4. 04

      AI qualification filter

      Use a ChatGPT prompt to disqualify signups that do not match ICP or role relevance.

      • Pass enriched company and role data into ChatGPT integration
      • Prompt checks: company ICP alignment and role relevance
      • Tag record as Qualified or Not Qualified
      • Stop workflow for Not Qualified records
    5. 05

      Score and tier leads

      Apply a formula in Clay that assigns a tier based on fit criteria.

      • Define scoring formula aligned to ICP: headcount, industry, seniority, geography
      • Assign Tier 1 (strong fit), Tier 2 (good fit), or Tier 3 (okay fit)
      • Store tier value in a dedicated column
    6. 06

      Find champions and decision makers at Tier 1 accounts

      For high-fit companies, use AI Ark, Clay, and Apollo to locate additional relevant contacts.

      • Run AI Ark contact finder for Tier 1 company LinkedIn URL
      • Fall back to Clay or Apollo if AI Ark returns no results
      • Filter by job title keywords and seniority level
      • Enrich contact email and LinkedIn profile for each result
    7. 07

      Manual outreach for Tier 1

      Route Tier 1 contacts into HeyReach for personalized LinkedIn messages based on signup context.

      • Push Tier 1 contact list to HeyReach
      • Personalize first message using signup data and enrichment fields
      • Rep reviews and approves each message before send
    8. 08

      Automated sequences for Tier 2 and Tier 3

      Send Tier 2 and Tier 3 contacts into Instantly email sequences tailored to fit level.

      • Push Tier 2 contacts to Instantly sequence A
      • Push Tier 3 contacts to Instantly sequence B
      • Each sequence uses ICP tier to adjust messaging and follow-up cadence
    9. 09

      Real-time reply alerts in Slack

      Post a Slack message when any contact replies, including name, company, tier, and reply text.

      • Connect HeyReach and Instantly to Slack via webhook or Zapier
      • Trigger notification on reply event
      • Include contact name, company, tier, and first 200 characters of reply
      • Route to #sales-alerts or equivalent channel

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