Intent strategy
ways to
optimize results
Cultivate prospect intent and energize prospecting efficiency, conversion yield, and pipeline velocity.
Redefine
propositional value
It’s not about features, benefits, or capabilities; it’s about what you can objectively help your prospects solve, achieve, or mitigate. We’ll help you take a deeper dive into their core challenges and effectively recenter your value thesis around them.
It’s not about features, benefits, or capabilities; it’s about what you can objectively help your prospects solve, achieve, or mitigate. We’ll help you take a deeper dive into their core challenges and effectively recenter your value thesis around them.
Focus on
the 3 Rs of intent
Prospect mindset conditions engagement. To trigger actionable intent, the framing of your solutions needs to be relevant to pain points; your value propositions relatable to identifiable aims; and your ideas resonant with daily realities.
Predispose
the behavioral Journey
Guiding prospects through a carefully mapped thought journey helps your frontline cultivate receptivity, shape reasoning, and predictably convert more top-of-funnel leads from tentative interest into viable opportunities.
Address
motivational dead zones
Address motivational
dead zones
Unspoken concerns can undermine conversion efficiency and keep seemingly motivated prospects in a neutral stance. Drawing on behavioral modeling, we’ll help you surface and resolve hidden objections before they disrupt momentum.
Unspoken concerns can stall a sales effort and keep seemingly motivated prospects in a neutral stance. Drawing on buyer behavior modeling, we’ll help you preemptively address unproductive perceptions hidden below the surface.
Contextualize
situational undercurrents
Contextualize undercurrents
Response decisions are often made within the context of shifting situational realities. We position you to leverage overlooked but significant latent undercurrents and engage markets on the right side of evolving circumstances.
Business decisions are often made within the context of shifting situational realities. We’ll show you how to leverage imperceptible but significant undercurrents and engage each target market on the right side of evolving circumstances.
Improve
segmentation positioning
Improve segmentation
positioning
Understanding the nuances of niche verticals is key to maximizing early receptivity. The more precisely you tailor your outreach strategy and framing to differentiated sub-segments, the more relevant you become to the overall space.
Pain points are great motivators but are no match to aspirational drivers. The pursuit of a better outcome invariably holds greater resonance and appeal than the resolution of an existing challenge.
Anchor
differentiation in value
Anchor differentiation
in real value
Differentiation rooted in market leadership, revenue size, or other superficialities is pointless. To move conversations forward, your frontline needs to focus on attributes that convey real client value and create meaningful competitive contrast.
Become
a success partner
Prospects aren’t interested in your solutions; they’re interested in accomplishing their goals. When your revenue team’s posture and priorities are centered on their success, it instantly transforms how it is perceived and trusted.
ways intent strategy
brings it home
Cultivate prospect intentionality and rethink what’s possible.





Sell smarter
Substitute
resistance with receptivity
Prospects are conditioned to push back on overt selling. By changing the strategy and context of its approach, your frontline creates the conditions for openness rather than resistance and responsiveness rather than disengagement.
Prospects are conditioned to push back on overt selling. By changing the strategy and context of its approach, your frontline creates the conditions for openness rather than resistance and responsiveness rather than disengagement.
Improve
conversation quality
It’s not just about having more conversations; it’s about having better conversations. Substantive interactions where prospects listen with greater intent, share challenges more willingly, and consider new ideas more readily.
Inspire
prospect reciprocity
Prospects react differently when an interaction feels social. The reciprocity principle is a well-documented dynamic in behavioral science. The instinct to reciprocate turns unproductive sales effort into engaged participation.
Catalyze
a more ambitious roadmap
Catalyze a more
ambitious roadmap
Strengthening strategic agility and organizational flexibility can have profound consequences. We’ll help you zero in on what lies around the bend, realign tactical planning from a new vantage point, and boldly remap your journey.
Pivot to meet the
path forward and
achieve beyond.
Uncover the right insights,
pivot to meet the path forward,
and achieve beyond.
Realign
organizational focus
The more dispersed and siloed your teams become, the more difficult it is for them to coalesce around new initiatives. To solidify directional cohesion, we’ll show you how to break down barriers, crystallize focus, and improve synergy.
Harness
transformative change
Make purposeful change happen and bring the future forward. When you uncover better ways to deliver value, empower your workforce, and heighten productivity, you unleash incalculable innovation, development, and growth potential.
Markinson has proven to be an indispensable strategy partner. Their invaluable insights have helped us notably accelerate our growth trajectory and become one of the west coast’s top security integrators. The perspective we gained through our working relationship has altogether changed the way we perceive and approach our market.
Dee Ann Harn
RFI