Updated September 2026 · Written and maintained by the Progression Agency strategy team
Most comparisons of B2B intent data providers rank vendors the author has not used against criteria the author has not defined. This one does something narrower and more useful: sixteen providers were checked on their own websites on 26 August 2026, and this page reports what each one publishes — what kind of data it sells, what it claims, and whether it states a price. Six of the sixteen publish a specific price. All six are website-visitor identification tools. Not one third-party intent data provider publishes one.
The short answerThere is no single best B2B intent data provider, because the sixteen products in this category are not the same product. They split into four types: first-party website-visitor identification, third-party co-op topic data, review-site intent, and bidstream. Start with first-party — it is the cheapest signal and the most certain, and entry pricing is published: RB2B from $79 a month, Dealfront from €79 a month billed annually, Factors from $199 a month. Move to third-party co-op data such as Bombora only when you need to see demand from accounts that have never visited you, and expect to go through a sales process to learn what it costs.
How this comparison was made, and what it does not claim
Answer first: every statement about a provider on this page was read from that provider’s own website on 26 August 2026. Nothing here is a test, a benchmark, a ranking or a measurement of performance, because performance in this category depends on your market, your list and your sales motion, none of which an outside party can see.
- Sample. Sixteen providers spanning all four data types, chosen because they appear repeatedly in this category’s search results and buyer shortlists.
- Source. Each provider’s own product or pricing page, fetched directly. Where a page returned an access block, that is stated rather than substituted with a third-party summary.
- What was recorded. The type of data sold, the claims the provider makes about its own coverage, and whether a specific price is published.
- What was not recorded. Data accuracy, match rate in practice, support quality, or any outcome. Those require an engagement to assess and this page does not pretend to have one.
- Relationships. Progression Agency has no affiliate arrangement, referral fee or commercial relationship with any provider named on this page.
- Ordering. Providers appear grouped by data type and alphabetically within each group, not ranked. A rank would imply a comparison that was not performed.
Prices change. Every figure here carries the date it was read. Check the provider’s own page before making a decision on the basis of any number below.
What B2B intent data actually is
Answer first: intent data is any signal suggesting that an organization is researching a problem you solve, before that organization contacts you. It is a prioritization input, not a lead.
The distinction that saves the most money
Research is not purchase intent. A company reading about warehouse automation may be building a business case, benchmarking a renewal, writing a student paper or idly curious. Treating a topic surge as a buying signal — and messaging it as though the account has raised a hand — is the single most common reason intent data programs fail.
What it is genuinely good for
- Ordering a list you already have. Which of your two thousand target accounts to call this week rather than next quarter.
- Suppressing waste. Turning off advertising against accounts showing no activity at all.
- Timing. Reaching a renewal window before an incumbent’s contract auto-renews.
- Expanding a target list. Finding organizations with the problem that were not on your list because they do not match your firmographic filter.
- Warming outbound. A first message that references a real, current problem outperforms one that references a headcount number.
What it is not good for
- Replacing a target account list. Intent data ranks a list; it does not build a market.
- Small total addressable markets. If your market is four hundred accounts, call them.
- Very long or very short sales cycles. Too long and the signal decays; too short and you would have found them anyway.
- Proving marketing worked. Attribution from an intent platform is the platform marking its own homework.
Why buyers search for “intent providers” and “intent provider”
Those two phrasings — intent providers, and the singular intent provider — are how most people arrive at this question, and they are ambiguous in a way that matters. Somebody typing “intent provider” might be looking for a third-party data supplier such as a co-op, a website-visitor identification tool, or the intent module inside a platform they already own. All three get described as an intent provider by the companies selling them. The four-way split below is the fastest way to work out which one you actually mean before you take a single sales call.
The four kinds of intent data, and why the category is confusing
Answer first: the sixteen providers below sell four genuinely different things. Comparing them against each other on price is meaningless until you know which of the four you are buying.
| Type | Where the signal comes from | Identifies | Typical strength | Typical weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-party website visitors | Your own site, resolved via an identity graph | Company, sometimes person | Certain — they came to you | Only sees people already aware of you |
| Third-party co-op | A pool of B2B publishers sharing consumption data | Company and topic | Sees demand you have no visibility into | Company-level, and topic is not purchase |
| Review-site intent | Category and comparison browsing on review platforms | Company, high intent | Late-funnel and specific | Only covers categories on that platform |
| Bidstream | Advertising auction request data | Company, inferred | Very high volume, low unit cost | Noisy, and privacy exposure is real |
Read that table before reading any vendor page. Almost every disappointed intent data buyer bought one type while expecting the strengths of another — most often buying co-op topic data and expecting the certainty of first-party visitor identification.
The pricing finding, stated plainly
Answer first: of the sixteen providers checked on 26 August 2026, six publish a specific price and ten do not. Every one of the six that does is a website-visitor identification tool. No third-party intent data provider in the sample publishes a price anywhere on its site.
This is not an accusation. Enterprise data genuinely is priced per deal, against volume, seats and activation channels. But it has a practical consequence a buyer should plan for: you cannot build a cost comparison across this category without entering a sales process with each vendor, which takes weeks. Budget the time, and start the conversations in parallel rather than in sequence.
Third-party and co-op intent data providers
Answer first: these providers see research happening across the wider B2B web, not on your site. That is their entire value and their entire limitation.
Bombora
Bombora sells third-party intent derived from a data co-operative of B2B publishers. Its own site describes it as “a data company, not a platform”, states that it tracks more than 21,600 intent topics, and says 86 per cent of the data in its co-op is shared exclusively with Bombora for the purposes of deriving intent. It publishes no price. Its data is also resold inside many other platforms, which is worth knowing before you buy the same signal twice.
Intentsify
Intentsify positions itself as a B2B intent data and activation platform, with an identity graph, buying-group intent, website visitor resolution and activation channels including advertising, lead generation and email. Its current site messaging leads on being “agent-ready” — intent as an input to automated go-to-market motions. No price is published.
TechTarget Priority Engine
TechTarget’s intent product draws on activity across its own network of technology publications, which makes it narrow by design and strong within that scope: if you sell enterprise technology, the audience is genuinely in-market. If you do not, the network does not cover your buyers. No price is published, and the product page moved during the period this page was researched, so check the current location on TechTarget’s own site.
What to ask any co-op provider
- Where does the data originate, specifically? A publisher co-op and a bidstream feed are not the same thing and should not be priced the same.
- How is the baseline calculated? Surge is measured against an account’s own normal activity, so ask what period defines normal.
- How often does it refresh? Weekly data is common and ages badly against a fast sales motion.
- Is this data also resold inside platforms I already own? Frequently it is.
- What is the minimum contract, and what happens to the historical data when I leave?
ABM platforms that include intent
Answer first: these are not intent data providers that grew a platform; they are platforms that absorbed intent as one scoring input among several. Buy them for the platform, not for the signal.
6sense
6sense sells an account-based platform with intent as a component, positioning itself around predicting which accounts are in-market and orchestrating advertising and sales action against them. Its site returned an access block to direct fetching on the date of this research, so the description here is limited to its public positioning and no claim figure is reproduced. No price is published.
Demandbase
Demandbase sells an ABM platform covering account identification, advertising, sales insight and measurement, with intent data as one of the signal types feeding account prioritization. Its site carries a pricing section but no specific figure on the page checked.
Whether a platform is the right purchase at all
A platform is worth it when several teams will act on the same account view — marketing running advertising, sales working accounts, and operations reporting on both. It is a poor purchase when one person wants a list of companies that visited the website, which is a far cheaper problem.
Sales intelligence databases that sell intent alongside contacts
Answer first: these are contact databases first. Intent is an add-on, and its quality varies more than the contact data does.
Apollo.io
Apollo sells a sales intelligence and engagement platform with a large contact database, and publishes pricing publicly including a credit-based model — its terms reference a $0.025 per-credit figure in the context of unlimited-plan limits. Intent is one of several signal types rather than the core product.
Cognism
Cognism sells B2B contact and company data with a strong European focus and markets a signal-data product for identifying ready-to-buy prospects. Its site has a pricing page but publishes no figure on it. Its compliance positioning is more prominent than most, which matters if your buyers are in the EU or UK.
ZoomInfo
ZoomInfo sells a large contact and company database with an intent product attached. Its site returned an access block to direct fetching on the date of this research; a free trial is referenced in its public pages. No price is published.
Review-site intent
Answer first: this is the most specific intent signal available and the narrowest. It tells you someone compared you against a named competitor, in your category, this week.
G2 Buyer Intent
G2 sells buyer intent based on activity within its own review and comparison categories. The signal is late-funnel by nature: someone reading a comparison grid is further along than someone reading a blog post about the problem. Its pricing page returned an access block on the date of this research and no figure is reproduced here. The obvious limitation is scope — it sees only what happens on G2, so if your category is thinly covered there, the signal is thin too.
How to use review-site intent well
- Treat a competitor-comparison view as a sales trigger, not a marketing one. It is too late for a nurture sequence.
- Make sure your own profile is complete and current before you buy the signal. Buying traffic data for a page that undersells you is an expensive way to lose deals.
- Check category coverage first. Ask how many organizations viewed your specific category last quarter.
Website visitor identification: the first-party category
Answer first: this is where most companies should start. It is the cheapest signal, the most certain, and it is the only part of this category where pricing is published openly.
Common Room
Common Room aggregates signals across community, social and product surfaces alongside website activity. Its pricing page publishes an Essential plan at $2,500 a month billed annually, including five seats, up to 100,000 contacts, 5,000 research credits and 2,500 prospector credits. That makes it one of the few products in this category you can budget for without a sales call.
Dealfront (Leadfeeder)
Dealfront, which operates Leadfeeder, identifies companies visiting your website and publishes a full price list in euros. The tiers read: Lite at €0 and described as free forever; Discover from €79 a month billed annually, or €113 monthly; Activate from €369 a month billed annually, or €527 monthly; and Scale at €599 a month, billed annually only. Every paid tier carries a fourteen-day free trial and all tiers list unlimited users. Its European data-protection positioning is more prominent than most of this group, which matters if your visitors are in the EU.
Factors.ai
Factors publishes both a self-serve and an annual price list: a Lite tier free to try then $199 a month, a Basic tier at $6,000 a year, a Growth tier at $20,000 a year and an Enterprise tier from $30,000 a year. It positions around account identification plus analytics, which makes it a reasonable middle option between a pure visitor-ID tool and a full platform.
Koala
Koala sells website visitor identification and account scoring for sales teams. Its pricing page advertises a free plan but publishes no figure for its paid tiers on the page checked.
Lead Forensics
Lead Forensics is one of the longest-established products in this category, identifying B2B website visitors and routing them to sales with alerting and CRM integrations. It has a pricing page but publishes no figure on it.
RB2B
RB2B publishes the most granular price list of the sixteen. Its own pricing page lists a free tier at $0 a month with company-level identification only and 150 monthly resolutions; a Starter tier at $79 a month with 300 monthly resolutions; and higher tiers from $149 and $199 a month. It states overage rates of 45 cents and 25 cents per resolution depending on tier, additional domains at $99 a month for up to five, and — importantly — that contact-level site identification is United States only. It publishes its own coverage as 15 to 20 per cent on lower tiers and 35 per cent higher up, which is a more honest number than most of this category prints anywhere.
Warmly
Warmly publishes annual and quarterly pricing across three tiers: AI Web-Deanonymization from $10,000 a year or $4,875 a quarter; Inbound Chat from $20,000 a year or $6,500 a quarter; and AI Inbound Autopilot from $30,000 a year or $9,750 a quarter. All tiers are listed from 10,000 credits a month, and its page advertises a 30 per cent saving for annual billing.
Person-level versus company-level identification
Answer first: company-level tells you an organization visited. Person-level attempts to tell you which individual. The second is far more useful, considerably more expensive, geographically limited, and carries obligations the first does not.
| Company-level | Person-level | |
|---|---|---|
| What you learn | An organization visited, and which pages | Which individual visited, often with contact details |
| Typical method | Reverse IP and firmographic matching | Identity graph matching against known profiles |
| Geographic coverage | Broad | Much narrower; often US-focused |
| Typical match rate claimed | Varies widely by vendor | Lower, and stated less often |
| Privacy obligations | Lower | Materially higher, especially under GDPR |
| Good for | Prioritizing accounts and advertising | Direct sales outreach |
| Published entry price | From about $79 a month | Usually higher, often not published |
The conclusion to draw: if your buyers are outside the United States, ask about person-level coverage in your specific markets before you assume it exists. RB2B, for example, states plainly on its own pricing page that contact-level identification is United States only.
Match rates, and the question that exposes a weak one
Answer first: a match rate is meaningless without its denominator. Ask “of what?” and “measured how?” before accepting any percentage.
- Of all traffic, or of business traffic? Excluding consumer ISPs, bots and known crawlers first makes any rate look far better.
- Of unique visitors, or of sessions? Sessions inflate the number.
- Matched, or matched and usable? A match to a holding company you cannot sell to is not a match for your purposes.
- Measured over what period? A rate from a single strong month is not a rate.
- In which countries? A global average hides a poor rate in the market you sell into.
Privacy: the part of this decision that is not a marketing decision
Answer first: person-level identification of website visitors is a data protection question before it is a marketing question, and it is governed differently depending on where your visitors are. This page is not legal advice and cannot be; get your own counsel before deploying person-level resolution.
- Ask what the lawful basis is for identifying an individual who has not identified themselves, in each market you operate in.
- Get a data processing agreement in place before the pilot, not before the renewal.
- Check what your privacy policy says today. Many do not disclose visitor identification at all, which is a problem the day someone asks.
- Consider the commercial risk separately. Some buyers react badly to being contacted about a page they read anonymously, whatever the legal position.
- Document the decision. Both regulators and enterprise procurement teams ask about this later, and “the vendor said it was fine” is not a record.
What intent data actually costs, all in
Answer first: the license is rarely the largest cost. Integration, the person working the signal, and the advertising or outreach it triggers usually exceed it in the first year.
| Line | Typical range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Data or tool license | $950 – $30,000+/yr | The only line most buyers budget for |
| Implementation and CRM integration | $0 – $15,000 | Zero on self-serve tools; real on platforms |
| The person working the signal | 0.25 – 1.0 FTE | The line that decides whether any of it works |
| Advertising activated against the signal | Varies widely | Optional, and easy to overspend early |
| Content built for the flagged accounts | $3,000 – $20,000 | Generic content wastes a good signal |
| Reporting and analysis | 0.1 FTE | Someone has to read it monthly or it stops mattering |
The conclusion: a $79 a month tool with nobody assigned to it costs more than a $30,000 platform with a named owner, because the first produces nothing at all.
A sixty-day pilot that produces a real answer
Answer first: pick one use case, instrument it into the CRM, give one named person the accounts, hold a control group, and decide on day sixty against a number you wrote down on day one.
The control group people skip, and should not
Hold back a comparable set of accounts that the flagged-account motion does not touch. Without it you cannot separate the effect of the data from the effect of a rep suddenly paying attention, and that distinction is the whole question.
Getting the signal into the CRM without a project
- One field. Resist a scoring model in month one; a date-stamped flag is enough to run the pilot.
- One alert channel. A shared channel the assigned rep actually reads, not an email nobody opens.
- One view. A saved list of flagged accounts, ordered by recency.
- One owner. Named, with the accounts assigned to them and removed from everyone else’s queue.
- One weekly review. Fifteen minutes, looking at what happened to the flagged accounts.
Using intent data with paid media
Answer first: the highest-return use of intent data in advertising is usually suppression, not targeting — turning spend off against accounts showing nothing, rather than turning it up against accounts showing something.
- Audience sizes collapse fast when you filter to in-market accounts. Check the size before building the campaign, not after.
- Frequency matters more than reach on a small in-market list. Plan for it.
- Creative for a flagged account should reference the problem, not the product category.
- Measure against pipeline from the flagged list, not against platform-reported conversions.
More on structuring the media side in our guide to digital advertising and, for the B2B specifics, B2B SaaS marketing.
Intent data for agencies buying on behalf of clients
Answer first: check the contract terms on multi-client use before you build a service around any of these tools. Several are licensed per domain, and the additional-domain pricing is where an agency program becomes uneconomic.
- RB2B publishes additional domains at $99 a month for up to five, which is unusually clear for this category.
- Dealfront markets an agency solution explicitly, which at least means the use case is contemplated in the commercial terms.
- Ask who owns the data at the end of a client relationship — the agency, the client, or neither.
- Price the labor, not the license. The client is buying a motion, and the tool is the cheapest part.
Which provider category fits which situation
| If this is your situation | Start here | Why | What to avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 50 staff, some inbound traffic | Website visitor ID | Cheapest, most certain, published pricing | A platform you will not staff |
| Large target list, no idea who is active | Third-party co-op | Sees demand you cannot | Treating topic surge as purchase intent |
| You sell into a category well covered by review sites | Review-site intent | Late-funnel and specific | Buying it before your profile is strong |
| Several teams acting on one account view | ABM platform | Orchestration is the actual product | Buying it for the intent signal alone |
| You sell enterprise technology | A publisher-network product | Genuine audience overlap | Assuming coverage outside technology |
| Buyers mostly outside the United States | Company-level, EU-focused vendors | Person-level coverage is thinner | Assuming US coverage claims transfer |
| Market under 400 accounts | No intent data at all | Call them | Paying to prioritize a list you can read |
All sixteen providers, side by side
Answer first: this table is the whole comparison in one place. It records only what each provider publishes about itself, read on 26 August 2026. Blank pricing means the provider publishes no figure, not that the product is expensive or cheap.
| Provider | Primary data type | Publishes a price? | What it publishes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo.io | Sales intelligence with signals | Yes | Public plans; terms reference $0.025 per credit |
| Bombora | Third-party co-op | No | 21,600+ intent topics; 86% of co-op data exclusive |
| Cognism | Sales intelligence with signals | No | Pricing page exists; no figure published |
| Common Room | First-party plus community signal | Yes | Essential $2,500/mo annually, 5 seats, 100k contacts |
| Dealfront (Leadfeeder) | First-party website visitors | Yes | Lite €0; Discover €79/mo; Activate €369/mo; Scale €599/mo |
| Demandbase | ABM platform with intent | No | Pricing section; no figure on the page checked |
| Factors.ai | First-party plus analytics | Yes | Lite $199/mo; Basic $6k/yr; Growth $20k/yr; Enterprise from $30k/yr |
| G2 Buyer Intent | Review-site intent | No | Pricing page returned an access block |
| Intentsify | Third-party plus activation | No | Identity graph, buying-group intent, visitor resolution |
| Koala | First-party website visitors | No | Free plan advertised; no paid figure published |
| Lead Forensics | First-party website visitors | No | Pricing page exists; no figure published |
| RB2B | First-party, person-level | Yes | $0 / $79 / from $149 / from $199 per month; US-only contact ID |
| 6sense | ABM platform with intent | No | Site returned an access block to direct fetching |
| TechTarget | Publisher-network intent | No | Product page moved during research |
| Warmly | First-party website visitors | Yes | $10k / $20k / $30k per year; quarterly options published |
| ZoomInfo | Sales intelligence with intent | No | Free trial referenced; site returned an access block |
The conclusion the table supports: pricing transparency in this category tracks product type almost perfectly. Self-serve visitor-identification tools publish; enterprise data and platforms do not.
Glossary: the terms vendors use to mean different things
Answer first: several words in this category mean materially different things depending on who is using them. Establishing definitions on the first call prevents a bad purchase.
| Term | What it should mean | How it gets stretched |
|---|---|---|
| Intent | Research activity above an account’s baseline | Used to imply a decision has been made |
| Signal | Any observed behavior | Used for anything, including firmographic filters |
| Identified visitor | Resolved to an organization or person | Sometimes means an IP guess with low confidence |
| Buying group | Multiple people at one account researching | Sometimes means one person plus job-title inference |
| Coverage | Share of your traffic the tool can resolve | Quoted against a filtered denominator |
| In-market | Showing surge across relevant topics | Applied to any account above a low threshold |
| Real-time | Available within minutes | Sometimes means daily batch |
| First-party | From your own properties | Sometimes used for licensed data you did not collect |
Getting the data in: integration options compared
Answer first: the integration you choose decides whether anyone acts on the signal. A dashboard is the weakest option and the most commonly chosen.
| Delivery method | Effort | Likelihood anyone acts | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor dashboard only | None | Low | Evaluating during a trial |
| Email digest | Low | Low to medium | A single owner who reads email |
| Slack or Teams alert | Low | High | A rep working accounts daily |
| CRM field plus saved view | Medium | High | Any program past the pilot |
| CRM workflow with task creation | Medium to high | Highest | A team with real process discipline |
| Reverse ETL into the warehouse | High | Depends | Companies with an analytics team |
| Advertising audience sync | Medium | N/A — different use | Suppression and targeting |
The conclusion: choose the Slack alert plus a CRM field for the pilot. It is cheap, it takes days rather than weeks, and it is enough to answer the question you are actually asking.
Intent data versus the alternatives for the same budget
Answer first: intent data competes for budget with things that create demand rather than prioritize it. If you cannot see enough demand to prioritize, buy the other thing.
| Option | What it does | Works when | Fails when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intent data subscription | Prioritizes accounts | You have a large target list and traffic | Nobody knows you exist |
| Content and organic search | Creates awareness and demand | You can wait two quarters | You need pipeline this month |
| Paid search | Captures existing demand | People search for your category | Your category has no search volume |
| A part-time SDR | Works a list directly | The list is good and small | The list is cold and huge |
| Website and conversion work | Converts traffic you already have | Traffic exists but does not convert | Traffic is genuinely too low |
| Review-site presence | Wins late-funnel comparisons | Your category is covered there | Category coverage is thin |
Signals you already own and are probably not using
Answer first: before buying any signal, check the ones you already have. Most companies have three or four unused and free.
| Signal | Where it lives | What it tells you | Why it goes unused |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing page visits | Your analytics | Late-stage evaluation | Not connected to the CRM |
| Repeat visits from one company | Your analytics or visitor tool | Active research | Nobody looks weekly |
| Documentation and support traffic | Your help center | Existing customers evaluating expansion | Owned by a different team |
| Email engagement spikes | Your marketing platform | Renewed attention at a dormant account | Buried in campaign reporting |
| Search Console queries | Google Search Console | What problems people bring to you | Treated as an SEO tool only |
| Lost-deal accounts revisiting | CRM plus analytics | A previous decision being revisited | No trigger set up |
The conclusion: run this list before spending anything. If several of these are unconnected, the cheapest improvement available to you is plumbing, not data.
What this page deliberately does not tell you
- Which provider is most accurate. That requires running them side by side on the same traffic, which we have not done and would need to disclose in full if we had.
- What you will actually pay. Ten of the sixteen publish nothing, and the six that do publish entry tiers that negotiate.
- Whether it will work for you. That depends on your market size, sales motion and whether one person is genuinely assigned to it.
- Which provider we prefer. We have no affiliate relationship with any of them and no basis for a preference we could defend.
What to ask on every vendor call
- Which of the four data types am I buying, and which am I not?
- Where does the underlying data originate?
- What is the match rate, of what denominator, measured over what period, in which countries?
- Is person-level identification included, and in which markets?
- How often does the data refresh?
- Does this data also appear inside tools I already pay for?
- What does implementation involve, and who does it?
- What is the minimum term, and what is the notice period?
- What happens to the historical data when I leave?
- Can I run a paid sixty-day pilot with a defined success measure before an annual commitment?
The mistakes that waste the most money in this category
| Mistake | Why it costs money | Instead |
|---|---|---|
| Buying co-op data before using your own site data | You pay for reach you cannot yet act on | Start first-party; it is cheaper and more certain |
| No named owner | The signal lands somewhere nobody reads | One person, one list, one weekly review |
| Treating topic surge as a raised hand | Messaging lands as creepy and premature | Message the problem, not the visit |
| No control group in the pilot | You cannot tell data from attention | Hold back a comparable set of accounts |
| Annual contract before a pilot | You learn the answer after you are committed | Paid pilot with a written success measure |
| Ignoring the privacy question | It surfaces during enterprise procurement | DPA and counsel before deployment, not after |
| Buying a platform to solve a list problem | Ten times the cost for the same outcome | Match the product type to the actual problem |
How this fits a wider B2B program
Answer first: intent data improves the efficiency of demand you already generate. It does not generate demand. If your pipeline problem is that too few people know you exist, this category is the wrong purchase and content, search and paid media are the right ones.
Related reading: B2B SaaS marketing, B2B social media, performance marketing and how agency pricing works.
What we would do first, if this were our budget
- Install a self-serve website visitor identification tool on a free or entry tier and look at the data for thirty days before spending anything else.
- Work out whether the accounts appearing are already in your CRM. Usually most of them are, which changes the whole argument.
- Assign one rep and run the sixty-day pilot with a control group.
- Only then, if the constraint is genuinely that you cannot see demand from accounts that have never visited you, open conversations with the co-op providers.
- Budget the person before the license.
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Background reading in video, from the people who publish the platforms
Publicly available talks from Google Ads, Think with Google, Ad Age, HubSpot, Ahrefs and Neil Patel on measurement, attribution and budget — the disciplines that decide whether an intent program can be evaluated at all. None of these are ours; each is credited to its channel by name and upload date, every identifier was verified live before publication, and each tile loads its player only on click.
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Getting found in search
AI, AEO and what is changing
Paid media and lead generation
Websites and design
Choosing and working with an agency
Social, content and brand
By industry and by situation
- Starting a graphic design business
- Sales personality types
- Retail competitive analysis
- What is product mix?
- What is BNI?
- When your market shifts
- Virtual conference best practices
- Landscaping profit margins
- Landscaping business structure
- Landscaping marketing
- Pest control marketing
- Nonprofit marketing
- How to get more customers
- Marketing ideas for small business
- Marketing plan template
- Roofing marketing agency
- Marketing agency for contractors
- Landscaping marketing agency
- Auto dealer marketing agency
- Med spa marketing agency
- Chiropractic marketing agency
- Marketing agency for accountants
- Restaurant marketing agency
- Tech marketing agency
- Cannabis marketing agency
- Real estate marketing agency
- Medical marketing agency
- SEO agency Los Angeles
- SEO company in Seattle
- Kitchen remodeling marketing
- Bathroom remodeling marketing
- Bathroom remodeling leads
- What does a PR firm do?
- Jewelry marketing agency
- What is a sizzle reel?
- B2B PR agency
- Data center marketing
- Credit union marketing agency
- Marketing agency in Detroit
- Google Business Profile optimization
- Google Business Profile logo size
- SEO for plastic surgery practices
- Hotel SEO and direct bookings
- SEO agencies in Florida
- What is considered a small business?
- Digital marketing agency in Los Angeles
- Marketing agency in Columbus, Ohio
- Film production company
- SEO myths
- Brand activation
- Experiential marketing, Los Angeles
- Web design in Columbus, Ohio
- Marketing agency in Charleston, SC
- Logo design in Nashville
- Shopify jewelry stores
- What makes a small business website work
- What is a burner account?
- Car videography and cinematography
- How often to post on social media
- Digital marketing in Sarasota
- Marketing agencies in Atlanta
- Squarespace templates explained
- Contractor leads in Colorado
- SEO company in Washington DC
- Google Business Profile verification
- Law firm video production
- Press release examples
- Advertising agency in Raleigh NC
- WordPress developers in NYC
- PR firms in Austin, Texas
- SEO in Portland, Oregon
- Houston ad agencies
- B2B SaaS marketing agency
- Cybersecurity marketing agency
- Marketing for home builders
- How to start a landscaping business
- Oregon business licensing
- Landscaping contract template
- Attracting high-income clients
- Human Design coaching explained
Frequently asked questions
What is the best B2B intent data provider?
How much does B2B intent data cost?
Which intent data providers publish their pricing?
What is the difference between first-party and third-party intent data?
Is intent data worth it for a small business?
What is a data co-op in intent data?
What is bidstream intent data and should I avoid it?
Does intent data actually mean someone wants to buy?
What is a good match rate for website visitor identification?
Can intent data identify individual people, not just companies?
Is person-level website visitor identification legal?
How long before intent data produces pipeline?
Do I need an ABM platform or just an intent data feed?
Is G2 Buyer Intent different from other intent data?
Can an agency buy intent data on behalf of clients?
Should I buy intent data or fix my website first?
How often does intent data refresh?
What does an intent data program cost in total, not just the license?
Am I buying the same data twice?
What should I ask for in a pilot?
Does intent data work outside the United States?
What is the difference between intent data and lead scoring?
How many accounts should be flagged in a typical month?
Which is better, Bombora or a website visitor tool?
Do these providers offer free trials?
What happens to my data if I cancel?
Is intent data useful for very long sales cycles?
Should intent data change my advertising, my outreach, or both?
Sources and further reading
- Google Search Essentials — SEO starter guide
- Google: creating helpful, reliable, people-first content
- Google: intro to structured data
- Google: LocalBusiness structured data
- Google: FAQPage structured data
- Google: Article structured data
- Google: Product structured data
- Google: title links in search results
- Google: control your snippets
- Google: robots.txt introduction
- Google: sitemaps overview
- Google: consolidate duplicate URLs
- Google: redirects and Search
- Google: JavaScript SEO basics
- Google: multi-regional and multilingual sites
- Google Search Central Blog
- Google: get started with Search Console
- Google: how local search results are determined
- Google Business Profile: prohibited and restricted content
- Google Business Profile: address and service area guidelines
- Google Business Profile: review policy
- Google Business Profile: add or edit categories
- Google Ads: location targeting settings
- Google Ads: about negative keywords
- Google Ads: about Quality Score
- Google Ads: importing offline conversions
- Google Ads: about Smart Bidding
- Google Ads: about Performance Max
- Google Local Services Ads: eligibility and screening
- Google Ads: keyword match types
- Google Analytics 4: about conversions
- Google Analytics 4: attribution models
- web.dev: Core Web Vitals explained
- web.dev: Largest Contentful Paint
- web.dev: Cumulative Layout Shift
- web.dev: Interaction to Next Paint
- Google PageSpeed Insights
- Google Rich Results Test
- Google Search Console
- W3C Markup Validation Service
- Schema.org: LocalBusiness type
- Schema.org: Service type
- Schema.org: FAQPage type
- Schema.org: HowTo type
- W3C: WCAG 2.2 quick reference
- US Census Bureau QuickFacts: New Jersey
- US Census Bureau: American Community Survey
- US Census: Statistics of US Businesses
- Bureau of Labor Statistics: New Jersey data
- BLS: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
- NJ Department of Labor: labor market information
- New Jersey Business Action Center
- US Small Business Administration: New Jersey district
- USA.gov: business resources
- FTC: CAN-SPAM Act compliance guide
- FCC: telemarketing and robocall rules (TCPA)
- FTC endorsement guides — reviews and testimonials
- FTC: rule on consumer reviews and testimonials
- HHS: HIPAA guidance on online tracking technologies
- New Jersey Courts: attorney advertising guidelines
- New Jersey DCA: construction codes and permits
- New Jersey Home Improvement Contractor registration
- New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs
- TikTok for Business
- TikTok Creative Center
- TikTok Ads Help Center
- TikTok Community Guidelines
- TikTok Terms of Service
- TikTok Privacy Policy
- TikTok Safety Center
- TikTok Transparency Center
- TikTok Creator Portal
- TikTok Newsroom
- TikTok for Developers
- TikTok advertising solutions
- TikTok Creator Marketplace
- TikTok Business Center
- TikTok for Business blog
- TikTok Creative Center: top ads
- TikTok Branded Content policy
- TikTok Shop for sellers
- Instagram for Business
- Instagram for Creators
- Instagram Help Center
- About Instagram
- Meta Business Suite
- Meta Business Help Center
- Meta Transparency Center
- About Meta
- Meta: Instagram platform docs
- YouTube Creators
- YouTube Official Blog
- YouTube Shorts help
- How YouTube Works
- YouTube Studio
- LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
- LinkedIn Help
- Pinterest Business
- Pinterest Business Help
- Snapchat for Business
- X for Business
- Reddit communities
- Reddit for Business Help
- ASCAP
- BMI
- SESAC
- Global Music Rights
- PRS for Music (UK)
- PPL (UK)
- SOCAN (Canada)
- APRA AMCOS (Australia)
- GEMA (Germany)
- SACEM (France)
- SIAE (Italy)
- JASRAC (Japan)
- IFPI
- RIAA
- National Music Publishers Association
- Harry Fox Agency
- SoundExchange
- Music Reports
- Epidemic Sound
- Artlist
- Soundstripe
- PremiumBeat
- AudioJungle
- Free Music Archive
- Creative Commons
- Incompetech
- FTC: advertising and marketing
- FTC: disclosures 101
- FTC: endorsement guides
- FTC: consumer reviews rule
- FTC: advertising FAQs
- US Copyright Office
- US Copyright Office: DMCA
- US Copyright Office: music FAQ
- US Copyright Office: fair use FAQ
- USPTO: trademarks
- UK Advertising Standards Authority
- ACCC (Australia)
- Competition Bureau Canada
- GDPR overview
- California Consumer Privacy Act
- COPPA
- FTC: children’s privacy
- W3C Web Accessibility Initiative
- W3C: WCAG
- W3C: captions
- W3C: making audio and video accessible
- ADA.gov
- WebAIM
- Epilepsy Foundation
- Pew Research: internet and technology
- DataReportal
- US Census Bureau
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Interactive Advertising Bureau
- Think with Google
- Google Trends
- Nielsen insights
- Schema.org: VideoObject
- Schema.org: SocialMediaPosting
- Schema.org: MusicRecording
- Schema.org: HowTo
- Schema.org: FAQPage
- Schema.org: Organization
- Google: video best practices
- Google: video structured data
- CapCut
- Adobe Premiere Rush
- DaVinci Resolve
- Canva
- Descript
- VEED
- Kapwing
- Otter.ai
- Later
- Buffer
- Hootsuite
- Sprout Social
- Google Analytics
- Google Search Console
- Google Analytics developer docs
- GA4: events and conversions
- Matomo
- Plausible Analytics
- Similarweb
- UK Information Commissioner’s Office
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
- Australian OAIC
- European Data Protection Board
- EU data protection
- EU Digital Services Act
- Ofcom
- FCC
- AIGA
- Nielsen Norman Group
- Smashing Magazine
- web.dev
- MDN: web media
- MDN: the video element
- ISO 21001 (reference)
- Buma/Stemra (Netherlands)
- STIM (Sweden)
- Teosto (Finland)
- Koda (Denmark)
- TONO (Norway)
- IMRO (Ireland)
- SGAE (Spain)
- ZAiKS (Poland)
- KOMCA (South Korea)
- MCSC (China)
- CISAC
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- TikTok: creating videos
- TikTok: exploring videos
- TikTok: privacy settings
- TikTok: growing your audience
- TikTok Creator Academy
- TikTok Effect House
- TikTok for small business
- Instagram: Reels help
- YouTube: Shorts best practice
- How YouTube recommends
- Pinterest Predicts
- Snapchat for Business
- Hootsuite blog
- Social Media Examiner
- Marketing Week
- Adweek
- Bombora
- 6sense
- Demandbase
- ZoomInfo
- Cognism — signal data
- Intentsify
- G2 Buyer Intent — pricing
- TechTarget
- Dealfront — pricing
- Leadfeeder — pricing
- Lead Forensics
- RB2B — pricing
- Warmly — pricing
- Factors.ai — pricing
- Koala — pricing
- Common Room — pricing
- Apollo.io — pricing
- GDPR.eu — General Data Protection Regulation
- California Attorney General — CCPA
- California Privacy Protection Agency
- UK Information Commissioner’s Office
- FTC — privacy and security guidance
- European Data Protection Board
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