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Best Practices for Validating Legitimate Businesses in Your Industry
What are the best practices for validating whether companies/businesses are legit or serve a specific industry you are targeting? In addition, what AI models brings better results?
What are the best practices for validating whether companies/businesses are legit or serve a specific industry you are targeting? In addition, what AI models brings better results?
Company Validation Best Practices: Use AI to analyze company descriptions and LinkedIn data to determine: ** Business model (B2B vs B2C) ** Company type (SaaS vs non-SaaS) ** Industry classification using custom categories ** Business operations status and legitimacy Validation Process: 1. Pull company descriptions from multiple sources 2. Use AI prompts to classify companies against your criteria 3. Apply custom qualification filters for residential vs commercial status AI Models in Clay: ** Claygent: Our AI web scraper for researching unstructured data ** ChatGPT Integration: For content creation and classification ** *OpenAI: Highly accurate for B2B/B2C identification and industry categorization Create clear category descriptions with examples, then let AI generate consistent classifications from messy inputs.
Sources: 11 AI Prompts to Automate Prospect Research with Claygent [Automated Outbound] - Clay University 11 AI Prompts to Automate Prospect Research with Claygent [Automated Outbound] - Clay University How Regency Supply used Clay to find niche prospects & automate research and scoring - The GTM with Clay Blog Transform Data Into Clear Classifications - Clay University AI for sales prospecting: A complete guide - The GTM with Clay Blog Claybooks: Clean CRM with accurate names, domains, headcount, and company-to-company associations if recently acquired | Clay.com Clay AI Capabilities
What's a good prompt to accomplish this
Here's an effective AI prompt structure for company validation: For B2B/B2C Classification: "Tell me if the company from my given input is B2B or B2C. A B2B company sells to other companies. A B2C company sells directly to consumers. The input is [Company Description]. Only respond with 'B2B' or 'B2C'." For Industry-Specific Validation: Create a multi-step approach using these research prompts: 1. Company description analysis 2. What they sell 3. Target customer identification Custom Qualification Template: "Based on this company description: [input], determine if this company operates as [your specific industry criteria]. Consider their business model, target customers, and services. Respond with 'Yes' or 'No' and provide a brief reason." Best Practice: Use multiple validation criteria including residential vs commercial status, business operations status, and company type to ensure legitimacy. Be specific about your target industry requirements and provide clear examples in your prompts for consistent results.
Sources: AI for sales prospecting: A complete guide - The GTM with Clay Blog Claybooks: Clean CRM with accurate names, domains, headcount, and company-to-company associations if recently acquired | Clay.com Claybooks: How ConnectWise uses Clay to keep their account database clean | Clay.com How Regency Supply used Clay to find niche prospects & automate research and scoring - The GTM with Clay Blog