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Commercial research before prospecting

Before you contact a company, know why it is worth approaching.

In B2B, companies do not talk. People do.

Choosing companies is easier when you understand the context. PROSP3CTIV researches their fit with your offer and provides documented reasons to approach, sources and questions for the first contact.

WHAT PROSP3CTIV DOES

Before you reach out, relevance matters.

Choosing companies to approach means connecting what you sell to their context. Scattered or outdated information makes that decision harder.

PROSP3CTIV researches fit with your offer and organises useful information into documented briefs. You have reference points for selection, prioritisation and preparing the first contact.

Less repeated searching. More clarity about your next step.

WHO IT IS FOR

For the people who decide and the people who start the conversation.

Founder / owner
Choose where to spend time, personally or with your team.
CEO / COO / commercial manager
Prioritise accounts and team effort using clear criteria.
Product Manager / Product Owner
Test how your B2B product fits relevant companies and contexts.
Sales / Business Development
Have context, reasons to approach and questions for the first conversation.

YOUR STARTING POINT

Start with what you already have.

Agree what is useful, what needs adding and what is ready to use.

  • You have contacts

    Research and prioritise the companies in your list.

  • You have research

    Build on it. Prepare conversations if the context is already clear.

  • You need new companies

    Identify and document companies using agreed criteria.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE

From identification to a reason to approach.

Three different levels: a contact identifies, a brief documents, a conversation qualifies.

01 / IDENTIFICATION

Know who you could contact.

A contact database provides identification details: company, industry, size, role and available contact details.

FICTIONAL EXAMPLE · OFFICE FURNITURECompany X

Professional services · Office Manager / Procurement

A starting point for selection.

02 / PROSP3CTIV BRIEF

Understand why it merits investigation.

A brief connects the information to your offer and separates what is known from what needs validation.

  1. 01
    Fit

    Why the company matches your agreed criteria.

  2. 02
    Context

    Facts, available signals, sources and verification dates.

  3. 03
    Next step

    A reason to talk, relevant roles, questions and unknowns.

Prioritise and prepare a relevant approach.

03 / QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITY

Conversation validates the need. Interest, project, budget and decision stage are checked through dialogue. The documented brief prepares this step; it does not confirm buying intent.

Explore the complete demonstration brief

The same Company X, with a hypothetical office move. A fictional scenario without real sources or dates. A possible fit-out is a hypothesis, not a confirmed purchase.

ICP fit
Office furniture for a possible fit-out.
Fact / scenario
Company X plans an office move — fictional.
Relevant signal
A reason to investigate, not evidence of purchasing.
Source / date
No real source or date. Fictional scenario.
Interpretation
A fit-out project could follow.
Reason to talk
Check whether the offer could be relevant.
Relevant roles
Office Manager / Facilities / Procurement.
Unknowns
Supplier, budget, buying stage, decision maker.
Opening question
“Who coordinates the fit-out?”
Next step
Check the responsible role and project stage.

Named contact details are included only by agreement. If you already have commercial context, agree what else would be useful before researching.

The research is ready. What do you do with it?

An opportunity becomes useful when the salesperson understands how to approach it.

Information converges into context, a person and a question. Illustrative, without real data.What do we validate?
From possibilities to a conversation worth preparing.

Context gives you a starting point. Conversation establishes whether there is a real need.

MINI BRIEF · FICTIONAL EXAMPLE

Context
Company X plans an office move.
To validate
Who coordinates the fit-out?
Unknowns
Budget, supplier and buying stage.

ONE POSSIBLE OPENING

“I saw the announcement about your move. Who coordinates the fit-out? Would a conversation about office furniture be useful?”

Validate the source, interest and budget.

  1. 01Identify the context
  2. 02Check the source and offer fit
  3. 03Prepare an approach and questions
  4. 04Validate and decide the next step

Research: short openings. Preparation: practice and agreed feedback.

CORE SERVICES

Choose the companies. Prepare the conversations.

Two distinct services. Choose what supports the stage you have reached.

01 / RESEARCH

Documented commercial research

For deciding who to approach

Choose companies with clear reference points, instead of searching for context again each time.

Receive: prioritised companies and documented briefs.

What the service includes
  • Companies selected against agreed criteria
  • Facts, sourced signals and reasons to approach
  • Relevant roles, qualification questions and priorities
I want documented companies

02 / PREPARATION

Sales conversation preparation

For using research in conversation

Turn available information into an approach you or your team can use and practise.

Receive: approaches, questions and practice with agreed feedback.

What the service includes
  • Priority opportunities and approach angles
  • Call openings, emails and qualification questions
  • Objections, continuations and conversation practice
I want to prepare the team

The services can be contracted separately. Preparation is not required to use a brief. Short openings included in research are not charged again.

YOUR COMMERCIAL TEAM’S DEVELOPMENT

From clear criteria to a way of working.

Choose support for the stage your team has reached.

  1. 01

    Clarify the offer

    ICP & Prioritisation
  2. 02

    Select companies

    Commercial research
  3. 03

    Understand the context

    Documented brief
  4. 04

    Prepare conversations

    Conversation preparation
  5. 05

    Reach out with relevance

    Human outreach, by agreement
  6. 06

    Qualify through dialogue

    Commercial training
  7. 07

    Build a repeatable method

    Prospecting Playbook

Choose stages separately. Human outreach requires an agreement; sales are not guaranteed.

THE TEAM

The people behind PROSP3CTIV.

Research and sales training, together.

Cristian Dumitru

Founder · Research & B2B Outreach

Cristian Dumitru

Over 9 years of experience in sales, with a particular interest in commercial research, market development, discovery and prospecting.

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Experience across financial services, fintech, logistics and digital solutions. Contributed to the commercial development of Cautcurier.ro and worked on customer retention at CONFIDAS. As a Sales Team Leader, coached salespeople on discovery and qualification. Founder of PROSP3CTIV.

This focus led to PROSP3CTIV: giving you and your team relevant context through research, before you reach out.

Adrian Cioroianu

Sales Training & Negotiation

Adrian Cioroianu

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27 years of experience in sales, negotiation and developing sales teams.

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Experience at Orange, Sony Ericsson, Intel Corporation, Zayo Group and G4S. Founder of ACKNOWLEDGE and SALES COACHING, and author of “VÂND ORICE, ORICÂND, ORICUI”. His work brings together sales training, negotiation and sales leadership.

Developing commercial skills and leading the sales process.

HOW WE WORK

From what you need to companies you can evaluate.

Tell us what you need

Your offer, market, existing information and exclusions. Bring a list, research or just your criteria.

Our commitment

Bring relevant context before prospecting: checked information, explicit hypotheses and a next step you can use.

Build on the material you already have and agree what to add. If your research is ready, we can work directly on conversations.

WHERE WE CAN START

Tell us what you sell and which companies you want to reach.

Clarify what would be useful before agreeing a project.