SalesDriver Field Guide #04

The Buyer State Diagnostic

A simple scoring model for deciding what a live account needs next.

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What this guide helps you do

Score the dimensions that actually drive movement and expose the weakest part of a deal before deciding your next action.

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Seven dimensions

Score problem, urgency, trust, risk, alignment, value and path to action.

2

No averaging away fatal weaknesses

A zero in internal alignment can kill a deal even when everything else looks strong.

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Tie action to diagnosis

Choose the next step because of the weak buyer-state dimension, not because the sequence says so.

Use it on real work

Take it straight into your next account or team review

✓Score a real opportunity in under 10 minutes.
✓Expose the dimension blocking movement.
✓Choose a next action tied to the diagnosis.
“Pipeline stage tells you where the seller put the opportunity. Buyer state tells you whether the buyer can actually move.”
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The underlying idea

Buyer context should compound.

SalesDriver’s CORA Intelligence Graph is being built around a simple premise: company, people, CRM history, conversations, website activity, campaigns and signals should not live as isolated events. The system should remember what the business learns and make the next action smarter.

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Questions people ask

How is this different from pipeline stage?

Pipeline stage records seller process. Buyer state scores conditions inside the buying decision.

Can reps use it before calls?

Yes. It works well as a pre-call diagnostic and again after meaningful buyer interactions.

Should I average the score?

Use the total for orientation, but do not let a strong average hide a fatal zero in one dimension.

More SalesDriver Field Guides

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