Do I need special syntax to write a Lead Seeker prompt?

No. Prompts are plain English — describe the roles, the kind of company, the region, and any timing signal, the way you would brief a researcher. Specifics beat syntax: a size band, a named vertical, and one signal like active hiring produce far better lists than operators or keywords.

How many results can one prompt return?

You set the number in the prompt itself — ask for 20, 25, or 50. Smaller, tighter batches work best: every contact is verified at pull time, and a bounded list your team can actually work this week beats a large export that goes stale.

Can I target a specific company or its competitors?

Yes. You can ask for the buying committee inside one named account, companies similar to your best customer, or teams whose websites show they run a competitor's product. Company-focused prompts are often the fastest path to a warm-shaped list.

What if I don't know what to search for yet?

Start from one customer you wish you had ten more of and run a lookalike prompt. Or open Lead Compass, which reads live market signals against your ICP and hands you ready-to-run prompts — browsing its suggestions is free and only running a search uses credits.

Prompts that pull real prospect lists.

Copy-ready Lead Seeker prompts by role, industry, company, and timing signal — plain-English searches that pull verified, in-market B2B prospect lists.

Overview

The Lead Seeker prompt library is a collection of copy-ready, plain-English search prompts for pulling verified B2B prospect lists. Prompts are organized by buyer role, industry and vertical, company and competitor focus, and timing signals such as active hiring, recent funding, and new sales leadership. Each prompt pairs the exact search text with a note on why it works, and every template can be adapted by swapping the role, vertical, employee size band, region, and signal to match your ideal customer profile. Strong prompts combine four ingredients: who the buyer is, where they work, the geography you sell into, and one timing signal that makes the account worth calling now.

Prompt Library

Lead Seeker searches start with a plain-English prompt. Steal these, tweak the industry, role, size band, and region to match your ICP, and run them to pull verified, in-market prospects.

Anatomy of a prompt

What a strong prompt includes

You don't need special syntax — you need specifics. The best prompts read like a brief you'd hand a great researcher and combine four ingredients:

Who

The roles or titles you sell to — “RevOps leaders”, “VP of Supply Chain”, “founders”. Add seniority when it matters.

Where they work

Industry or vertical, company size band, and business model — “B2B SaaS, 100–1,000 employees”, “family-owned manufacturers”.

Geography

The regions you can sell and support — North America, DACH, UK & Ireland, a single metro. Tighter is better.

Timing signal

What makes them worth calling now — actively hiring for a role, recently funded, expanding, switching tools, new leadership.

role

By role

Role-targeted prompts

Start from the buyer you win with, then bound the search with size, region, and a timing signal.

RevOps & SDR leaders at growing SaaS

Find 20 RevOps leaders and SDR leaders at B2B SaaS companies in North America with work email. Companies should have 100-1,000 employees. Prioritize companies showing active hiring.

Two adjacent roles, one clean size band, one region, one timing signal — everything the search needs and nothing it doesn't.

Heads of Talent at scaling startups

Find 25 Heads of Talent or VP People at venture-backed startups in the US and Canada that raised a Series A or B in the last 9 months and have grown headcount at least 15% since. Include verified work emails.

Funding plus headcount growth stacks two signals, so every result is provably in build mode.

Founders selling into finance teams

Find 20 CFOs or VPs of Finance at UK companies with 200-2,000 employees that are currently hiring for accounts payable or financial operations roles. Work email required.

Hiring for the exact function you automate is the closest public proxy for feeling the pain right now.

industry

By industry

Industry and vertical prompts

Vertical prompts work because the qualifier does double duty — it narrows the list and writes your opener for you.

Healthcare SaaS compliance buyers

Find 20 compliance or security leaders at US healthcare software companies with 100-500 employees that mention HIPAA on their website and are hiring engineers. Include work emails.

A website-level qualifier like a compliance mention filters for companies that publicly care about the problem you solve.

Logistics ops leaders in the Midwest

Find 25 Directors of Operations or VPs of Logistics at freight, 3PL, or distribution companies with 150-1,500 employees headquartered in the US Midwest. Prioritize companies posting warehouse or fleet roles.

Region-bound vertical searches produce lists a territory rep can actually work — and the hiring filter adds timing.

Fintechs preparing for scale

Find 20 CTOs or VPs of Engineering at European fintech companies with 50-500 employees that raised funding in the last 12 months and list open backend or platform engineering roles.

Funded and hiring engineers means budget plus a growing stack — prime timing for infrastructure and tooling sellers.

company

Company-focused

Company and competitor prompts

Point the search at named companies — competitors' customers, lookalikes of your best accounts, or the buying committee inside one target.

Lookalikes of your best customer

Find 20 companies similar to [your best customer] — same industry, similar size and business model, in North America — and return the RevOps or sales leader at each with verified work email.

Your proven winners are the strongest search seed you own. One great customer becomes twenty warm-shaped targets.

A competitor's likely customers

Find 25 marketing leaders at US B2B companies with 100-1,000 employees whose websites show they run [competitor product]. Include work emails and company domain.

Teams already paying for a rival tool have budget, need, and a renewal date — the classic displacement list.

The buying committee at one account

At [target company], find the VP of Sales, the RevOps lead, and the sales enablement manager. Include verified work emails and LinkedIn profiles for each.

Multi-threading a named account starts with knowing all three names before the first touch.

signal

Signal-driven

Timing-signal prompts

Lead with the trigger event when timing is your edge — the who and where become the filters instead of the headline.

New sales leadership

Find 20 companies in North America with 100-1,000 employees that appointed a new CRO or VP of Sales in the last 90 days, and return that new leader with verified work email.

New sales leaders rebuild their stack and their pipeline in the first two quarters — the window is real and it closes.

Teams staffing up outbound

Find 25 companies currently hiring 3 or more SDR or BDR roles in the US, with 100-1,000 employees, and return the sales or RevOps leader at each with work email.

Multiple open SDR seats means outbound investment is funded and urgent — exactly when tooling and data decisions get made.

Fresh funding, first growth hires

Find 20 companies that announced a Series A or B in the last 6 months and have since posted their first sales or marketing roles. Return the founder or CEO with verified work email.

The first go-to-market hires after a raise mark the exact moment a founder starts buying growth infrastructure.

Make any prompt yours

Every prompt above is a template: swap the role for your buyer, the vertical for your best-fit industry, the size band for where you win, and keep one timing signal. If you can describe your ideal customer in a sentence, you can run it as a search — and Lead Compass can even draft signal-aware prompts for you from live market activity.

See how Lead Compass drafts prompts

Run your first prompt free.

Pick any prompt on this page, make it yours, and pull a free batch of verified prospects — no card required, credits only when you run a search.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need special syntax to write a Lead Seeker prompt?: No. Prompts are plain English — describe the roles, the kind of company, the region, and any timing signal, the way you would brief a researcher. Specifics beat syntax: a size band, a named vertical, and one signal like active hiring produce far better lists than operators or keywords.
How many results can one prompt return?: You set the number in the prompt itself — ask for 20, 25, or 50. Smaller, tighter batches work best: every contact is verified at pull time, and a bounded list your team can actually work this week beats a large export that goes stale.
Can I target a specific company or its competitors?: Yes. You can ask for the buying committee inside one named account, companies similar to your best customer, or teams whose websites show they run a competitor's product. Company-focused prompts are often the fastest path to a warm-shaped list.
What if I don't know what to search for yet?: Start from one customer you wish you had ten more of and run a lookalike prompt. Or open Lead Compass, which reads live market signals against your ICP and hands you ready-to-run prompts — browsing its suggestions is free and only running a search uses credits.