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Buying Signals vs. Contact Intent

A buying signal is evidence about an account. Contact intent is evidence from or about a specific person. Auvra keeps these separate because an account may be worth work next before any person has shown intent.

DefinitionReviewed 2026-06-25

Auvra stance

Auvra can recommend account research from buying signals, but call-now work requires contact-side evidence and send readiness.

Buying signals

Buying signals include public or reviewed account evidence: hiring, funding, facility changes, compliance pressure, job descriptions, CRM stage movement, or industry events. They help decide whether an account deserves attention.

Contact intent

Contact intent comes from person-level movement: a reply, meeting request, accepted warm intro, existing open deal, or reviewed first-party CRM activity. It is stronger because it ties the next action to a person, not only a company.

Why the split matters

When software treats every account signal as person-level intent, teams spray weak outreach. When the split is visible, teams can research accounts, find reachability paths, revive warm relationships, and reserve direct outreach for evidence-backed moments.