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    Buyer Context

    What is buyer context?

    Short answer

    Buyer context is the continuously evolving understanding of what a buyer is trying to accomplish, what they need, and how that changes as they move through their decision. It combines what you already know about a buyer with what you learn as they engage.

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    Known context

    Role, company, industry, campaign, and history you already hold.

    2

    Learned insights

    Priorities, questions, stage, and readiness picked up in session.

    3

    Compounds over time

    Each engagement sharpens the picture for the next one.

    Two parts make it up. Known context is what you know before the session begins: role, company, industry, the campaign or channel they came from, and any history in your systems. Learned insights are what Sandfox picks up during the session: their priorities, questions, stage, and readiness. Together they form a picture that keeps sharpening.

    As B2B buying becomes more self-directed, buyer context is becoming a foundational layer for go-to-market, much the way customer records and recorded conversations each became systems of their own.

    In practice

    A returning buyer is met with an experience that already reflects what they explored last time, instead of starting over.

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