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Revive Closed Lost Opportunities
Re-engage previous closed lost accounts to drive new pipeline.

Playbook Overview
When should you run this playbook?
Re-engage previous Closed Lost accounts when there are interesting signals, such as:
- A Past Champion joins
- New executive hire
- They visit your website (high-value pages)
- They got new Funding
Who to target?
Playbook goal?
Responsible teams?
- Marketing
- Sales Development
- Account Executive
Step 1: Identify Accounts with Previous Closed-Lost Opportunities
- Activate Revive Closed Lost signal in UserGems Signal Library
or build your own report in your CRM:
- Opps lost between 6-24 months ago
- Where the reason was timing, budget, or status quo
- With at least one current contact on file
Step 2: Monitor Accounts for Signals
Signals are interesting trigger events that indicate potential renewed interest or potential need. They also provide context (i.e. reasons) for your team to reach out.
1. Contact-Level Signals
- Past Champions: Previous advocates who may still favor your solution.
- New Hires & Promotions: New decision-makers or influencers who may bring fresh perspectives.
2. Account-Level Signals
- Website Activity: Visits to high-intent pages (pricing, demo request, case studies).
- New Funding: Recently announced new funding rounds, which often precede budget allocations
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Step 3: Activate Gem-E
- Automatically pull in those accounts
- Identify the best new contact based on buying signals
- Engage existing opp contact with new signals (for example, new hiring initiatives, website visits or tech stack)
- Understand the reason for loss and tailor messaging
Step 4: Outreach
Tailor your messages based on the signals and combine them with any closed-lost reasons or notes about the accounts (found in your CRM).
<div class="pro-tip">With UserGems: Gem-E automatically combines signals and CRM data to draft messaging for your team. You only need 1 sequence.</div>
Some email examples:
Past Champions
Objective: Leverage goodwill and familiarity. Personalize outreach acknowledging the past relationship and addressing current challenges.

New Hires & Promotions
Objective: Reposition your solution as solving challenges they’re likely tackling early in their role. Personalize the email based on the Closed Lost Opp notes.

Website Visitors
Objective: Identify high-intent pages visited. Then send timely outreach referencing their activity to relevant contacts by using Multi-thread signal.

Funding
Objective: Congratulate them on funding and tie your solution to growth goals. Highlight case studies showing ROI for similar companies.

Set Up This Playbook in UserGems:
- Create an Audience of "Closed Lost Accounts"
- Select signals that you want
- Create a "Closed Lost Revive" workflow
- Select your email sequence
- Activate Gem-E
- Preview Gem-E's AI messaging. Add custom prompt if needed
- Save
Additional Resources
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