This is the part most people skip — and it's the part that separates a 5% reply rate from a 20%+ reply rate.

What are buying signals?

Buying signals are events that tell you a prospect might be ready to buy:

• They just raised funding
• They hired a new VP of Sales or Head of Growth
• They posted about a problem your product solves
• They left a negative review on a competitor
• They started following industry leaders in your space

How to automate this with OpenClaw:

OpenClaw has cron jobs — scheduled tasks that run automatically.

Set up a daily or weekly job:

"Every Monday at 9am, check my prospect list for these signals: new LinkedIn posts about [topic], job postings for [roles], funding announcements, or competitor mentions. Flag any prospect showing 2+ signals and message me on WhatsApp with a summary."

Now you wake up Monday morning with a pre-filtered list of warm prospects who are actively showing interest in solving the problem you fix.

This replaces: Paid intent data tools, manual LinkedIn stalking, and the "spray and pray" approach entirely.