Glossary

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Buying intent

Buying intent measures a prospect’s likelihood of making a purchase based on behavioural, contextual, and firmographic signals.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a data-privacy law that grants California residents rights over how their personal information is...

Category intent

Category intent refers to the aggregated behavioural signals that indicate active interest within a specific market category.

Contact-level intent

Contact-level intent refers to behavioural signals tied to a specific person rather than the broader account.

Customer data platform (CDP)

A customer data platform (CDP) unifies data from multiple systems, such as CRMs, web analytics, email, and product usage, into a single profile.

Data enrichment

Data enrichment is the process of enhancing existing contact or account records with additional information, such as job title, company size,...

Data governance

Data governance refers to the frameworks, policies, and controls that ensure data is accurate and compliant across an organisation.

Data onboarding

Data onboarding is the process of transferring offline customer data (from CRMs or spreadsheets) into online environments for targeting and...

Data processing agreement (DPA)

A Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is a legally binding contract between a data controller and a processor.

Data validation

Data validation checks the accuracy and integrity of data. It checks that email addresses are valid, company domains exist and fields are formatted...

Demographic data

Demographic data includes measurable characteristics of a population, such as age, gender, location, education level, or income.

Firmographic data

Firmographic data describes the characteristics of a company, such as industry, size and revenue. It helps with segmenting audiences and campaign...

First-party data

First-party data is information a company collects directly from its audience through website forms, CRM entries, events, or product interactions.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation is the EU’s landmark privacy law that regulates how organisations collect, store, and process personal data.

Intent data

Intent data tracks behavioural signals that indicate when organisations are actively researching topics or solutions.

Intent keywords

Intent keywords are search or content consumption terms that reveal a buyer’s stage and level of interest in a particular solution area.

Intent score

Intent score quantifies the strength of an account’s or lead’s buying intent using behavioural data, such as content engagement frequency and...

Intent signal

An intent signal is a specific behavioural indicator, such as repeated content engagement or keyword searches, that suggests purchase intent.

Lead enrichment

Lead enrichment enhances captured lead data by adding additional context, like company, role, or technology use, via third-party sources or APIs.

Pelago

Pelago is Mixology Digital’s AI buyer intelligence engine, designed to analyse first-party and intent data to optimise campaign performance.

Psychographic data

Psychographic data captures the attitudes, interests, values, and motivations that influence buyer decisions. It complements firmographic and intent...

Purchase intent

Purchase intent measures how ready a prospect is to buy based on behavioural and contextual signals.

Search intent

Search intent is the underlying purpose behind a user’s query; what they hope to find, learn, or accomplish when they turn to a search engine.

Second-party data

Second-party data is information that an organisation obtains directly from a trusted partner, typically through a formal data-sharing agreement.

Technographic data

Technographic data describes the technology stack, tools, and software currently used by a company.

Third-party data

Third-party data is information collected by organisations that are not the original source of the user interaction.

Topic intent

Topic intent reflects a user’s underlying purpose when researching a particular theme. It goes beyond keyword analysis to understand what buyers are...

Topic surge

A topic surge occurs when interest or research activity around a specific subject increases significantly within an account or segment.

Zero-party data

Zero-party data is information that a prospect intentionally shares, such as preferences, purchase timelines, challenges, or communication choices.