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title: Aviary Lead Generation — ZoomInfo Community Bank & Credit Union Seed List
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created: '2026-04-05'
updated: '2026-04-05'
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- lead-generation
- zoominfo
- hubspot
- aviary
- fintech
- community-banks
- credit-unions
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# Aviary Lead Generation — ZoomInfo Community Bank & Credit Union Seed List

## Overview

For clients entering a niche B2B vertical with a defined, enumerable target market, ZoomInfo can be used to build a comprehensive seed list before any outbound or nurture activity begins. For [[clients/aviary/index|Aviary]], whose product (AI-powered outbound voice agents) targets community banks and credit unions exclusively, this approach provides an immediate, structured prospect universe to load into HubSpot.

The strategy was identified during the [[clients/aviary/meetings/2026-01-06-aviary-onboarding-adava-care-debrief|Aviary onboarding session]] as the fastest path to populating the CRM with qualified accounts ahead of outbound sequencing.

## The Approach

### 1. Define the Target Segment in ZoomInfo

Pull a list filtered to:

- **Industry:** Banking / Credit Unions / Community Financial Institutions
- **Institution type:** Community banks, credit unions (exclude large national/regional banks — they are not Aviary's ICP)
- **Geography:** United States (national scope)
- **Size signals:** Smaller employee counts and asset sizes consistent with community-scale institutions

ZoomInfo's financial services filters and SIC/NAICS codes make this segment straightforward to isolate.

### 2. Export and Deduplicate

Before uploading to HubSpot:

- Export the full list from ZoomInfo
- Check for duplicates against any contacts or companies already in Aviary's HubSpot instance (Aaron's existing outreach may have created records)
- Standardize company name formatting to avoid duplicate detection failures in HubSpot

### 3. Upload to HubSpot as Companies + Contacts

- Import as **Company** records first, then associate **Contact** records (decision-makers: CEOs, COOs, VP of Operations, Head of Member Services)
- Tag all imported records with a source property (e.g., `Lead Source: ZoomInfo Seed List`) for pipeline tracking and attribution
- Assign to the appropriate pipeline stage (likely top-of-funnel / uncontacted)

### 4. Feed Into Lead Scoring Model

Once uploaded, the seed list becomes the input for the [[clients/aviary/hubspot/lead-scoring|lead scoring model]] Mark is designing. Scoring criteria will likely weight:

- Institution size (asset base, member/customer count)
- Geography (regional clusters for initial outreach efficiency)
- Existing technology signals (e.g., known inbound-only call center vendors — a conversion opportunity)

## Why This Works for Aviary

Aviary's ICP is unusually well-defined and finite. Community banks and credit unions are a regulated, enumerable category — ZoomInfo can return a near-complete list of the addressable market. This means:

- **No guesswork on targeting** — the seed list is the market
- **Immediate pipeline volume** — Aaron can begin outreach sequences as soon as HubSpot is configured
- **Baseline for market sizing** — the total list size gives Aviary a realistic view of TAM for their outbound-first motion

## Applicability to Other Clients

This pattern applies whenever a client serves a **regulated or institutionally-defined vertical** where the full prospect universe can be pulled from a data provider. Examples include healthcare (hospitals by bed count), legal (law firms by practice area), or education (school districts by enrollment). The key steps — segment → export → deduplicate → import with source tagging → feed scoring — are reusable.

## Dependencies and Blockers

- **HubSpot access is required** before the seed list can be uploaded. As of the onboarding call, HubSpot access had not yet been granted. Sebastian is responsible for requesting access from Justin/Aaron prior to the kickoff call. See [[clients/aviary/meetings/2026-01-06-aviary-onboarding-adava-care-debrief|onboarding meeting notes]].
- **Lead scoring model design** (Mark) should be drafted in parallel so import field mapping aligns with scoring inputs from day one.

## Related

- [[clients/aviary/index]]
- [[clients/aviary/hubspot/audit]]
- [[clients/aviary/hubspot/lead-scoring]]
- [[clients/aviary/meetings/2026-01-06-aviary-onboarding-adava-care-debrief]]
- [[knowledge/lead-generation/hubspot-import-best-practices]]