What is a dated buying signal?
A buying signal is an event that makes your offer more relevant today than six months ago. MimikFlow tracks several families: a recent new role, an internal promotion or a company change, read directly on the LinkedIn profile, then a funding round, hiring, a leadership change, a product launch or an expansion, found in research on the company.
Every signal keeps its date, its source and the element that proves it. That is what lets the first message mention real news, and avoid the classic mistake of congratulating someone on a role they have held for two years.
A signal does not replace the audience. It helps choose who to contact first among profiles that already fit, it never lets a wrong profile into your list. Its effect is real but measured: in the MimikFlow 2026 Observatory, a new role, a funding round or open hiring lifted the reply rate to 40.9%, against 37.1% without news.