Without writing a small story I’m trying to justify using a led gen agency but they all give the same vibes as SEO agencies from 10 years ago did (promise the world and deliver… not much).

We’ve done it ourselves, with some success but don’t have the time to spend doing it. While it might be more cost-effective to hire someone to do it, we feel using an agency is a good way to test it out for a few months without committing to paying and managing an FTE.

So, Lead gen agencies: how did you find them?..

  • did they generate any leads?
  • increase in traffic to your product?
  • did they need micro managing?
  • As the title said, has anyone ever used a led gen agency?
  • founderscurve@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    not first hand - but this is from 3 startups that i advise, all used lead gen companies, none were happy with the results, all different locations -

    1. 1 cancelled then had the lead gen company sue them for unpaid because they terminated before contract, the result delivered was 1 bad lead
    2. 1 got loads of leads, none converted, and the ‘wrong number’ ‘i didn’t regster for this’ was like 75%
    3. 1 got leads, closed some, but basically worked out more expensive than just getting a linkedin sales navigator automation setup.
    • ishysredditusername@alien.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Thanks for sharing. This sums up what I’m worried about.

      For us #2 would be the nightmare scenario, you get loads of leads and you spend time following up with each one, only for none of them to go anywhere, you’ve spent a few thousand and burnt loads of time (which is what you were trying to avoid doing in the first place)