Software Dev agency
Before:
Struggled with contacting recruiters and suffered from agencies accidentally reaching out to current or past partners, making it difficult to break the "zero to one" cold outreach barrier.
After
Successfully breaking through initial contact barriers with automation and targeted outreach, outperforming previous methods by 2-3x in challenging industries like healthcare.
2.1%
Reply Rate
3x
improvement in reply rate
98 leads
from in person event in 1 day
How Our Lead Generation Service Helped Spear Technologies Break Through in Challenging Industries
The Challenge: Ineffective Outreach and Embarrassing Mistakes
Spear Technologies, led by President and founder Matthew Mozafari, was struggling with ineffective lead generation methods that were creating more problems than opportunities. Their previous approaches had significant limitations:
"At the start, we were talking to recruiters and recruitment firms, and then we started working with other agencies," Matthew explained. "We've had firms accidentally reach out to current partners that we were in relationships with or past partners where we ended our agreements, and they ended up reaching out to them again accidentally."
These challenges created multiple issues for Spear Technologies:
Embarrassing situations with existing and former clients
Difficulty establishing initial contact with prospects
Struggles overcoming the "zero to one" cold outreach barrier
Limited success breaking into challenging industries like healthcare and venture capital
The Solution: Advanced Automation and Strategic Targeting
After partnering with our lead generation service, Spear Technologies gained access to our sophisticated approach combining Clay's data capabilities with AI-enhanced outreach. Key elements included:
Detailed onboarding process to thoroughly understand Spear's business
Strategic targeting to avoid existing relationships
Automated workflows for lead enrichment and follow-up
Engaging content including memes to improve response rates
Industry-specific approaches for challenging sectors
"I would say it's the automations that have been introduced that's very novel to me," Matthew noted. "I've worked with enough firms where I've seen how they do their lead enrichment process, their follow processes, and I think it's that automation... that's probably the biggest value."
The Results: Breaking Through in Challenging Industries
After just two months of working together, Spear Technologies has experienced significant improvements in their lead generation:
Outperformed previous methods by 2-3x in response rates
Successfully generated leads in the challenging healthcare sector
Consistently broke through the critical "zero to one" initial contact barrier
Avoided embarrassing outreach mistakes that plagued previous agencies
Established a foundation for sustainable lead generation
"A big difference between past agencies or past strategies is that we're able to break that barrier from zero contact to initial contact, and that's been very successful," Matthew shared.
The Difference: Collaboration and Information Exchange
What set our service apart from Spear Technologies' previous experiences was the collaborative approach and emphasis on thorough information gathering.
"You get as much as you put into it," Matthew observed, highlighting how their willingness to provide detailed information during the onboarding process contributed to the campaign's success.
This two-way partnership created a foundation for successful targeting in notoriously difficult industries, with healthcare outreach performing particularly well. Even though they initially targeted both venture capital and healthcare sectors, the healthcare-focused campaigns delivered exceptional results, demonstrating our ability to generate leads in highly regulated and competitive markets.