SmartBound - Premium Conversation Agency

We Do the Hard Work
of Talking to Your Market.

Premium outbound prospecting, priced per conversation so your sales team can focus on closing.

Selective by design. We only take on campaigns where we know we can deliver.

Doing Outbound Sales Properly Is Expensive, Slow, and Risky.

Most companies underestimate what it takes to build and run a real outbound function. By the time you've hired, onboarded, tooled up, and waited out the ramp, we're still not sure it's working.

SDR salary (base)

$65,000
Per year, before benefits, taxes, or OTE bonus

Benefits & employer burden

$16,000
~25% on top of base salary

Recruiting & hiring

$12,000
Agency fees, job boards, interview time

Training & onboarding

$7,500
Coaching, enablement, management time

Ramp time (3–6 months)

$20,000
Full salary paid before they're productive

Tech stack

$42,000
CRM, dialer, data, sequencer, call intelligence. $3,500/mo all-in
This is for one sales development rep in your market One rep. One market. Before you close a single deal.
$162,500 estimated first-year cost

The traditional path

Hire, train, ramp, tool up, manage, and hope. 6 months before you have real data. $162,500 before you know if it works.

The SmartBound path

Start a trial campaign for $1,250. Get 25 qualified conversations in roughly one week. Know exactly what your market thinks before you spend another dollar.

Five things have to work.
Most companies get one or two right.

Outbound isn't a technology problem or a headcount problem. It's a system problem — and every piece of the puzzle has to be in place before it produces real results.

SmartBound
01
Talent
Skilled callers trained to have real two-way conversations with decision-makers — not just read from a script and leave voicemails.
SmartBound
02
Technology
Best-in-class dialing, data enrichment, and intelligence tools — sourced, managed, and optimized so you never have to think about it.
SmartBound
03
Operations
Proven playbooks, hands-on training, and a daily execution system that keeps every campaign running at full force.
You bring
04
Market
Who should we be calling? The industry, titles, and company profile of your ideal customer — as specific as you can make it.
You bring
05
Message
What do you want them to hear? Your value proposition, your differentiator, the reason someone should take twenty minutes to learn more.
The SmartBound Way

We handle the hard parts.
You bring the market and the message.

Most companies struggle with outbound because they're trying to solve five problems at once. We simplify it: talent, technology, and operations are fully covered. You tell us who to call and what to say, and we go to work — running flexible campaign types that surface the intelligence you need on what message is landing in what market. Every engagement returns data you can act on.

See how a campaign works →

Real Cold Calls.
Broken Down Live.

Our team posts live call breakdowns on LinkedIn every week. Watch how we handle objections, book meetings, and turn cold prospects into warm conversations.

Listen to 30 more unedited call recordings →

Choose How You Engage

Two models. One for teams that need market intelligence first. One for teams that need meetings in their calendar now. Every engagement is campaign by campaign. One market, one persona, one clear objective.

Pay for Intelligence
Conversation Model - pay per qualified conversation
Best for early-stage companies, zero-to-one sales teams, and budget-conscious organizations that need market proof before scaling. If you need to validate your ICP, sharpen your messaging, or build pipeline from scratch, this is your model.

You pick the market. We launch the campaign. We work until we get there.

  • Every engagement starts with a single target: one persona, one ICP, one campaign. We align on who we're calling and what a win looks like, then we go get it.
  • You pay for qualified conversations: real two-way exchanges where our rep learns something meaningful about the prospect's business and establishes a next step or level of interest.
  • Not charged for: wrong numbers, wrong contacts with no referral, or connections under 60 seconds. These don't count toward your total.
  • Not time-boxed. We work until we hit your number. Maybe 5 days. Maybe 10. You get guaranteed output, not a ticking clock.
  • Every campaign ends with a full structured debrief: objection mapping, interest scoring, persona-level insights, and a go-to-market recommendation.
Standard
100
conversations
$75 / conversation
$7,500
Growth
250
conversations
$65 / conversation
$16,250
Start with a Trial Campaign - $1,250 25 conversations. Roughly one week of work. You'll walk away with 25 qualified data points from your real target market, a structured analysis of what we found, and a clear answer on whether to scale. No long-term commitment.
We accept credit cards. Start a campaign today.

What you get

  • Qualified conversation transcripts and outcomes
  • Objection mapping and frequency analysis
  • Persona-level interest scoring
  • Go-to-market narrative recommendations
  • Clear recommendation: scale this campaign, or refine your ICP
Pay per Meeting
Pipeline on Demand - retainer plus commission on attended meetings
Best for established sales organizations with an outbound motion that works. If you have a sales team ready to close and you need qualified meetings on their calendar at volume, this is your model. We're not guessing here. We're executing on a motion your market has already responded to, and we get paid for performance.

A monthly retainer plus commission on every attended meeting. We are fully incentivized to fill your calendar.

  • You pay a $5,000 monthly retainer to activate SmartBound as your outsourced SDR function.
  • Our goal: 12 scheduled and attended meetings per month.
  • We earn $300 per attended meeting, paid only after the meeting is held. Not when booked. When held.
  • Full engagement cost at 12 meetings: $8,600/month.
  • We are not on the clock. We are on the outcome.
Conversation Model Pipeline on Demand
You pay forQualified conversationsAttended meetings
Upfront cost$1,250 – $7,500$5,000/mo
CommissionNone$300 / meeting attended
SmartBound incentiveConversations + insightBook and hold meetings
Best forEarly-stage, insight-firstEstablished, pipeline-first
Risk profileLower upfrontHigher ceiling, meeting-first

What you get

  • Dedicated SmartBound rep focused on meeting volume
  • Pre-meeting brief delivered before each held meeting
  • Monthly performance report: dials, conversations, bookings, holds, no-shows
  • Ongoing ICP refinement based on live performance data

We Only Charge for Real Conversations

Billing rules are simple. If it isn't valuable, we don't charge for it.

Not billed

  • Wrong number
  • Wrong contact, no referral provided
  • Connection under 60 seconds
  • Pure voicemail with no live contact

Billed - a conversion

  • Rep has a real back-and-forth exchange with the contact
  • Rep learns something meaningful about the business or situation
  • Contact expresses interest, asks a clarifying question, or agrees to a next step
  • Meeting is scheduled or prospect requests more information

What Does Pipeline Actually Cost You?

Model your return using real numbers from your business. Toggle between our two models to compare.

Your inputs

Standard - $75/conversation
Conversation-to-meeting conversion rate
10%
1 in 10 qualified conversations results in a meeting. SmartBound's benchmark on well-defined ICPs
The average value of a customer that you acquire

Your projected return

10
Estimated meetings generated
$7,500
Campaign cost
3.0
Estimated deals closed
$60,000
Revenue generated
700%
ROI
$2,500
Cost per closed deal
Based on a 90-day sales cycle, these deals are expected to close within the quarter following campaign delivery.

Your inputs

SmartBound's standard target: 12 meetings/month
~30% of qualified meetings close within 90 days
Commission per attended meeting $300 (fixed)
Monthly retainer $5,000 (fixed)

Your projected return

$5,000
Monthly retainer
$3,600
Commission cost
$8,600
Total monthly cost
3.6
Estimated deals closed
$72,000
Revenue generated
737%
ROI
$2,389
Cost per closed deal
Based on a 90-day sales cycle, these deals are expected to close within the quarter following campaign start.
Example: 10 meetings → 30% close rate → 3 new customers × $20,000 ACV = $60,000 in new revenue. Retainer + commission cost for 10 meetings: $8,000. That's a 7.5× return in one month's work.
Ready to model your specific numbers with us? Let's talk.

This Isn't a Call Center.

One campaign at a time.

We do not mix personas, campaigns, or industries within a single engagement. Every data point is clean, comparable, and actionable. Binary outcomes only. You know exactly what's working and what isn't.

Go-to-market intelligence built in.

Whether your campaign converts at 5% or 15%, you leave with structured knowledge about your market. What resonates. What falls flat. What your buyers actually care about. This is the deliverable most agencies forget to include.

White-glove delivery, every time.

Every campaign ends with a formal debrief. We tell you exactly what happened, what the data says, and what we recommend next. No vague reports. No spreadsheet dumps.

We Cover the Spectrum

SmartBound works with small businesses, growth-stage companies, and mid-market organizations. We are not the right fit for enterprise accounts with 10,000+ employee sales orgs, and we're upfront about that.

Early-Stage / Startup

  • Zero-to-one salespeople
  • Validating ICP and messaging
  • Budget-conscious, insight-hungry
→ Conversation Model is your starting point

Established / Mid-Market

  • Active sales team ready to close
  • Need qualified meetings at volume
  • Performance-based pipeline building
→ Pipeline on Demand drives results

We are selective. Before any engagement, we assess whether your market, your ICP, and your product are a fit for what we do. If we don't think we can deliver, we'll tell you.