The whole sales development function

Sales development agency. Pipeline, managed.

For B2B revenue leaders: a strategist, SDR team and platform to reach buyers and book qualified meetings. Your closers own the sales conversation.

Dedicated strategist. US-based SDRs. No setup fees. Month-to-month plans available.

A better next weekIllustrative workflow
  1. 01 / Every dayReach buyersCalls + email
  2. 02 / ListenCapture feedbackReplies + conversations
  3. 03 / Every weekReview togetherObjections + outcomes
  4. 04 / Next weekSharpen the planTargeting + messaging
Daily work. Weekly learning. One connected program.
Published client result / Fleet software

A sales development function. Without its own SDR hires.

A fleet maintenance software company with fewer than 20 employees used a managed program, reviewed and tuned weekly by a dedicated strategist.

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Meetings booked
564

October 2023 to October 6, 2026, across phone, email and website bookings.

With fleet leaders
84%

472 bookings with fleet, maintenance and operations leaders.

Recorded bookings, not attendance or closed revenue. One client result, not a forecast or meeting guarantee.

01 / The function

Every part of sales development, connected.

A shared plan brings targeting, data, calls, email, and qualification together.

  • Market and message strategy

    A dedicated strategist turns your ICP, offer, segments, and qualification rules into a sales development playbook, then tunes it weekly.

  • Custom prospect lists

    Researchers build verified account and contact lists around your market instead of handing SDRs a stale database export.

  • Cold calling

    US-based SDRs dial on the SalesHive Power Dialer with scripts, coaching, recordings, and compliance built in.

  • Cold email outreach

    Personalized email runs from approved campaign context, with managed sending domains and SalesHive AI reply support.

  • Qualified meetings

    Interested prospects are qualified, scheduled, reminded, and handed off with the context your closers need.

Your selected plan sets channel coverage. Starter is phone only; Growth and Crush include personalized email alongside calling.

02 / Build or partner

Choose what your team will own.

Both routes need a clear market, a credible offer and an agreed meeting definition. Compare who will own the daily work, not just the cost of a rep.

Build in-house

01

Choose and hire your team

You select the people and build their career path. Plan who will recruit, interview and cover the work while positions are open.

02

Build product and market knowledge

Your team owns onboarding and keeps product knowledge close. Give new reps clear examples of a good account, a relevant conversation and a qualified next step.

03

Own the tools and data

Choose the data, calling, email and reporting tools your workflow needs. Assign responsibility for access, list quality, sending health and consistent records.

04

Test a repeatable approach

Your managers decide what to test, review calls and messages, and turn buyer feedback into better targeting. Keep useful existing playbooks rather than starting over by default.

05

Manage the work every day

An internal approach gives you direct control. It also needs someone with time to coach, inspect the work and maintain coverage when people change roles.

Work with SalesHive

01

Kickoff and playbook

We align on your buyers, offer, meeting definition, and exclusions, then draft the plan.

02

Lists, cadences, scripts

Verified lists and messaging built from ten years of campaigns across 47+ industries.

03

Outreach goes live

Trained US-based SDRs start outreach on the SalesHive platform, with channels defined by your selected plan.

04

Meetings and optimization

Qualified meetings hit your calendar and your strategist starts the weekly tuning loop.

When in-house fits

You want direct control of hiring, coaching and daily priorities, and a manager already has time to recruit, coach and inspect the work.

When a partner fits

You want an operating team around outreach while your sellers focus on sales conversations. You still own the offer, approve the messaging and agree on the meeting definition.

Before you choose

Agree who approves targeting and messaging, who qualifies and books meetings, and who follows up afterward. Hypothetical example: an equipment supplier wants to discuss replacement planning with maintenance managers. The supplier confirms the relevant plants and what makes a useful conversation; the outreach team checks the agreed criteria before booking; the supplier's seller handles discovery, technical fit and the proposal. Ask each provider to show where those decisions and outcomes are recorded. More activity is not a substitute for useful conversations.

03 / Your view

Know what the team is doing.

A coordinated team, with activity and results you can inspect.

01

A coordinated pod

Strategist, SDRs, list researchers, SalesHive AI, and managers working as one unit on one system.

02

Visible pipeline work

Calls, emails, replies, meetings, recordings, and campaign results tracked live in the platform.

03

Built for B2B buyers

Targeting, qualification, multi-touch follow-up, and calendar handoff designed for complex sales cycles.

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Your review, from activity to outcome
Inspect the work
Listen to recordings and review calls, emails and replies.
Check the handoff
Review the booked meeting and prospect context. Your seller records what happened next.
Improve the program
Bring held-meeting feedback to the weekly review with your strategist.
04 / The operating rhythm

Outreach every day. Learning every week.

Your strategist uses market feedback to refine the program.

  1. 01

    Define the sales development motion

    We align on the buyers, segments, offer, meeting definition, exclusions, and sales process before outreach starts.

    More about define the sales development motion

    Sales development works only when the team knows who should be contacted, why now, what counts as qualified, and where a prospect goes after the meeting is booked.

  2. 02

    Build the operating system

    Your strategist builds lists, email sequences, call scripts, calendar rules, reporting, and CRM sync in the SalesHive platform.

    More about build the operating system

    The goal is a working motion, not isolated activity. Lists, messages, calling, email, reply handling, and booked meetings all connect before launch.

  3. 03

    Run daily outbound

    US-based SDRs run your selected calling and email coverage, SalesHive AI supports reply handling, and qualified meetings land on your calendar while managers coach the work in real time.

    More about run daily outbound

    The team is managed daily, with call review, AI reply handling, objection handling, list refinement, and campaign changes driven by live market feedback.

  4. 04

    Optimize what the market teaches

    Weekly reviews turn connects, replies, objections, and held meetings into better targeting and messaging.

    More about optimize what the market teaches

    A sales development agency should learn every week. SalesHive uses the data from every touch to decide where to narrow, expand, rewrite, or double down.

Launch the plan, then learn from the market.

Most programs launch within a month of kickoff, typically about three weeks. You meet the team, review the playbook and approve messaging before outreach begins. Launch timing is not a first-meeting promise.

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05 / Find your fit

The function, the people, or the platform.

Choose the scope that fills the gap in your team.

The people

Support our team.

Compare dedicated SDR support when the rep role is the gap. Confirm who owns strategy, tools, coaching and the handoff rather than assuming those responsibilities disappear.

Dedicated SDR support
The platform

We will run it.

Your team runs campaigns on SalesHive, with contacts, deals, campaign context and AI projects. Review the right platform plan; self-serve workspaces do not include calling.

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Cost / Scope

One monthly fee. Custom quoted.

Your quote covers the selected SDR team, strategist, platform, data and tools. Team location, channels and daily outreach volume affect the rate. There are no setup fees, and pricing is not per meeting.

Starter covers phone only. Growth and Crush combine phone and personalized email. Compare the work included, not only the number of bookings.

Terms / Before you launch

Choose the commitment.

Month-to-month and annual plans are available. You owe $0 until you approve everything for launch. Annual plans have a lower monthly rate and a longer commitment.

After outreach starts, month-to-month cancellation requires written notice. Outreach and billing end at the end of the next billing month. Review your selected plan before approving launch.

No fixed meeting-count guarantee. Your offer, market and buyer response shape the results.

Questions / Answers

Sales development agency FAQs

What is a sales development agency?
A sales development agency runs the top-of-funnel work that creates qualified sales conversations: targeting, list building, cold calling, cold email, reply handling, appointment setting, and campaign optimization. SalesHive does that work with US-based SDRs, dedicated strategists, and our own AI sales platform.
Is a sales development agency the same as an SDR agency or SDR outsourcing?
They overlap, but the scope differs. An SDR agency or SDR outsourcing engagement usually means renting the SDR role itself. A sales development agency owns the whole operating system around that role: strategy, lists, scripts, email, calls, reply handling, management, and booked meetings. If you are comparing the rep function specifically, see our SDR outsourcing page.
What does outsourced sales development include at SalesHive?
Your selected plan defines the work: a dedicated strategist, SDR team, prospect lists, calling, appointment setting, reporting and campaign reviews on the SalesHive platform. Growth and Crush include personalized email alongside calling; Starter is phone only. Confirm team location, channel coverage and supported CRM sync when comparing packages.
How fast can a sales development agency launch?
Most SalesHive programs launch within a month of kickoff, typically in about three weeks. You meet the team, review the playbook, approve messaging, and then outreach begins. Building the same function in-house typically takes months of recruiting, tooling, and ramp before the first qualified meeting.
How much does a sales development agency cost?
SalesHive quotes one monthly fee for your selected SDR team, strategist, platform, data and tools. Month-to-month and annual plans are available, with no setup fee. Team location, channels and daily volume affect the quote; your selected plan sets the commitment and cancellation terms. See our pricing page for current packages.
Do we need to buy a CRM, data provider, or sending tools separately?
No. The SalesHive platform includes the CRM, list building and data, email sending, the Power Dialer, intent signals, and reporting in one system on one bill. If you keep your existing CRM, a supported integration can send selected outreach records from SalesHive. Confirm the record types and field mappings for your connection.
Who should use a sales development agency?
A sales development agency is a strong fit when your team needs more qualified conversations but does not want to recruit, train, manage, and tool an internal SDR team from scratch. It also fits teams that had one SDR quit and watched pipeline pause overnight.
Your next conversation

Keep your sellers selling. Let us run the development.

What could this look like for your team? Bring your market, offer and meeting definition. On a 30-minute call, we will discuss fit, channel coverage and your exact monthly rate.

No setup fees. You review the team, playbook and messaging before launch.