SmartBound — Market Intelligence Agency

Your Market Has Answers.
We Go Get Them.

We do the hard part — the dialing, the conversations, the intelligence gathering. You get qualified meetings with real decision-makers, structured market data on what's landing and what isn't, and complete visibility into every single call.

No black boxes. No overseas call centers. No vanity metrics.
US-based operators, premium execution, outcomes you can act on.

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

$10M+
Pipeline Opened for Clients
500+
Qualified Meetings Booked
45+
Meetings, One Client, Three Months

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

That's for one rep. One market. Before you know if phone even works for your ICP.

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 $2,500. Get 35 qualified conversations in roughly one week. Know exactly what your market thinks — and if you move forward, that $2,500 goes toward your engagement.

Client Results

What Happens When It Works

"Kevin and his team made the setup effortless, and within days we were making a high volume of dials. The best part was the iteration — the learnings from those calls went straight into my board meeting and shaped our entire go-to-market for 2026."

Simon Draper · CRO, Growers Edge

"Kevin and his team are the best in the business at outbound. The ROI was obvious — but what surprised us was the long tail. Conversations they had 6 to 12 months ago are still developing into pipeline today."

Bradley Martin · VP of Marketing, Feathr

"Better quality work at the top of the funnel than any agency I've seen. We were impressed with the body of work — and had real pipeline, potentially a customer, within the first few weeks of our engagement."

Luke VanValen · CRO, RUH.ai

Meetings booked at Visa · Mastercard · Brex · Airbnb — for one client, in one campaign.

Impart Security — Cybersecurity SaaS, Series A  ·  Full case study →

50+
Meetings Booked
6+
New Customers Closed
3 months · Bootstrapped company · Healthcare SaaS

"We had never made outbound calls. At the start, the campaigns struggled — but Kevin, Oliver, and the team continually pivoted until we found a working strategy. We booked over 50 meetings and landed more than 5 new paying customers, with more still in the pipeline."

Informed Medical leadership team
Read the full case study →

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: we bring the talent, technology, and operations. 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 →

What We Do

Your Market Has Answers.
We Go Get Them.

Our goal on every campaign: book your team a sales meeting. When we don't, we tell you exactly why — and that intelligence is more valuable than what most agencies deliver in a full engagement.

What every engagement delivers

Sales Meetings

Qualified, two-way conversations with your target buyers — where our only objective is to schedule a sales meeting. When we succeed, you have pipeline. When we don't, you have a diagnosis. Either way, you leave with more than you came in with.

Market Intelligence

Every call recorded and analyzed. What titles respond. What words win. What objections surface and why. Your GTM narrative gets sharper with every campaign we run.

Complete Transparency

Every recording, every outcome, every data point — logged and available to you. No black boxes. No vague reports. You see exactly what happened on every dial and why it went the way it did.

See Actual Trial Results

Qualitative and quantitative outcomes. See every conversation, learn from what's being actually said on the phone.

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Every engagement comes with a reporting dashboard like this. Your data. Your calls.
Your market — organized and available from day one.

A Note From the Founder

We Built This Because the Alternative Wasn't Good Enough.

I've spent over a decade in outbound sales — building teams, running campaigns, and studying what actually makes a cold call work. Before SmartBound, I built and ran other agencies in this space. I've seen how most of them operate.

The standard playbook is high-volume, low-skill, offshore execution. Dial as many numbers as possible, report meetings booked, and call it a day. The client never really knows what's being said on their behalf.

SmartBound is built on a different premise. Every conversation our team has is recorded, analyzed, and fed back to you as structured intelligence. We don't make assumptions about your market — we go find out. The patterns that emerge from hundreds of real conversations with your actual prospects are more valuable than any consultant's opinion or analyst report.

This is US-based, senior-level work. We take a limited number of engagements at a time — not because we can't scale, but because doing this right requires real attention. If we take on your campaign, you have our full focus.

Kevin Hopp

— Kevin Hopp, Founder & CEO, SmartBound

This Isn't a Call Center.

We run one focused campaign at a time — one persona, one market, one objective. You get a partner who thinks about your go-to-market, not a vendor who dials for dollars. Every campaign ends with a formal debrief: what happened, what the data says, and what we recommend next.

No Sales Team

We're Your Outbound Arm.

You don't have reps. We are your reps. We source the list, build the script, make the calls, qualify the prospects, and hand you sales meetings — plus the market intelligence behind every conversation.

Already Have Reps

We're Your Market Intelligence Engine.

Your team handles closing. We handle cold market entry — feeding your reps better leads, sharper messaging, and real-market data that makes every conversation they have more effective.

Who We Work With

Our engagements are built for B2B companies with a real go-to-market challenge — founders who need to know if their market will pick up the phone, heads of sales who need pipeline without adding headcount, and growth teams who need hard data from real conversations before they scale.

SmartBound isn't the cheapest option in this space and we're not trying to be. If you want volume for volume's sake, there are plenty of vendors who will sell you that. If you want your market to actually talk back — book a call.

Our primary vertical is B2B SaaS. We also work extensively with VC and PE-backed companies building pipeline ahead of growth milestones. We don't take every engagement — only the ones we know we can win.

Your Options

Start Where You Are. Scale When Ready.

Begin with a trial to validate. Then commit to a real engagement — 90 days or 6 months — and let the intelligence accumulate.

What Counts as a Conversation?
Not Billed
  • Wrong number
  • Wrong contact, no referral provided
  • Connection under 60 seconds
  • Pure voicemail with no live contact
Billed — A Conversation
  • Real back-and-forth exchange with the contact
  • Rep learns something meaningful about their situation
  • Interest expressed, question asked, or next step agreed
  • Meeting scheduled or prospect requests more information

All engagements include US-based callers, dedicated campaign management, full call recordings, and weekly intelligence reporting.

Book a Discovery Call

We assess fit before every engagement. If we're not the right call, we'll tell you.

Common Questions

Before You Book a Call

What does SmartBound actually deliver?

Three things, on every engagement: qualified conversations with real decision-makers in your target market, structured market intelligence on what's landing and what isn't, and full call recordings for every single dial. You see exactly what happened on every call and why it went the way it did.

How much does it cost?

The trial campaign is $2,500 for 35 qualified conversations — and that $2,500 is credited toward your retainer if you move forward. Ongoing retainers (90-day and 6-month) are custom-priced based on campaign scope. SmartBound is a premium service. If you're looking for the cheapest meetings available, we're not it.

What counts as a qualified conversation?

A real back-and-forth with the target contact where the rep learns something meaningful, interest is expressed, a question is asked, or a meeting is booked. Wrong numbers, sub-60-second connections, and voicemails are never billed. When in doubt, we don't charge.

How fast do we see results?

Most clients have their first conversations within two weeks of launch. The trial delivers 35 conversations in roughly one focused week. You'll have enough data to make a clear go/no-go decision before you ever commit to a retainer.

Are your callers based in the US?

Yes. Every SmartBound caller is US-based and trained in real two-way conversation — not script-reading. You get full recordings of every call so you hear exactly what's being said in your market on your behalf.

Who is this not right for?

Companies looking for high-volume, low-cost overseas meeting setting. Solo founders or bootstrapped businesses without the budget for a premium engagement. If you're not sure whether you qualify, book a call — we'll tell you honestly whether it's a fit.

What Does Pipeline Actually Cost You?

Model your return using real numbers from your business.

Enter your numbers below. Defaults reflect SmartBound's average client benchmarks.

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.
Example: 75 conversations → 10% conversion → 7–8 meetings → 30% close rate → 2 new customers × $20,000 ACV = $40,000 in new revenue. Campaign cost: $7,500. That's more than a 5× return — before your retainer even kicks in.
Ready to model your specific numbers with us? Let's talk.