What counts as a lead? What an AI lead generation agency should show you.

Four things get billed under one word. The ladder, the five questions, and what we put on the table.

Start a project The five questions
Illustration. Ask which rung the invoice counts.

Where did the lead come from?

A lead with its link can be checked in a minute. A bought row cannot.

  • Published sources only: job posts, company pages, funding news, directories.
  • Every lead keeps its link. Open it and decide for yourself.
Illustration with sample data.

Who does the work?

Agents do the slow parts. A person approves every message. You can be that person.

  • AgentResearch. The buyer's own pages, every claim linked.
  • AgentVerify. The address, before any draft.
  • AgentDraft. In your voice.
  • PersonApprove, edit or drop. Nothing goes out without a yes.
Approval queueSample draft

Packaging manufacturer, CoimbatoreExpansion announced

Saw the new plant in your press release. Worth a 20-minute call before the capacity is sold?

press releaseaddress verified

Approved by youSent 10:58

Follow-up 1 is drafted. It waits for your yes too.

Illustration with a sample draft.

The questions to ask any agency

A good answer is specific and in writing.

The first comes from Lilach Bullock's checklist: define a lead in writing.

Before you sign5 of 5 asked
  1. What counts as a lead, in writing?OursIn the proposal, before work starts.
  2. Who touches my account?OursAgents research, verify, draft. A person approves.
  3. AI or people, and where is the line?OursEvery send waits for a human yes.
  4. Deliverability and warm-up: what is the plan?OursDomain, daily cap, bounce rule: in the proposal.
  5. Who owns the lead data?OursYou. Every lead and its link stays with you.
Take the list to any agency, including us.

What we show you

A real board before any contract. The public demo holds sample leads and says so.

  • The signal that put the buyer on the list.
  • The source link.
  • The verified address and the status.

LeadsForYou, the board is our own build. The service around it is AI lead generation.

The LeadsForYou demo board, with a Sample data notice above the lead counts and a table of sample leads showing the signal, the vendor window and the status
Real board, sample leads. Live at leadsforyou.in.

What it costs

No price list. The quote is scoped after a 20-minute call; four things move it.

For scale: The Starr Conspiracy's FAQ puts point tools at $100 to $1,000 per user per month, platforms at $2,000 to $15,000 per month. Their figures, for software, not an agency quote.

What moves the quoteIllustration

Quoteafter a 20-minute call

Illustration. None of these is a price.

When a list or a tool is the better buy

Hire an agency when

  • Your buyers publish signals: hiring, funding, launches, tenders.
  • You want a person to read every message first.
  • You can take the calls that get booked.

Buy a list or run a tool when

  • You need a thousand addresses by Friday. A list is cheaper.
  • You write well and have the hours. A tool costs less.
  • Your buyers leave no public signal. Nothing to research.

Questions

What counts as a lead?

Whatever the contract says, so get it in writing. Weakest to strongest: a form fill, a verified contact, a reply, a booked call that happened.

Is an AI lead generation agency the same as an AI SDR?

Close. An AI SDR usually sends on its own. Here agents draft, a person approves, and only then is anything sent.

Who owns the lead data?

You do. Every lead and its source link stays with you when the work stops.

What about deliverability and warm-up?

Ask for the sending domain, the daily cap and the bounce rule in writing. Ours go in the proposal.

How much does AI lead generation cost?

Scoped after a 20-minute call. The buyer profile, the calls you can take, follow-ups per lead and who answers replies move it.

Related

Ask us the five questions.

Scoped and quoted after a 20-minute call. Not the right fit? We will say so.

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