u/MiserableRip3571

A lot of SEO and lead gen agencies spend time building prospect lists from Apollo, LinkedIn, directories, Google, scraping tools, or bought databases.

But the list itself is rarely the hard part.

The hard part is deciding which companies are actually worth researching, personalizing, and reaching out to before you burn time on bad-fit prospects.

I’ve noticed that a company can look like a good lead on the surface and still be a terrible outreach target.

For example, a business might have a weak website, poor SEO, no content, and no rankings... but that does not always mean they are a good SEO prospect. Sometimes it just means they do not care nor have any budget for that.

On the other hand, a company with decent traction but clear gaps can be a much better opportunity. Maybe they already run paid ads, recently hired a marketing lead, expanded into a new market, launched a new product, or have content that ranks but is clearly under-optimized.

That changes the way you think about prospecting.

Instead of asking, “Who has bad SEO?” the better question might be:

“Who has enough business momentum, budget, and visible gaps to make outreach worth it?”

For cold outreach, this seems especially important because personalization takes time. If you spend 10 to 20 minutes researching every lead, bad-fit prospects become expensive very quickly.

The strongest prospects seem to have a mix of:

- clear business activity
- ability to pay
- some marketing maturity
- visible SEO or website gaps
- a reason to care
- a realistic contact path

The weakest prospects often have:

- no recent activity
- no marketing investment
- no signs of growth
- a dead or abandoned website (Caution here, this is usually perceived as an opportunity... it rarely is.)
- tiny budget or unclear business model

At the end of the day, lead quality is about whether that company is likely to care about solving it now.

This is why I am building LeadScore Hub. It pre-qualifies and scores SEO Leads to show you Who to contact first, Why, and What to do next. I am developing it to save you time and help you close more clients with fewer headaches.

For people doing cold outreach for SEO, lead gen, or B2B services:

Would that be useful for your business? If so, would you pay for something like that?

Hey everyone, I’m building an early tool called LeadScoreHub, and I’m looking for a few SEO/ Lead gen agency owners, freelancers, or people doing cold outreach to help test it.

The idea is simple: Most agencies can find lead lists. The harder part is knowing which companies are actually worth contacting before spending time on research, personalization, and outreach.

The goal is to help agencies answer: “Which companies are actually worth contacting first...and why?”

I’m looking for a few early testers. I’ll score a small lead list for free and return the strongest prospects, weaker-fit leads, reasons behind the ranking, and suggested outreach angles.

I am not here to sell anything. I want to know if this brings real actionable value for you.

Still in development, so I’m mainly looking for honest feedback.

Reply here or DM me if you want to test it.

Hey everyone, I’m building an early tool called LeadScoreHub, and I’m looking for a few SEO/ Lead gen agency owners, freelancers, or people doing cold outreach to help test it.

The idea is simple: Most agencies can find lead lists. The harder part is knowing which companies are actually worth contacting before spending time on research, personalization, and outreach.

The goal is to help agencies answer: “Which companies are actually worth contacting first...and why?”

I’m looking for a few early testers. I’ll score a small lead list for free and return the strongest prospects, weaker-fit leads, reasons behind the ranking, and suggested outreach angles.

Still in development, so I’m mainly looking for honest feedback.

Reply here or DM me if you want to test it.

I am beyond happy! I was not prepared for that!

I am converting my license to the EASA rules and I would like recommendations to build a solid network here

I am testing the market for a program still in development. I've opened a waitlist for that objective.

Does cold emailing in bulk to your potential ICP work for a product still in development and for getting Beta testers?

I am trying to understand if there is an actual pain behind that: Do you spend a lot of time manually qualifying each lead?

I ask that because I’m testing a small Lead scoring app for marketing agencies and outbound teams.

Mainly looking for honest feedback:

Would a tool like this actually save you time before outreach?
Would you trust this type of scoring?
What would make the output useful enough to pay for?

I’m testing a simple idea and would love honest feedback from people who do outbound, sales, or agency growth.

When you have a list of companies to contact, it’s not always obvious who is actually worth reaching out to first.

So I’m experimenting with a lead scoring method that looks at company websites and ranks which prospects seem most worth contacting based on things like:

• website quality
• clarity of positioning
• business type
• commercial potential
• SEO / visibility gaps
• likely fit for an offer
• possible outreach angle

I’m not asking for private data or personal contact info.

If anyone wants to test it, share 5 company websites in the comments and I’ll reply with a quick ranking:

1. strongest prospects
2. weaker-fit prospects
3. why I ranked them that way
4. suggested outreach angle

I’m mainly trying to learn:

Would this actually save time before outreach?
Would you trust this type of scoring?
What would make the output useful enough to use regularly?

I’m testing a small Lead scoring app for SEO agencies and outbound teams.

The idea is simple:

You give it a list of company websites, and it ranks which prospects look most worth contacting first, based on signals like

- website quality, positioning, SEO opportunity, business type, commercial potential, and possible outreach angle.

I’m not asking for private data or personal contact info.

If anyone wants to test it, drop 5–10 company URLs in the comments or DM me a small list, and I’ll score them for free.

I’ll send back:

• which leads look strongest
• why they were scored that way
• which ones look weaker
• a suggested outreach angle for each

Mainly looking for honest feedback:

Would this actually save you time before outreach?
Would you trust this type of scoring?
What would make the output useful enough to pay for?

I am curious to know if that is an actual problem faced by you.

Manual pre-qualification is a long and tedious task. And, AI has proven to be inconsistent while prioritizing and scoring lead lists.

- What signals do you look for in a Lead that may have good chances of conversion?

I've been talking to some agencies and noticed that they don't necessarily struggle with finding Lead lists to contact.

The harder part seems to be figuring out which companies are worth spending time on before outreach.

For example, two companies can both have bad SEO, but one is a terrible lead, and the other is a real opportunity.

The bad lead might have:

• no real marketing activity
• tiny budget
• no recent growth signals
• no content or rankings at all
• no clear reason to care about SEO right now

The better lead might have:

• some organic traction already
• visible technical/content gaps
• recent hiring, funding, expansion, or product launches
• existing paid marketing spend (GAds, Meta, etc)
• enough company size or revenue to afford a retainer

I’m trying to better understand how SEO agencies qualify cold leads before sending emails.

Do you usually prioritize SEO gaps first, or business intent signals first? Or perhaps the revenue/ budget of the company?

And what makes you instantly reject a prospect before outreach?

I've been building LeadScore Hub, which turns raw SEO prospect/ lead data into ranked, evidence-backed sales priorities so teams can focus on leads with real fit, intent, and opportunity.

The pain point: SEO agencies waste too much time manually reviewing cold lead lists without knowing which companies are actually worth contacting for outreach.

I'd love honest feedback on two things:

1. The problem: How much does this problem affect you and your company?
2. The product: If you are an Agency owner and want to try it, write a comment or DM me.
3. What signals do you think are the most important for your qualification process?

The tool is still in market validation. Feel free to write what you think is important to be added. Be honest with your feedback.

I have two questions that I am curious about the answer to:

- How do you know who would buy from you, and who wouldn't?
- Do SEO agencies actually do cold outreach prospecting?

There are a lot of articles telling you that you must market your Saas even before the launch in order to create a wishlist and a foundation for your product.

What is the best strategy for that? How can I market a product that does not exist yet?

I am wondering what is the best way to create a wishlist for your Saas before launch?

I've seen so much posts about how marketing your Saas is of utmost importance, and the sooner you start doing it, the better.

I am taking advice from anyone that will give it. Do you guys have any tips or recomendations for someone who is still in development and wants to test the market/ create a wishlist?