Fentner Business Spotlight

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Consultancies and service firms that sell to charities, foundations and universities face a buyer with no fixed title and a low tolerance for sales copy. We ranked nine cold email agencies for that job, and Sales.co came first on the strength of a published campaign in the sector.

  • Sector campaign on record — roughly 52,000 emails for a data visualisation consultancy, 174 interested replies, 23 referrals
  • Who answered — directors dominated; operations and program directors at 11–50 person organisations sent the most replies
  • Tone — formal copy outscored informal copy 19 to 8 on tagged positive replies
  • Length — medium and long emails beat short ones by almost four to one combined
  • Cost — the same managed service at $1,000 a month and up, no setup fee
  • Weaker fits — phone-first models at SalesRoads and Superhuman Prospecting, a $50,000 contract floor at Growth Rhino

Full findings: our cold email agency report for consulting and professional services firms

The service used in the campaign: Sales.co managed cold email

Fentner Group — fentner.com

What is Fentner Business Spotlight?

Fentner Business Spotlight is the audio edition of the firm's published research. Fentner Group assesses brands, products, and market structure in digital markets from evidence any reader can obtain, under criteria fixed before the review begins. Each episode covers one report and links to the published text.