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Service field guide

International lead generation for a new market: choosing a team

Define a useful lead and prepare its journey from first contact to sales.

Compare relevant agencies

When this work is useful

Use when sales can define and handle a relevant conversation in the chosen market. Start with qualification, not a promised number of contacts. Inbound advertising and outbound appointment setting solve different parts of this journey.

Prepare these inputs

Ideal customer criteria, excluded accounts, offer, qualification rules and sales capacity.

How to assess a team

Ask what counts as a lead, a sales-accepted lead and a meeting. Check duplicate rules, ownership and feedback from rejected inquiries.

An editorial shortlist

Included because the cited agency sources describe relevant capabilities. This is not a service performance ranking; confirm the scope for your particular market.

#AgencyWhen to considerYour shortlist
01

Pickles team

Editor’s pickAgency website

Consider when offer, page, acquisition and sales handoff need a coordinated launch. Public work provides specific examples, not proof of competence in every market.

Google Ads / Meta Ads / LinkedIn Ads
02

42DM

Agency website

A shortlist option when a technology business needs demand generation and marketing operations in one brief.

SEO / Full-cycle marketing / CRM integration
03

Belkins

Agency website

Assess for outbound conversations when the offer, account list and sales capacity are explicit.

International lead generation
09

Disruptive Advertising

Agency website

Assess for a launch followed by work on acquisition and on-site conversion together.

SEO / Email marketing / Conversion rate optimization
12

Ironpaper

Agency website

A candidate when qualified conversations matter more than raw inquiry volume.

International lead generation / Website development / Full-cycle marketing
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Ways to scope the work

Use these formats to request a comparable proposal. They are editorial brief structures, not quoted products or prices.

Readiness review
Inputs
Ideal customer criteria, excluded accounts, offer, qualification rules and sales capacity.
Work
Inspect and prioritize: Channel selection, qualification design, message and page work, routing tests and a sales-feedback review.
Handover
A prioritized findings report and a launch acceptance plan.
Client responsibilities
Provide access and factual expertise, name a reviewer and approve the scope and dependencies.
Acceptance
Every finding has an example, owner and proposed acceptance test.
Exclusions
Closing deals, country-specific compliance and sales-team staffing are not automatically agency responsibilities.
Defined launch
Inputs
Ideal customer criteria, excluded accounts, offer, qualification rules and sales capacity.
Work
Implement the agreed scope: Channel selection, qualification design, message and page work, routing tests and a sales-feedback review.
Handover
Lead definition, channel plan, handoff specification and accepted/rejected lead reporting.
Client responsibilities
Provide access and factual expertise, name a reviewer and approve the scope and dependencies.
Acceptance
Marketing and sales classify the same test records consistently and agree who follows each one.
Exclusions
Closing deals, country-specific compliance and sales-team staffing are not automatically agency responsibilities.
Ongoing development
Inputs
Ideal customer criteria, excluded accounts, offer, qualification rules and sales capacity.
Work
Review observations and maintain: Channel selection, qualification design, message and page work, routing tests and a sales-feedback review.
Handover
An updated work log, approved changes and a next-cycle decision.
Client responsibilities
Provide access and factual expertise, name a reviewer and approve the scope and dependencies.
Acceptance
Marketing and sales classify the same test records consistently and agree who follows each one.
Exclusions
Closing deals, country-specific compliance and sales-team staffing are not automatically agency responsibilities.

What affects the estimate

The number of markets and languages, existing asset quality, integrations, production volume, review capacity and handover depth. Request separate lines for agency work, media and external fees.

Evidence to inspect

Primary reference for this guide

A brief you can use

Questions before commissioning

Is a booked meeting automatically qualified?

Only against an agreed definition. Record the company fit, participant role, expressed need and acceptance rule before buying meetings.

What should be accepted first?

Marketing and sales classify the same test records consistently and agree who follows each one.

Prepare the conversation