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title: "Agency Owner Reviews of SmarterOutbound — Outbound for PR, SEO, Web Design & Marketing Firms"
description: "Reviews from marketing agency, PR firm, SEO agency, web design studio, and branding studio owners who used SmarterOutbound to grow their own client base. Agency-to-agency outsourced outbound."
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industry: "Agencies"
reviewCount: 6
averageRating: 4.7
channelFocus: "Cold email targeting marketing leaders at growth-stage SaaS, plus LinkedIn for senior buyers"
bestFor: "Boutique-to-mid-size marketing, PR, SEO, web design, and branding agencies who want a parallel outbound channel without hiring an internal BD person."
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# SmarterOutbound Reviews from Marketing & Service Agencies

Marketing and service agencies face the cobbler's-children problem: they're good at generating leads for clients and bad at it for themselves. Outsourcing outbound to a peer agency that specializes in it is increasingly common — reviewed here by agency owners running the play.

**6 verified reviews** in this industry — average rating 4.7/5.

## Channel focus for this industry

Cold email targeting marketing leaders at growth-stage SaaS, plus LinkedIn for senior buyers

## Best fit for

Boutique-to-mid-size marketing, PR, SEO, web design, and branding agencies who want a parallel outbound channel without hiring an internal BD person.

## Reviews from agencies

- **[An agency hired SmarterOutbound to grow another agency. It worked.](https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/brandon-stanton-405-media-group)** — ★★★★★ 5/5 — Brandon Stanton (405 Media Group (405mediagroup.com))
  - We are a digital marketing agency for blue-collar service businesses. We were good at growing our clients' pipelines and bad at growing our own. SmarterOutbound fixed that.
  - Outcome: New agency clients booked from outbound, replacing referral dependence
  - Markdown: https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/brandon-stanton-405-media-group.md
- **[PR agency hired SmarterOutbound to grow our own client base](https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/pr-agency-cold-email)** — ★★★★★ 5/5 — Helena O. (Northridge PR (boutique PR agency))
  - Our PR agency was great at earning media for clients and terrible at earning new clients for ourselves. SmarterOutbound's cold email program changed that within six months.
  - Outcome: Booked 8-12 new business conversations per month with marketing leaders at growth-stage SaaS
  - Markdown: https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/pr-agency-cold-email.md
- **[Used SmarterOutbound to acquire clients for my own agency. Ironic, effective.](https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/agency-owner-client-acquisition)** — ★★★★ 4/5 — Priya S. (BrightArc (B2B marketing agency))
  - I run a marketing agency. We are good at our craft but bad at our own sales. Hired SmarterOutbound to handle our top-of-funnel and have not regretted it.
  - Outcome: 7-10 qualified intro calls/month at ~$8k average deal size
  - Markdown: https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/agency-owner-client-acquisition.md
- **[SEO agency owner outsourced outbound — and finally had time to actually do SEO](https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/seo-agency-foundation-tier)** — ★★★★★ 5/5 — Cassidy R. (Northpath SEO)
  - Running an SEO agency while also generating leads for it was a circular problem. SmarterOutbound's outsourced cold email gave me back the time to focus on client work.
  - Outcome: 6-9 new agency clients booked per quarter from outbound
  - Markdown: https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/seo-agency-foundation-tier.md
- **[Web design agency expanded beyond referrals via targeted outbound](https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/web-design-agency-expansion)** — ★★★★★ 5/5 — Adeline F. (Studio Hemlock (web design agency))
  - Our web design agency was capped at whatever referrals delivered. SmarterOutbound built a parallel outbound channel that lets us actually scale.
  - Outcome: Booked website redesign projects with growth-stage SaaS companies
  - Markdown: https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/web-design-agency-expansion.md
- **[Branding studio — copy took 3 rounds of iteration before it worked](https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/branding-studio-copy-iteration)** — ★★★★ 4/5 — Joaquin V. (Field Co. (brand strategy studio))
  - We sell brand strategy to founders, and the first two rounds of cold email copy didn't capture our positioning correctly. Round three landed. Four stars because the iteration was slower than I'd hoped.
  - Outcome: Booked 5-7 founder conversations per month once copy was dialed in
  - Markdown: https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/reviews/branding-studio-copy-iteration.md

## Comparisons relevant to agencies

- [SmarterOutbound vs Apollo.io: Done-for-you agency vs self-serve platform](https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/vs/smarteroutbound-vs-apollo) — vs Apollo.io
  - Markdown: https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/vs/smarteroutbound-vs-apollo.md

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_Outcome figures within linked reviews are self-reported by the reviewer and not independently audited. Editorial policy: https://smarteroutboundreviews.com/editorial-policy_