Find good leads, see why they fit and follow up before they go cold.
Tell Chip who you sell to and it finds real companies and people, with why each one fits and where it found them. Keep the good ones as contacts and follow up from the same place. It's a quicker way to find new customers than an evening of looking people up.
No need to set everything up on day one.
Free plan available, no card needed. Or book a demo.
Finding customers shouldn't eat your week.
Most new work starts with a list: a spreadsheet of names, a few browser tabs and a note on your phone. You spend the evening looking people up, half of them turn out to be the wrong fit, and the ones who answer get lost between your email and WhatsApp.
Then the follow-up slips. Nobody remembers who was contacted, what they said or when to try again, so warm leads go cold.
What gets easier
- A list with reasonsEvery prospect comes with why Chip picked them and the sources it used.
- Only the good ones in your contactsYou choose who to keep, and duplicates are checked before anyone is added.
- A first message, already draftedChip drafts a short intro for each new contact. You edit it before it goes.
- Follow-ups that don't slipDeals, tasks and follow-up emails sit on the contact, so you know who is next.
Three steps to get going.
Describe who you sell to.
Type who you are after the way you would tell a friend: "logistics companies in Lagos with 20 to 200 staff". Chip turns that into filters and searches, reads what comes back, and keeps only the businesses and people its sources support.
- Searches the web, and business listings first when they are connected
- Bigger searches run in batches; a batch that finds nobody is refunded
- Up to 250 prospects a search on Starter, 500 on Growth and Scale
Keep the ones worth talking to.
Prospects sit in Prospecting, not your contacts, until you choose. Pick the ones you like and convert them: startbuddi checks for people already in your CRM, links them to a company and records the search they came from.
- Assign an owner, add to a list, or dismiss
- Draft an intro with Chip after converting; nothing is sent for you
- Converted contacts can join an email list in Marketing
Follow up before they go cold.
Open a contact and choose Nurture with Chip. Chip drafts a short email sequence from that person's real history. You edit it, then enrol them or save it for later.
- Draft with Chip: set the goal, how many emails and the tone
- Friendly, Professional or Direct
- Only contacts with an email who are subscribed can be enrolled
From a search to a new client.
It all happens in startbuddi, so the person Chip found is the same record that books, pays and gets the invoice.
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Chip finds prospects
Real people and companies, each with the reason it fits and its sources.
ProspectingChip -
You keep the best ones
Convert them to contacts. Duplicates are checked and the search they came from is saved.
ContactsCompanies -
The first message goes out
Chip drafts an intro or a short sequence. You edit it, then send.
ChipEmail -
A reply becomes a deal
Chip suggests a deal from the conversation, and the reply moves it along your pipeline.
InboxPipeline -
They book a call
Share your booking link and the call lands on their record.
Bookings
One person, one record, the whole way through.
What it looks like in startbuddi.
Screens show sample data.
Questions people ask
How does startbuddi help me find new customers?
Where does the prospect information come from?
Does searching cost anything?
Can I bring in the leads I already have?
Can follow-ups go out on their own?
Find your next customers.
Describe who you sell to and see who Chip finds. Keep the ones worth talking to.
Start with the one thing you need. The rest is there when you're ready.
Free plan available.