Lead generation for creative agencies

Lead generation for creative agencies that sell ideas, not commodities.

Creative agencies need outreach that respects positioning, taste and timing. Sales Hype builds managed B2B outbound for agencies selling brand, design, content, web, production and specialist creative services to companies with real commercial need.

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From £2,500/mo · 3-month minimum · no setup fee
HubSpot Solutions PartnerApolloClaySPF · DKIM · DMARCGoogle Postmaster
Inbox · replies
Operations DirectorInterested

“Good timing — we’re reviewing suppliers this quarter. Could you do Thursday at 10?”

Step 2 of 4 · follow-upsent 09:12
Logged to HubSpot · deal created→ Meeting booked
Illustrative example of how replies are handled.
Laptop, notebook and coffee on a desk in morning light
How it works

One system, run end to end.

Every engagement follows the same six steps, run personally by the founder — from who to target through to a weekly report on what happened and what changes next.

  1. 01
    Target

    ICP, accounts and buying roles

  2. 02
    Data

    Verified contacts from Apollo, Clay and sector sources

  3. 03
    Sequences

    Specific, human copy in your voice

  4. 04
    Protected sending

    Separate domains, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, warm-up

  5. 05
    Replies

    Routed to you and logged in HubSpot

  6. 06
    Weekly report

    Replies, meetings, what to change next

Why this matters now

Creative agencies sell trust before they sell output

Creative work is hard to evaluate before it exists. A prospect is buying process, taste, judgement and a team they believe can understand the brief. That makes cold outreach more delicate than normal B2B prospecting.

Outbound cannot sound like a generic capabilities email

A message saying 'we are an award-winning creative agency' lands badly because the buyer has seen it before. Better outreach is aimed at companies with a real trigger: repositioning, hiring growth, launch pressure, funding, new leadership or a brand that no longer fits the business.

The goal is better first conversations

Sales Hype campaigns for creative agencies are not built to create volume for its own sake. The aim is to surface the right conversations early enough that the relationship can form before the brief is written and before the agency is one of six on a speculative list.

A pipeline layer behind the founder

For many creative agencies, the founder still carries sales. We build the system around them so the market hears from the agency consistently without draining leadership time or flattening the agency's voice.

What Sales Hype runs

The whole outbound system, not one loose campaign.

Account targeting around fit and trigger signals

Positioning-led outbound messaging

Managed campaign operation

Reply routing into HubSpot

Weekly pipeline and reply-quality reporting

Suitable for brand, design, web, content and production agencies

Live campaign

5.1% reply rate on a real B2B wholesale campaign.

Caviar de Beluga, a UK caviar wholesaler where Sales Hype’s founder also leads sales — so the method is tested on a business with real targets.

Read the case study →
Prospects contacted528
Emails delivered · multi-step sequence901
Open rate25.4%
Reply rate5.1%
Pricing

What's included

A published starting price and exactly what it covers. Larger scopes are quoted in writing after a free call.

Managed outbound
From £2,500 / month
3-month minimum · no setup fee
✓ICP and targeting workshop
✓Verified, segmented prospect lists
✓Sector-specific email sequences written for you
✓Separate sending domains and mailboxes set up (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) and warmed
✓Campaign management and daily deliverability monitoring
✓Reply handling and meetings booked into your calendar
✓Weekly report and monthly strategy review
+Data and sending-tool subscriptions · not included
+Domains and mailboxes (at cost, in your name) · not included
Common questions

Can outbound work for creative agencies?

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Yes, when targeting and positioning are strong. Generic volume outreach damages creative brands, but focused B2B outbound can create useful introductions.

Does outbound make a creative agency look desperate?

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Bad outreach can. Professional, specific outreach does not. The tone needs to be light, credible and tied to the prospect's situation rather than a hard sell.

Our best work comes from referrals and awards. Why add outbound?

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Referrals and awards create trust, but they are unpredictable. Outbound adds a consistent third route to new conversations while those channels continue working.

Will you reveal our approach publicly?

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No. Sales Hype keeps public-facing copy broad and protects the specific operating details behind the campaign.

Want to know if outbound fits your offer?

In 30 minutes, we will map your ICP, outbound risks, tooling and likely path to pipeline. No pitch theatre.

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