SalesGlider vs hiring an SDRfor commercial contractorsMeetings, not headcount.
$25 Million closed.
“If you're considering hiring another SDR before leveraging SalesGlider, you may be wasting money. Yes, they're that stellar.”
Terrell “TJ” Jackson - President, Culture Fits
Guaranteed qualified meetings, or we keep working until we deliver them.
Paid partnership. No free POC. No long-term contract.
//We've booked meetings with
Bid lists without carrying the seat.
Same contractor receipts — preferred bidder lists, bid invites, and replies — without a $75K–$110K loaded SDR.
$2.03M
in new qualified pipeline
Generated across active client campaigns in the last 90 days.
interested replies
in the last 90 days
in projected LTV
from opportunities generated
interested replies
in a single day
Specialty contractor client
booked meetings
in 2 days
IT services client
bids generated
in the first 3 days of sending
Roofing client
interested replies per month
average across active clients
Every month, not a one-off
Straight from the sending platform, unedited
33,723 emails sent across four client campaigns produced 73 positive replies. about 1 positive reply per 460 emails. The industry best is roughly 1 in 2,000.
Bounce rate stayed between 0.21% and 1.01% on three of the four campaigns.
What clients are saying
“SalesGlider's cold email got us on a major DFW general contractor's preferred bidders list, and this week we had four bid invitations come in in a single day. These GCs are nearly impossible to reach and they're reaching them.”
Owner & President, Roofs by Peterson
“I've been working with Josh Osborn at SalesGlider for a few months, and the results were almost immediate. As a staffing firm, I'm selective about who I refer to my clients, and I've already introduced several of them to Josh with great results. If you're considering hiring another SDR before leveraging SalesGlider, you may be wasting money. Yes, they're that stellar. Highly recommend.”
President & Owner, Culture Fits
“I know nothing about a formal sales process, that's where Josh and the team at SalesGlider come in. I went from no outreach, to using cold email outreach and it's working. Less than 90 days in, we're getting positive responses not only for new business potential, but we've also developed some COIs out of this process. Josh and his team know outreach, period.”
Founder & CIO, Parlay Technology
“In less than a week, SalesGlider had calls booked with a PE partner who gave me two warm introductions... results beyond what they told me to expect. I trust the team and the process completely.”
Founder, Bolder Cyber Partners
Who this is for — and when an SDR is the better hire
SalesGlider fits better
- Specialty trades selling to GCs who need bid-list access — not more residential leads
- Owners with weak or no outbound and lifetime value roughly $36K+
- Teams that can show up to bids and meetings when a GC or estimator is on the calendar
- Companies that need meetings now, without an SDR manager or deliverability stack
- Owners burned by agencies that report opens instead of held meetings
Hiring an SDR is the better choice
- You already have deliverability, list ops, and a manager who coaches an SDR every week
- You need a full-time internal seat for a complex, custom sales process every day
- Anyone asking for a free proof of concept — this is a paid partnership with a meetings guarantee
- Residential-only or home-service lead gen
- Anyone who wants a list of emails instead of meetings on the calendar
Want the contractor offer, not the hire comparison? Commercial contractor leads · All ICPs
Headcount and ramp, or a meetings system
An SDR is a person. SalesGlider is email, LinkedIn, and calling — with founder-led messaging and a meetings make-good. Cost ranges vary by market; this is not a personalized quote.
Hiring an SDR
- A headcount you recruit, coach, and replace when they leave
- 3–6 months of ramp before the seat is productive (common industry framing)
- Salary, tax, benefits, tools, and data — often $75K–$110K loaded
- Deliverability and list ops sitting on you or a manager
- Activity reports you have to interpret
SalesGlider
- A multi-channel system: cold email, LinkedIn, and calling
- Founder-led interview so messaging is not generic
- Dedicated infrastructure — 0.21%–1.01% bounce on recent campaigns
- Agreed qualified-meeting target; we keep working at no extra cost until hit
- From $3,000/month. No long-term contract. No free POC.
Estimators and precon need project-aware outreach plus the phone. Email-only SDRs often stall in the trades. Roofs by Peterson went from hard-to-reach GCs to a preferred bidders list and four bid invitations in a single day.
Ramp is a quarter, not a week
Hiring, tools, data, and coaching commonly take 3–6 months before the seat is productive.
Email-only SDRs stall in the trades
Estimators and precon need project-aware outreach and the phone — not another sequence.
You manage activity. We own the target.
An SDR reports to you. We agree a qualified-meeting number and keep working until we hit it.
Construction outreach that includes the phone, not just an inbox
Cold email, LinkedIn, and calling — aimed at GCs, estimators, and project managers. You can keep an SDR and use us as the engine behind them.
Cold Email
The highest-ROI channel in B2B - up to 50K sends a month, run end to end for you.
Decision-makers see you before they ever reply to an email.
Cold Calling
For industries where the phone still closes - trades, contractors, staffing, logistics.
Five things have to be right. We own all five.
We go deep in your business so you send messages no one else can.
Most agencies: A form and a kickoff call
Us: A 1-hour founder interview on your offer, buyers, and objections
It lands in the inbox.
Most agencies: Shared domains, 8–15% bounce, rotate accounts when they burn
Us: Dedicated domains and monitoring - 0.21%–1.01% bounce on recent campaigns
We send it to your ideal clients (you define it.)
Most agencies: Buy a list, blast it
Us: Sourced, AI-filtered, then verified for active inboxes - every campaign
A scroll-stopping offer gets it opened.
Most agencies: They send whatever copy you hand them
Us: We write and test the offer against real replies, then double down
We reply in under 5 minutes, on average.
Most agencies: Replies sit in a shared inbox until someone checks it
Us: AI-drafted, approved by a team whose entire job is replying to your leads
A partner, for less than an employee
From $3,000/month
No long-term contract. We agree on a qualified-meeting target up front, and we keep working until we hit it - at no additional cost.
Claim My PipelineMeetings Guarantee
We agree on a qualified-meeting target up front. If we don't hit it, we keep working until we do - at no additional cost.
Us vs Them
In-house SDR
A headcount
Typical agency
Sends and a sequence
SalesGlider
Sales strategy and execution, delivered through multiple channels
In-house SDR
You supply it
Typical agency
Templated - the same playbook as their other clients
SalesGlider
Built from a founder-led onboarding on your business
In-house SDR
Whatever you already say
Typical agency
They send what you give them
SalesGlider
We build the offer, then test it against real replies
In-house SDR
Bought
Typical agency
Bought and blasted
SalesGlider
Sourced, AI-filtered, and verified every campaign
In-house SDR
Your problem
Typical agency
Shared domains, rotate accounts when they burn
SalesGlider
Dedicated infrastructure, monitored hourly
In-house SDR
Whenever they check the inbox
Typical agency
Replies sit until someone gets to them
SalesGlider
Under 5 minutes on average, human-approved
In-house SDR
$75K–$110K/yr loaded - salary, tax, tools, data
Typical agency
$3K–$10K+/mo for sends
SalesGlider
From $3,000/mo. No long-term contract.
In-house SDR
Manage it yourself
Typical agency
They report on open rates
SalesGlider
Meetings guarantee - we keep working until we hit the target
In-house SDR
Typical agency
SalesGlider
A headcount
Sends and a sequence
Sales strategy and execution, delivered through multiple channels
You supply it
Templated - the same playbook as their other clients
Built from a founder-led onboarding on your business
Whatever you already say
They send what you give them
We build the offer, then test it against real replies
Bought
Bought and blasted
Sourced, AI-filtered, and verified every campaign
Your problem
Shared domains, rotate accounts when they burn
Dedicated infrastructure, monitored hourly
Whenever they check the inbox
Replies sit until someone gets to them
Under 5 minutes on average, human-approved
$75K–$110K/yr loaded - salary, tax, tools, data
$3K–$10K+/mo for sends
From $3,000/mo. No long-term contract.
Manage it yourself
They report on open rates
Meetings guarantee - we keep working until we hit the target
You'll Have Great ROI If...
B2B with lifetime value above ~$36K
You want an AI-powered pipeline machine with expert strategy on top
You want a partner who is on the cutting edge of finding prospects others cannot
You can close when you have the client in front of you
You're tired of "AI sellers" and want a team that actually writes copy themselves
You've been burned by agencies with no accountability
Common questions, straight answers
Yes, if you need GC and commercial meetings without carrying the seat. We run cold email, LinkedIn, and calling end to end — founder-led messaging, dedicated infrastructure, and a reply desk. Some clients keep an SDR and use us as the engine behind them. You do not need to hire one first.
Book a call to lock a meetings guarantee
for your trade and geography.
We'll agree on a qualified-meeting target for GC and commercial work, then run the outbound system that hits it. From $3,000/month. Paid partnership — no free POC.
Human-led, AI-fueled: our team owns targeting and reviews every account. AI only handles the volume work.
Meetings guaranteed, or we keep working until we deliver them.