Cost Effective Lead List for Geographically-focused search

May 02, 2021
by a searcher from Georgetown University in Raleigh-Durham, Durham, North Carolina, USA
What recommendations are there for most cost-effective ways to acquire lead leads? Specifically, I'm looking for B2B service businesses within 50 miles of Raleigh, NC. To date, most of my deal flow has come through local brokers, CPAs, and advisors I've connected with, but looking to step up my direct outreach.
Would love thoughts on the best service to use; if anyone has extra licenses and wants to share costs and/or sell me a list directly, I'm all ears!
Thanks,
Matt
from Babson College in Boston, MA, USA
from Texas A&M University in Elizabethton, TN, USA
For a DIY approach (good for very limited geo), try PPP data to ID targets by zip: https://www.searchfunder.com/post/ppp-data-useful-for-search-criteria-refinement
Spend time via LinkedIn / Google to ID owners, mutual connections. Ask for intros via people in community you know.