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Marketing agency leads for web design studios

Build your own list of marketing agencies, fill in missing emails and offer your website design, builds and redesigns to them in small, personal batches.

  • Public sources for marketing agencies
  • Fields that fit the industry
  • No credits, no rented data
Riftjaw dashboard with engagement chart, audience health, lead sources and activity feed

Selling website design, builds and redesigns to marketing agencies

Marketing agencies are often small teams led by founders who still win the clients, with larger agencies adding account and operations roles. They buy tools and white label services that let them deliver more work without hiring.

Web design studios usually win projects through referrals and by approaching businesses whose website looks dated or does not work well on a phone. Your own lead database keeps those prospects in one list, with a note on what you would improve for each of them.

The marketing agencies that need website design, builds and redesigns are listed publicly. What most web design studios lack is a list they own, with the right fields, that shows who was already contacted.

What web design studios run into with marketing agencies

You collect prospect websites while browsing but lose them in bookmarks and notes.

Import the websites or paste a directory page into the scrape tool and keep everything in one lead file.

Each prospect needs a personal touch, which makes outreach slow.

Use placeholders for the company name and your own fields, so every email reads personal without writing it from scratch.

Agencies receive heavy cold outreach and filter hard.

Placeholders with fallbacks and small batches keep your message personal and gentle.

Directory lists include freelancers who call themselves agencies.

Add a team size field and filter on it before you send.

A week of prospecting in Riftjaw

Monday: collect

Export a batch of marketing agencies from public listings and import it. Duplicates are skipped.

List of imports and scrapes in Riftjaw
Every import stays on record with its lead file, date and status.

Tuesday: fill in

Derive missing emails with hello@, info@, studio@ and newbusiness@ and tag the records that look like a fit.

Database in Riftjaw with active contacts, segment, lead file and source
The database in Riftjaw: concept, active and archived contacts, each with its lead file and source.

Wednesday: reach

Send one mail about your website design, builds and redesigns to the new segment, in small batches.

Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts
Segments such as property managers in London or roofers in the North, each ready to use in a campaign.

Friday: follow up

Opens and clicks show up on each record. Set the ones who answered to Replied or Customer, so the follow-ups of the campaign skip them.

Campaign results in Riftjaw with sent, opened and clicked per contact
Campaign results in Riftjaw: delivered, opened and clicked for every contact.

Angles that work with marketing agencies

Use one angle per campaign, so the results show which one gets marketing agencies to click.

  • Offer capacity they can resell, framed as extra margin on work they already sell.
  • Show work you did for a similar agency, since agencies judge on output.
  • Keep the email itself well crafted, because agencies notice sloppy outreach instantly.
Campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and set the button
The campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and check the preview.

Fields worth recording for marketing agencies

Any column in your import can become a field. These are the ones worth keeping for marketing agencies.

FieldWhy it helps
Company nameThe key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website.
WebsiteNeeded to derive an email when the export has none.
ServicesSEO, social, paid or branding agencies need different partners.
Team sizeShows capacity and whether they outsource.
Client sectorsAgencies focused on one sector may need specialist help.
White labelWhether they already resell outside work.
FounderThe decision maker in most small agencies.

Questions people ask

Segment agencies by the services they offer and send each segment a campaign about the service they could resell. Track replies with statuses and follow up on those who opened.

Yes. Agencies use it to build their own client prospect lists, and the Agency plan gives separate workspaces per client.

If your file has an email column, that wins. If it only has websites, tick the prefixes you want, such as hello@, info@, studio@ and newbusiness@, and Riftjaw derives addresses from each domain. Derived addresses are good guesses, not verified, so start with small batches.

Yes. The Free plan runs the whole pipeline on one list with small campaigns, and you do not need a credit card. Move to Pro when you want more lists, segments and bigger campaigns.

Build a database you own

Create your account, import your first list and see it turn into records you can work.

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