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SDR as a Service

SDR as a service means a fully managed sales development function — outbound prospecting, sequence drafting, reply triage, and calendar handoff — delivered by an external team. Rev Growth deploys an already-ramped SDR in 2–3 weeks at $4–8K/month, instead of 3–5 months and $130K+/year for an in-house hire.

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Sales Development Representatives are the entry-point hire for most B2B sales teams — and the highest-churn role in the org chart. Average tenure is 14 months. Average ramp is 90–120 days. The math works out to paying for 3–4 months of unproductive ramp on every hire, then doing it again 18 months later.

SDR as a service replaces that loop with a managed function. You get the prospecting work done by an already-ramped operator, you don't run hiring or coaching cycles, and you don't carry the salary, tools, or ramp tax.

What's included in SDR as a service

Prospecting

Target list building, ICP scoring, multi-channel outreach (LinkedIn + email + phone), reply triage, and calendar handoff to your closers.

Voice-first sequences

Sequences trained on your customer calls and won-deal language. Not generic templates with merge tags — actual voice ingestion before any message ships.

Hot-reply notifications

Real-time alerts via Rev Growth in-app notifications the moment a prospect replies positively. Routed straight to you or your closer.

Weekly review

30-minute weekly call to review reply patterns, refine messaging, and adjust the ICP based on what's landing.

Why this is faster than in-house

An in-house SDR hire takes 3–5 months from offer to fully ramped. The SDR-as-a-service equivalent takes 2–3 weeks from kickoff to live campaign — because the operator is already ramped and the technology stack is already configured.

Why this is cheaper than in-house

$4–8K/month for a managed SDR function vs. $130–200K/year fully loaded for an in-house SDR. The cost comparison is roughly 2–3x in favor of outsourced for equivalent activity. The asset-value trade-off (in-house builds a long-term sales asset, outsourced is rented) is real but most early teams choose rented over hiring distraction.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions

What's the difference between SDR as a service and a typical agency?

An agency typically owns campaign execution but reports back to you with a list of leads. SDR-as-a-service runs the function end-to-end — including reply triage, calendar handoff, and weekly coaching. You get a managed seat, not a vendor relationship.

Can I scale up or down month-to-month?

Yes. SDR-as-a-service is more flexible than in-house. We typically work in 3-month minimums (because warmup and ICP tuning take that long), but pausing or scaling is straightforward after the initial period.

How is performance measured?

We measure activity (sends, calls, connections), reply rate, qualified-conversation rate, and meetings booked. We share weekly numbers — full transparency, no vanity metrics.

Do I get a dedicated SDR or a shared one?

Dedicated. Rev Growth engagements pair you with a specific operator who works on your campaigns specifically. Shared models (where one rep runs multiple clients in parallel) are cheaper but the quality decay is meaningful.

What if I want to take the function in-house later?

Standard graduation path. After 12–24 months we hand over playbooks, sequences, ICPs, and dashboards so an in-house team can continue without disruption.

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