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Bee2B vs in house

What it really takes to run outbound yourself.

Hiring an SDR is the easy part. Recruiting, ramping, coaching, tooling and covering for turnover is where the cost sits.

AreaIn house SDRBee2B
Time to live outreach3 to 6 months to recruit and rampTwo weeks
RecruitmentYour time plus agency feesIncluded
Strategy and messagingBuilt by your teamBuilt and tested by Bee2B
Coaching and managementYour sales leader's timeIncluded
Data and toolsSeparate subscriptionsIncluded
Leave and turnoverPipeline stopsCovered
ReportingWhatever the CRM showsWeekly, with next actions

First year cost of an in house SDR

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Total first year cost$0
Productive months in year one0
Cost per productive month$0
Total = salary plus super, recruitment fee, data and tools over 12 months, and manager time over 48 working weeks. Productive months = 12 minus the months to full productivity (minimum 1). Cost per productive month = total divided by productive months. An estimate only. Compare it with your Bee2B proposal, which goes live in two weeks.
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