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We learn your business
Your services, your area, the customers you want, and the work you have capacity to take on. We agree what a useful opportunity looks like.
More commercial
customers.
Less chasing.
You’re busy doing the work. We help you find the next customer, with targeted cold email, real conversations and appointments handled for you.
Done for you. Built around your business and your area.
“Could you come in and quote?”
A local office manager. A building in your area.
A service your team already does well.
The next step: a site walkthrough
Illustrative enquiry
Your next opportunity could be nearby.
For the businesses that
keep other businesses running.
Cleaning Landscaping Maintenance Print & signage Business services
When you’re busy with today’s customers,
who’s finding tomorrow’s?
You do good work. Your customers recommend you. But referrals arrive on their own schedule, and finding new business keeps slipping down the list.
Researching companies, finding contacts, writing emails and following up takes time you’re already spending on your team and your customers.
FirstKnock handles that first conversation.
We do the groundwork.
You build the relationship.
We become the team that keeps looking for new business while you get on with delivering your service.
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We find the right businesses
We research suitable companies and the people responsible for buying your services, within the territory you can actually cover.
03
We make the first approach
We write and run targeted cold email campaigns, follow up, and have a real person handle the replies on your behalf.
04
You take the conversation forward
When someone is interested and meets the agreed criteria, we arrange the next step and hand over the context. You quote and close the work.
You approve the audience and messaging. We handle the day-to-day outreach and keep you informed.
Good at what you do.
Ready for more of it.
For established local businesses that sell to other businesses and have room for more customers. Here’s what that could look like for you.
More doors to put your name on.
Reach businesses and property managers who could need a reliable commercial cleaning partner. We start the conversation and help arrange a walkthrough when there’s a fit.
Who we could reach
Office, property and facilities managers
The next step
Cleaning enquiries and site walkthroughs
“We’re reviewing the cleaning for our offices. Could you come in to take a look and give us a quote?”Illustrative example, not a client result or a guaranteed outcome.
Your outreach team.
Without another job to manage.
One service covering the work from finding suitable businesses to handling an interested reply.
Your area. Your kind of customer.
Targeting built around the locations, business types and job sizes that make sense for your team.
Prospect research
Suitable businesses and relevant contacts researched for your campaign, with contact details checked before outreach.
Outreach, managed for you
Sending setup, campaign writing and follow-up handled together. You review the approach before we launch.
A real person on replies
We answer questions, establish interest and qualify responses against the criteria we agreed with you.
A clear next step
A call, quote request or site visit, with the company details and reason for interest ready for your team.
You know what’s happening
Regular reporting on responses, opportunities and appointments, with a clear view of what we’re improving.
Choose your outreach plan.
Clear monthly packages, with the setup and ongoing support to run your campaigns. All prices are in US dollars.
Starter
$2,500/ month
$2,500 setup
15,000 emails per month
90-day minimum
- Deliverability setup + inbox placement monitoring
- ICP and targeting brief
- 1 lead magnet
- 1 sequence + weekly iteration
- Weekly performance report
Growth
$6,500/ month
$6,000 setup
30,000 emails per month
90-day minimum
- Everything in Starter
- 2 lead magnets
- 4 sequences + A/B testing
- Reply handling playbook
- Calendar booking workflow
Pro
$12,500/ month
$10,000 setup
100,000 emails per month
90-day minimum
- Everything in Growth
- 3 lead magnets
- Multi-persona targeting
- Dedicated deliverability warm-up monitoring
- Monthly strategy review
Custom
Tailored volume & features. Dedicated support.
From $18,000 / month
Setup: custom
A sensible fit comes first.
We’ll look at your service area, your typical customer value and the number of businesses worth approaching. Then we’ll recommend a plan with clear scope and pricing.
Tell us about your business- You already do good work for commercial customers.
- You know the services and locations you want to grow.
- You have capacity to take on the right new business.
- You can follow up, prepare quotes and deliver the work.
A few good
questions.
Wondering whether this could work for your business? Start here, or get in touch.
What exactly does FirstKnock do?
We run outbound prospecting for small, local businesses selling services to other businesses. We research potential customers, write and send targeted cold emails, follow up, handle replies and help arrange the next step. You stay responsible for quoting, selling and delivering your service.
Is this right for a small local business?
It can be, if you serve commercial customers, have an established service and can take on more work. We look at your service area, the number of suitable prospects and the value of a new customer before recommending a campaign. A very small territory or low-value one-off work may not support an ongoing service.
Do I need to know anything about cold email?
No. We manage the research, setup, messaging and campaign operations. We need your knowledge of the service, examples of the customers you want, and approval of the approach. You don’t need to learn or operate sending software.
What counts as a qualified opportunity?
We agree this before launch. It typically includes a suitable business in your service area, the right contact, a service or project you can deliver, and explicit interest in a next step. An appointment or enquiry is an opportunity to sell; it is not a signed contract.
How quickly will I see results?
We first need time for research, sending setup and messaging approval. We agree a launch plan with you and refine the campaign as replies come in. Timing and results depend on your offer, territory, buyers and their existing supplier arrangements. We don’t promise a fixed number of customers.
How much does it cost?
Starter is US$2,500 per month plus US$2,500 setup. Growth is US$6,500 per month plus US$6,000 setup, and Pro is US$12,500 per month plus US$10,000 setup. These three plans have a 90-day minimum. Custom plans start at US$18,000 per month with setup priced individually. Compare the packages in our Pricing section, or get in touch to discuss the right fit.
Are the enquiries shared with other businesses?
Responses to your campaign are handed to your business. We don’t sell the same campaign enquiry to several providers. If you need wider exclusivity within a territory, we can discuss that when scoping the work.
Your next customer starts with a first conversation.
Tell us what you do, where you work and the customers you’d like more of. We’ll discuss whether FirstKnock makes sense for your business.
Prefer to talk it through? Pick a time that suits you.