Data-driven cold calling for B2B teams

We make the calls.
You take the meetings.

Cold calling, run on live data. Our engine matches your ideal buyers, watches intent signals as they fire, and builds researched dossiers for the priority contacts worth calling. Then a real, named human picks up the phone and opens the conversation properly.

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No bots pretending to be people. No scripts read at strangers. No generic outreach under your name.
Jonny Tyson
Jonny Tyson
Co-founder, one of the voices on your calls
Luke Sharman
Luke Sharman
Co-founder, the brains behind the engine
500
dials in every 30-day sprint, working from 50 priority dossiers
4-6
meetings booked in an average 30-day sprint
£2M+
pipeline generated for a single client through our calling
app.8istudio.com/campaigns/cmp_031/queue
Today's call queue
38 remaining · best data first · run by 8i for Fenwick Advisory
Live
CW
Claire Whitfield
Operations Director · Halcyon Partners
T1 · Dossier
From the brief: three ops vacancies in 6 weeks while the delivery team doubled, classic scaling strain. Open on the delivery-manager role.
Call now No answer Callback Meeting booked
Up next
T1Anna Blakeneycallback 15:30
T2Callum Reecehiring signal
T3James Holtsecond pass
Queue refills automatically, it never runs dry.
Companies we've opened doors for
Why this matters

Building one lead list today looks like this.

Sales NavigatorSN
Sales Navigator
ApolloAP
Apollo
CognismCO
Cognism
LushaLU
Lusha
KasprKA
Kaspr
ClayCL
Clay
HubSpotHU
HubSpot
Google SheetsGS
Google Sheets
Eight tools, one afternoon, one stale list. We run the whole chain in one place: brief → audience → intent → dossier → conversations.
See how it works instead

AI removes the monotonous.
Humans do the important.

How it works

Every call is earned
before it's made.

Three stages of machine homework. One human on the phone.

STAGE 1

Search

Describe your ideal customer in plain English. One click returns every match.

Director +UK50–500 → 1,240 matched
STAGE 2

Signal

Layer live intent signals. Watch 1,240 become the 87 worth calling now.

1,240 in audience → 87 showing intent
STAGE 3

Dossier

An AI-written brief on every contact: why now, talking points, the opener.

50 dossiers · ~30 seconds each · clear credit cost up front
STAGE 4

Call

A named caller works the list. Meetings land on your calendar.

Best data worked first: dossier → intent → raw
01 · The engine behind the calls

You watch every call get smarter.

Your window into every campaign. Nothing happens in a black box.

One dashboard.
Four numbers that matter.

Four numbers, every audience in flight, one glance.

✓Every action shows its credit cost before it runs
✓Allowances and usage always visible, no surprise bills
✓One primary action per screen, never twelve buttons

A published campaign,
mid-flight.

Campaigns run best data first. You watch every dial land in real time.

✓Every contact keeps its data tier, so you see what converts
✓Dossier-briefed calls convert several times better than raw, and you can see it
✓Weekly report written in plain English, not dashboard-speak

Intent you can
actually act on.

Audiences tell you who fits. Signals tell you who is ready now.

✓Hiring, funding, leadership change, product launch, tech stack, content
✓Live counts on every combination before you commit to anything
✓Custom rules when your buying signal is something only you know

Every call starts with
a proper brief.

Written by AI in 30 seconds. Read by a human before they dial.

✓Company snapshot from real sources, filings, site, hiring pages
✓Signals matched, so the caller knows why this contact made the list
✓Exports as a PDF your team can use anywhere
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Fenwick Advisory
Tuesday 28 July · billing resets in 4 days
+ New audience build
Audiences
6/20
this month
Leads found
4,820
all audiences
Dossiers
182
318 credits left
Exports
500
none used
Audiences in flight
View all
Ops directors, AI adopters1,240 peopleStage 2 · Signal
FinServ CTOs, hiring data roles640 peopleStage 3 · Dossier
Manchester agencies, new funding212 peoplePublished
app.8istudio.com/campaigns/cmp_031
Ops directors, AI adopters
Sprint · day 9 of 30 · 1,240 contacts · run by 8i
Live
Dials made
212
of 500 total
Conversations
27
13% connect rate
Follow-ups booked
11
on your calendar
Performance by data tier
conversation rate
T1 · Dossier
28% · 50 worked
T2 · Intent
16% · 37 worked
T3 · Raw
6% · 125 worked
app.8istudio.com/audiences/aud_0142
Intent signals
live counts · 1,240 in audience
✓
Hiring
open roles that match your pitch
1,240 → 87
✓
Funding
raised in the last 12 months
1,240 → 23
✓
Leadership change
new exec in the last 6 months
1,240 → 14
Product launch
public launch detected
1,240 → 9
Tech stack change
tooling added or dropped
1,240 → 31
Content
posting on topics you care about
1,240 → 112
Custom
define your own rule
+ Add
app.8istudio.com/dossiers/dos_2201
SF
Sophie Fenn
Head of Operations · Marlow & Grey · London
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Why now
Posted three ops vacancies in 6 weeks while Sophie writes about AI adoption, scaling delivery and exploring automation at the same time is the classic moment for outside help.
Talking points
1. The NHS framework win and delivery capacity  2. Her post on AI pilots failing without process mapping  3. The two process-analyst hires
Suggested opener
“Sophie, saw the process-analyst roles alongside your post on AI pilots failing without process mapping. That tension is exactly what we work on, worth a short conversation?”
02 · Your stack

The list leaves clean.
Into whatever you use.

We are not another tool your team has to live in. Every shortlist leaves the engine with its tiers, signals and dossier links intact, straight into the stack you already run.

Shortlist · 81 peopleready
Ian MooreFD · Bolton
T1 · Dossier
Sarah EllisMD · Preston
T1 · Dossier
James WynnOps Dir · Leeds
T2 · Intent
Priya NairCEO · York
T3 · Raw
every row keeps its tier, signals and dossier
HSP+9
Your CRMContacts land as records with the dossier attached, not a paste job
inO+6
Your outreachSequences and follow-ups pick up the shortlist, warm from the calls
X+3
Your spreadsheetsA clean sheet with every tier tag and signal in its own column
POST /your-webhook
Everywhere elseCSV and webhooks for anything we have not thought of yet
✓No lock-in. Your data leaves as cleanly as it arrives, and it is always yours.
03 · The model

The prep is automated.
The close is human.

Machines do the monotonous. People do the important. The line never moves.

The machine does
→Finds every person who matches your ideal customer
→Watches for intent, hiring, funding, leadership change
→Writes the research brief before every conversation
→Orders the calling queue so the best data is worked first
A human does
✓Makes every call, a named person, not a bot
✓Reads the room and changes tack mid-conversation
✓Builds the trust that gets deals over the line
✓Approves anything sent under your name, always
AI removes the monotonousHumans do the importantThe prep is automatedThe close is humanNot more messages, better conversationsBoring AI, properly appliedAI removes the monotonousHumans do the importantThe prep is automatedThe close is humanNot more messages, better conversationsBoring AI, properly applied
04 · Results

Work we can point at.

Real clients, named where they've let us name them. No stock photos, no logos we haven't earned.

Case study · Active since 2024
AMP Electrical Manchester
Outsourced business development and outreach for a commercial MEP contractor
£2M+
commercial MEP opportunities generated
£500k+
domestic opportunities quoted
£200k+
domestic work won
“They brought in great tender opportunities with building contractors, some of which developed into long-term relationships and repeat work. Genuinely felt like an extension of our own team.”
BB
Brandon Bretherton
Director, AMP Electrical Manchester
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4-6
meetings booked in an average 30-day sprint
100%
of engagements led by a named partner, you always know who's making your calls
5.0★★★★★
Google rating across every review we've received
★★★★★

“Jonny and Luke are great to deal with and very supportive. They don't oversell, if something isn't right for you they'll tell you.”

Mark Kitchen
Google review
★★★★★

“Jonny is very punctual, reliable and easy to talk to. He is very knowledgeable and explains simply and to the point how he can help you.”

Liam Jackson
Google review
★★★★★

“Very professional, the attention to detail and levels of communication are 2nd to nobody.”

Daniel Want
Google review
★★★★★

“I originally went to an agency to do the Love From Above platform. They didn't deliver. Luke has worked closely with me to get me the results that I wanted.”

Chelsea Cousen
Google review · Love From Above
★★★★★

“Not coming from a tech background, Luke has made it very simple for me to manage and use the system that we have set up together. I'm really happy with the results.”

Jennie Thornton
Google review
★★★★★

“Jonny and Luke are great to deal with and very supportive. They don't oversell, if something isn't right for you they'll tell you.”

Mark Kitchen
Google review
★★★★★

“Jonny is very punctual, reliable and easy to talk to. He is very knowledgeable and explains simply and to the point how he can help you.”

Liam Jackson
Google review
★★★★★

“Very professional, the attention to detail and levels of communication are 2nd to nobody.”

Daniel Want
Google review
★★★★★

“I originally went to an agency to do the Love From Above platform. They didn't deliver. Luke has worked closely with me to get me the results that I wanted.”

Chelsea Cousen
Google review · Love From Above
★★★★★

“Not coming from a tech background, Luke has made it very simple for me to manage and use the system that we have set up together. I'm really happy with the results.”

Jennie Thornton
Google review
05 · The offer

Start with a 30-day sprint.
No tie-ins.

No pricing table yet. We scope it and price it with you, openly, on a call.

The 30-day cold call sprint
One month. One audience.
A named caller on the phones.
✓30 days, start to finish, no rolling contract
✓500 lines of qualified data for one audience
✓500 dials, prioritised from 50 researched dossiers
✓50 dossiers, built for that one audience
✓A named caller on the phones
✓Watch it live in your own read-only view
✓Weekly report, written in plain English
✓Every contact, dossier and result handed over on Day 30
Book a meeting+ 5 free dossiers 20 minutes with Luke or Jonny, we'll scope it and price it together. ★★★★★Five star Google reviews
5 free dossiers delivered within 24 hours of your meeting
Why no pricing table?

A table cannot ask what a meeting is worth to you. We price it on the first call, and if we are not the right fit, we will say so.

Prefer the platform without the calling? Ask about a self-serve seat on the same call.

06 · Our standards

What we won't do.

What we refuse to ship, no matter who asks.

No fake humans

No bots pretending to be people. Every call and every message comes from a named person who exists.

No generic outreach

Nothing generic goes out under our name or yours. If the research isn't specific, the message doesn't send.

No meeting-count games

We don't fill your diary with poor-quality meetings to make a number look good. We chase deals closed.

No overclaiming

Specific numbers over vague claims, honest reports when a week is slow, and no logos we haven't earned.

No hidden compute

Every action shows its credit cost before it runs. Every debit is logged. No surprise bills, ever.

No data hostage-taking

Your audiences, dossiers and results are yours. Leave a retainer and the full hand-off comes with you.

No tool-pushing

We only recommend AI tools that earn their place in a specific workflow. If a spreadsheet does the job, we'll say so.

No jargon

Plain English, always. If a sentence needs a glossary or a buzzword to sound clever, it gets rewritten.

No fake humans

No bots pretending to be people. Every call and every message comes from a named person who exists.

No generic outreach

Nothing generic goes out under our name or yours. If the research isn't specific, the message doesn't send.

No meeting-count games

We don't fill your diary with poor-quality meetings to make a number look good. We chase deals closed.

No overclaiming

Specific numbers over vague claims, honest reports when a week is slow, and no logos we haven't earned.

No hidden compute

Every action shows its credit cost before it runs. Every debit is logged. No surprise bills, ever.

No data hostage-taking

Your audiences, dossiers and results are yours. Leave a retainer and the full hand-off comes with you.

No tool-pushing

We only recommend AI tools that earn their place in a specific workflow. If a spreadsheet does the job, we'll say so.

No jargon

Plain English, always. If a sentence needs a glossary or a buzzword to sound clever, it gets rewritten.

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