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DesignLeads needs a marketing co-founder!

Hi guys!

I'm looking for a Marketing co-founder!

I've been working on DesignLeads.ai (evenings and weekends) for almost a year now. Having co-developed the product with design agencies and design freelancers the past ~4 months, I think we've got a special thing coming 🙈

We're now in closed beta and will launch publicly this summer. As the website will come online soon, I'm looking for a 20hrs/week marketeer (co-founder) who loves to roll out DesignLeads.ai.

Below a bit more context.

FOR WHO
DesignLeads.ai is a monthly subscription that sends 25 'ugly' and 'low-performance' sales leads to Design Agencies and Designers, so they can pitch them their design services.

HOW IT WORKS
We built a model that locates, grades and ranks outdated & low-performance business websites. Our team then looks at these leads and filters for the worst 1% of website leads. What we’re left with are seriously outdated and often ‘ugly’ websites. Our team then sources a key decision maker (KDM) at the business in question and locates their contact details. Once we have all data we package 25 unique leads - closest to your ideal customer profile - with all details into a unique monthly Design Lead Report, and send it to your team.

In each monthly report you’ll find:
• 25 unique leads that are in need of a designer or agency
• Each lead comes with verified contact information of a KDM
• A proven, polite-cold-email sales script that you can copy-paste
• We add practical tips on improving your outreach strategy and email pitch

OUR STORY
Before DesignLeads we ran ColdFire, a polite-cold-email LeadGen agency for creatives. We learned that Design Agencies, while very talented, often struggled to find a sales edge. In 2024 we started building a model that finds, evaluates and indexes low-performance business websites who actually need your design skills and expertise.

Our mission is to help design agencies and designers diversify their client acquisition channels, win more clients and ultimately help them focus more on design.

Any feedback feel free to comment or DM me! Greetings from Nairobi✌️

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Looking to Partner Up
on May 26, 2025
  1. 1

    You should enter the Chinese market. If you are interested, you can contact me.

  2. 1

    This is a platform that has been in need for a long time! Kudos to you.

  3. 1

    This is a really cool idea! It saves designers so much time, combing the web for projects. With your tool, they can find clients and then send cold emails easily. Smart! I'd love to help you roll this out. I've been helping solopreneurs and SaaS startups with marketing for +12 years. I can see the value in this and I already have so many ideas for you!

  4. 1

    Hello Jord. I'm interested in this. I'm also a Brand Designer and i believe i can bring in my expertise and pain points on how market this to designers and design agencies. you can reach out me on here.

  5. 1

    Hey! I specialize in marketing and client outreach for indie products. Would love to connect and chat about teaming up-let’s see if we’re a good fit! https://tractionmate.com/

  6. 1

    Hey super interesting - Good Luck!

  7. 1

    Hello,
    I am interested in this ,If you like to connect
    connect me on alookikgupta@gmail_com

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