Getting a VA to build highly targets lists for you

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Who has hired a VA to build a highly targeted list for them? It can be pretty time consuming to actually build the list, and that time would be better spent researching the niche and communicating with them.

For example, I need to build a list of 100 decision makers of businesses in a niche every 2 days. Takes about 2-3 hours each list.

Those who have gone this route, how much did you pay?
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  • Profile picture of the author bumba1988
    Why should you pay a VA for this? Just buy a few solo ads and that's where you actually invest. I'm sorry for taking this question into some other direction, but, that is something I would have done and just wanted to share. Also if you have money to invest, use it for creating a great looking copy and landing page which will fetch e-mails from the users.
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    • Profile picture of the author reidsteven75
      I'll be more precise in what I'm looking for. I'm looking to find common problems in a niche of business owners. The type of problem is something the business owners are aware of, but don't know what to search for the solution. My solution is a SaaS. Buying ads is great for info products, but I can't really see the application for SaaS unless the product is already built.
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
        Originally Posted by reidsteven75 View Post

        I'll be more precise in what I'm looking for. I'm looking to find common problems in a niche of business owners. The type of problem is something the business owners are aware of, but don't know what to search for the solution. My solution is a SaaS. Buying ads is great for info products, but I can't really see the application for SaaS unless the product is already built.
        I'd give you the same answer again, if I'm reading you correctly.

        You're looking for information, which these decision makers can provide. A good list broker can provide you the contact information you need to solicit the information you want.

        Once you know what the exact problems are, in the decision makers own language, then you can go back to the lead list well and get larger lists for sales purposes.
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        • Profile picture of the author reidsteven75
          Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

          I'd give you the same answer again, if I'm reading you correctly.

          You're looking for information, which these decision makers can provide. A good list broker can provide you the contact information you need to solicit the information you want.

          Once you know what the exact problems are, in the decision makers own language, then you can go back to the lead list well and get larger lists for sales purposes.
          This sounds like a good route to try. I did a test to see how much infousa.com would cost and it's about $386.82 per 921 leads ($0.42/lead). Not bad. I really like how customized it is, allowing me to pick CEO, President, Director, etc contacts. It seems like it's more info that I need though as I'm only looking for email, name, company, and city. Any recommendations on a site or service that can just get me that?

          Thanks for you help!
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  • Profile picture of the author Quoia
    I've paid a VA $50 to follow one example I provided for collecting contacts for me in a specific niche. I provided the Excel template and they had the task done for me in one day, 150 contacts. 100 decision makers every 2 days is quite a big list.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      Why not just hire a good list broker with existing lists? Try infousa.com, hoover.com or just Google 'list brokers'...

      You can get almost any selects you want, and pay by the name instead of by the hour.
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  • Profile picture of the author gpwilson
    I do not like to depend on others. The way i care for my site, i believe other people would not care as i would love to see them cared.
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  • Profile picture of the author seotothecore
    find where these people hang out online and go to work
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  • Profile picture of the author BarbaraMcKinney
    Building list could be really time consuming, if you don't want to do it by yourself, then you can tap reliable person or even firms that offers business list database.
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