Give Your Sales Team Lists Worth Calling
Salespeople should be selling, not building spreadsheets. A research assistant produces verified, targeted prospect lists so the pipeline never runs dry.
What Does a Research Assistant Do?
A research and lead generation assistant builds the data your sales and marketing teams work from — prospect lists, contact details, market intelligence and competitor tracking.
Lead generation here means research-led list building: identifying companies matching your ideal customer profile, finding the right contact, verifying the details and enriching the record.
They also handle ongoing market monitoring — competitor pricing, new entrants, tender notices and industry developments — summarised in a form that can actually be acted on.
Why Research Support Pays
Sales teams routinely spend a third of their time on prospecting admin rather than conversations.
List quality also determines campaign performance. Outreach to unverified, poorly targeted data wastes effort and damages sender reputation.
Dedicated research support fixes both at a fraction of a salesperson's cost.
Businesses use research assistants to:
- Keep the pipeline supplied
- Free salespeople to sell
- Improve data accuracy
- Track competitor activity
- Find tender opportunities
- Enrich existing CRM records
Our research services
Verified data and useful intelligence, delivered in your CRM format.
Market Research
Sector, segment and opportunity research summarised for decision making.
Competitor Research
Pricing, positioning, campaign and product tracking on a regular cycle.
Lead Generation
Targeted prospect identification against your ideal customer profile.
Data Collection
Structured data gathering from directories, portals and public sources.
Prospect List Building
Verified contact lists with role, company and enrichment data.
CRM Data Enrichment
Existing records completed, deduplicated and updated.
Tender & Opportunity Monitoring
Relevant tenders and RFPs identified and flagged.
Research Reporting
Findings summarised with clear implications, not raw data dumps.
Benefits of dedicated research
Fuller pipeline
A steady supply of qualified prospects.
Selling time recovered
Reps stop building spreadsheets.
Better data quality
Verified contacts, fewer bounces.
Market awareness
Competitor moves seen early.
Actionable summaries
Findings, not spreadsheets.
Why remote support doesn't stick
Delegation fails on process, not on people. Without documentation and defined ownership, the work comes straight back to your desk.
- No documented process handed over
- Tasks delegated without context
- Rotating assistants each month
- No agreed working hours overlap
- Access and tools never provided
- Feedback given only when it goes wrong
- No single point of accountability
- Scope expanding without discussion
A clear path from handover to autonomy
Requirement mapping
We list the recurring tasks, tools and hours you want covered.
Assistant matching
A candidate matched on relevant experience, then introduced to you.
Access & tooling
Accounts, permissions and security controls set up properly.
Process documentation
Your way of working captured as written SOPs during handover.
Shadow period
Two weeks of supervised work with daily check-ins.
Independent operation
The assistant runs the workload with agreed checkpoints.
Weekly reporting
Completed work, blockers and hours reported every week.
Monthly review
Scope, quality and priorities reviewed with your account manager.
Support measured in time returned
- Tasks Completed
- Response Time
- Hours Returned to You
- Backlog Cleared
- Error Rate
- Process Documentation
Market Research & Lead Generation pricing
Part-time and full-time engagements, billed monthly with no recruitment or overhead cost.
Part-Time Assistant
₹30,000 / $400
per month
- 20 hours per week dedicated support
- Overlap with your working hours
- Dedicated assistant, not a shared pool
- Weekly reporting and check-in
- Backup cover during leave
Part-time and full-time engagements available; rates depend on the function and the hours of overlap required.
The right support partner changes the outcome
Dedicated people
The same assistant every day.
Documented process
Your way of working, written down.
Managed quality
An account manager accountable for standards.
Cover included
Leave never becomes your problem.
Confidential
NDAs and access controls as standard.