Blog category · 23 posts
What an AI SDR does, what it costs, how to judge one and where it falls short, with numbers from our own campaigns.
Latest · AI SDR
A week by week plan for a 30 day AI SDR pilot: set the goal and the baseline first, start small in approval mode, measure replies, positive replies and booked meetings the same way every week, and decide with rules you wrote on day one.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 9 min read
AI SDR
An AI SDR is software that writes to prospects, follows up, answers replies and books meetings. What it does, where it fails and how to judge one.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 7 min read
AI SDR
Which levers move reply rates in AI outreach, ranked by the evidence from a year of LinkedIn data, how Sellinger's config optimization proposes changes with limits you control, and how to test a change without fooling yourself.
Asen Levov
· · 8 min read
AI SDR
Twelve kinds of reply an AI SDR gets, from ready to book to please stop, with the right response, the wrong one and who should handle it. Examples are illustrations.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 9 min read
AI SDR
How an AI sales agent, a chatbot and a workflow automation differ in what they decide, remember and hand over, a comparison table, five scenarios with the right pick, and the cost of choosing the wrong one.
Asen Levov
· · 7 min read
AI SDR
Fifteen questions to ask any AI SDR vendor, why each matters, and how Sellinger answers them: data, channels, LinkedIn, approvals, opt outs, pricing, exit.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 9 min read
AI SDR
Eight things an AI SDR cannot do, each with the evidence: it cannot fix a weak offer, close a complex deal, know facts you did not give it, guarantee a platform will not restrict an account, or verify that a meeting happened.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 8 min read
AI SDR
A buyer's security checklist for an AI SDR: where data lives, who the sub-processors are, whether customer data trains models, DPA, breach notice, opt outs and deletion. With our own answers and what we do not claim.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 9 min read
AI SDR
What a small outbound setup costs with an AI SDR: $39 for email or $198 for a LinkedIn agent, $249 for both, plus your own time. A price breakdown and a first month plan for solo founders.
Asen Levov
· · 8 min read
AI SDR
A copy and paste RFP for choosing an AI SDR vendor: scope, 40 questions in six sections, a weighted scoring sheet and a 30 day trial plan with pass marks. Use it with any vendor.
Asen Levov
· · 9 min read
AI SDR
A week by week plan to test an AI SDR in 30 days: honest definitions of reply and meeting, sample sizes, what to check and when to stop. With our own numbers.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 9 min read
AI SDR
Work backwards from 10 customers to the number of people you need to message, using our own meeting rates by audience. Three scenarios, the time each takes on one LinkedIn account and what to do first.
Asen Levov
· · 8 min read
AI SDR
A founder's decision guide: what a first human SDR costs and how long they take to ramp, what an AI SDR costs once you count your own time, and a rule for choosing or combining them.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 8 min read
AI SDR
How to give an AI SDR a qualification framework: BANT and MEDDIC written as plain prompts, what to ask in the first conversation, what to leave to a person, and examples from real campaigns.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 8 min read
AI SDR
Approval mode makes an AI SDR wait for a person before every message. When to use it, when to switch to automatic, and how to review in minutes without killing the speed advantage.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 8 min read
AI SDR
The subscription is the smallest part. A cost model for an AI SDR with five parts: software, data, sending infrastructure, review time and the cost of a wrong message. Prices from our list.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 9 min read
AI SDR
A cost per meeting model for an AI SDR and a human SDR. Sellinger prices, sourced salary and benefit data, and every estimate labelled as an estimate.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 8 min read
AI SDR
A setup checklist for a first AI SDR campaign: audience, offer, channel, persona, goal, rules, knowledge, follow ups, limits, approval, handoff and measurement. Twelve decisions in order.
Asen Levov
· · 9 min read
AI SDR
An AI SDR answers in minutes, but meetings are lost when the handoff to a person is slow or unclear. When to hand over, what the person needs, and the controls to look for.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 8 min read
AI SDR
A good AI sales reply answers with one real fact, repeats what the prospect said, and ends with one next step. Five traits, three real examples and the failures to avoid.
Asen Levov
· · 7 min read
AI SDR
The first reply is where most AI SDR value is made or lost. What the agent does next: answer, qualify, handle an objection, offer a time, nudge after the link, and hand over.
Asen Levov
· · 8 min read
AI SDR
Most AI SDR failures are setup failures: wrong audience, thin offer, no review, bad data, set and forget. The evidence we found and the controls that help.
Viktorio Shopov
· · 8 min read
AI SDR
In a survey of 3,940 installers, 51% replied in a language other than English and the agent matched their language in 92% of replies. How to run outreach in the reader's language.
Asen Levov
· · 7 min read
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