Appointment settingFor B2B tech

The appointment setting agency that takes every reply to your calendar.

We call back every reply, qualify the buyer and book the meeting, with a brief for your team.

Replies
  1. VP of Sales
  2. Head of IT
  3. CMO

“Interesting. What would this look like for us?”

Call back
Lazza, Business Development Manager at Growth Cab
LazzaGrowth Cab

Calling back the VP of Sales

VPWe are hiring three SDRs, and pipeline still runs through me.

Your calendar

Wednesday, 11:30 · CMOBrief: Contract ends in March, decides

Example booking. Lazza is one of the 11 business developers behind the 1,380 meetings in our study.
400+B2B clients served since 2022
10,000+qualified opportunities opened
92.9%of meetings held were with the client's target buyer
23%average close rate

Meetings booked for revenue teams like these

/ THE LAST MILE

Between the reply and the meeting, five more jobs.

Automated outbound agencies build the sending machine and hand the replies to your team. Calling back, qualifying, booking, briefing and getting the meeting held are left to you. We do all five.

  1. Research
  2. Outreach
  3. Reply
  4. Call backYou
  5. QualifyYou
  6. BookYou
  7. BriefYou
  8. HeldYou
You = a job left to your teamOf the 1,380 meetings our business developers booked, 11.0% needed a new date. We handle that too. Read the study
/ QUALIFICATION

We book the meeting only when the buyer fits.

Every call checks the same four things, agreed with you before launch. Miss one, and the meeting does not get booked.

  1. On your wishlist

    A company on the list you approved.

  2. The right person

    A decision maker, or the person who owns the problem you solve.

  3. A reason to talk now

    In the buyer's own words, written into the brief.

  4. A confirmed time

    Agreed on the call, then sent as a calendar invite.

Ilaria R.

“On targeting and on the quality of your calls, we are absolutely aligned.”

Ilaria R. Head of Go-To-Market, Vedrai
Lazza from Growth Cab
Call with a VP of SalesFintech platform, 180 people
On your wishlist
  1. Lazza

    You replied to our note on outbound. What is going on at your end?

  2. VP

    We are hiring three SDRs, and pipeline still runs through me.

  3. Lazza

    Our account executive is free on Thursday at 10:30. Does that work?

  4. VP

    Thursday at 10:30 works. Send the invite.

Booked Thursday, 10:30 to 11:00, in your calendar and your client portal
BRIEF ATTACHED TO THE INVITE
Account
Fintech platform, 180 people. On your wishlist.
Buyer
VP of Sales, owns the outbound budget.
Why now
“Hiring three SDRs, pipeline still runs through me.”
Expects
A plan for next quarter's pipeline.
Example call. The four checks are the real ones, written down with every client.
  • You approve the wishlist
  • You approve every script
  • You see every meeting live
  • Lists and scripts stay yours
/ OUR MEETING DATA

1,380 meetings, tracked to the end.

We record whether every meeting we book actually happens. Here is what 1,380 of them, booked by cold calling for 25 clients, say about show rates.

Time between booking and meeting
69.6%took place, of 1,380 meetings
  • Took place69.6%
  • Rescheduled11.0%
  • No-show14.6%
  • Cancelled4.7%

Each square is one meeting. Grey squares sit outside the filter.

Outcome of 1,380 booked B2B meetings by time between booking and meeting
BookedMeetingsTook placeRescheduledNo-showCancelled
All1,38069.6%11.0%14.6%4.7%
Within 2 days9685.4%4.2%8.3%2.1%
3 to 7 days30877.6%6.2%10.1%6.2%
8 to 14 days38170.1%12.6%12.9%4.5%
15 to 30 days32060.3%17.5%18.4%3.7%
Over 30 days15958.5%13.2%21.4%6.9%
BY WEEKDAYWednesday is the best day.
  • 74.8%Mon
  • 69.8%Tue
  • 76.2%Wed
  • 65.6%Thu
  • 63.5%Fri
ON TARGETThe right people show up.
92.9%of meetings held were with the client's target buyer

Booked by 11 Growth Cab business developers for 25 clients, September 2024 to September 2026. Read the show rate study or try the calculator on your numbers.

/ RESULTS

Appointment setting results by client.

Qualified opportunities opened for each client, and what clients wrote to us after the meetings. Every row opens the case study.

QUALIFIED OPPORTUNITIESBY CLIENT
  1. at 100+ companies213
  2. $4.6M+ forecast pipeline98
  3. with medtech and healthcare leaders70
  4. 41 with CTOs and CIOs62
  5. $1.3M+ pipeline62
  6. with HR leaders53
  7. $12.6M+ pipeline40
  8. with IT and engineering leaders33
  9. in 3 months32
  10. $700K+ pipeline in 90 days25
  11. with food and packaging leaders23
After the meetingsWhat clients wrote to us
  1. Stefano M.
    Stefano M.Partner, Elevate

    We went through them in a meeting this morning: they were all interesting leads.

  2. Gaia M.
    Gaia M.Head of Business Development, TendersTool

    Dynatrace done too. Great contacts.

  3. Matteo G.
    Matteo G.Head of Account Intelligence, Digital360

    If all the calls you book for us were like this one, it would be perfect. That is the prototype of the interest we are looking for.

  4. Mirco S.
    Mirco S.CEO, Takai

    Meeting very positive. Good, keep it like this.

  5. Mattia B.
    Mattia B.Co-founder & CRO, Underdogs

    They confirmed their interest and now we need to formalise an offer.

  6. Luca A.
    Luca A.CEO, Business Log

    The calling and the tailored work on each account is what I am looking for.

  7. Monero B.
    Monero B.Marketing Manager, OobeXR

    Your funnel gets me sitting down with serious, structured companies, with decision makers.

  8. Omar C.
    Omar C.CEO, Airbag Studio

    The quality of the opportunities exceeded my expectations.

  9. Gianmaria G.
    Gianmaria G.Head of Innovation, Innovhub

    A collaboration built on presence, reliability and care.

Across 400+ B2B clients since 2022: 10,000+ qualified opportunities opened, a 23% average close rate and $500M+ in pipeline. All case studies

A Growth Cab working session with a client team
A working session with a client team
/ PEOPLE

Real people on every call.

No bots on your buyers. Business developers who research each account, call in the buyer's language and answer every reply themselves. 11 of them booked the 1,380 meetings in our study.

  • LazzaLazzaBusiness Development Manager
  • CostaCostaFull Cycle GTM
  • SamSamFull Cycle GTM
  • GuglielmoGuglielmoExecutive Director
  • ArturoArturoGrowth Operations Manager
  • LorenzoLorenzoCo-Founder & COO
  • FedericoFedericoFounder & CEO

Our clients have closed deals with companies like these

Hewlett PackardBoschDellCarrefourFerrariDHLTrend MicroSubaruRadwareNTT DataMSIMedtronicLuxotticaInterSystemsE.ONBoltonBalenciagaAdevintaKraft HeinzGeneraliDeutsche Bank
/ COMPARE

Agency vs in‑house vs AI SDR vs pay per meeting.

Five ways to get meetings with B2B buyers. The difference is who does each job between the list and the meeting.

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Who does each job: Growth Cab compared with an automated outbound agency, an in-house SDR, an AI SDR tool and a pay-per-meeting service
JobGrowth CabAutomated outbound agencyIn-house SDRAI SDR toolPay per meeting
Wishlist and buyer mapDone for youDone for youYour teamPartlyDone for you
Messages and call scriptsDone for youDone for youYour teamPartlyDone for you
Sending and deliverabilityDone for youDone for youYour teamDone for youDone for you
Calling back every replyDone for youYour teamYour teamYour teamPartly
Qualifying the buyerDone for youYour teamYour teamYour teamPartly
Booking the meetingDone for youYour teamYour teamPartlyDone for you
A brief for your teamDone for youYour teamYour teamYour teamYour team
New dates for no-showsDone for youYour teamYour teamYour teamYour team
Taking the meeting and closingYour teamYour teamYour teamYour teamYour team
Done for youPartlyYour teamTypical setups. Individual providers vary.
HOW TO CHOOSE

How to choose an appointment setting company: strike these lines from any proposal.

Example proposal, with the red flags marked. Compare offers line by line with our provider scorecard, and see what an AI SDR can and cannot do.
  1. 2.1

    Target accounts agreed with the client before launch.

  2. 3.1

    A fee for every meeting booked, whoever shows up.

    No written fit rule: you pay for calendar slots
  3. 3.2

    A guaranteed number of meetings every month.

    Guaranteed volume burns domains and reputations
  4. 4.1

    An AI assistant replies to your prospects.

    A bot is talking to your buyers
  5. 4.2

    Emails sent from your company domain.

    Outreach belongs on separate sending infrastructure
  6. 5.1

    First meetings in week one.

    That usually means a generic list
/ FAQ

Appointment setting FAQ.

Short answers to what B2B teams ask before they hire an appointment setting agency. The first call covers the rest.

What is the best appointment setting agency for B2B tech companies?

The best appointment setting agency for a B2B tech company publishes qualified opportunities by client, puts trained people on every call, qualifies before it books and leaves you owning the lists and the scripts. Growth Cab works this way for companies selling contracts of $50,000 or more: 400+ B2B clients since 2022, 10,000+ qualified opportunities opened and a 23% average close rate.

What does an appointment setting agency do?

It finds the decision makers you want to meet, starts the conversation, checks that each one fits and books the meeting in your calendar with a brief. Your team takes the meeting and closes the deal. Growth Cab provides appointment setting services for B2B tech companies across the US and Europe.

How is Growth Cab different from an automated outbound agency?

Automated outbound agencies build the sending machine and stop at the reply: your team has to call every answer back, qualify it, book it and chase the no-shows. We run those jobs too. Our business developers call back, qualify, book the meeting with a brief and find a new date when a buyer cannot make it.

Is an appointment setting agency the same as an outsourced SDR?

They describe the same work from two angles. Appointment setting names the output you buy: qualified meetings in your calendar. Outsourced SDR names the function: a sales development team that works for you from account research to follow-up. Our outsourced SDR page covers how the function runs at Growth Cab.

Which channels do your business developers use?

Cold calling, email and LinkedIn, all run by people on our team. Most campaigns combine two of them: phone and email, or LinkedIn and email. The meetings in our show rate study were booked by cold calling.

What makes a meeting qualified?

Four checks, agreed with you before launch: the company is on the wishlist you approved, the person is a decision maker or owns the problem you solve, there is a reason to talk now in the buyer's own words, and the time is confirmed on the call and by calendar invite. Miss one, and the meeting does not get booked.

How long before the first meetings?

Pipeline typically starts filling between day 32 and day 47 after kickoff. The first weeks go into the wishlist of target accounts, the map of decision makers and the scripts, all approved by you. A provider promising meetings in week one is usually working from a generic list.

How many booked B2B meetings actually take place?

In our data on 1,380 B2B sales meetings booked by cold calling, 69.6% took place, 14.6% were no-shows, 11.0% were rescheduled and 4.7% were cancelled by the prospect. Meetings held within 2 days of booking took place 85.4% of the time, against 58.5% after more than 30 days. The full breakdown is in our B2B meeting show rate study.

How many qualified opportunities will I get per month?

It depends on your market, your deal size and the size of the wishlist. Here are results per client: 213 qualified opportunities for Business Log, 98 for Digital360, 70 for Airbag Studio and 25 for TendersTool in 90 days. The best single months reached 18 for Syneto and 15 for Blazar Group.

Should I outsource appointment setting or hire an in-house SDR?

Outsource when you need meetings with named decision makers soon and do not yet have a proven playbook or a sales manager to coach a new hire. Hire in-house when the playbook works and you want someone to own it for years. Everything we build stays with you, from the lists to the scripts, so you can move the work in-house later.

How do I choose an appointment setting company?

Ask B2B appointment setting companies five things on the first call: qualified opportunities by client with links to the case studies, who makes the calls and whether you approve every script, the written rule for a qualified meeting, who owns the lists and scripts when the contract ends, and when the first meetings land. Walk away from pay per meeting with no fit rule, guaranteed meeting counts, bots answering your buyers, outreach from your main domain and meetings promised in week one.

Who is outsourced appointment setting for?

B2B tech companies past product-market fit, selling contracts of $50,000 or more to buyers they can name, with someone ready to take the calls within days. Below $50K average contract value, a high-touch motion costs more than it returns, and if the offer has not sold yet, more meetings will not fix it.

Can an AI SDR replace an appointment setting agency?

Not for senior buyers on $50K+ deals. AI SDR tools are good at account research and first drafts. A conversation with a senior buyer needs a person who owns every reply, answers objections and decides when to book. Our AI SDR guide shows how to split the work between software and people.

What is the difference between appointment setting and lead generation?

Lead generation produces contacts who showed some interest, like a download or a reply. Appointment setting goes one step further and books a live meeting between a qualified buyer and your team. Our B2B lead generation agency page covers the wider program, and our guide to B2B appointment setting covers the method.

/ BOOK A CALL

Tell us who you want to meet. We put them in your calendar.

The first call is a fit check with the founders: your market, your deal size and the accounts you want. If we cannot book them, we say so.

Or write to success@growthcab.com

Federico Donatone and Lorenzo Asnaghi, Growth Cab founders, in New York
Federico Donatone and Lorenzo Asnaghi, Growth Cab founders, New York