Dropped $700 on a "premium" business internet lead list and it was mostly junk
Back in April I paid a lead gen company $700 for a list of 2,000 small businesses in the Denver area that supposedly wanted new internet and phone service. Out of the whole thing, maybe 60 numbers were real business lines, and half of those were just folks annoyed I called. I wasted two solid weekends cold calling before I figured out the emails were bouncing at like an 80 percent rate. Now I'm out the money and the time, and I still need leads. Has anyone found a lead source that doesn't feel like lighting cash on fire?