BOREDM × BUZZLEAD · THE HIVE · SEPTEMBER 2026
BuzzLead

Welcome to the Hive, BoreDM.

Louis, we just finished a run with Lumion, vertical SaaS for trade schools with a first marketing hire and no outbound. BoreDM is shaped the same way. It would have been wrong not to get this in front of you. So: a jar of honey, and the plan.

Underneath the jar: every US geotechnical engineering firm mapped, the 1,700 that look like your best customers, and three campaigns we'd run for BoreDM in the next 30 days.

PREPARED FOR LOUIS AARON · PHOENIX, AZ · FROM ST. PETE BEACH, FL
Troy Aitken and Nick Konstantinidis, co-founders of BuzzLead
Co-foundersNick Konstantinidis & Troy Aitken
Section 01 · Why there's honey on your desk

Three things came with the jar.

01

The honey

Raw, from a US apiary. Something you'll open instead of file.

02

This page

Your market sized, the customers you already win and the accounts that look like them, and three campaigns: TAM, lookalike, intent. Built for BoreDM.

03

The call

Twenty minutes with Troy and Nick. We bring the account list we'd start with. You tell us where to start.

Section 02 · The company shaped like you

Lumion: zero pipeline to 50+ meetings in 31 days.

Vertical SaaS for trade and technical schools. First marketing hire, no outbound, a niche of 10,000 to 30,000 schools. We mapped five sub-verticals, timed the CDL play to a Pell Grant policy window, and routed replies straight to their SDRs. Same shape as BoreDM: a public roster of licensed buyers, project-driven purchase triggers, and a small team needing pipeline now.

In the span of a month, we've had well over 100 positive responses. We've scheduled 45 to 55-plus meetings with an 80% hold rate.Andrew Jones, Head of Marketing, Lumion

Read the Lumion breakdown

31
Days to results
100+
Positive replies
50+
Meetings scheduled
80%
Hold rate
Section 03 · The sweet part

What could be sweeter than 1,200 to 1,900 more of your best customers?

You already have the dream ones: the geotechnical engineering firms that grow, retain, and refer others without being asked. We take those, run them through our lookalike tool, and find another 1,200 to 1,900 that look exactly like them. Then we run hyper-personalized, highly targeted outreach to every one.

Same size, same setup, same reasons to buy as the accounts on the right. Modeled, not guessed.

YOUR DREAM CUSTOMERS
  • The accounts that grow, retain and referWe'll confirm the seed list with you on the call.
1,200 to 1,900geotechnical engineering firms that look exactly like them
Section 04 · Your market, sized

Every cell is a geotechnical engineering firm.

Every US geotechnical firm sits in a public directory with staff size, license roster, and named principals. We build the list from GBA membership and state PE boards, enrich the buyers, and time sends to bid season and staffing changes.

US geotechnical engineering firmsYour sweet spot: 10 to 100 employeesIn-market this quarter
0
US geotechnical engineering firms. IBISWorld, Geotechnical Engineering Services in the US, 2024.
~1,700
Sweet-spot firms
10 to 100 employees
3
Buyer personas
Principal PE, PM, Ops Director
~5,100
Relevant contacts
At 3 titles per firm
Spring to Fall
Bid & field season
Peak evaluation before site work ramps
Section 05 · Intent

You're the first supplier that comes to mind.

We'll actively monitor all 7,700 US geotechnical engineering firms and reach out when the right signal shows up, so BoreDM is the first name a project manager thinks of when field data and lab reporting come up.

  • Implementation or field engineer job postingLinkedIn postings show a firm scaling digital workflows for boring and lab data.
  • New PE license or principal hireState licensing boards list new registrants; growing firms modernize their stack.
  • DOT or infrastructure contract awardSAM.gov and state DOT bid results show new project load needing software.
  • Lab accreditation renewal (AASHTO or A2LA)Public accreditation registries flag firms upgrading QA/QC and reporting.
  • Firm merger or new branch openingENR rankings and press releases show leadership resetting the tech stack.
  • GBA or ASCE conference attendee listAnyone at the geotechnical conference booth is actively evaluating tools.
09:14 · TODAY
Mid-size Southwest firm (40 staff) posts Implementation Engineer role for field data platform
→ HIRING-PAIN PLAY
08:40 · TODAY
State DOT awards $3.2M geotechnical investigation contract to regional firm
→ NEW-CONTRACT PLAY
YESTERDAY
Regional lab renews AASHTO accreditation after a two-year gap
→ QA-MODERNIZATION PLAY
MON
Firm with 25 staff opens second branch office in neighboring state
→ GROWTH-STAGE PLAY
Section 06 · Three strategies, deployed together

TAM, lookalike, intent. Every angle, from day one.

This isn't one list and one email. We deploy three strategies at once, each with its own angle: the whole market gets the offer, the accounts that mirror your best customers get the proof, and anyone showing a buying signal gets a note the week it happens. Then we double down on whichever one the market answers.

STRATEGY 1 · TAM

Own the whole market

TargetThe ~1,700 firms in your sweet spot: 10 to 100 employees, principal and PM enriched from GBA and state PE boards
AngleOne platform for boring logs, lab data and reports instead of spreadsheets and disconnected tools
~1,700 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 2 · LOOKALIKE

Mirror your best customers

TargetFirms that mirror your best-fit profile: same size band, service mix and growth stage
AngleLead with the type of firm they already resemble and what changed after adopting BoreDM
~1,200+ ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 3 · INTENT

Catch them in-market

TargetFirms showing a buying signal this quarter: new implementation hire, DOT contract award, lab accreditation renewal
AngleA one-to-one note written from the signal, sent the week it happens
~1,500 PER YEAR ACCOUNTS
Section 07 · The first 30 days

What happens after you say yes.

Section 08 · Join the Hive

The honey was the easy part.

Louis, we'll walk the three strategies above, show you the accounts we'd start with, and tell you what it would take. No deck.