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Project Hunter: your AI business development team, run for you

We find real, active projects that fit your work, track down the people on that specific project, and send a personalized email with your flyer and exactly why you are a fit. Then we keep the conversation going until it turns into an RFQ or a meeting, with your rep copied on every email.

Monthly, no commissions · from $1,500 / month (4-month minimum)
Hilary Nicholson, co-founder of Nicholson AI, who runs Project Hunter
Hilary NicholsonCo-founder, Nicholson AI
Who runs your hunt

Built on a live sales team first

Project Hunter is not a theory. We built it for a working industrial sales team, where it surfaces real projects with real contacts every week, and it is now feeding more than one rep. Now we build and run the same engine for your business, tuned to what you sell, where you sell it, and what a good job looks like to you.

Hilary built Project Hunter and runs the outreach herself. She has spent the last four years in manufacturing marketing and inside sales, finding projects, writing the emails, and working the conversations until they turn into RFQs. Your prospects hear from a real person who understands your work, and your rep is copied on every email.

She has built a strong reputation in industrial sales on LinkedIn, with more than 6,000 connections and growing. When a prospect looks up who is reaching out, they find someone established in the industry, and that credibility carries over to your company.

6,000+LinkedIn connections
4 yrsmanufacturing sales & marketing
Weeklyreal projects, real RFQs
The difference

A real project, not a name on a list

Most outsourced lead generation sells you a list. The list is the easy part. The value is in knowing which projects actually fit, who really decides, what to say to them, and staying with the conversation until it becomes real work. That is the part we do.

Typical lead gen

"Sally works at a company that might buy what you sell."

A contact pulled from a database because of a job title. Maybe her company needs you once every four years. Your rep has no reason to call and nothing specific to say.

Project Hunter

"A new plant in South Carolina is in the planning stages and will be going out for bids on what you provide. Here is who is on it."

A specific project that fits your work, found while it is still in planning, before the bids go out. We identify the owner, engineer, GC, or buyer on that project, and the outreach is about their project, their timeline, and why you are the right fit for it.

Why it works

It is a volume game. Blow the top of your funnel wide open.

Your sales team can only do so much. Every hour they spend searching for projects, tracking down contacts, and writing first emails is an hour they are not quoting and closing. Project Hunter brings on a team that fills the top of your funnel every single week, so your people can do what only they can do: sell.

More projectsfound every week, before they go out for bids
More conversationswith the people on each project
More RFQslanding on your rep's desk
More jobs wonand a business that grows past what your team could do alone
How it works

From a project nobody has called on yet to an RFQ or a meeting

1

Find the project

Every week we look for projects in the planning stages that will be going out for bids on what you provide: expansion and funding announcements, permits, planning and zoning agendas, bid boards, and industry news.

2

Find the contact

We identify the people on that specific project: the owner, engineer, GC, or buyer who actually decides. Verified emails and phones, no guessed addresses.

3

Reach out

A personalized email about their project, with your flyer attached and a clear explanation of why you are a good fit. Your rep is copied from the very first email.

4

Keep the conversation going

We answer questions, send what they ask for, and follow up until it turns into something real, qualifying against your criteria along the way. Your rep stays copied the whole time.

5

RFQ or meeting

When it lands as an RFQ or a meeting, your rep takes it from there with a one-page project brief and the full email thread they have already been copied on.

Pricing

One flat monthly price. You keep every dollar you close.

Every piece points at the same two numbers: more RFQs coming in, and more jobs won. No commissions and no percentage of your jobs. Month 1 is the build: we learn your business, define your ideal project and buyer, set up your sources and outreach inbox, and connect everything to your CRM. First researched projects start landing within the first few weeks.

Project Hunter

$1,500 / month

Real projects, real people, real conversations, carried all the way to an RFQ or a meeting.

  • A custom hunt built around your business in Month 1: your ideal project, your buyer, your territory
  • Real projects found every week, ideally in planning before they go out for bids, with the people on each one identified
  • A personalized email for every project, with your flyer and a clear case for why you are a good fit
  • Every conversation carried forward until it becomes an RFQ or a meeting
  • Your rep copied on every email, plus a project brief logged in your CRM

Project Hunter Complete

$2,500 / month

Everything in Project Hunter, plus the two things that quietly win the most work.

  • LinkedIn outreach: we connect with and message the people on each project, so your name shows up in two places, not one
  • Vendor qualification: we find the owners, engineers, and GCs in your market that keep approved-vendor lists, fill out their vendor registration and prequalification forms for you to review and sign, and track each one until you are approved
  • A monthly review of what is landing, what is closing, and where to hunt next

Simple terms: four-month minimum, because outbound takes a few months to find its rhythm. After that, month to month; cancel anytime with 30 days notice. You own every lead, contact, and conversation, and it all lives in your CRM.

Who it is for

Sometimes you just have to be on the list

A lot of work never goes out to open bid. It goes to the companies already on the owner's approved-vendor list. Getting on those lists takes time and knowing which companies are out there. With Project Hunter Complete, we do both: we find them, fill out the forms, and keep after them until you are approved and on the bid list.

One company per trade, per territory

We will not hunt for you and your direct competitor in the same market. When you sign on, your trade in your territory is yours.

Questions

Common questions

Why a monthly price instead of a percentage of closed jobs?

Project sales cycles run months, and tracking every deal from first touch to final invoice creates friction for everyone. A flat monthly price keeps it simple and predictable, and you keep 100 percent of every job you win. We earn our keep by delivering leads your team is glad to get.

Whose name is on the outreach?

Outreach goes out representing your company, written the way your team talks and built around your flyer and capabilities. Your rep is copied on every email, so the customer knows exactly who they will be working with and nothing happens out of your sight.

Are these real projects or just contact lists?

Real projects. Every lead starts with a specific project, ideally found in the planning stages before it goes out for bids: a new plant, an expansion, a new build. We reach the people on that project about that project. We do not send you names of people who might need you someday.

What counts as a qualified lead?

You decide. In Month 1 we sit down with your sales team and write down exactly what a good project looks like: type, size, timeline, location, and who needs to be in the conversation. We qualify every lead against that list and refine it as we learn what closes.

How fast will we see results?

Researched projects and contacts start arriving in the first few weeks. Outreach ramps up as the new inbox warms, and most programs are at full volume within 30 to 60 days. That ramp is why the minimum is four months.

What are vendor qualification forms, and why do they matter?

Many owners, engineering firms, and general contractors only send RFQs to companies on their approved-vendor list. Getting on the list means finding their registration portal and filling out company, insurance, safety, and capability forms. We handle the research and the paperwork, you review and sign, and we track each one until you are approved.

Does this replace my sales team?

No. It gives them more to work with. Project Hunter does the searching, the first touches, and the sorting, so your people spend their time on conversations, estimates, and closing.

Can we start with Project Hunter and move up later?

Yes. Many teams start with Project Hunter, see the quality of the projects and conversations, and move to Project Hunter Complete when they want LinkedIn outreach and vendor qualification added.

Do you make the phone calls?

No, and that is on purpose. We handle the research, the email outreach, and the ongoing conversation. The first phone call belongs to your rep, because that is where the relationship starts and nobody knows your work like your own people do.

Want a look at what we would find for you?

Book a free 30-minute discovery call. Tell us what you sell and where, and we will show you the kinds of projects Project Hunter would put in front of your team.

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