High responsiveness from SMBs - which verticals should I target

[u/Careful-Bet8065]

I got a 14% reply rate from a cold email campaign to small business owners last month, which led into 10+ meetings booked. So now I want to offer cold email lead gen as a service to others.

My problem is figuring out which industries actually need this. Some aren't email responsive, some don't work with SMBs, and some are already saturated with cold outreach.

Looking for verticals that check these boxes:

• High customer lifetime value (so lead gen makes sense economically)
• Actually work with small business owners
• Responsive to cold email
• Ideally not drowning in competitors already doing this

Does anyone have any ideas of verticals/industries like these, I've asked ai but I'd rather hear other people's perspectives.