Prospect Research for BDRs and SDRs in 60 Seconds
Call Me Ready turns a prospect's LinkedIn profile into a one-page profile summary in about a minute. Before a cold call, a discovery call, or a meeting booked out of a sequence, a sales development rep gets the career arc, four to five specific openers, common ground, a 30-second read on the company, and watch-outs — without opening six tabs or writing notes by hand.
The 60-second pre-dial workflow
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Open the prospect's LinkedIn profile
Work straight off your prospecting list. From Sales Navigator or a saved list, open the person's public linkedin.com/in/ profile.
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Click Prep for Meeting
The Call Me Ready button sits in the profile action bar. One click sends the visible profile text to the AI.
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Read the profile summary
In seconds you see a snapshot, career arc, talking points, common ground, a 30-second read on their company, a suggested opener, and watch-outs.
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Pick two openers and a question
Take the specific line tied to their background instead of the same script you used on the last 40 dials.
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Dial, or send the follow-up
Use the opener live on the call, in a voicemail, or as the first line of your LinkedIn message.
What a BDR or SDR should read first
| Section | Why it matters on an outbound call |
|---|---|
| Career arc | Whether they are 3 months into the seat (open to change) or 6 years in (owns the status quo). |
| Talking points | Specific projects, moves, and posts you can reference so the first line does not sound templated. |
| Common ground | Shared employers, schools, cities, or overlapping years that earn you another 20 seconds. |
| Their company in 30 seconds | What the business actually sells, so your value framing lands in their language. |
| Watch-outs | A very recent job change, a competitor logo in their history, or topics to steer around. |
| Suggested opener | A drafted first line for the call, the voicemail, or the LinkedIn DM. |
Example openers for an outbound call
These are illustrative examples of the kind of profile-specific opener Call Me Ready drafts from a LinkedIn profile. Names and companies here are made up — the point is the shape of the line, not the account.
- “You joined six weeks ago after four years on the agency side — is the reporting stack something you inherited or something you get to rebuild?”
- “Your team posted about opening a second region this quarter. Is that the growth number you're being measured on right now?”
- “We both did time at Acme, different eras. Curious whether the ops playbook there still shapes how you buy tooling.”
- “You've owned pipeline at three companies through a Series B. What broke first each time?”
Where it fits in the outbound motion
| Moment | What you use it for |
|---|---|
| Cold call block | Prep the top 10 names on the list before you start dialing, not while the phone rings. |
| Meeting booked from a sequence | The prospect replied to a templated email — the first call should not sound templated too. |
| Discovery call handoff | Brief yourself (or your AE) on who is actually in the room. |
| Multi-threading an account | Generate a summary for each stakeholder so every thread gets a different angle. |
| Event and conference follow-up | Twenty new connections, and no memory of who does what. |
| Re-engaging a dead deal | The champion changed roles; read the new person before you re-open. |
BDR / SDR FAQ
- Does Call Me Ready work off a Sales Navigator list?
- Yes, with one step: open the prospect's public linkedin.com/in/ profile from your list and the Prep for Meeting button will be there. Call Me Ready is not a list builder — it is the prep layer once you have the name.
- Is this an AI SDR or an autodialer?
- No. Nothing runs in the background, nothing sends messages for you, and there is no bulk mode. It generates one profile summary at a time, only when you click the button on a profile you opened yourself.
- Is 50 credits enough for a week of prospecting?
- It depends on your volume. One credit covers one prospect, and reopening the same profile within 30 days is free — so a 50-credit pack covers 50 distinct people you are actually going to talk to, not every name you scroll past.
- Can I use the suggested opener in a cold email or LinkedIn DM?
- Yes. The opener and talking points are plain text you can paste into your sequencer, your CRM notes, or a LinkedIn message. Most reps edit one line and send.
- Does it write the whole cold call script?
- No, and deliberately so. It gives you the research — arc, talking points, company read, common ground, watch-outs — and you keep your own voice and qualification framework.
- Does reopening a prospect's summary cost another credit?
- No. Summaries are stored for 30 days, so reopening the same prospect in that window costs nothing.
Related reads
See the broader sales use case: Sales calls. Comparing tools? LinkedIn tools for sales development reps and a Sales Navigator alternative for pre-call research. Next steps: cold calling tips, a cold call script template, discovery call questions, and how to prepare for a sales call. Or see pricing and credits.
Ready before the call.
Install Call Me Ready™, open any LinkedIn profile, and click Prep for Meeting. Your first 5 profile summaries each month are free.