A business you run with AI

Start a Lead Generation Agency while you keep your day job

Every B2B business wants more meetings. Actionist builds the prospect lists, writes the cold email sequences, handles replies and books meetings into your clients' calendars. You approve the moves that matter.

Actionist runs the research, the sequences and the inbox. You do a handful of approvals and take the client calls.

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Your AI workforce

$2,500+per client, you set it

$150,000a year at 5 clients a month

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Starting a lead generation agency used to mean hiring a team of SDRs, buying expensive data tools and spending months learning cold email. Actionist changes that. It is an AI agent that operates real apps the way a person does, so you can start a lead gen business with AI doing the labour: it searches Apollo and Clay for B2B prospects in your chosen niche, builds targeted lists, writes personalised cold email sequences in tools like Instantly and lemlist, handles replies and books qualified meetings straight into your clients' calendars. You run the agency; Actionist runs the machine.

You do not need a sales background or a team. You bring the niche understanding and the client relationships, and Actionist does the repetitive research, writing and follow-up. You approve outreach before it goes to any prospect, and every meeting lands in the client's calendar with a qualification summary, so clients can see exactly what they are paying for.

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Your opportunity

The opportunity

Why this works

Every B2B business needs a pipeline of meetings, but most do not have a full-time sales development team. They will pay a monthly retainer for a steady flow of qualified calls, and the results are easy to measure: meetings booked, show rate, and pipeline created.

Because Actionist handles the research and the sending in the background, you can carry more clients than a solo freelancer ever could without hiring anyone. Each new client adds retainer revenue without proportionally adding to your workload.

What matters to you

Constant B2B demand
Every SaaS company, agency and professional services firm wants more qualified meetings. The buyer pool never shrinks.
No in-house SDR team
Most SMBs cannot afford full-time reps. A specialist agency is the natural alternative at a fraction of the cost.
Results are easy to measure
Clients pay for meetings booked. The value is visible every week, so retainers are easy to justify and renew.
Scale without proportional effort
Actionist handles the volume. Adding a client adds retainer revenue, not proportional hours from you.

Your projection

Run your own numbers

Your projection

Set the numbers, see the picture

Price per client

$2,500

clients a month

Per month

$12,500

Per year

$150K

Illustrative, based on the numbers you enter. Monthly retainer per client.

Getting started

What it actually takes to start

Starting a lead gen agency used to mean an SDR team, costly outreach tools and years of cold email experience. Actionist handles the technical and repetitive side, so the bar to get started is far lower than most people assume.

What you don't need

A sales or SDR background
Actionist writes the sequences and handles the replies.
A team of people
Your agents cover prospecting, outreach, qualifying and booking.
Enterprise outreach software licences
You need a single Actionist account and the tools it operates.
Experience with cold email tools
Actionist sets up and runs Instantly and lemlist on the desktop.
To quit your day job
The approvals take minutes. The agents work through the night.

What you bring

A B2B niche you understand
Knowing who the buyers are and what they care about is your edge.
A few evenings a week
Approvals, client calls and skimming campaign reports.
A laptop and Actionist
That is the whole setup.

If you can describe the kind of buyer your clients want to reach, Actionist can build the list and write the first message.

How Actionist works

How it works

How Actionist builds the business

You do not run the daily grind of this business, Actionist does. Here is how it works on any idea, applied to a lead gen agency: you pick the niche and set your prices, the agent maps every task, then works through them and brings you the handful that need a human.

01
You pick the niche and your constraints
You choose the vertical to serve, the size of companies to target, the problem you help them solve, and how many clients you want to carry. That brief is everything Actionist needs to plan and run the business.
A focused brief the agents can build against.
02
Actionist maps every task and subtask
Actionist breaks the whole business into a plan: landing the first client, building the prospect machine for each niche, running the sequences and qualifying the replies. You see the full scope in one place before a single message goes out.
A complete task plan for the agency.
03
It schedules the work and runs it in the background
Actionist schedules the tasks and works through them one by one, researching prospects in Apollo, enriching data in Clay, queuing sequences in Instantly and handling the inbox, while you are at your day job.
C
Steady progress on every client account without you driving it.
04
It assigns you the human-only tasks
Some tasks only you can do: agree the ICP with a new client, take the discovery call, or provide a testimonial. Actionist flags those to you over Telegram with everything you need, then carries on with the rest once they are done.
A short, clear list of what actually needs you.
05
It asks before anything reaches a prospect or client
Before Actionist sends an outreach batch, replies to a prospect or shares a report with a client, it stops and waits for your approval. You decide how hands-on to be per task, from reviewing every message to letting routine jobs run.
You stay in control of every outward move.
06
You keep your day job and check in when it suits you
You run this around your job. Check the board when it suits you, approve what is waiting, and message Actionist over Telegram or Slack to nudge or change anything. The business moves forward between your check-ins.
A business that grows around your schedule.

Your agent team

Actionist is your whole team

You are one person. Actionist is the whole team. Here is every role it plays to run the agency, and the one part of each that stays with you.

~54 hrs/week of work by hand, run by your agents instead

Plan the agency

niche, offer and campaign strategy

Executive Agent

Before a single message goes out, your assistant defines the offer, maps the tasks and prepares the campaign strategy so every client account starts on solid ground.

If you did this by hand

Research which niches have strong demandDesign the service offer and pricing tiersWrite the ICP for each new clientBuild a tracker to follow every accountRe-prioritise as clients come and go

~5 hrs/ week

researching niches, designing the offer and planning each campaign.≈ 3 days a month you do not have, handled for you.

What your agent does

One planper client account, before sequences launch

Day onestrategy drafted before you spend a penny

Design the offer
Researches comparable agencies and drafts a service scope, pricing and deliverables for you to approve.
Write the ICP
Defines the ideal company size, industry, title and pain point for each client's target buyer.
Keep the plan live
Updates the campaign strategy and task board as client briefs evolve and results come in.

Your part

You set the niche, agree the offer with each client and approve the ICP before any list is built.

Apps your agent could useSee full Actionist App Store →

Find target companies

prospect research and list building

Sales Agent

Your sales agent finds the B2B companies that match each client's ideal buyer profile and builds the prospect list they need to start conversations.

If you did this by hand

Search Apollo and LinkedIn for target companiesCheck each company meets the ICP filtersFind the right decision-maker to contactCollect their name, title and companySort the list by best fitTrack which companies have been contacted

~10 hrs/ week

searching databases, qualifying companies and building lists to brief.≈ 5 days a month you do not have, handled for you.

What your agent does

A pipelineof ICP-matched companies per client

Rankedby fit before outreach begins

Search the databases
Operates Apollo and LinkedIn to find companies that match the ICP by industry, size and geography.
Qualify each prospect
Checks each company against the ICP criteria and notes why they are or are not a fit.
Build the list
Compiles the final ranked prospect list and adds it to the client tracker ready for enrichment.

Your part

You review the list before enrichment begins and flag any companies to remove.

Apps your agent could useSee full Actionist App Store →

Enrich and validate data

data enrichment and email verification

Developer Agent

Your developer agent enriches every prospect record with verified contact details and company data so the outreach lands and the sequences do not bounce.

If you did this by hand

Find verified email addresses for each contactLook up company headcount and funding stageCheck emails are deliverable before sendingRemove duplicates and bad recordsFormat the data for the outreach tool

~8 hrs/ week

enriching records, verifying emails and cleaning list data.≈ 4 days a month you do not have, handled for you.

What your agent does

Verifiedemail for every contact before sending

Cleanno duplicates, no bad domains

Enrich with Clay
Runs each company through Clay to pull verified emails, LinkedIn profiles and company intel in one pass.
Verify deliverability
Checks every email address via Dropcontact to remove invalid and risky addresses before they enter a sequence.
Format for sending
Structures the clean list in the format Instantly and lemlist need and loads it into the campaign.

Your part

You set the enrichment fields that matter to each client and review the final list count before sequences launch.

Apps your agent could useSee full Actionist App Store →

Run email sequences

outreach writing, sending and deliverability

Technical Agent

Your technical agent writes the outreach sequences, configures the sending limits, monitors deliverability and keeps each domain healthy so your client's messages land in inboxes.

If you did this by hand

Write and test every sequence stepSet up sending domains and warm them upMonitor open rates and reply rates dailyAdjust copy and timing based on resultsPause campaigns that hit spam filters

~9 hrs/ week

writing sequences, managing domains and monitoring inbox placement.≈ 5 days a month you do not have, handled for you.

What your agent does

Sequences liveacross all client accounts

Monitoreddeliverability checked every sending day

Write the sequences
Drafts the multi-step email sequence for each client in Instantly or lemlist, personalised to the ICP and pain point.
Manage deliverability
Configures sending limits per domain, watches bounce and spam rates, and pauses sending if a domain needs attention.
Report results
Pulls open rate, reply rate and meeting booked data from the sending tool and adds it to the client report sheet.

Your part

You approve the sequence copy before it goes live and review the performance summary each week.

Apps your agent could useSee full Actionist App Store →

Handle replies and qualify

inbox management and lead qualification

Support Agent

Your support agent monitors the outreach inbox, scores every reply against the client's ICP and stages a qualifying response for your approval before anything goes back to the prospect.

If you did this by hand

Read every reply and decide if it is interestedWrite a qualifying response for each interested leadHandle objections from sceptical prospectsRoute urgent replies to yourselfLog every reply in the client CRM

~7 hrs/ week

reading replies, scoring leads and drafting qualifying responses.≈ 4 days a month you do not have, handled for you.

What your agent does

Scoredevery reply against the client's ICP

Stagedqualifying reply ready for your review

Sort the inbox
Reads every reply and categorises it: interested, not now, referral, or unsubscribe request.
Stage a qualifying reply
Drafts a short response that checks the prospect's timing and budget, ready for your approval.
Flag urgent ones
Sends you a Telegram message for any hot reply that needs a fast personal touch.

Your part

Replies only go to prospects after you approve them. Nothing leaves the inbox without your yes.

Apps your agent could useSee full Actionist App Store →

Book qualified meetings

scheduling and calendar management

Reception Agent

Your receptionist agent turns interested replies into confirmed meetings, booked straight into the client's calendar with a qualification summary so they know exactly who is coming.

If you did this by hand

Offer times from the client's calendarConfirm the meeting and send a linkChase no-shows before they go coldSend a pre-meeting brief to the clientReschedule cancellations on the same day

~4 hrs/ week

arranging calls, sending confirmations and chasing no-shows.≈ 2 days a month you do not have, handled for you.

What your agent does

Bookedinto the client's live calendar

Briefedclient gets a summary before every call

Offer the slot
Sends available times from the client's Calendly link or Google Calendar and confirms the booking.
Send the brief
Prepares a one-page qualification summary about the prospect and sends it to the client before the call.
Chase no-shows
Spots the missed slot within about a minute of the no-show and drafts a same-day rebooking message.

Your part

You set the meeting criteria with each client and take the calls yourself when a prospect wants to speak to the agency owner.

Apps your agent could useSee full Actionist App Store →

Manage client pipelines

CRM hygiene and campaign reporting

CRM Agent

Your CRM agent keeps every prospect record clean and current across all client accounts, and prepares the weekly campaign performance report so each client sees exactly what their retainer is delivering.

If you did this by hand

Keep the CRM updated for every prospectNote outcomes of every reply and callPull open rate, reply rate and meeting data weeklyDraft a report for each clientTrack who owes a renewal conversation

~6 hrs/ week

updating CRMs, tracking outcomes and drafting client performance reports.≈ 3 days a month you do not have, handled for you.

What your agent does

UpdatedCRM record for every prospect touched

Weeklyreport per client, drafted for your review

Keep the CRM clean
Logs every reply, call outcome and stage change in the client's HubSpot or Pipedrive so nothing slips.
Draft the weekly report
Pulls sends, opens, replies and meetings booked and formats them into a short client-facing summary.
Flag retainer renewals
Spots clients whose contracts are coming up and drafts the renewal conversation for you to have.

Your part

You review and send the weekly report to each client. The relationship stays yours; the data work is the agent's.

Apps your agent could useSee full Actionist App Store →

Run client operations

onboarding, invoicing and contracts

Operations Agent

Your operations agent handles the admin that keeps the agency ticking: client onboarding forms, monthly invoices, contract renewals and the internal trackers that stop things falling through the cracks.

If you did this by hand

Send every client a new onboarding formChase clients for the brief details you needRaise and send monthly invoicesRemind clients when payment is overdueTrack which contracts are up for renewal

~5 hrs/ week

intake forms, invoicing, payment chasing and contract admin.≈ 3 days a month you do not have, handled for you.

What your agent does

Collectedclient brief details without the back-and-forth

Invoicedon time every month, then chased if late

Run client onboarding
Sends the intake form that collects ICP, target market, pain points and any existing data, and chases missing answers.
Raise invoices
Prepares the monthly retainer invoice in Stripe and queues it for your approval before it goes to the client.
Chase overdue payments
Sends a polite reminder when a payment is late and flags anything unresolved to you after two attempts.

Your part

You approve every invoice before it goes to a client. Money never moves without your sign-off.

Apps your agent could useSee full Actionist App Store →

Your task plan

The task centre

Every task it takes, and who does it

This is the plan Actionist builds to launch and run the agency: every stage, task and subtask. The work is split across your agents, from landing the first client to booking meetings for the fifth. Only the calls, the key approvals and the client relationships stay with you.

30 tasks·91 subtasks

Actionist 23You 2Approval 5Actionist handles ~77%

TaskStatusAssignee

Done

Executive Agent

Research which B2B verticals have strong outreach demand

Done

Pick the niche and the buyer persona to serve

Done

Draft the service scope and pricing tiers

Done

Operations Agent

Check the business name is free

Done

File the registration and save the certificate

Done

Set up a simple tracker for business admin

Done

To do

You

In progress

Technical Agent

Done

Operations Agent

An example plan Actionist builds for this business. Yours adapts to your niche, your client count and your pace.

Under the hood

What one automation looks like

Trigger·A prospect replies to your outreach showing genuine interest in a meeting.

read

Step 1

Gmail

Read the reply and extract the prospect's interest signal and any questions raised

read

Step 2

Apollo

Look up the prospect and score them against the client's ICP criteria

write

Step 3

Gmail

Stage a personalised qualifying reply with the client's booking link

Confirmation

Step 4

Human

You review the prospect score and the draft reply, then approve

write

Step 5

Gmail

Send the approved qualifying reply to the prospect

write

Step 6

HubSpot

Log the qualified lead in the client's CRM pipeline with the prospect's score and notes

Saved per run

25 min

Runs / week

~15×

Every interested reply gets a qualified response you approved, every time.

The payoff

Your week

All it asks of you

Here is what a week looks like once the agency is running. Your agents keep the sequences live, the inbox managed and the meetings landing every day. You step in for a handful of moments, the ones that need your judgement, and the rest of your week stays yours.

You

A couple of hours

spread across the week, on your own time

4 touchpoints · about 60 min all week

Your agents

Every day

researching, running sequences, qualifying replies and booking meetings in the background

8 jobs running in the background

Your team

Mon

Your part

10 min

Approve this week's outreach batches

On shift

DASACAEA

11 tasks today

Enriches prospect data in Clay and verifies emails before they enter a sequence

Reads every reply, scores it against the ICP and drafts a qualifying response

Tue

Your part

All handled

On shift

RAOASATA

12 tasks today

Books qualified meetings into the client's calendar and sends a pre-call brief

Raises the monthly invoices and manages client onboarding admin

Wed

Your part

5 min

Review a qualifying reply draft

On shift

EADASACA

13 tasks today

Plans each new client's ICP and campaign strategy before the first list is built

Enriches prospect data in Clay and verifies emails before they enter a sequence

Thu

Your part

30 min

Take a new client discovery call

On shift

TARAOASA

11 tasks today

Runs the sending campaigns in Instantly and monitors deliverability

Books qualified meetings into the client's calendar and sends a pre-call brief

Fri

Your part

All handled

On shift

CAEADASA

12 tasks today

Keeps client CRMs updated and drafts the weekly performance report

Plans each new client's ICP and campaign strategy before the first list is built

Sat

Your part

15 min

Skim the weekly campaign report

On shift

SATARAOA

13 tasks today

Searches Apollo and LinkedIn for B2B prospects that match each client's ICP

Runs the sending campaigns in Instantly and monitors deliverability

Sun

Your part

All handled

On shift

SACAEADA

11 tasks today

Reads every reply, scores it against the ICP and drafts a qualifying response

Keeps client CRMs updated and drafts the weekly performance report

Your full team runs in the background, every day.

Approve this week's outreach batches10 min
mon · A quick yes before the sequences send.
Review a qualifying reply draft5 min
wed · You check the draft and approve before it goes to the prospect.
Take a new client discovery call30 min
thu · The agent booked it and briefed you; you show up.
Skim the weekly campaign report15 min
sat · Numbers per client, what worked, what to adjust.

Your team, every day

SA
Sales Agent
Searches Apollo and LinkedIn for B2B prospects that match each client's ICP
DA
Developer Agent
Enriches prospect data in Clay and verifies emails before they enter a sequence
C
TA
Technical Agent
Runs the sending campaigns in Instantly and monitors deliverability
SA
Support Agent
Reads every reply, scores it against the ICP and drafts a qualifying response
RA
Reception Agent
Books qualified meetings into the client's calendar and sends a pre-call brief
CA
CRM Agent
Keeps client CRMs updated and drafts the weekly performance report
OA
Operations Agent
Raises the monthly invoices and manages client onboarding admin
EA
Executive Agent
Plans each new client's ICP and campaign strategy before the first list is built

The payoff

What you walk away with

No SDR team
Run it without any hires
Actionist does the research, writing and follow-up that a full SDR team would handle. You manage the business, not the people.
Around your job
A few hours a week
The agents run the sequences and the inbox in the background. Your part is a handful of approvals and the client calls.
Monthly retainers
Recurring revenue per client
Each client pays a monthly retainer for ongoing meetings. Adding a client adds revenue without adding proportional hours.

Before and after

Doing it alone vs with Actionist

On your own

~31h / week

every job below lands on you

With Actionist

minutes to review

it runs all 10 in the background

1Building prospect lists
6.5h/wk
Hours of manual database searching
You filter Apollo and LinkedIn by hand, check every company against the ICP and export the results one at a time.
ActionistOff your plate
A verified, ICP-matched list per client
Actionist searches Apollo, enriches in Clay and verifies every email before the list enters a sequence, with your approval on the final count.
2Writing outreach sequences
5h/wk
Writing every message from scratch
You personalise each email for each client's niche and buyer, then rewrite the follow-ups for every angle you want to test.
ActionistOff your plate
Draft sequences ready to approve
Actionist writes the full sequence for each client and campaign. You read, adjust and approve before anything sends.
3Managing the inbox
4h/wk
Sorting and responding to every reply yourself
You read every reply, decide if the prospect is worth pursuing, write the qualifying response and send it, for every client's inbox.
ActionistOff your plate
Scored replies with a draft response
Actionist reads and scores every reply against the ICP and stages a qualifying response for you to approve before it goes to the prospect.
4Booking and confirming meetings
2.5h/wk
Back-and-forth to find a slot
You juggle the client's availability, the prospect's time zone and the calendar link every time someone says yes.
ActionistOff your plate
Meeting confirmed with a qualification brief
Actionist shares the booking link, confirms the slot and sends the client a brief on who they are meeting and why they are qualified.
5Client campaign reporting
3h/wk
Pulling and formatting numbers by hand
You log into each tool, pull the stats, paste them into a report template and format it per client every week.
ActionistOff your plate
A weekly report draft per client
Actionist pulls sends, opens, replies and meetings booked from Instantly and HubSpot and formats the summary. You review and send it.

1Domain health and deliverability
2h/wk
Monitoring bounce rates and spam flags daily
You check sending stats after every batch, decide if a domain needs to pause and restart the warm-up when things go wrong.
ActionistOff your plate
Deliverability watched on every send
Actionist monitors bounce and spam rates across all sending domains and pauses anything that crosses the threshold, then flags it to you.
2CRM hygiene across client accounts
2.5h/wk
Keeping three CRMs clean by hand
You log reply outcomes, update deal stages and clear duplicate records in each client's CRM after every conversation batch.
ActionistOff your plate
CRM updated after every interaction
Actionist logs every reply, call outcome and stage change in the client's HubSpot or Pipedrive so the data is always current.
3Following up on no-replies
2.5h/wk
Manually chasing every cold prospect
You track who has not replied and write the follow-up for each one so warm leads do not go cold while you are busy.
ActionistOff your plate
Timed follow-ups sent automatically
The sequence sends the follow-up steps on the schedule you approve. No prospect slips through because you forgot to chase.
4Monthly retainer invoicing
1.5h/wk
Raising invoices when you remember to
You create the invoice, find the client's billing details and send the payment link, for each client, every month.
ActionistOff your plate
Invoices raised on time, every month
Actionist raises the retainer invoice in Stripe on the agreed date. You approve it and it goes to the client.
5Unsubscribe and compliance management
1h/wk
Manually removing opt-outs from every list
You spot unsubscribe requests in the inbox, remove the contact from the sequence and update the suppression list before the next send.
ActionistOff your plate
Opt-outs honoured immediately
Actionist removes unsubscribe requests from all active sequences as soon as they arrive and logs the contact as suppressed.

That is roughly 31 hours of work handed off every week, while you keep your day job

The tools

The apps Actionist operates

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Trust and control

You stay in control

This is your business and your clients are paying for your reputation. Actionist asks before anything reaches a prospect or a client, and it keeps a record of every action so you can see exactly what happened.

Outreach only sends after your yes

Every batch of cold email, every qualifying reply, waits for your approval before it leaves the inbox.

Opt-outs are honoured immediately

Actionist removes unsubscribe requests from every active sequence as soon as they arrive. Compliance is not optional.

Your accounts, your client data

Actionist works inside your own Apollo, Instantly and HubSpot logins. You keep ownership of every list and every contact.

Every action is logged

Each message sent, reply scored and meeting booked is recorded so you can show clients exactly what happened and when.

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FAQ

Questions about this idea

Do I need sales or cold email experience to start a lead generation agency?

No. Actionist writes the sequences and handles the inbox. You bring the niche understanding and the client relationships. The system takes care of the technical side: the list building, the copy, the sending and the reply management.

Will Actionist contact prospects without me seeing the message first?

Never. Every outreach batch and every qualifying reply is staged for your review and only goes out after you approve it. Nothing reaches a prospect without your yes first.

Is cold email legal? I do not want to send spam.

Cold email to business addresses is legal in most countries under CAN-SPAM and similar frameworks when you include the sender's details and a clear opt-out. Actionist adds an unsubscribe line to every message and removes opt-outs immediately. You set the send limits and the suppression rules, so the campaigns stay inside the boundaries you define.

What niches work best for a lead gen agency?

B2B niches with a clear buyer and a recurring purchase decision work best: SaaS companies, marketing agencies, recruitment firms, professional services and IT service providers are all common starting points. The tighter the niche, the more specific the outreach and the easier it is to show results.

How do I know the meetings booked are actually qualified?

Actionist scores every interested reply against the ICP criteria you set with the client before any qualifying message is staged. When a meeting is confirmed, the client receives a brief covering who the prospect is, what they said and why they fit the ICP. The scoring logic is yours to adjust.

How many clients can I handle on my own?

Because Actionist handles the research, the sending and the inbox management in the background, the work that scales is the approvals and the client calls, not the execution. The practical limit is the number of client relationships you want to manage personally, not the volume of prospect work.

How do clients pay, and how do I handle renewals?

Actionist raises the monthly retainer invoice in Stripe and queues it for your approval before sending it. You approve and it goes to the client. For renewals, Actionist flags contracts that are coming up and drafts the renewal conversation for you to have on the next client call.

Can I run this alongside a full-time job?

Yes. The approvals take a few minutes in the evenings. The agents run the sequences and manage the inbox during the day. The biggest time commitment is the client calls, which you schedule yourself. Most operators start a lead gen business with AI doing the labour and transition full-time once retainers reach a threshold they are comfortable with.

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Your opportunity

Why this works

Run your own numbers

Set the numbers, see the picture

What it actually takes to start

How Actionist works

How Actionist builds the business

You pick the niche and your constraints

Actionist maps every task and subtask

It schedules the work and runs it in the background

It assigns you the human-only tasks

It asks before anything reaches a prospect or client

You keep your day job and check in when it suits you

Actionist is your whole team

Plan the agency

Your task plan

Every task it takes, and who does it

What one automation looks like

The payoff

All it asks of you

What you walk away with

Doing it alone vs with Actionist

The apps Actionist operates

Stay in control and start

Already run this business?

You stay in control

Questions about this idea

Start the business you keep thinking about.