TERRAKOTTA × BUZZLEAD · THE HIVE · SEPTEMBER 2026
BuzzLead

Welcome to the Hive, Terrakotta.

Vincent, we just finished a run with Lumion, vertical SaaS for trade schools with a first marketing hire and no outbound. Terrakotta 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 commercial real estate brokerage mapped, the 4,000 that look like your best customers, and three campaigns we'd run for Terrakotta in the next 30 days.

PREPARED FOR VINCENT WILSON · SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 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 Terrakotta.

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 Lumion: a public registry of buyers, a founder-led sales motion, and a marketing team that needs 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 4,000 to 6,500 more of your best customers?

You already have the dream ones: the commercial real estate brokerages that grow, retain, and refer others without being asked. We take those, run them through our lookalike tool, and find another 4,000 to 6,500 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.
4,000 to 6,500commercial real estate brokerages that look exactly like them
Section 04 · Your market, sized

Every cell is a commercial real estate brokerage.

Every US brokerage sits in Census County Business Patterns and Google Maps listings, with agent counts and licensed broker names attached. We build the list from that, enrich each contact's phone and email, and time outreach to license filings and hiring cycles.

US commercial real estate brokerage firmsYour sweet spot: 10 to 200 agentsIn-market this quarter
0
US commercial real estate brokerage firms. US Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 531210, commercial subset.
~5,400
Sweet-spot brokerages
10 to 200 agents
3
Buyer personas
Principal Broker, VP Business Development, Director of Acquisitions
~16K
Relevant contacts
At 3 titles per brokerage
30 to 60 days
Evaluation window
Trial to team-wide rollout
Section 05 · Intent

You're the first supplier that comes to mind.

We'll actively monitor all 27,000 US commercial real estate brokerage firms and reach out when the right signal shows up, so Terrakotta is the first name a broker thinks of when skip tracing and dialing come up.

  • New brokerage license filedState real estate commission rolls list new firms and broker-in-charge names.
  • Agent headcount growthLinkedIn and brokerage website team pages show new hires monthly.
  • BD or inside sales job postingIndeed and LinkedIn postings signal a push into cold outreach.
  • CoStar or LoopNet listing volume spikePublic listing counts jump when a team adds acquisitions capacity.
  • CCIM, SIOR or ICSC roster additionDesignation and conference rosters name brokers actively building pipeline.
  • CRM migration announcementSalesforce, HubSpot or RealNex partner directories flag brokerages switching systems.
09:14 · TODAY
Regional brokerage (24 agents) posts opening for Director of Business Development
→ HIRING-PAIN PLAY
YESTERDAY
State real estate commission licenses new 12-agent brokerage in Phoenix
→ NEW-BROKERAGE PLAY
YESTERDAY
Southeast CCIM chapter adds 18 new designees this quarter
→ DESIGNATION PLAY
MON
Investment sales team's LoopNet listings jump 35% after adding industrial focus
→ GROWTH-SIGNAL 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 ~27,000 US commercial real estate brokerage firms tracked in Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 531210, enriched with agent counts from Google Maps and brokerage websites
AngleOne platform for owner contacts, skip tracing and dialing instead of stitching together three tools
~27,000 ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 2 · LOOKALIKE

Mirror your best customers

TargetBrokerages with 10 to 200 agents running active investment sales or leasing teams, sized to match Terrakotta's current base of brokers and BD managers
AngleLead with the specific role, investment sales or leasing, and the hours saved per week on skip tracing
~4,000+ ACCOUNTS
STRATEGY 3 · INTENT

Catch them in-market

TargetBrokerages showing a buying signal this quarter: new license filings, agent headcount growth, BD job postings, or CCIM and SIOR designation additions
AngleA one-to-one note referencing the specific signal, sent the week it happens
~1,100 PER QUARTER ACCOUNTS
Section 07 · The first 30 days

What happens after you say yes.

Section 08 · Join the Hive

The honey was the easy part.

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