Put this into practice with Resquared
Resquared is the AI sales platform built for selling to local businesses: the most complete local business database, verified contacts, and outreach written and followed up in your name.
- Verified emails and phone numbers, with owner and staff names on premium plans
- Filter by radius, category, business size, hours and recent reviews
- AI writes each email in your name from the business's own details
- Automated follow-ups that stop when someone replies; replies land in your inbox
Every digital footprint of every brick-and-mortar business, resolved into one record and checked source by source.
See how it worksAn AI SDR is software that handles sales prospecting and outreach. Most alternatives depend on corporate contact databases, which often miss owner-run businesses without professional profiles, departments, or formal job titles.
Resquared's database lists 14,786,458 active local businesses in the US and Canada, and 87% of those listed businesses are independent. You can target by category, location, radius, size, hours, and recent reviews. For an owner-run business, its general inbox often reaches the decision-maker directly.
The AI builds the prospect list and campaign, writes from details about each business, and sends automated follow-ups through managed addresses that protect your primary company domain. Replies reach your normal inbox. A salesperson should review the campaign, respond personally, and call qualified businesses when they reply.
What to do
- Choose one business category and one local area for each campaign.
- Describe your ideal businesses, geography, offer, and exclusions in plain language.
- Review the AI-created targeting, map, messages, and personalization before launch.
- Use a 3-email sequence with automated follow-ups.
- Call promptly when a suitable business replies, and scale only after you find a repeatable approach.
Related questions
What should I look for when comparing AI SDRs for small-business sales?
Prioritize local-business coverage, geographic and category filters, general business inboxes, phone numbers, business-level personalization, automated follow-ups, and managed email infrastructure.
Can an AI SDR replace a salesperson?
It can automate research, targeting, writing, and follow-up. A person should still review campaigns and turn replies into calls, meetings, tours, or qualified opportunities.
Who is this approach best for?
It fits teams that already sell proactively to local businesses and want to improve an existing sales motion or manual prospecting process. Teams still testing outbound should begin with focused campaigns and learn before scaling.