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How CareerLunch secured 54 business meetings in the DACH region

CareerLunch, an HR-tech platform, wanted to accelerate its commercial development in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) without overloading its in-house team.

devlo took charge of lead generation, prospecting, qualification and making appointments. Result: 516 prospects contacted and 54 positive responses for an appointment.

516 new prospects identified and contacted54 positive responses for an appointment71% open rate29% click-through rate19% response rate10% interest rate
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CareerLunch

HR-tech

Case study
CareerLunch

Campaign details

Categories

Generating leads, prospecting, qualifying leads, making appointments

Services

Services for human resources

Deadline for first meetings

5 weeks

The language of the campaign(s)

Allemand

Target region

DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland)

Key results

516 new prospects identified and contacted

54 positive responses for an appointment

71% open rate

29% click-through rate

19% response rate

10% interest rate

516

new prospects identified and contacted

54

positive responses for an appointment

10 %

interest rate

Our solutions

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1) Method of excluding existing customers and disqualified leads

To avoid duplication and identify new opportunities, devlo has applied a systematic approach:

This method has enabled us to rebuild our own, more relevant and genuinely actionable prospecting database.

  • Identifying companies that match the KPI and the right decision-makers
  • Identify existing customers and disqualified prospects
  • Exclude these accounts from the target to highlight businesses that are still untapped
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2) Manual prospect qualification

Each prospect was researched and validated manually beforehand.

This step strengthened the quality of targeting and contributed to better conversion rates.

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3) Contact in prospects' preferred language

Prospecting was conducted mainly in German, the preferred language of prospective customers.

This had a direct impact on performance: click, response and interest rates were higher than in an English contact scenario.

Customer context

CareerLunch is an HR platform that connects potential candidates with employees through informal lunchtime exchanges.

The company's objective was to develop its customer base in the DACH region. The market was already well known to the team, but had been heavily prospected, and they lacked the internal resources to manage the entire outbound cycle (research, contact, qualification, making appointments).

Challenge

CareerLunch faced a double challenge:

The challenge was not just to send more messages, but to relaunch effective prospecting on ground that had already been worked.

  • Find new prospects in a region that has already been extensively prospected
  • Delegate outbound execution to free up the in-house team

Targeted PCI

The ideal customer profiles targeted in this campaign were :

  • Human resources
  • Recrutement
  • Talent acquisition
  • Employer branding

Devlo's approach

devlo took charge of lead generation, prospecting, qualification and appointment setting to help CareerLunch accelerate its business development in the DACH region.

Campaign results

Out of 516 new prospects identified and contacted, the campaign generated 54 positive responses leading to appointments.

The performances observed over the campaign :

  • 71% open rate
  • 29% click-through rate
  • 19% response rate
  • 10% interest rate

Why this campaign worked

Four success factors have emerged from this campaign:

  • Transparent communication: clear collaboration between the devlo team and the client enabled the campaign to be adjusted quickly and the execution to remain fluid.
  • Messages in the prospect's language: contacting prospects in their preferred language improved engagement.
  • Personalisation according to profile: messages have been adapted according to the role and priorities of the prospect (e.g. technical, business, management).
  • Systematic approach to the target: structured monitoring of accounts already contacted vs. those not contacted has made it possible to better plan prospecting over time.

Customer testimonial

"Charles is one of the most creative and enthusiastic sales experts I know. I've worked with him on several campaigns. He helped us set up hyper-personalised sales campaigns, reach hundreds of prospects and, ultimately, get qualified sales appointments. In addition, he also advised us on refining our sales process, which was very useful for the entire sales department. I would highly recommend his skills and services to all start-ups and SMEs looking to move up a gear quickly."

Raphael Haut · Head of Business Development & Marketing, CareerLunch

Methodological note

The source banner displays a block KPI "54% · qualified leads (10%) in 5 weeks" and a block "19% · average response rate". The body of the page states separately: 516 leads contacted, 54 positive responses for an appointment and 10% interest rate. This rewrite highlights the results explicitly detailed in the body of the page, while retaining the mention of this ambiguity in the audit.

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Results

  • 516 new prospects identified and contacted
  • 54 positive responses for an appointment
  • 71% open rate
  • 29% click-through rate
  • 19% response rate
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