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with Directlend AI

Directlend AI is an online platform that matches business owners to the best programs available, ranging from micro SBAs to venture capital and Investment Banking deals.

Realtime applicants

Qualified businesses

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Why Partner with Directlend?

Directlend was built by marketing experts in the organic content space. We were tired of building and scaling systems for every company that reached out to us, only to have to maintain all of their systems, over and over again. 

Instead, we decided to build our own marketing engine, but with a twist. 

Using the data, knowledge, and insights we have from the small business lending industry, we built an AI matchmaking algorithm that not only scores and matches the business owners (applicants) but also our partners, the lead purchasers. 

This allows us to match our applicants with the top lenders that are most qualified for them, and provides you with the most qualified lead for your business - it works in perfect harmony for all parties. 

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Types of small businesses we work with

SBA Leads

Business looking for small business association funding.

Venture Capital

Businesses seeking venture capital to expand

MCA Leads

Businesses that are looking for, or only qualify for, MCA products based on our lend-match score

Private Equity

Businesses seeking private equity partners to grow

Term Loan leads

Businesses interested in term loan that fit the standard criteria.

Investment Banking

Enterprise businesses seeking investment banking services

How directlend.ai works for ISOs

Finding the right lead partner is never easy and with such a strategic partnership on the line, it's crucial you choose the right partnership for you business.

Directlend makes the process simple for our partners, no spend requirements or monthly access fees.

Introduction Meeting

We'll review your business, ask about your systems and funding programs.

Onboarding & Integration

Yes, we'll setup your integrations so data flows smoothly into your systems from ours. You also get direct access to our portal.

Nurture Leads & Fund Deals

Once all systems are go, you'll be put in our rotation of lead distribution based on your requirements.

Tips to grow your small business loan broker business

Finding the right lead partner can be a challenge. Most brokers rely on bulk, aged data that is loaded with false information and TCPA traps. At Directlend, we specialize in generating real-time leads that are interested now. We sort through the clutter for you and only send you the leads that have actually demonstrated interest in a business loan product.

1) Lead nurturing

There are many different ways to nurture leads, but in the real-time lead space lead nurturing is taken to a whole new level. Having the agents, and more importantly the systems in place to manage your leads is critical.

If you need help with this, contact slaterockautomation.com for lead nurturing and automation systems.

2) Speed to lead

If you're new to the world of real-time business loan leads, speed to lead is the name of the game. Especially if you dont already have automated systems to integrate. Having your agents be ready to handle applicants when they are hot can be the difference of closing that deal or not.

3) Product diversification

Although we score our leads using dozens of business data points, having very strict criteria for your leads can be detrimental to your lead purchasing campaigns. Heres why... we have consulted companies purchasing from Lendingtree and Nerdwallet. Both have a huge amount of volume, but when you tighten your filters too much, you narrow down the type of lead too much. This closes the door for other opportunities outside of those parameters. 

One of our clients, changed their RLA (request loan amount) filter and increased their total fundings from 40k the previous month to 65k the next - huge improvement! 

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Customers come to us for support in finding the right lenders. 

We find them the right match and help them get ready for an application that can get approved.

Directlend Business Loan Leads FAQ

How do we generate business loan leads?

Great question, we generate leads through a variety of sources including organic content marketing, paid media, and direct outreach. All of these efforts direct back to our lead magnet, and lend-match technology. Want to learn more about our lead gen efforts? Schedule a call with us here

How much do your business loan leads cost?

Our real-time business loan leads are tiered in a scoring system from 1 through 4. Each tier has different pricing based on the quality and volume of the lead. We can show you the exact breakdown on an intro call if you're interested.

I'm a new business loan broker, will this even work?

First, welcome to the industry! It's the wild west, our background is in digital marketing, and it's very different than the alternative finance space. The good news is, as long as you have the right systems and programs in place, it doesn't matter if you are a team of one or forty; our leads are simply looking for funding. If you can help them acquire that capital, you'll do just fine.

What type of leads does Directlend offer?

Currently, Directlend AI is only focusing on the small business lending aka the alternative finacing space. In the future, there are plans to move into mortgages (this is the reason we created Directlend, we faced challenges securing the right type of financing, which caused us to lose out on a real-estate deal). Because they didn't have a lend-match system, we built our own! 

What are the benefits of buying leads from Directlend?

Some of the main benefits include not worrying about TCPA issues or having to deal with the fee's associated with bulk outreach. (some of our clients spend over 20k per month just to send text messages) We handle the outreach and you handle your sales pipeline.

What guarantees or warranties do you offer?

At Directlend, we guarantee that all of our leads are fresh, never recycled first party intent data. Meaning these leads are qualified and their information is accurate based on our lead-match tech. 

Are your business loan leads exclusive?

Directlend offers lead exclusivity if that's preferred, but based on our experience with customers and previous consulting roles, there are many pitfalls with exclusive leads, the main one being pricing. We sell you the leads cheaper than it costs is to generate it on your own. How? It's because our leads are matched to 3 funders total, allowing us to provide options to our customers (the merchants) and supply leads to you at a fair price.

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