Market Research & Lead Generation

Remote market research, competitor research, lead generation, data collection and prospect list building for sales teams.

Research & Leads

Give Your Sales Team Lists Worth Calling

Salespeople should be selling, not building spreadsheets. A research assistant produces verified, targeted prospect lists so the pipeline never runs dry.

Give Your Sales Team Lists Worth Calling

What's included

  • Market Research
  • Competitor Research
  • Lead Generation
  • Data Collection
  • Prospect List Building

A range helps us bring the right person to the call. It isn't a commitment.

The Basics

What Does a Research Assistant Do?

A research and lead generation assistant builds the data your sales and marketing teams work from — prospect lists, contact details, market intelligence and competitor tracking.

Lead generation here means research-led list building: identifying companies matching your ideal customer profile, finding the right contact, verifying the details and enriching the record.

They also handle ongoing market monitoring — competitor pricing, new entrants, tender notices and industry developments — summarised in a form that can actually be acted on.

Why It Matters

Why Research Support Pays

Sales teams routinely spend a third of their time on prospecting admin rather than conversations.

List quality also determines campaign performance. Outreach to unverified, poorly targeted data wastes effort and damages sender reputation.

Dedicated research support fixes both at a fraction of a salesperson's cost.

Businesses use research assistants to:

  • Keep the pipeline supplied
  • Free salespeople to sell
  • Improve data accuracy
  • Track competitor activity
  • Find tender opportunities
  • Enrich existing CRM records
  • Identify new market segments
  • Qualify leads before outreach
What We Do

Our research services

Verified data and useful intelligence, delivered in your CRM format.

  • 01

    Market Research

    Sector, segment and opportunity research summarised for decision making.

  • 02

    Competitor Research

    Pricing, positioning, campaign and product tracking on a regular cycle.

  • 03

    Lead Generation

    Targeted prospect identification against your ideal customer profile.

  • 04

    Data Collection

    Structured data gathering from directories, portals and public sources.

  • 05

    Prospect List Building

    Verified contact lists with role, company and enrichment data.

  • 06

    CRM Data Enrichment

    Existing records completed, deduplicated and updated.

  • 07

    Tender & Opportunity Monitoring

    Relevant tenders and RFPs identified and flagged.

  • 08

    Research Reporting

    Findings summarised with clear implications, not raw data dumps.

The Payoff

Benefits of dedicated research

  • Fuller pipeline

    A steady supply of qualified prospects.

  • Selling time recovered

    Reps stop building spreadsheets.

  • Better data quality

    Verified contacts, fewer bounces.

  • Market awareness

    Competitor moves seen early.

  • Actionable summaries

    Findings, not spreadsheets.

Common Pitfalls

Why remote support doesn't stick

Delegation fails on process, not on people. Without documentation and defined ownership, the work comes straight back to your desk.

  • No documented process handed over
  • Tasks delegated without context
  • Rotating assistants each month
  • No agreed working hours overlap
  • Access and tools never provided
  • Feedback given only when it goes wrong
  • No single point of accountability
  • Scope expanding without discussion
How We Work

A clear path from handover to autonomy

  1. Requirement mapping

    We list the recurring tasks, tools and hours you want covered.

  2. Assistant matching

    A candidate matched on relevant experience, then introduced to you.

  3. Access & tooling

    Accounts, permissions and security controls set up properly.

  4. Process documentation

    Your way of working captured as written SOPs during handover.

  5. Shadow period

    Two weeks of supervised work with daily check-ins.

  6. Independent operation

    The assistant runs the workload with agreed checkpoints.

  7. Weekly reporting

    Completed work, blockers and hours reported every week.

  8. Monthly review

    Scope, quality and priorities reviewed with your account manager.

What We Track

Support measured in time returned

  • Tasks Completed
  • Response Time
  • Hours Returned to You
  • Backlog Cleared
  • Error Rate
  • Process Documentation
Investment

Market Research & Lead Generation pricing

Part-time and full-time engagements, billed monthly with no recruitment or overhead cost.

  • Starter

    ₹54,000

    per month

    • 40 hrs / month
    • 48 Hours turnaround
    • 1 Month min. contract
    Pay & Start
  • Growth

    ₹1,08,000

    per month

    • 80 hrs / month
    • 24–48 Hours turnaround
    • 3 Months min. contract
    Pay & Start
  • Accelerator

    ₹1,80,000

    per month

    • 120 hrs / month
    • 24 Hours turnaround
    • 3 Months min. contract
    Pay & Start
  • Ace

    ₹2,70,000

    per month

    • 160 hrs / month
    • Same Day turnaround
    • 3 Months min. contract
    Pay & Start
  • Dominator

    ₹3,60,000

    per month

    • 320 hrs / month
    • Same Day turnaround
    • 6 Months min. contract
    Pay & Start
  • Conqueror

    ₹7,20,000

    per month

    • 640+ hrs / month
    • Priority Same Day turnaround
    • 6 Months min. contract
    Pay & Start
  • Custom

    On request

    enterprise scope

    • As per need hrs / month
    • As per need turnaround
    • Scoped after discovery call
    Get a Quote

Part-time and full-time engagements available; rates depend on the function and the hours of overlap required.

Why VD Infotech

The right support partner changes the outcome

  • Dedicated people

    The same assistant every day.

  • Documented process

    Your way of working, written down.

  • Managed quality

    An account manager accountable for standards.

  • Cover included

    Leave never becomes your problem.

  • Confidential

    NDAs and access controls as standard.

FAQ

Let's Clear Your
Doubts

  • Yes. You get the same person every day, working your hours and learning your systems — not a shared pool where a different person picks up each task.

  • A trained backup covers, briefed from the same documented processes. Continuity is our problem to solve, not yours.

  • Yes. We agree the overlap you need during scoping and staff accordingly. Most international clients take a four to six hour overlap with their own working day.

  • NDAs are signed before any access is granted, and account access is provisioned per role with credentials held in a managed vault. Access is revoked immediately when an engagement ends.

  • Tell your account manager and we replace them. The documented processes built during handover stay with us, so a replacement gets up to speed in days rather than weeks.

  • Yes. Most engagements start at twenty hours a week and move to full-time once the workload justifies it. You can also scale back with a month’s notice.