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The Targeting Hypothesis: Why Lead Gen Tools Are Commodity Infrastructure and Strategy Is the Moat

Lead generation tools have become commodity infrastructure, so agency margins now hinge on the targeting hypothesis and qualification scoring, not the tool itself. Agencies that own the strategy layer get paid like partners, while those reselling tool access get paid like software resellers.

By InnovaAI ResearchPublished Updated

Why does it matter for agencies?

Leverage
72/100
Risk
45/100

Lead generation tools have become commodity infrastructure, so agency margins now hinge on the targeting hypothesis and qualification scoring, not the tool itself. Agencies that own the strategy layer get paid like partners, while those reselling tool access get paid like software resellers.