Sales Development

How CIENCE Generates Leads and Orchestrates Outbound Marketing For Manifest

Manifest used CIENCE for lead generation and outbound SDR to qualify luxury travel prospects and define their ideal customer profile with CIENCE.

Updated Oct 13, 2025 By Daniel Conn

Key takeaways

Manifest, an exclusive luxury travel club, partnered with CIENCE to define their ideal customer profile and launch targeted cold-email outbound campaigns reaching affluent travelers. CIENCE provided flexibility through multiple targeting iterations as Manifest refined their prospect audience. The partnership gave Manifest a systematic approach to qualifying leads and relieved pressure on their overwhelmed inbound sales team.

Cream line-engraving portrait of Jeff Potter, Founder and CEO at Generates Leads and Orchestrates Outbound Marketing For Manifest.
Client spotlight
"Our partnership with CIENCE was integral to this process to their comprehension of the challenges at the outset was imperative."
Jeff Potter Founder and CEO

Lead Generation and Outbound For a Travel Company

About Manifest

Manifest is an exclusive lifestyle and travel club. They create powerful experiences for their members with custom-crafted getaways to unique destinations within the U.S., removing the hassle of typical travel by providing private air. As a chapter-based club, they are a tribe of like-minded adventurers ready to embark upon unique experiences.

The membership promise
Member Private air, effort removed Unique destination
Manifest is a chapter-based club that removes the hassle of travel with custom getaways and private air. That promise sets the target: affluent people who want the effort taken out of luxury travel.

Challenges & Scope

ICP: Affluent individuals who want to take the effort out of luxury travel.

Product: Exclusive Lifestyle and Travel Club.

CIENCE Technologies coordinates the lead generation efforts for Manifest. After researching appropriate industries and clients, they conduct cold-email campaigns.

The bottleneck
Unfiltered lead rush CIENCE research narrows Inbound team only the fit
An influx of unqualified leads was overwhelming Manifest's inbound sales team. CIENCE moved qualification upstream: research the right industries first, then cold-email only the fit, so the inbound team stopped drowning.

Why CIENCE

"You can't solve challenges until you find a partner who understands your business."
Jeff Potter, Manifest Founder and CEO

Manifest needed a quick solution to drive traffic and qualify leads that were overwhelming their inbound sales team. They were looking for travel and hospitality field experts, not generalists.

"I was 100% committed to another provider and was introduced to them through a recommendation of another party," says Jeff Potter. "After some in-depth discussions on the scope of what we needed, their experience level, and their cost structure, we selected CIENCE."

Manifest was in the CRM selection process as well. CIENCE became an asset for Manifest in making their final choice. Potter says, "Their experience in working with various systems brought clarity to our needs."

How the choice was made
Recommendation door opens Scope what was needed Experience travel field experts Cost structure CIENCE selected
Manifest was committed to another provider until a recommendation opened the door. CIENCE won on three tests that followed: scope of the work, experience level, and cost structure. Field expertise in travel and hospitality, not a generalist.

Results

CIENCE worked with Manifest to define their ideal prospects, which previously was a very fluid process for them. "There were several iterations along the way that required adjustments and CIENCE was quick to work with us and provided us with complete flexibility, which was critical," says Jeff Potter, Founder and CEO of Manifest.

Fluid to defined
Fluid prospect band Iteration 1 Iteration 2 Defined ICP affluent audience
The prospect definition started fluid. Several iterations of cold-email targeting, each adjusted with full flexibility, narrowed the audience toward a more affluent buyer. A structured ideal customer profile emerged from the loop.

Frequently Asked Questions

What challenge did Manifest face before working with CIENCE?

Manifest was experiencing an influx of leads that was overwhelming their inbound sales team. They needed a fast solution to drive qualified traffic and a partner with expertise in the travel and hospitality space, not a generalist agency.

Why did Manifest choose CIENCE for lead generation?

Manifest selected CIENCE after an in-depth evaluation of scope, experience, and cost structure. A third-party recommendation initiated the introduction, and CIENCE stood out for their deep understanding of Manifest's business needs and their experience across CRM platforms, which helped Manifest make their final CRM selection.

What results did Manifest achieve by working with CIENCE?

CIENCE helped Manifest move from a fluid, undefined prospect identification process to a structured ICP framework targeting affluent individuals seeking luxury travel experiences. Through iterative cold-email campaigns, Manifest gradually learned how to best reach their high-net-worth audience, with CIENCE providing flexibility to adjust targeting at each stage.

What services did CIENCE provide to Manifest?

CIENCE handled lead generation and outbound sales development for Manifest, including researching appropriate industries and prospect segments and executing cold-email outreach campaigns. They also served as a strategic advisor during Manifest's CRM selection process, bringing clarity to their operational needs.