Cold Email List-Building BIBLE

Top 10 Targeting Workflows:

Scraping Job Posts

❓ Why it works:

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This hits while the pain is fresh - and before they lock budget into headcount.

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Website Visitor Scraping

❓ Why it works:

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LinkedIn Signal Scraping

Target: Prospects engaging with a specific creator or post series

❓Why it works:

🛠️ Tool Stack:

👇 What to do:

This workflow gets replies fast - because you’re reaching out to people already thinking about the exact thing you solve.

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LinkedIn Comment Mining

Some of our top clients are getting ridiculously qualified leads by pulling fresh signals from LinkedIn comment sections.

❓ Why it works:

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P.S. Make sure to verify the leads first in Reoon or Millionverifier.

This workflow is a beast for replies.

Because you’re not just scraping data - you’re catching people mid-conversation while they’re still thinking about the problem you solve.

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Lean Sales Stack Workflow

❓ Why it works:

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👇 What to do:

This system gives you full control over:

  • Who you target
  • What data you use
  • How personalized your emails are
  • And how fast you can scale

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Crunchbase Funding Alerts

❓Why it works:

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👇 What to do:

This workflow works because you’re catching companies right after they raise - when they’re most ready to buy.

Find Local Leads via Google Maps

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🧠 How It Works

✅ Why This Works

Advanced Sales Navigator Targeting

Target: LinkedIn leads filtered by role, company, or recent activity

❓ Why it works:

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🪜 Step-by-Step Setup

1. Build your search in Sales Navigator

  1. Open Sales Navigator → Lead Filters.
  2. Apply these filters to narrow your audience (make it applicable to your ICP):
    • Seniority: Owner, CXO, VP, Head
    • Job change in past 90 days → indicates openness to new vendors
    • Company headcount: 11–200 → usually fast-growing and hiring
    • Posted on LinkedIn in past 30 days → active decision-makers
    • Title: decision maker titles specific to your offer → for smaller companies, owner/founder
    • Exclude 1st-degree connections to avoid overlap
    • Keywords: use boolean search to niche down your targeting
  3. Sort by “Posted recently” for the most active users.
  4. Click “Save search” (optional) and name it clearly - for example:

    Outbound_Marketing/Advertising_JobChange_US/CA_Posted_90D

2. Scrape the profiles

  1. Copy the entire Sales Navigator search URL from the browser.
  2. Go to Airscale (or Apify) → select Scrape Sales Navigator Search Results.
  3. Paste the URL, paste your LinkedIn cookie with the Cookie Editor Chrome Extension, and click Run.
  4. When it’s done, download the CSV output.
  5. The CSV should include:
    • Full name
    • Job title
    • Company name
    • LinkedIn profile URL
    • Company LinkedIn URL or domain (optional)

3. Get the email with Icypeas

  1. In Icypeas.com, log in, then click on “Bulks”
  2. Click on “Email Finder”
  3. Upload your CSV into Icypeas.
  4. Make sure you have at least these two columns in the csv you got from Airscale or Apify:
    • LinkedIn profile URL
    • Lead Full Name
    • Company Domain
  5. Let Icypeas run - it will return with the enriched list.

4. Verify the emails

Before importing your list, run it through a verifier (Reoon, MillionVerifier, or NeverBounce).

Steps for Reoon:

  1. Click on “Email Verification”
  2. Upload your Icypeas output CSV.
  3. Remove anything marked as:
    • Invalid
    • Unknown
    • Catch-all
  4. Download the “Safe + Role only” list.

5. Push to your sequencer

  1. Import the verified list into your sending platform (Smartlead, Instantly, or Lemlist).
  2. Name your campaign based on your search (same as the initial csv name):

    Outbound_Marketing/Advertising_JobChange_US/CA_Posted_90D

  3. Map your CSV fields:
    • First Name
    • Company
    • Email
    • LinkedIn URL (optional)
    • Website (optional)
  4. Set your sending schedule:
    • Max 10-15 emails/day per inbox
    • Send between 8 AM and 5 PM local time (working hours)
  5. Write messaging that reflects your targeting signal. Examples:
    • “Saw you recently stepped into the [role] role - congrats btw!”
    • “Looks like [company] is scaling the sales team - usually this means [pain point].”

🧾 Example Workflow Recap

  1. Sales Navigator: filter by job change + activity
  2. Airscale/ Apify: scrape profiles
  3. Icypeas: find verified emails
  4. Reoon: remove invalids
  5. Sequencer: upload, personalize, and send

Tech‑Stack Targeting (BuiltWith + Clay)

❓ Why it works:

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👇 What to do:

Hyper-Precise Targeting with Apollo.io Filters

🧠 What It Does

🛠 Tools Used

🪜 Step-by-Step Setup

1. Define your ICP in Apollo

  1. Go to People Search inside Apollo.
  2. Layer the filters to match your exact audience:
    • Job Titles (example): Head of RevOps, VP of Demand Gen, Operations Manager
    • Seniority: VP+, Owner, CXO
    • Technologies Used: HubSpot, Salesforce, Facebook Pixel, etc (whatever is relevant to your offer and company).
    • Job Post Keywords: e.g. “Automation,” “Workflow,” “Compliance”
    • Funding Rounds: Recently funded, or Series A–C
    • Employee Headcount: 11–200 (mid-market, fast-scaling)
    • Department Size: Marketing or Sales team size ≥ 5
    • Revenue: Min 1M, max 50M
    • Email Status: Verified only
  3. Hit Apply Filters and review a few profiles to ensure alignment.

2. Save you search

  1. Click “Save Search” at the top right.
  2. Name it clearly, e.g. Outbound_VP_RevOps_11-200E_Hiring.
  3. Enable auto-refresh so your list updates weekly as new leads enter Apollo’s dataset.

3. Export and verify your data

  1. Export your Apollo list via ExportApollo.com or Boomerang (exporting directly from Apollo as a csv will make you go broke if you’re working with bulk lists).
  2. Upload your file to a verifier such as Reoon or MillionVerifier.
  3. Remove all:
    • Invalid emails
    • Catch-all domains
    • Unknowns
  4. Export only “Safe+Role” for your sequencer.

4. Enrich and deduplicate (optional but smart)

If you use Clay, import your Apollo CSV and:

  1. Run a deduplication check to remove duplicates from prior campaigns.
  2. Enrich missing fields (e.g., company size, LinkedIn URL, or tech stack).
  3. Add an “ICP tag” column (like VP_RevOps_Apollo_2025) for tracking later.

This helps prevent overlap between sequences and improves personalization options in your copy.

5. Push to your sequencer

  1. Import the cleaned CSV into your sending platform (Smartlead, Instantly, or Lemlist).
  2. Map fields properly:
    • First Name
    • Company
    • Email
    • Job Title
    • LinkedIn URL (if available)
  3. Set send limits per inbox:
    • 10-15/day/inbox max
    • Randomize send times between 8 AM -5 PM local time (working hours)
  4. Add copy references to match your targeting logic. Examples:
    • “Saw your team’s been scaling after the latest funding round… Usually when this happens [pain point] → [your solution]”
    • “Looks like you’re using HubSpot - we’ve helped teams like yours double reply rates without changing CRMs.”

🧽 Clean-Up & Sync Checklist

  • ☐ Verified all emails (Reoon, MillionVerifier)
  • ☐ Deduped with Clay (if using)
  • ☐ Removed irrelevant titles or competitors
  • ☐ Uploaded to sequencer
  • ☐ Tested variable mapping

💡 Bonus Tips

  • Run separate saved searches for each ICP persona.

    e.g. Founders, RevOps Leaders, Marketing Directors.

  • Use the “Company Exclusion” field to block agencies, competitors, or irrelevant industries.
  • Test 1 new variable per week (e.g. tech stack filter, company size) to refine list performance.
  • For smaller audiences, stack funding + tech filters to identify faster-moving buyers.

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