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AI-Powered Cold Outreach System � 150+ Demos/Month

Built a fully automated outbound system using Clay, Apollo, and Instantly. Personalized at scale � no SDR required.

200+
contacts touched daily
4.2%
positive reply rate
8
new clients in 30 days
20 hrs
saved per week

The Challenge

A 6-person B2B SaaS consulting agency was generating all of their new business through referrals and personal network. They had no repeatable outbound motion. One account manager was spending 20+ hours per week manually researching prospects, building lists in Excel, and sending one-off "personalized" emails from Gmail.

The result: 3�4 demos booked per month. The goal: 10x that, without hiring a sales team.

  • 20+ hours/week on manual prospect research
  • No CRM sync � leads were tracked in a spreadsheet
  • Generic outreach � below 1% reply rate
  • No follow-up system � leads fell through the cracks

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Project Details

Client type
B2B Consulting Agency
Project type
AI Lead Generation
Status
Live
Build time
5 days
Build cost
$4,200
Monthly run cost
~$455/mo

Tools Used

Apollo.io Clay Instantly n8n Claude AI HubSpot

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How I Built This System in 5 Days ?

The Solution

We built a fully automated outbound system that handles every stage of the outreach process � from prospect sourcing to personalization to sending to CRM sync and Slack alerts.

The Tech Stack

Apollo.io
Prospect database, 200 contacts/day export
Clay
Enrichment + AI personalization lines
Instantly
Email sending, inbox rotation, deliverability
n8n
Workflow orchestration, reply routing, CRM sync
Claude AI
Personalization prompts, reply classification
HubSpot CRM
Contact sync, deal creation, pipeline tracking

How It Works

1

Apollo exports 200 new ICP-matched prospects daily to Google Sheets. ICP: SaaS companies, 10�200 employees, Series A�B, VP Sales or CRO title.

2

Clay enriches each contact with LinkedIn data, recent company news, tech stack, and hiring signals. Claude writes a custom personalization line for each person.

3

Enriched contacts flow into Instantly campaigns automatically. 5 email accounts rotate across 3 sending domains. 4-touch sequence over 14 days.

4

When a reply arrives, n8n classifies it with Claude (Interested/Not Now/Wrong Person/Unsub). Interested replies create HubSpot deals and trigger Slack alerts instantly.

5

Daily morning report posts to #outbound Slack channel: opens, replies, demos booked. Zero dashboards to check.

The Results

After 30 days of running the system:

150+
demos booked per month
40x
increase in demo volume
$240K
new ARR in 30 days
57x
ROI in month one

The 4.2% positive reply rate (vs. 1�2% industry average) is entirely attributable to the Clay personalization layer. The team now spends under 2 hours per week on outbound � reviewing Slack alerts and taking calls. The rest runs automatically.