Will Breton
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Will Breton
@bretonwill
Growth Manager at C17
Calgary, Alberta Katılım Ekim 2013
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How we send 600,000+ cold emails/month without getting blacklisted:
> Kill domains at first sign of decay, don't nurse them
> Warmup runs 24/7, even on active domains
> Monitor inbox placement daily, not weekly
> Never exceed 15-20 emails/inbox/day
Most companies try to "save" dying domains.
Stop saving. Start rotating.
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Cold email is just paid ads for B2B - but better.
> You're pushing offers in front of your entire TAM
> You're testing hooks and angles like ad creative
> You're optimizing for conversions (replies → meetings)
> You get direct feedback from the market on what resonates
> You can perfectly pinpoint who sees your "ad" - person by person
The targeting is unbelievable. Pull up your entire audience, name by name, and put your offer in front of them.
Simple in concept, difficult in execution.
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I used to write 150-word cold emails.
Now the emails that book us meetings are 25-55 words.
The shift that changed everything:
> Deleted every "I hope this finds you well"
> Cut company intros entirely
> Stopped listing features
What's left? One pain point. One question.
Your prospect decides in 3 seconds if they're reading or deleting. Write for that.
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The 15-minute research process that 10x'd our personalization:
> Pull their LinkedIn "About Us" section
> Find their exact language for what they do
> Identify 1-2 recent wins or announcements
> Note their ICP (who THEY sell to)
> Use their words in your email, not yours
Stop writing "I noticed you're in [industry]."
Start writing like you actually understand their business.
PS: This is also the best way to build lead lists at scale - just use AI instead of doing a 15 minute research yourself.
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B2B company over $3M ARR looking to scale your outbound?
We'll build you a FREE cold email campaign to start:
> Contact 5k-10k leads in your ICP
> DFY scripting & enrichment
> Launch in 48 hours
Interested? Fill out the form here to start:
revgrowth.fillout.com/pilot?utm_sour…
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I manage 600K cold emails/month with a tiny team.
Most companies need 10+ SDRs to do this.
I do it with Clay + AI + systems.
Just filmed a full breakdown:
> What a GTM Engineer actually does
> The 3 pillars (data, automation, AI)
> Real campaign: 1,616 leads → 47 positive replies
> How to become one (skill stack + mindset)
Comment "GTM" and I'll send you the link when it drops.
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How I handle 1,000+ cold email replies per week without losing my mind:
> All replies funnel to one Slack channel in real-time
> AI categorizes each reply automatically:
- Interested
- Future
- Meeting Request
- Out of Office
- Not Interested
- Automated
> Only manually touch "Interested," "Future," and "Meeting Request"
> Auto-archive the rest
> Respond to hot leads within 2 hours, max
Most agencies drown in their inbox. Build systems, not habits.
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@Monkaddi I look at the reply rates on the domain level and inbox level.
Then depending on the client, you decide what thresholds to put in place.
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@bretonwill In order to make sure that the domains died, do you run blacklist/inbox placement tests first or just take the reply drop as the final decision making point?
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Last month we had 15 domains die in 72 hours.
Reply rates dropped to 0.3%. Clients panicking. Campaigns dead.
Here's what saved us:
> Killed all infected domains immediately (no "recovery" attempts)
> Spun up 20 fresh domains
> Rebuilt sending volume over 2 weeks, not 2 days
The result? Back to 2.1% positive reply rate within 3 weeks.
Most people try to save dying infrastructure. Just burn it down and rebuild faster.
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B2B company over $3M ARR looking to scale your outbound?
We'll build you a FREE cold email campaign to start:
> Contact 5k-10k leads in your ICP
> DFY scripting & enrichment
> Launch in 48 hours
Interested? Fill out the form here to start: revgrowth.fillout.com/pilot?utm_sour…
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Everyone says Clay credits are too expensive.
Here's how to optimize your costs on Clay:
> Start with Clay's built-in database first (it's free)
> Only waterfall to paid providers on misses
> Use OpenRouter for Claygent - 90% cheaper than default models
> Enrich in batches, not all at once
Clay isn't expensive. Using it wrong is expensive.
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B2B company over $3M ARR looking to scale your outbound?
We'll build you a FREE cold email campaign to start:
> Contact 5k-10k leads in your ICP
> DFY scripting & enrichment
> Launch in 48 hours
Interested? Fill out the form here to start: revgrowth.fillout.com/pilot?utm_sour…
English

B2B company over $3M ARR looking to scale your outbound?
We'll build you a FREE cold email campaign to start:
> Contact 5k-10k leads in your ICP
> DFY scripting & enrichment
> Launch in 48 hours
Interested? Fill out the form here to start: revgrowth.fillout.com/pilot?utm_sour…
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We ran hundreds of cold outbound campaigns at RevGrowth last year.
I broke down our top performers with real numbers:
→ 8,556 contacts → 48 SQLs
→ 2,400 emails → 8 meetings in 48 hours
→ 17K contacts → 125 SQLs
→ 1 meeting every 164 contacts
Plus the traits every winning campaign had in common.
Comment "OUTBOUND" and I'll send it over.
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