Denis Acia

Co-Founder at SaasFluence | B2B Influencer Marketing for SaaS Brands

I’m Denis, Co-Founder of SaasFluence

We’re an influencer marketing agency helping B2B tech brands drive demand and visibility by partnering with LinkedIn influencers.

Currently — with over 200 influencers, we manage influencer marketing programs for B2B sales tech companies like Maildoso, Icypeas, Saleshandy, Fowla, and others.

Why We Started SaasFluence

Before SaasFluence, I ran an outbound agency, Applus Leads. Through that experience, we worked with some incredible B2B tech brands — companies with fantastic products and real value to offer. But despite outbound efforts (cold calls and cold emails), they weren’t getting the traction they deserved.

A big reason?

Their LinkedIn presence and engagement were minimal. Most had only a few hundred page followers and very little visibility in the market.

That lack of recognition made it hard to convert cold leads. Without social proof or brand mentions, prospects were hesitant to engage — especially in the highly competitive sales tech space.
What they really needed was a new approach — one that would:

1. Build credibility
2. Earn trust
3. And drive demand by establishing them as trusted solutions in the market.

That’s where SaasFluence comes in.

Our mission;
To help B2B tech brands leverage influencer marketing to drive demand, increase sales, and grow.

How We Can Help

☑ If you’re a B2B tech founder or business leader with an influencer marketing budget of at least $10K/month,
 ☑ And you don’t have the time to run campaigns or manage influencer partnerships,
We’ll handle it for you.

We’ve launched thousands of LinkedIn-sponsored campaigns, and our clients are seeing exceptional ROI.

If you’re curious, DM me and I’ll share a few of our client case studies so you can learn more about our systems and results.

Or, visit our website to explore further:
 👉 www.saasfluence.co

Lead Generation Partner - Outbound

If my team replies to my Slack messages in 30 seconds I get a little bit worried about our work.

In most agencies everybody feels a pressure to stay active so the boss thinks they are working hard. 

You feel like if you do not answer a DM immediately you might look like you are slacking off. 

But I think that culture is a mistake.

If you are answering me in 30 seconds it means you were not in the zone. You were just waiting to be interrupted. 

A brain cannot do its best work if it is getting interrupted every few minutes.

Tell your team to turn off notifications for a few hours and disappear. Go do hard stuff that requires deep thinking. 

I would much rather wait two hours for a brilliant strategy than get a "On it!" in three seconds.

Remember that you hired adults because you trust them to do the job. You do not need to watch their status bubble to see if they are sitting at their desk.

If your team is answering too fast they might be losing the chance to do their best work.

Fast reply or good work - what matters more to you?

Don't follow up with your prospects today. Trust me on this.

It is the first week of January. Everyone just got back to their desks. I know for a fact their inboxes are a total war zone right now. They have 300 unread emails. Maybe 500. 

They are stressed and they are just trying to survive the morning.

If you send them an email right now saying "just bubbling this up," you are not being a good salesperson. You are just annoyance number 301. 

I like to give people what I call Grace Week. Just give them some room to breathe. Let them delete all the junk and get back to normal life.

I am waiting until next Tuesday. When I reach out, I will tell them I waited because I knew their inbox was probably a mess. 

It shows you have some empathy. It shows you care about their sanity more than your quota.

People appreciate it when you don't act like a robot chasing a number.

Are you sending emails today or are you waiting?

I spent 3 months sending emails to SaaS founders who didn’t have a budget until I found this.

I used to spend a lot of my outbound efforts guessing. I would find a SaaS company through Sales Nav, find the CEO, and send them a pitch for our influencer services. 

Sometimes they replied. Most of the time they didn't. 

Then Matthew from Prospeo.io showed me what they built for their V2 update. It was crazy. 

I finally stopped searching for "companies" and started searching for "signals."

Here is how I use it now for Saasfluence:

→ I set a filter to only show me SaaS companies hiring for marketing roles.
→ I check the "Technographics" to see if they already use tools like HubSpot.
→ I also check "Intent Signals" to see companies that are researching Linkedin marketing.

This changes the whole game for me.

If a company is hiring a marketing leader (or other related roles), I know three things for sure:

1. They have a massive problem they need to solve.
2. They have the budget to pay for a solution.
3. My timing is perfect because they are already thinking about growth.

The data is refreshed every 7 days and 98% of the emails are verified. I don't even scrub the list anymore!

I’m moving almost all our internal searches over to Prospeo.io now because it saves me so much time on cleaning CSV files.

Swipe through the carousel to see how I set this up and the exact email template I use.

I’ll put a link in the comments if you want to try Prospeo.io yourself.

Signal based outreach

Is work-life balance just a lie we tell people so they don’t quit?

I have been looking at my own life lately and I see a pattern that makes me a bit angry. 

Every single time Saasfluence is winning and we are managing MORE clients, my health automatically goes into low priority mode.

I skip the gym and I eat whatever is near me because my brain is always on the next meeting.

Then I get tired of feeling slow and I focus on my fitness. I spend more effort on my health and I eat clean. 

And what happens? My to-do list piles up. I am not pushing the business as hard because my energy is somewhere else.

I'm starting to think you can't have every area of your life in the green at the same moment.

I see these influencers on Linkedin say "My work is my life.” If you spend 14 hours every day building a company, doesn't something else need to die?

Maybe it is your relationship with your kids or your physical health. You only have so much energy in the tank.

Does anybody here have it all figured out? Are you winning at health, money, family, and work at the same time? 

Or are we all just choosing which part of our life we are going to neglect this week?

(Please no AI comments below. I want to hear from humans.)

I used to spend 4 hours a day on LinkedIn trying to grow. Now I use these 4 tools to do it in 45 minutes:

Trigify.io → I use this to find social signals. I don't message random people anymore because that is a waste of time. 

I find people who are leaving comments on my favorite niche thought leaders. These people are already interested in what I'm interested in. Higher chances of converting them.

Extrovert → I used to spend forever thinking of what to say on 20 different posts every day. This tool helps me stay active in the comments. 

It keeps my name visible where my customers are hanging out and I don't lose my mind doing it.

MagicPost → When my brain feels like a dry sponge and I have no ideas, I open this. I don't let it write for me. That is a mistake. 

I use it to kickstart my drafts. I can get a post done in 30 minutes instead of an hour of staring at a blank screen.

Aimfox → This is the heavy lifter for the DMs. Once the other three tools have warmed up my profile and people recognize my name, I use Aimfox. 

It handles outreach at a scale I could never do by hand.

The point is not to use bots to manage my Linkedin. These tools just let me be more human faster. 

I spend less time on boring stuff and more time talking to people who can grow the business.

How much time do you spend on LinkedIn every day?

I have a confession: I am not passionate about B2B influencer marketing.

Do not get me wrong. I love my team and our clients say we do great work…

But I do not wake up every morning dreaming about creator briefs or looking at invoices for software.

I think gurus tell founders a big lie. They say you must be obsessed with your product. 

You must live and breathe your niche every second and I think that’s totally unnecessary.

What I am obsessed with is getting our clients a win. I like when a founder tells me their sales calls are finally converting because of the work we did.

I love the game of building a company. I love finding great people and making a plan and seeing it succeed. The "thing" we sell is just the car we drive to get to the goal.

It is okay to not be in love with the tool. It’s okay to just be in love with the results you get for people.

We shame founders who are not obsessed with their specific niche and it just makes people feel like they are doing it wrong. It’s fine to just love the win.

Are you in love with the product or are you in love with the game?

I found a way to stop the "Day 1" onboarding chaos with one single link.

Do you send an email asking for your client's logo? Then another email with a Google Form? Then another one asking them to book a kickoff call?

The client is already overwhelmed and you haven't even started the work yet.

We stopped doing that. We use a tool called Flowla and we create one "Onboarding Room" for everything.

Here is exactly what we put inside:

→ A 30-second welcome video:

Record it right there in the room. Say "Welcome! Everything you need to get started is right here."

→ A checklist:

They see a list of what they need to do and what we are doing. They know exactly what is happening next so you never have to send "just checking in" emails.

→ An intake form:

We embed a form in the page. No PDFs to download. They fill in their KPIs and their target audience and we get it instantly.

→ A calendar link:

Our Cal(dot)com link is sitting at the bottom. They book the kickoff call as the final step.

→ An upload section:

We ask them to drag and drop everything into the room. It keeps our inbox clean.

We send one link. 

The client feels like they hired a professional team instead of a messy freelancer. It sets the tone for the whole relationship.

Do you have a smooth onboarding process or is it a mess of emails?

fix your onboarding

Why does a lead from a creator close 3x faster than a cold lead?

It’s because of "Distance to Trust."

When you get a cold lead the distance is very long.

Path A:

It starts with a Stranger. Then you send a cold email. They feel scepticism. 

You have to do 3 demo calls to prove you can solve their problem. You earn trust and you close.

That path takes a lot of time.

The distance shrinks when you try to convert a lead from a trusted creator’s post.

Path B:

It starts with a stranger. But then they see a creator's post. The creator hands their trust over to you. 

The prospect comes to you already believing in the product. You do 1 discovery call and you close.

Influence is a shortcut.

Do you want the long path or the shortcut?

I think most of us on LinkedIn are aiming at the wrong target and here’s why…

We look at viral posts and think "I need to post about how to get 10k followers."

Or we post generic advice about "how to be a better leader."

We are fighting for attention at the very top of the pyramid.

It is crowded there and honestly, there is not much money in it.

The "money" is hidden at the bottom of the pyramid.

It is where people are looking for boring solutions to boring business problems.

A post about "How to get 100 likes" might get you a dopamine hit. But a post about "How to fix a messy CRM so your sales team stops quitting" might get you 10 likes.

But 3 of those likes are from CEOs who have that exact problem right now. And they have a budget to fix it.

If you want to be a famous creator, stay at the top. If you want to build a business, go to the bottom and solve a boring problem.

Do you post for likes or for leads?

If you are a SaaS founder, here is how you make one creator post last for months...

I see this all the time. A brand pays a lot of money for a creator to post. The post goes live, it gets some likes for a day, and then it is gone.

This makes the math very hard for your business because you paid a lot for something that only lasted 24 hours.

You need to turn that one post into a content engine. Try using this playbook:

Day 1: 

You do the obvious stuff. The creator answers every comment. You share it to your company page. You make sure everyone sees it.

Day 7: 

Take the main lesson from that post and put it in your email to your users. Tell them a story about why this creator uses your tool. It feels more human than a standard marketing email.

Day 14: 

You take the video or the image from the creator. You run it as a paid ad.

It looks like a friendly recommendation instead of a boring commercial. Usually your cost per click goes down.

Day 30: 

When someone books a demo on your site, show them that creator's video on the thank you page. Tell them "While you wait for our call, see how this person uses us." 

Day 40:

Write a simple blog post on your site. Title it "How [Creator Name] solved this big problem using our tool." You are just telling their story again.

You paid for the post once. But now you are getting value for more time, and you can repeat this playbook for all creator posts.

Are you reusing your creator content?

Creator marketing tactics

Before I started my influencer marketing agency, I did cold emails for SaaS clients.

And I found one framework that worked for pretty much any tool I was selling.

Here is the exact structure I used to book hundreds of meetings:

1. Salutation

"Hey [Name]" is fine. 

2. Relevant Personalization

This is where everyone messes up. Do not just say "I saw you went to X college." That is weird. You need to connect the observation to the problem you solve.

Example: "I noticed you run a pay-per-meeting model at your agency. That means you cannot afford to waste credits on bad data, right?"

See? I am proving I understand their business model.

3. The Offer

Connect it right back to the personalization. Tell them why you are emailing them now.

Example: "Asking because we just launched a new verification feature at [Tool Name]. It helps you find verified emails without burning your credits on the wrong people."

4. Social Proof

Give them a reason to trust you. A number or a name works best.

Example: "We are already helping 50 other lead gen agencies keep their bounce rates under 1%."

5. CTA

Do not ask for marriage. Just ask if the topic is relevant.

Example: "Would this be relevant to you right now?"

That is it. 

What is your go-to cold email framework?

I haven't used this tool yet, but I'm obsessed with the idea behind it.

When one of our creators puts out a post, we see the likes and comments. But we have to spend hours reading through hundreds of comments just to see if people like the price or if they like feature X.

I saw Trigify.io and it looks like it can fix this mess. 

One thing I want to do is sentiment analysis. I want the tool to tell me if everyone is complaining about a specific part of the dashboard. 

Instead of me guessing, I can get a clear report on what the market hates. That is pure gold for a product team.

The other part is even more crazy. They say they can connect social signals to your pipeline. 

If I can show a client that a single comment from a prospect led to a closed deal in their CRM... that is holy grail.

Right now, the link between a LinkedIn comment and a dollar is very blurry. I think this might be the tool that finally makes it clear. 

Do you track the sentiment of your comments or count the likes?

Sending a cold connection request to a stranger is just weird.

If a random person stops you on a dark street you get nervous. Most LinkedIn requests feel like that. 

You get a notification from a face you never saw before and you probably hit delete because you have zero clue who they are.

We use a method I call the Shadow Strategy. We use a tool called Extrovert for it and it has changed everything for our team.

→ I pick 50 people I want to work with.
→ I add their names into Extrovert.
→ Every time they post anything the tool sends me a notification.
→ I leave a helpful comment within the first hour of them posting.

I do this about three times in two weeks. I'm not trying to sell them anything yet. I'm just sharing my thoughts on their ideas.

When I finally send the connection request they already know who I am. 

They see my name and they think 'hey this guy has been leaving some good comments'. It is not a cold request anymore.

Our acceptance rate is about 60 percent (for prospects).

You spend 15 minutes a day doing this and your outreach stops being an intrusion.

Do you message strangers or do you let them get to know you first?

Sales Creator 🖊️ | Turning Outbound Into Meetings | Senior BDR @ Outbound OS

Let me tell you a quick story about me 🔔

I didn’t always know I’d end up in sales. Growing up, I wanted to be a lawyer. I studied International Relations in university and eventually found myself in the world of banking. 

It was stable, structured, and... not quite for me. I wanted something more dynamic, something that allowed me to connect with people in a real way. That’s when I discovered tech sales.

Now, was the journey smooth? Not exactly......

Transitioning from banking to sales meant stepping into a whole new world. I had to unlearn what I thought I knew and build new skills from scratch. But through determination (and a lot of trial and error), I figured it out.

Fast forward to now, and I’ve not only hit quota but consistently exceeded it, thanks to a sales approach rooted in strategy, creativity, and genuine connection.

When I’m not dialing or sending cold emails, I’m crafting content that tells a story. I write strategic, engaging, and inspiring content that doesn’t just drive clicks, it drives action.

Whether it’s amplifying a brand’s visibility or helping them stand out in a crowded market, I love turning ideas into something impactful. Thinking of working with me? Let’s make your brand shine together.😎

For me, sales isn’t just about numbers, it’s about sharing a part of yourself with the world. And in doing so, I’ve found my authentic way to connect, inspire, and succeed.

You’re welcome ✌️

Tosin T.

Wait… did I just hit over 2 million impressions on LinkedIn?? 😳🎉

To think that some days I don’t feel like showing up here, but I still do.

Some days the engagement is quiet.
The DMs are dry.
The algorithm is acting funny.
But I still go hard.

Some days I even ask myself:
What am I really building here?

Then I look up…

2,000,000+ impressions.
16,000+ people who chose to follow this journey.
Real connections.
Real opportunities.
Real friendships.

And yes… real money too 😅
I made $58,000 from LinkedIn last year alone.

Not from being perfect.
Not from being viral every day.
But from being consistent.
Showing up tired.
Posting even when it felt pointless.
Staying human in a noisy space.

If I say nothing else, the numbers already said enough.

So thank you.
For reading.
For engaging.
For supporting.
For trusting me.

This community changed my life more than you know.

And we’re just getting started 🚀❤️

PS: We also crossed 16k followers yesterday!! 🎉🥹

Today is officially my last day in sales.

But here’s the one thing I’d say before I go.

Sales will humble you in ways no motivational quote ever could.

One minute you’re confident.
Next minute, you’re on your 7th call saying:
“Hi… is this…oh. Sorry, wrong number.”

You write the perfect email…
Gmail replies: Delivery failed.

Sales makes you feel like a genius at 10:04am and unemployed at 10:06am.

And most times, it’s not because you’re bad at sales.

It’s because you’re selling to people who don’t exist anymore.

Wrong titles.
Old companies.
Numbers that now belong to someone’s cousin.

Yet we blame our confidence.
Or our scripts.

But I realized one thing:

You can’t outwork bad inputs.

That’s when I tightened who I was reaching using FullEnrich  to make sure the people on my list were real, reachable, and relevant.

Suddenly:
• Calls connected
• Emails got replies
• Silence stopped feeling personal

Sales was still hard I won't lie.

But at least now, when someone ignored me, I knew it was a real human choice 😅

Lesson of the day:
Laugh at the chaos, but fix the system.

Because no matter how good your pitch is,
you can’t close conversations that never start.

And yeah……..
some days, I still want to quit sales 😩

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Tosin Togbe

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After 3,000+ emails and 5,000+ calls, here’s what I think about sales.

You can’t sell to people you can’t actually reach.

It’s not about sending more.
It’s not about dialing faster.
It’s not about fancy scripts.

It’s about who you reach and how you reach them.

I’ve spent weeks buried in bounced emails.
I’ve wasted hours dialing dead numbers.
I’ve watched great opportunities slip away 

Not because I wasn’t trying,
but because my inputs were broken.

The truth is simple:
• accurate emails actually land
• verified numbers actually connect
• reaching real decision-makers actually moves deals

The day I started caring more about data quality, things shifted.

Prospeo.io played a big role in that shift for me if I'm being honest.

Since launching V2, it’s become much more than just an email finder:

Built-in email verification,
millions of mobile numbers,
and all the filters I need to zero in on my actual ICP instead of guessing.

It helped me stop guessing
and start trusting the data I was building outreach on.

Here’s my biggest lesson so far:

Sales isn’t always about doing more.
It’s about doing the right things with the right people.

Everything else, scripts, hacks, cadence 
comes second.

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Towards the end of last year, I got a Slack message that instantly ruined my mood.

“Hey, your reply rates are dropping. Any idea why?”

I just stared at my screen.

Because I was doing everything right.

• Sending emails.
• Making calls.
• Following the playbook.

So I did what everyone does first

• Changed subject lines.
• Tweaked CTAs.
• Added more personalization.

Nothing still changed. 

At that point, I knew I was going home 😔

But it pushed me to check the part nobody likes to look at.

And then I realized:

• Emails quietly bouncing.
• Numbers going nowhere.
• Decision-makers weren’t decision-makers at all.

It suddenly it made sense to me.

The problem wasn’t effort.
It wasn’t skill.

It was broken inputs.

So I begged that we rebuilt our outbound foundation with Prospeo.io 

It became the beginning of a new season 🔥 

• Clean emails with built-in verification.
• Millions of real mobile numbers.
• Proper filters to target the right ICP.

Replies came back.
Calls started connecting.
Pipeline started moving again.

And that awkward Slack silence?

Gone.

Comment “YOO” and I’ll send you how he turned things around. 📌📌

Ps: This was a real story shared by one of my friends.🫶🏻

I know you’re reading this bro 😀

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This one statement kept ringing in my head all through last week.

If you are lucky enough to have had people who saw your value 

before the rest of the world caught up.

People who planted seeds of belief when the ground was still very rough.

Take a moment to thank them today

everyday or even forever 

Better yet, look around your current circle and try to be that person for someone else just starting their climb too.

Because, we rise by lifting others 🫶

I'm super grateful for the people who saw the winner in me before I started winning.

Now tag that one person you'd want to appreciate today ❤️

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Image credit: Justin Wright 🫶

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2022: Employed in the bank, broke and confused.

2022: Selling real estate on the side… while drowning in debt to fund my degree.

2023: Volunteered to work for free to land my first BDR role while still working in the bank 🥺

2023: Completely switched from banking to tech. Life started shifting.

2023: Got a better home and became one of the most productive people on my team.

2024: Increased my monthly income by 450% compared to 2022.

2024: Bought my first two cars ( Lexus, Hyundai Sonata) 😌

2025: Started my MBA at the University of East London.

2025: Got married and traveled the world with my wife.

2025: Built my parents a new home, my proudest win.

2025: Started building what I own and living life on my own terms.

2026: Feels like I’ve achieved nothing 😂
(But we’re quietly launching a brand soon 👀)

I’m not the type to throw personal wins around the internet.

But sometimes, your story isn’t for flexing, it’s for reaching someone who needs to hear it.

So if that person is you right now, tired, stuck, doubting yourself,
maybe this is your sign.

Not to complain.
Not to wait.
But to get to work.

Your next chapter won’t write itself. 📌📌

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I made one passport each for me and my wife with the help of Ai.

There was an urgent need for me to get our passport photographs to someone for an official purpose.

I couldn't help but park by the road and searched everywhere for a copy of our passports at least.

But I couldn’t get any for some reason 

So I did what 2026 humans do best
when life gets inconvenient…

I improvised and opened Gemini AI.
Uploaded a normal photo.

• Tweaked it.
• Adjusted the background.
• Aligned the size.

And boom!

I got clean, clear and accurate images

Honestly… they look exactly like us 😂

Except for the fact that we don't own those shirts in real life 😂😂

Guys, AI isn’t replacing humans.

It’s just quietly upgrading the ones who know how to use it.

What do you guys think of this my retirement plan, by the way? 😎

10 phrases prospects can’t live without

Spend enough time in outbound and you’ll start to hear the same soundtrack on repeat.

Here are the greatest hits from prospects (and how I think about them):

1. Now’s not a good time.
(Translation: I’ll never have a “good” time unless you create one.)

2.  Can you send me an email?
(95% of the time = brush off. 5% = real interest. Your job is knowing which.)

3.  We already have a solution in place.
(Every competitor says this until you uncover what’s broken.)

4.  How did you get my number?
(Classic. Smile. Then pivot back to value.)

5.  Just shoot me some info.
(The graveyard of pipeline. Don’t settle for it.)

6.  Can you circle back in 6 months?
(A polite ‘no’ unless you earn a reason to follow up sooner.)

7.  We don’t have budget right now.
(Budget is never the problem. Priority is.)

8.  We’re all set.
(Translation: I don’t see a reason to listen yet.)

9.  Who else are you working with?
(This is curiosity. Credibility moment, don’t waste it.)

10. I’m not the right person.
(Perfect, now point me to who is.)

The truth: these phrases aren’t rejections.
They’re signals. And if you’re sharp, they’ll guide your next move.

What’s the one phrase you hear most often, and how do you usually respond?

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I read the most terrifying message from a friend yesterday.

Manager: Unfortunately, we may have to let you go.

Me: I’m sorry… what did I do wrong?

Manager: Your outreach numbers are low. Few replies. Barely any meetings.

Me: But I sent the emails every day. On time, and followed the exact playbook you gave me.

Manager: Yes I know but we’re not getting the results, no meeting is being booked.

Me: I think we should take a look at the copy and personalize more. Open rate should increase and then conversion.

Manager: Unfortunately, we may have to try something else for now, you’re fired.


John: 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Now, this may actually sound like a cooked story but it happened to a friend of mine in December.

The problem was never his email copies neither was it his personalization or follow ups

Those champions league worth of emails weren’t just landing.

Now the good news is: he got another role in January 🎉🎉🎉

As soon as he did, the first thing I told him to do was to….

fix the foundation before touching the fancy stuff

We fixed it with Maildoso : warm inboxes, real Google Workspace accounts, clean domains, and proper deliverability setup.

Same emails. New results. Meetings started dropping again.

Moral of the story?

Don’t wait until performance reviews decide your fate.

Fix what’s fixable before it becomes unfixable.

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Finally, ending the year with 124 meetings booked in 2025…

Honestly, I used to think pipeline leaks were exaggerated LinkedIn horror stories.


Until the month I manually tracked intent, built lists by hand, and responded whenever I could, not whenever the lead actually moved.

I lost 3 deals that month.
Not because the leads were bad.

But because my process was slower than their attention span.

That’s when I tried something new.

I asked Apollo a simple question:

“Who from my target accounts has visited our website in the last 48 hours, and which ones look most likely to talk to sales if I reach out now?”

Within seconds, it assembled the list, enriched every contact, and prepared the next steps while explaining what it was doing and what credits it would cost.

No prompts, no dashboards at war with each other, and no guesswork either.

Then I again decided to take it a step further by asking:

“Draft me a 5-step outreach sequence that actually sounds like I wrote it, tailored to founders trying to fix lead response decay.”
It built it and I immediately launched it.

It quietly monitored the replies, open rates, engagement spikes, and follow-up timing for me.

Here’s what the data taught me after 90 days of using it consistently:

• 60% of my booked meetings came from leads contacted under 5 minutes of showing intent.

• 47% came from email sequences it helped construct and tailor to real pain points.

• 5 deals closed in November alone, contributing $75k+ to pipeline I would’ve lost to slow routing and late follow-up.


The real shift for me wasn’t AI writing emails.
It was AI running the funnel fast enough to catch the moments humans are too slow to see.

Founders shouldn’t have to hire and fire teams before inbound finally behaves.

BDRs shouldn’t have to fear the next pipeline review meeting like a surprise exam.

Speed without clarity is chaos.

 But speed, clarity, and control in one place? That’s how GTM should feel.

As 2025 takes its final breath, here’s my only parting truth:

Opportunities don’t expire because you lack potential.

They expire because the follow-up window closed before you opened it.

P.S. Want to meet the GTM AI assistant that actually turns visits into conversations and conversations into pipeline?
 
Join the beta waitlist below here: https://lnkd.in/eYq-BqJm

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If strangers won’t reply to you, they definitely won’t pay you later.

That’s the part of sales most people avoid admitting.

We love to talk about closing.

But revenue is decided way earlier at the first moment of attention.

If your first touch is:

• generic

• late

• irrelevant

• or clearly automated


You were just never in the race.
This used to be a people problem.

This isn’t a people problem anymore. It’s a systems problem.

Most teams still spray cold sequences, fake personalization, and show up late after real intent already cooled off.

Meanwhile, buyers are leaving signals everywhere:

visiting pages, comparing tools, engaging content, testing pricing…

They just don’t announce it politely.
This is where Apollo quietly changed how I work.

It quietly surfaces buyers based on real behavior.

That shift alone changed my reply rates more than any “copy hack” ever did.

Because strangers don’t reply to templates.
They reply to relevance, timing, and clarity.

And when your system handles:
intent detection


• enrichment


• prioritization


• and smart personalization


You stop hoping for replies.
You start earning conversations.

PS: Apollo just launched the world’s first true GTM AI Assistant, built to help sellers respond like humans, at machine speed.

See it in action below 👇

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6 things sales reps said they’re leaving in 2025… and what they actually mean 😅

New year, new pipeline, new excuses (just kidding… kinda).

Now, let’s translate the real meaning behind these resolutions:

1️⃣ I’m working smarter this year.
Translation:
I’m tired of manually building lists at midnight.

Smart = streaming verified leads into my workflow instead of copy-pasting like it’s 2016.

2️⃣ I want better conversations.
Translation:
I’m done guessing what I said wrong on calls.

This is why tools with Conversational Intelligence hit different, call summaries, talk-time insights, objection patterns… finally some receipts instead of vibes.

3️⃣ I’m targeting better accounts.
Translation:
Spray-and-pray outreach is cancelled for 2026.

Signals like job changes, funding rounds, and team growth mean I’m calling when timing actually makes sense not randomly tapping shoulders.

4️⃣ I’m protecting my energy.
Translation:
I don’t want bounced emails, dead numbers, and ghost contacts draining my soul anymore.

95%+ accurate verified contact data = fewer dead ends, more real humans.

5️⃣ I’m building real pipeline, not activity.
Translation:
More automation, less busywork.

AI-powered workflows that enrich, route, and prioritize leads while I focus on closing? Yes please.

6️⃣ This is my breakout year.
Translation:
I’m finally setting up systems that scale instead of relying on vibes and caffeine.

This is why I’m walking into January with a different setup.

More data, smarter workflows,better timing , stronger conversations.

Turns out quota is easier when your data isn’t lying to you. Shoutout to Lusha 🙌🏿

Now, if your 2026 goal is to hit quota without losing your mind…

You already know what time it is 😌

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Here’s why 7 out of 10 SDRs are working hard and still broke 

Let’s decode this Pokémon evolution chart in real-life terms.

♻️ Level 1: Email-Only SDRs ( 55–60% of reps)

These are the “sequence and pray” warriors.

What they usually do:
	•	Blast templates
	•	Rely on automation
	•	Refresh inbox every 5 minutes

Reality check:
👉 Average reply rates: 1–3%
👉 Pipeline dependency: Hope

Good start. Not enough to win.

♻️ Level 2: Email + LinkedIn DM SDRs ( 25–30%)

Now we’re getting warmer.

They:
	•	Warm up accounts
	•	Engage with posts
	•	Add light personalization

Results:
👉 Reply rates jump to 6–10%
👉 More conversations
👉 Still waiting on “right timing”

Better, but still incomplete.


♻️ Level 3: Email + DM + Cold Call SDRs (Top 10–15%)

This is the fully evolved beast.

They:
	•	Control attention, not just inboxes
	•	Handle objections live
	•	Create urgency
	•	Build real human trust

Numbers don’t lie:
👉 Multi-channel reps book 2–3x more meetings
👉 Close rates increase by 30–40%
👉 Pipeline becomes predictable

This is where quota gets nervous.

Now let me know where you belong in the comments👇

Image to my brother Chris Ritson 🫶 

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Never ever do these things if you ever have to sell anything on LinkedIn 👇👇

I wish someone slapped this list in my face when I started selling on LinkedIn.

Because I didn’t fail at first…
I just kept repeating the same silent mistakes:

• Pitching too early
• Sounding like an encyclopedia 
• Ghosting my own consistency
• Treating humans like leads instead of people

And now wondering why replies were dry.

Let’s be honest for a minute

LinkedIn doesn’t reward loud sellers.
It rewards patient builders.

What actually changed everything for me:

1️⃣ I stopped chasing replies and started building relationships
2️⃣ I talked less about tools and more about problems
3️⃣ I became a real person online (not a corporate robot)
4️⃣ I played the long game, daily presence > viral hope

Sales on LinkedIn isn’t about being clever.

It’s about being:
• Consistent
• Human
• Helpful
• And annoyingly patient 😅

If you’re struggling right now, you’re not behind.

You’re just early in the process most people quit too fast.

Save this one post.
Apply ONE thing this week.
And watch what changes.

Which mistake on this list hit you the hardest? 👇👇

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I might be closing down my LinkedIn account for personal reasons 

I’m grateful for the people I’ve met, mentors, friends, collaborators.

The big deals, the small wins.

The joy of learning from others, for free.

The ability to invent and build something I can truly call mine.

So tell me… why would I ever close it?

I do imagine it sometimes, trust me.

But also trust me, it’s a bad imagination 😅

LinkedIn please don’t take this personal 🙏🏿👀

Definitely working on my imagination 😂

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