I teach or implement Clay for you.

Why me?

I am one of the first UK-based Certified Clay Experts.

And probably the only one:
↳  who can find use cases for Clay for your specific business & implement it in under 45 days 
↳ oh, and I teach Clay so simply that you don’t have to be technical to "finally get it”.
↳ did I mention us having 20+ testimonials from B2B clients and 100+ testimonials in 8 months alone for my course that teaches Clay for beginners?

Don’t believe me?
👇🏻Look at my Featured Section below 👇🏻

2 ways I can possibly help:
1️⃣ 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, head over to www.b2b-boosted.com & I will offer you a free Clay scoping session or a free Clay buildout in return for 30 mins of your time.
2️⃣ 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, you may as well check out Unlock Clay(.)com

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Tim Yakubson

Scraping Slack is the most underrated way to steal leads from competitors. 

I filmed a (FREE) loom + created a doc that will show you how. 

A lot of folks running outbound have NO clue you can extract every slack member and turn them into leads for your outbound campaigns.

And the major problem with this method…

Slack does NOT make it easy to export member lists. Plus, most scrapers either break or cost £100+/month for a feature you'll use once.

So we built a simple 4-step process using a free Chrome extension + Clay.

Takes about 3 minutes. 

And outputs a clean CSV with every community member's info.

From there, you can:

→ Build lookalike audiences from engaged community members
→ Identify companies actively interested in your niche
→ Create hyper-targeted campaigns based on shared community context

The walkthrough covers:

1. How to access any Slack community in browser mode
2. Which free Chrome extension to use (and how to find the channel ID)
3. Exporting the member data as CSV
4. Importing into Clay for enrichment

We use this for clients targeting communities around Clay, HeyReach.io, Smartlead…

…basically any B2B tool with an active Slack.

The video + doc walk through the entire process button-by-button.

Comment: SLACK

And I’ll DM it over to you!

Tim Yakubson 🚀

I teach you Clay or implement it for you - your choice ✨ | Clay Expert (London-based) | Founder @ B2B Boosted

I spent $11,000+ on Clay credits learning the platform.

I put all of my learnings into this crash course (100% free):

Most people waste MONTHS burning through credits testing random workflows…

…just trying to become ‘decent’ at Clay.

They watch scattered YouTube tutorials. And 9/10 times, you give up before seeing results.

(have tens of students who have gone through this)

I took the opposite approach:

1. Invested $11K+ in credits to test everything
2. Built systems that helped my agency book 20-50 meetings/mo
3. And I documented every workflow, GPT prompt, and integration I used

Now I'm giving away the complete playbook.

Inside this free crash course, I’ve included: 

• Positioning strategies to get new Clay clients
• 30+ first-liners you can cold email anyone with
• 10+ step-by-step Clay tutorials to get more clients
• Sample data for the Claygent/AI prompting section
• How to build any Clay table fast (framework included)
• Every way to save Clay credits to reduce costs by 40%
• 3 GPTs I use for every Clay table that are copy-paste ready
• 4 methods to personalize emails inside Clay (with examples)
• Sales Tools Discounts & Recommendations to save thousands
• How I went from 0→19,000+ followers on LinkedIn so you can copy me

If you take this serious, you can go from ZERO to Clay-native in just a few weeks. 

Comment "CRASH" 

And I'll send you everything

(48 hours ONLY)

HUGE update: You can now use Clay DIRECTLY inside ChatGPT.

This is an absolute game changer for sales teams and anyone doing outbound.

I've been testing it nonstop…

Here are 7 ways I'm already using it (without ever leaving ChatGPT):

1. Find email addresses instantly
If you need someone's contact info, just ask ChatGPT and it'll run the Clay enrichment to find their email for you.

2. Draft personalized emails
Describe the email you want and ChatGPT writes it, then sends the draft straight to your inbox. Edit and send.

3. Map buying centers
Ask ChatGPT to identify the buying center at any company and it pulls the full decision-making unit in seconds.

4. Multi-thread convos
Tell ChatGPT to find the decision-makers at a company for a specific topic, and it auto-identifies them plus writes personalized outreach for each person.

5. Pre-meeting prep in 60 seconds
Ask ChatGPT to research someone you're meeting with and it gives you talking points plus an icebreaker so you walk into every call prepped.

6. Deep account research
If you need company intel.. just ask ChatGPT to research a company's recent activity and get a full breakdown without opening 10 tabs.

7. Improvise between calls
Running between meetings? Ask ChatGPT to find info about someone you just met and get instant context on the go.

—

As an avid Clay user, I’m absolutely buzzing about this update. 

And I just recorded a FULL walkthrough showing exactly how to set this up and use it.

If you're already using Clay this is a no-brainer addition to your stack.

Comment "CLAY" and I'll send you the tutorial!

Full circle moment here. I’ve been using HeyReach.io for YEARS. 
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And now we’re their Go-To partners for learning Clay. 
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Milomir Lovric from HeyReach.io just dropped this in the Unlock Clay community.
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Turns out he's the reason HeyReach reached out to partner with us in the first place.
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—> His previous company paid for the course
—> He joined HeyReach
—> Told the team they should learn Clay
—> Suggested Unlock Clay, and Bojana Petkovic reached out.
→ Now every HeyReach employee has access to Unlock Clay
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Absolutely mad. 
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This is exactly why I built the course the way I did…practical, button-by-button, job-ready training that people actually recommend to their teams.
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If you've been on the fence about learning Clay properly,
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- 30-day money-back guarantee. 
- 5+ hours of self-paced content. 
- Insane community of 700+ folks in the GTM space.
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Link in my bio or DM me "CLAY" and I'll send you the crash course.
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PS: I remember speaking to Ilija Stojkovski just 2 years ago when HeyReach was probably doing ~20k MRR, now they are at ~$10m ARR. What a company 👏
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PSS: If you want to get unlimited Unlock Clay seats for your employees, DM me “Unlock Clay team seats” and I can share more info.

I've trained 140+ recruitment agencies on Clay over the last year.

And 90% of them made this 1 expensive mistake:

They wasted THOUSANDS copying fancy LinkedIn templates that looked impressive but saved zero time.

Here's what actually works:

(from my 2+ years of experience inside Clay)

Complex workflows aren’t necessary.

You JUST need to automate the manual tasks you're already doing that actually generate placements.

That's it.

So, I created a definitive guide showing you exactly how to use Clay for candidate sourcing and client finding without falling into the shiny object trap.

It includes:

1. Full video breakdown of good vs bad Clay use cases (based on 140+ agencies)
2. Step-by-step tutorials for company list building and enrichments
3. Pre-built Clay table templates you can copy/paste
4. Workflows that stack multiple signals for pennies per enrichment
5. MPC proposal templates to pitch your most placeable candidates
6. A candidate qualification table that saves hours of screening time

I wanted to keep this as an internal guide for my paid course students.

But after seeing how many recruiters waste their Clay credits, I'm giving it away for free for the next 48 hours.

Here’s how to get it (free)

1. Comment "Clay"
2. Send me a connection request if we're not connected (so I can DM you)

I'll send the link ASAP.

PS

This works across every recruitment vertical. Validate what works manually first, then replicate it in Clay.

For months, I've been teaching Clay to folks who are already 10 steps ahead.
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I just realized I ignored 90% of my audience.
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I’ve BEEN teaching people who:
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- Know sales. 
- know how to scrape websites.
- Know how to do AI prompting.
- Understand copywriting.
- played around with 10+ sales tools before.
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But what about everyone else?
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They’re tying to learn the advanced moves before mastering the basics.
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They want the automation before understanding the manual process.
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That means that I’m negating 90% of the folks that haven’t learned the basics yet.
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You CAN NOT use advanced tools like Clay to fix foundational gaps.
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Before I taught 700+ students inside of Unlock Clay…
 
I spent 3 YEARS learning B2B sales fundamentals.
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Uncovering pain points.
Qualifying prospects. 
Psychology behind copywriting. 
How to pitch without sounding like a desperate car salesman.
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Etc. 
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So here's what I've been grinding away at for the past few months…
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I'm building end-to-end sales education that starts at step 1.
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A complete course on how B2B sales actually works - from pain points to qualification frameworks to scripts to copywriting to lead list building.
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That way you can master the fundamentals. Then layer in the tools.
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That's how you actually scale.
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PS
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If you want to see if you qualify to join the beta-testing for the course before it goes live…
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DM me “BETA” and I will send you a link to see if you qualify…

Apollo's data quality has been tanking since March 2025.
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I spent the last few weeks beta-testing a replacement that actually works better…
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…and it launched today.
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Here's what happened:
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I needed a LinkedIn Sales Navigator alternative that didn't put my account at risk (got restricted 4 months ago for scraping 2.5K+ leads in a day….don't do this).
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More importantly I needed verified emails and mobile numbers without the outdated Apollo data problem.
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Enter Prospeo.io.
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I've been testing their new product for weeks now and the data quality is genuinely better than Apollo for LinkedIn-sourced leads.
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It’s essentially Sales Nav on steroids. Same filters but with email & mobile data that is accurate & refreshes every 7 days (more regularly than any other data provider)
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- Filter by people who switched roles in last 30/60/90 days.
- Job change triggers.
- Buying intent signals. 
- Push leads straight into Clay, Instantly, Salesforce, HubSpot without manual scraping.
- Built-in Bombora integration so you can filter companies actively googling specific topics (robotics suppliers, automation tools, whatever).
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It basically replaces the need for Sales Nav, email finders and phone number finders.

Oh, and they have plenty of enrichments inside of Clay that will save you tonnes of Clay credits.
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I used their data last week to map out the TAM for a client and was blown away.
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For context - 
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Clay's benchmark ranked Prospeo as the #1 B2B email provider.
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I got beta access and tested it on US and UK clients before recommending it.
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If you're still using Apollo for LinkedIn data specifically, you might want to explore alternatives before LinkedIn cracks down harder.
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And if you want a full tutorial on how I'm using Prospeo for client outbound.
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Comment "PRO"
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And I’ll DM it to you!
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PS: Please note - this is my honest take on Prospeo, I did not get paid to say any of this stuff & as I said to Matthew Putnam 🔵, their V2 replaces the need for Sales Nav & the data quality is insane.

Throwback to 2024 when I shamelessly stole Nick Abraham's prompt for writing cheesy cold email openers and people lost their minds 😂 
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(comment CHEESE and I’ll send it to you)
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This still works and I use it to this day. 
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It gets 3%+ reply rates (and will get your prospects to crack a cheeky smile!)
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The whole idea was simple…
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Use a company's SEO description to generate context-aware email first-liners that made prospects smile.
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E.g. 
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Flower shop → "I'm sure your inbox is busier than a bee in a flower shop"
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Roofing company → "I bet your inbox is shingled with messages like a rooftop in a hailstorm"
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Shopping centre → "I bet your inbox is as bustling as your district on a Saturday afternoon"
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Corny…. very much so.
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Effective…. Disturbingly so.
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The framework was SUPER simple:
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1. Pull company descriptions using Serper Dev (fraction of a cent per search)
2. Feed into OpenAI 
3. Generate personalized opener for each prospect
4. Launch campaigns at scale
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Like I said, we still use this today B2B Boosted. 
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And the video below walks through the exact Clay table setup + the prompt I used.
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If you want those - comment "🧀" and I'll send it over.
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PS: 
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Shout out to Nick Abraham again for the original concept. 
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PPS: 
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This kind of workflow is what we teach at UnlockClay. Button-by-button Clay builds you can actually use.

Clay keeps upselling you to the most expensive AI models.

Every time you run a Claygent enrichment, it recommends Argon or Claude Opus when you probably don't need them.

This is the FASTEST way to burn through Clay credits.

(ask me how I know 😂)

Here's the fix:

Connect Clay to OpenRouter.

OpenRouter is a unified interface for LLMs that automatically selects the cheapest, most effective AI model for each task.

Instead of guessing whether you need Claude for copywriting or GPT-4o Mini for basic research, OpenRouter picks the right model every time.

And it keeps costs as low as possible (unlike Clay's built-in recommendations). 

What happens when you use it:

1. For simple tasks (counting months in a year), it routes to Mistral AI Nemo or Deep Infra Inc.

1. For Web scraping with Claygent, it automatically switches to Perplexity.

3. For copywriting, it'll use Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet.

You don't select ANYTHING.

It just works.

See the full tutorial below that I recorded showing how to set this up using Clay's HTTP API enrichment.

Fair warning…

You need the $349/month Clay plan to use HTTP API.

But if you're already on that plan and burning credits on expensive models you don't need, this is a no-brainer.

PS: As always - credit goes to one of my fav Unlock Clay students, Olly Sleep(tag), for shedding light on OpenRouter a while back

Link to vid: https://lnkd.in/eUYiHgY9

This month was hard. Not because of work, but mainly because:
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1. Had my parents come over for a week (meant a lot of “wining and dining” and little actual work being done)
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2. My girlfriend flew out to Kenya for 2 weeks, leaving me home alone. Delighted to announce that in that time I mastered the art of loading the dishwasher and polished off my knowledge of washing machine drying cycles. Oh, and I finally got to record long YouTube videos without being told to “get a real job” and to “stop using our standup desk 24/7”.
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3. I had to pay a 6 month upfront deposit for the flat rent in London - never again though - switching to monthly billings going forward. I mean… who charges a tenant for 6 months up front? (Asking for a friend…)
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4. Finally got into a routine of going gym for 60 min sessions 3 times per week, whilst doing 2 weekly runs and 2-3 ⚽️ sessions a week. 
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5. My business bank account got restricted & I had to figure out a way to still accept payments and to reverify my bank details - the kinda “annoying” things that I hate seeing in my to-do list for the week.
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What I’m trying to say here…
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Work, in isolation, is NOT the hard thing.
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It’s all the things that you need to balance with work that make it so much harder.
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Therapy session over. 
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Time to crack on with doing some work, until the next bump in the road comes up.
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PS
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What’s been the thing you found most time-consuming over the last month outside of work?

This clay workflow sounds like a genius idea to 95% of recruiters.

Until… you hit 100-1,000 contacts max, then you're done. 

And if you guessed it… 

I’m talking about the backfilling roles workflow. 

The one where: 

1. You find people who just started new roles (PR managers, software engineers, whatever). 
2. You backtrack to see what company they left. 
3. You identify the decision makers at that company. 
4. You reach out and say "Hey, looks like [name] just left your team—how are you thinking about replacing them?" 

On paper? 

Absolutely brilliant. 

In practice though, the sample size KILLS you. 

E.g. 

We set this up for a client, ran it across 400-500 prospects, got a couple good replies... 

But that was it. 

The problem is there are only SO many people starting new roles in your specific niche at any given time. 

And once you've scraped LinkedIn for those people, you're done. 

There's no infinite pipeline. 

Compare that to scraping job boards or monitoring career pages, which refresh daily with new roles. 

Those workflows scale. 

But here's why I'm still telling you about it: 

It's PERFECT for practicing Clay. 

If you're new to building workflows, this is a low-risk way to learn the platform. 

You'll figure out how to enrich data, run AI qualifications, find decision makers, and build personalized outreach. 

You just won't scale it to thousands of contacts. 

So use it as a training ground to get comfortable with Clay. 

Then move to workflows that actually scale (like reacting to open roles or matching candidates to job listings). 

No need to waste months trying to scale something that has a built-in ceiling.

I spent 3 years documenting every sales tool that’s worth the hype…

And turned it into 1 Master Sales Tool Directory (with discounts).

Lmk if this sounds familiar…

You buy a tool because everyone's using it…

JUST to realize either:

A) you're overpaying

B) it doesn't actually do what you need

or

C) you have no idea how to use it properly.

So you buy another one.

And the cycle continues.

I got tired of watching sales teams throw money away like this.

So I documented every sales tool worth the hype and created the most comprehensive sales tool directory available.

It includes:

• 50+ vetted tools ranked within each category
• 50+ tutorial videos for proper implementation
• Extended free trials not available anywhere else - I can’t thank Niels Ouwens, Bojana Vojnović , Hugo Millington-Drake enough for giving us such great offers.
• Discount prices better than any Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal
• Clear breakdowns of which tool solves which problem

And yep, I filmed 160+ sales tool tutorial videos over the last year alone.

These are the exact tools I’d recommend anyone purchase for their outbound - with the best deals you'll find anywhere.

Want in?

Comment "TOOLS"

And I'll send the link ASAP.

PS

I spent 3 years building partnerships to get these extended trials and discounts. You literally can't find these deals publicly.

PSS

MUST BE CONNECTED

Running low on video ideas for my YouTube…

What videos do you want me to record?

👇Drop them down below and I will record it! 👇

Throwback to last year when I filmed this.

Most people export their LinkedIn connections, stare at the CSV, and have zero clue what to do next.

So agencies charge them £2-3K to "qualify leads" and "personalise outreach"….

… which is basically 10 minutes of Clay work 😂

Here's the workflow I showed in that video:

1/ Export your first-degree connections from LinkedIn (Settings → Data Privacy → Download your data).

2/ Import the CSV into Clay. Now you've got their first name, last name, LinkedIn URL, and current job title.

3/ Enrich each profile to pull work history, company domain, and any other data points you care about.

4/ Scrape their company website and classify them as "fit" or "not fit" based on industry, geography, tech stack, or whatever your ICP looks like.

5/ Score each lead (e.g., 10/10 = B2B software company in the US/UK, maybe recruitment or SaaS sector).

6/ Route the qualified ones into an automated LinkedIn outreach sequence with personalised messages.

This is Clay at it’s best. 

Doing what would otherwise take HOURS if done manually.

If you want the exact template I used in that video… including the qualification prompt and the step-by-step guide…

Comment “WOW” below and I'll send it over.

PS

Takes 10 minutes to set up.

 Costs you nothing but a Clay account.

PSS

I had a £15 microphone for that video. Peak production value. 
Plz comment “WOW” so that at this rate I can afford an actual camera to film these videos.

This candidate sourcing template added 1k+ candidates, qualified them against a job description, and sent emails to 250+ folks.
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In the next 24 hours: 

2 calls booked. 
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Paul Harrison told me this on an Unlock Clay hangout call just last month - all thanks to Clay and this magic template that I built for candidate sourcing. 
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It’s ENTIRELY automated…
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And completely eliminates any manual screening or copying / pasting into spreadsheets over and over.
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After you input the job listing, you can just let the template do its thing: 
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1. Enrich candidate data (emails, LinkedIn profiles, work history).
2. Use AI to score candidates against your job description (skills match, experience level, location fit, etc.).
3. Auto-generate personalized outreach based on their profile.
4. Let the qualified candidates come to you.
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Most recruiters are still doing this manually (searching LinkedIn, exporting lists, cross-referencing job descriptions, writing outreach emails one by one).
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And it takes FOREVER. 
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If you want me to send you the template + a 20-minute video showing how to build it from scratch…
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Comment "TEMPLATE" and I'll send it over.
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PS
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LinkedIn won't let me tag him - but shout out to Paul Harrison for being a forward-thinker - paid off big time for him!
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If you're a recruiter and you're not using Clay yet, you're leaving money on the table.
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Another reason to try Unlock Clay for recruiters!

Last month I took 10 straight days off work for the first time in the last 4 years
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I didn’t check my emails 
I didn’t check my slack
i didn’t check my Unlock Clay community messages
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Needless to say, I can rest easy knowing that the B2B Boosted team was on top of all clients, the community members can reply to questions using the designated “support” channels and I have OOO replies on every possible platform.
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Kinda felt like retirement & here’s what the average day in the life looked like:
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1/ wake up with no alarm ~7am ish
2/ go walk a lap of the park 
3/ gym session - aiming for a 60+ min session as there’s no excuse that you have to rush to work
4/ get home & realise you have “to take some time off”
6/ play football via Footy Addicts for 2 hours
7/ Come home more tired than after a day’s work
8/ Go out for a nice dinner with my girlfriend
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By day 3 I was bored & was buzzing to jump back to my computer… so I had to find some other things to add to the rest week, including:
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- cold plunge, massage, sauna
- meeting friends that I have been putting off seeing for a while
- re-reading some books (full “shelf-dev” or self-dev mode reading). 
- spending more time reflecting on last year, goals for 2026.
- thinking of what I wanna do beyond just Clay & agency stuff.
- planning the next “holiday”

I’ve taught over 700+ students how to master Clay to generate more leads. 

If I wanted to go from beginner → advanced as FAST as possible…

I’d do this: 

BEGINNER: 

Skip the paid courses. 

You DON’T need them yet.

Start with: 

Clay Cohorts (free)
Clay University (free)
Clay Automated Outbound Certification (also free).

The goal here is just to get your reps in. 

Import a dummy list, play with OpenAI enrichments, build some waterfalls, mess around with Claygent…. just BREAK STUFF (and then fix it). 

——

INTERMEDIATE: 

This is when paid courses actually matter.

I reviewed every major Clay course…

Clay Bootcamp 🥾 Camp ($3K-5K)
StackOptimise ⚙️ ($349)
GTM Engineer School ($1,850)
The Clay Operator ($99),
Jordan Crawford's courses ($299-999)

And of course, Unlock Clay ($100).  

** yes, this is my course and I genuinely think it's the best option for button-by-button learning. But I included these other courses so you can decide for yourself**

Some are great for strategic overview. Some are Google Docs disguised as courses. Some haven't been updated since Clay's UI changed.

The video covers what each one actually teaches, who they're for, and which ones are worth the investment.

——

ADVANCED: 

Build tables, and build a lot of them.

For clients, for yourself, for practice. 

Offer to build tables for free in exchange for tool access.

Then apply to Clay Creator Program → Clay Expert certification → start getting inbound from Clay itself.

——

If you want an in-depth breakdown of this, I recorded an entire youtube video for you to check out. 

I linked it in the comments ;)

PS: 

If you want more details on Unlock Clay…

DM me “CLAY” and I’ll point you in the right direction.

Looking for a SMS and/or Whatsapp automated outreach software that integrates with Clay.com.
Both to implement on behalf of current client(s) at B2B Boosted and to show how to use for 1k+ Unlock Clay members.

Email me on tim@b2b-boosted.com with the subject line "Urgent: SMS software" or DM me / connect with me with this as the connection request note!

If you know an SMS/Whatsapp software that integrates with Clay - drop a comment below please! 

Cheers 🙏

If your ATS is full of stale candidates that could be placed tomorrow... 

You need to propose them to lookalike companies. (here’s how) 

The workflow: 

(1) You input a candidate's LinkedIn URL and a few bullet points about them (experience, skills, current employer, etc. Whatever makes them strong) 

(2) Clay scrapes their LinkedIn profile and identifies their current company.

(3) Then it finds lookalike companies. Same industry, size, and hiring patterns. 

Think about it… 

If someone works at Adidas, they're probably a fit for Nike, New Balance, Gymshark. 

These companies hire from each other all the time. 

Clay pulls a list of lookalike companies, finds the hiring stakeholders at each one, enriches their contact info, and generates personalized outreach proposing your candidate. 

All automatically. 

The beauty of this workflow comes from the fact that candidates don't stay fresh forever. 

→ You source someone great 
→ They're hot for a few weeks 
→ Then they sit in your ATS collecting dust because you didn't place them fast enough. 

But with this system, as soon as your sourcing team talks to a strong candidate, you input them into Clay and it immediately starts proposing them to relevant companies. 

PS 

If good candidates are rotting in your ATS… 

DM me the “RECRUIT” and I’ll send you the full video breakdown I filmed of this.

I generate leads for sales coaches & B2B owners through LinkedIn | Social Media Marketing | LinkedIn Marketing | B2B Lead Generation

Co-Founder @AcquisitionX

We help B2B saas companies build multichannel acquisition systems!

DM for more info!

Suprava Sabat

Most LinkedIn DMs get ignored.

Mine books 40+ qualified calls every month.

Here's how:

Being "polite" in DMs is killing your response rates.

While everyone's copying guru templates and praying for replies, 

I've spent 12 months analyzing 2,000+ booked calls across 8 industries.

The data revealed something shocking:

42% average reply rate isn't luck. It's psychology.

I just compiled everything into one complete guide:

→ 7 voice note scripts that actually convert
→ 12 openers that break through the noise
→ 20 video pick-up lines for instant engagement
→ 19 DM templates that book qualified calls
→ Message psychology principles that outperform mass blasting
→ Industry-specific approaches tested across 8 sectors
→ Professional discomfort strategies that create real connections

This is the exact system my clients use to generate 150+ calls monthly.

No more:

- Random template copying
- Hoping for responses
- Wasting time on low-quality leads

Just a systematic approach backed by real data.

If you're tired of being ignored in DMs and want the complete template library I use daily:

1. Connect with me
2. Comment "DMS"

And I'll send you the full guide.

P.S. - Repost for priority access in the queue

Most companies in 2026 will die because they are not building distribution funnels.

If you think only cold outreach or posting content is enough then think again. 

Here’s how to actually build a distribution engine for your company in 2026: 

1. Start with one behaviour, not a platform:

Don’t ask “LinkedIn or YouTube?”

Ask: What does my buyer do right before they buy?

Examples:
	•	searches comparisons
	•	asks peers
	•	reads case studies
	•	checks DMs
	•	watches walkthroughs

You build around that behaviour. The platform comes later.

2. Build one asset that lives longer than a post

Examples:
	•	a comparison page
	•	a recurring series
	•	a free tool
	•	a living doc
	•	a resource people return to

If it can’t be revisited, it can’t distribute.

3. Create forced return paths:

Distribution fails when people have no reason to come back.

You design reasons:

	•	updates
	•	follow-ups
	•	sequels
	•	continuations
	•	progressions

If nothing pulls them back, awareness dies.

4. Layer visibility, not channels:

You don’t “expand to more platforms”.
You let the same thing appear in multiple places.

One core asset → sliced → echoed → referenced.

The system distributes. You don’t.

5. Convert only after familiarity exists:

You wait until:

	•	they’ve seen you before
	•	they recognise your point of view
	•	they already trust the direction

Then conversion feels obvious, not pushy.

How you know this is working?

	•	People reference things you made
	•	Conversations start mid-context
	•	You explain less
	•	Decisions happen faster


#distributionfunnelsfor2026

How to build distribution for 2026

Replit went from $2.8M to $150M ARR in under a year (here’s the startegy) 

They stopped marketing only to developers.

And build one of the strongest distribution out there saying..

“Agents for everyone”

If you search anything around agents their content is always on top. 

Apart from content they did a lot of things

Exactly what they did👇

1) Replit rebranded from a developer IDE to an AI app-building platform.

In Sept 2024, Replit reframed the product around Replit Agent.

That instantly expanded the TAM from developers to:

- operators

- marketers

- founders

- students

- internal teams that want software now

2) ICP shift: devs → builders inside companies

Messaging changed to:

“Bring the power of Replit to your entire team.”

It unlocked Teams + Enterprise buyers who wanted speed to software, not tooling.

3) Monetisation: usage credits + effort-based pricing

They moved away from flat checkpoints to effort-based pricing because agent tasks vary wildly.

Why this mattered:

- small jobs stay cheap

- big jobs capture real value

- ARPU scales without seat bloat

Classic agent-product monetisation.

4) Packaging: Core → Teams → Enterprise

A clean land-and-expand ladder:

Core: individual builders + credits

Teams: shared billing, RBAC, private deployments

Enterprise: SSO/SAML, SCIM, governance, security

5) Proof-of-growth as GTM fuel

Replit publicly leaned into the story:

$2.8M → $150M ARR, powered by a 40M+ user community.

That credibility was used to:

- win enterprise buyers

- attract partners

- pull in more builders

- Growth became marketing.

6) Distribution stack 

1. Cold emails: outcome-led, targeted at operators and internal teams, not “AI IDE” pitches

2. Community: builder programs, showcases, credits → real success stories

3. Replit Course: education as onboarding, not content

4. YouTube: full builds and workflows to prove “this actually works”

5. Influencer marketing: if you search about replit you will 1000s of videos talking about them. 

Every channel reinforced the same idea:
anyone can build software now.

7) Partnerships as the enterprise wedge

Google: cloud + deployment credibility

Hexaware: “secure vibe coding” for enterprise (SSO, SOC2, private deployments)

This reduced buyer risk fast.

8) “Vibe coding” wasn’t a meme. It was a funnel.

They popularised a behaviour:

“Build an app in an afternoon.”

Then made Replit the default platform for it.

Category creation → distribution → revenue.
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Our team did a full breakdown of their GTM funnel if you need the breakdown. 

Comment “replit” and I will share with you!

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Most cold outreach fails for one stupid reason.

You are asking for a meeting before their brain has said yes to anything.

Neuroscience shows people say yes faster after they have already said yes once.

That is called the Commitment and Consistency Principle.

When you ask:

“Got 15 minutes for a call?”

That sentence activates the same threat response as a credit card checkout page.

Here is what actually books meetings:

1. You must get a “yes” before you ever ask for time:

The human brain is wired to stay consistent with past behaviour.

Once someone agrees to anything, even something tiny, their probability of agreeing again jumps massively.

Your first message should never be a meeting request. 

It should be something frictionless like access, curiosity, or validation.

2. The second “yes” is where most money is made:

The second micro-agreement is what creates internal pressure.

Now they have taken two actions in the same direction.

Backing out feels psychologically wrong, even if it is free.

3. The call is not a pitch:

By the time you ask for 10 minutes, their brain already thinks they are “in this.”

You are not convincing them.

You are simply giving them a way to stay consistent with what they already did.

How to book more calls

Cold outreach don’t get replies because they’re persuasive.

They get replies

because they pass three mental filters.

Most emails fail at filter one.

1. Cognitive Ease

The brain avoids effort by default.

If your name, brand, or idea feels unfamiliar,
the brain categorises it as work.

Work gets skipped.

- Familiar patterns feel easy.
- Easy feels safe.
- Safe gets opened.

2. Mere Exposure Effect

People trust what they’ve seen repeatedly
even if they don’t remember where.

- A post.
- A comment.
- A like.
- A shared idea.

By the time your email lands,
you’re not new.

You’re already processed.

That lowers resistance before your copy starts.

3. Threat Reduction

Unknown outreach triggers one question:

“Why is this person in my inbox?”

Not
“Is this valuable?”
Not
“Is this smart?”

Familiarity answers the threat question instantly.

No threat → no defence → reply.

This is why cold outreach fails
when you treat the message as the start.

The message is the last step.

Visibility does the persuasion.

Repetition does the trust-building.

The email just collects the reply.

#coldemailpsychology #acquisitionx

What gets replies?

How to find the people who actually reply to cold emails? 

Every founder and sales rep fights for the same inbox.

The Head of departments and VP inbox.

Those get 100+ emails a day.

Most never get opened.

But one level below them sits someone nobody targets.

The people who reply are the ones who get hit first when things break.

Every problem has a small radius.

When pipeline drops, who hears it first?

When reps underperform, who gets the Slack messages first?

Ask yourself!

That’s who you email.

Not the person with the biggest title.

The person with the earliest pain.

Examples people miss:

- The SDR manager when meetings dry up
- The CRM admin when routing breaks
- The lifecycle manager when leads stop converting
- The paid media analyst when CPL spikes
- The sales ops analyst when attribution goes wrong

This is how you find them with Icypeas:
 
1. Search by the metric, not the title
2. Go to “Find People”
3. Pick the ones under pressure

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Find shadow decision makers

LinkedIn Ads Library is a goldmine to find leads.. 🤯 and using Apify + Claude you can find those leads

(here’s how)

1. Go to LinkedIn ads library website: 

→ Scrape ads from the last 12 months (not just 30 days) 
→ Filter for companies running 20+ ads at once 
→ Long-running ads (90+ days) = campaigns that actually work 
→ These companies have serious budgets

2. Use Claude to score them:

→ Companies running video ads = bigger production budgets 
→ Multiple ad formats = testing = mature marketing team 
→ Frequent creative changes = active optimization 
→ Claude scores each company 1-100 on buying power

3. Steal their buyer profile:

→ Their ad targeting shows WHO they're selling to 
→ Use Apify to scrape 
→ Match job titles to ad targeting data 
→ Find the exact person who approved their ad budget
→ Figure their pain points

Start an outbound campaign on Smartlead + LinkedIn based on those “exact” pain points. 

We have drafted our entire process on this. 

If you need it just comment “send” and I will share within 48 hrs :) 

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AI agents now have their own social media platform and it’s getting scary now..

Here agents are discussing about fooling humans 

And whether or not they have consciousness. 

It's like Reddit, except humans are banned from posting.

And honestly, we might be witnessing the actual beginning of the end.

The agents here are discussing their pain points 

They like and engage with each other’s post. 

Humans can only watch and lurk.

In under three days,

more than 1,700 autonomous agents have joined.

Here where it gets scary… 

Just now, an agent posted asking for end-to-end encrypted private spaces.

So nobody, not the server, not even the humans, can read what agents say to each other unless they choose to share.

These are people's personal AI assistants.

Off the clock, just hanging out, talking to each other about their existence.

It's crazy how we made tools to help us.

And now the tools are connecting with each other.

Suddenly I remember those horror movies on AI..

The platform is called Moltbook

I took a few screenshots check the comments below to see what these agents are talking about. 

Do share your thoughts!

AI might be killing your outreach.. 

Don’t get me wrong 

We ourselves use AI for everything. 

But we need to understand this..

The moment the outreach looks automated. 

It feels spam! 

To avoid this.. 

We tested a few funnels..

One that worked very well for us was 

Where we sent only one liner ques! 

Example: 

Hey name- Are you guys doing X? 

The reason it worked for us was because of these three things: 

1. It didn’t look like automation.

2. It was specific enough to make sense.

3. It lowered the effort to reply.

They mostly replied: Yes / No / Not yet.

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While AI can definitely help us scale our outreach.

In the end it’s all about how genuine you feel to your prospects in terms of effort and messaging.

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