- infra/domain setup
- list creation
- enrichment
- research
- ai personalization
- sequencing
- download pnpm
- download docker and cli
- copy the example.env into .env with
cp .env.example .env pnpm ipnpm dev- navigate to
localhost:3000
✅ - enter a domain and see SPF / dkim / dmarc records
- connect google smtp accounts
- upload a csv of contacts
- Create a single-step email sequence with basic personalization ({first_name}).
- Send the emails (with a strict, safe sending limit).
- See a basic dashboard showing "sent" and "replied."
- Templates for popular email needs i.e "onboarding for SaaS"
- Integration with GHL / N8N
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"How to Achieve Perfect Cold Email Deliverability with a Self-Hosted Tool"
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"The Complete Guide to Building a Custom Lead Scoring Model with Coldflow"
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"Why Your Shared IP is Killing Your Campaigns (And How to Take Back Control)"
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Listicles - Top 10 lists. I actually tested different platforms, used real screenshots and update them frequently.
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Guest posts - Find tech-related/ B2B / SaaS websites and pitch them content. Make sure there's context. For ex. one of my posts is on a Woocommerce site, so my article is how X can help grow your ecommerce store.
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Existing listicles - If you search for "Best X", there are dozens of articles already ranking in Google. Reach out to them and ask to be featured. Some will ignore you, some will ask you to pay, but eventually - some will say yes. I've ended up on 10+ existing sites.
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Original research - Launch a Startup report get it picked up by some big media outlets. I try to link to the research 2-3 times in either my own content or in guest articles.
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I use a variation of the anchor "According to research by X Tool". This is the strongest way to build authority.
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Keep content fresh. Never more than 6 months old. Each month, I updated content that is close to being more 6 months+ and rewrite the intro and include 1-2 internal links to new content.
The real trouble starts only after the prospect replies. this is the part that every tool completely ignores. and this is the part that matters the most.
When someone has already replied... they’re warm. they’ve shown interest. they asked a question. they said yes send details. they requested pricing. whatever it is. and then sometimes they go silent for 3 or 4 days. sometimes even 7. this is where the follow up actually decides the deal. these are the follow ups that convert. not the cold ones.