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Five things that changed in outbound this week: what happened, why it matters to you, and what to do about it. Written by Dimitar Petkov and Christian Sørensen, co-founders of LeadHaste.
Read by founders, sales leaders and growth leads at B2B companies. Subscribers get each issue a week before it goes up here.
5 outbound checks before you scale
Microsoft 365 spoofing, shared domain risk, and the metric volume hides
- One blank sender can bypass a Microsoft 365 control and expose staff to credible spoofing.
- Shared root domains can link reputation risk across every subdomain you use.
- More replies per send matter more than adding another AI agent to weak inputs.
- 01Five things that changed in outbound this week
- 02Why each one matters if you buy or run outbound
- 03One thing to do about each
- 04A real reply from the campaigns we run
“What are your current rates?”
Takeaway Ask your vendor to write a first email that earns a direct pricing question.
The archive
5 outbound checks before you scale
- 01One blank sender can bypass a Microsoft 365 control and expose staff to credible spoofing.
- 02Shared root domains can link reputation risk across every subdomain you use.
- 03More replies per send matter more than adding another AI agent to weak inputs.
Microsoft 365 spoofing, shared domain risk, and the metric volume hides
Read issue 5 →6% bounce rates need a second look
- 01A 6% bounce rate can hide policy blocks, so replacing your data source first wastes money.
- 02Modal enriches each unique email and domain once daily, cutting duplicated work across campaigns.
- 03Warm LinkedIn retargeting gives engaged buyers a second path beyond cold email.
Modal's warehouse pattern and provider routing make scattered outbound easier to fix.
Read issue 4 →One person now runs the whole sales motion
- 01One operator runs marketing, sales, and customer success with agents while targeting $10M of ARR per employee.
- 02Clay now sends enriched account data into Webflow, removing manual page builds for each segment.
- 03Operators in private groups report Google inbox replies rose through August, but shared no measured result.
Clay connects enriched account data to live pages, while Sumble ranks who comes first.
Read issue 3 →Clay now sends the email and picks the next move
- 01Clay Sequencer went generally available. Sourcing, enrichment and sending now run in one tool.
- 02Clay Account Agents pick the next action per account themselves. Open beta on Growth and above.
- 03Saviynt put Clay workflows inside ChatGPT and reports a $32.2M pipeline increase.
Two launches in one week. The edge stops being the tool and starts being your context.
Read issue 2 →More outbound volume is hiding weaker work
This week’s signals favour tighter exclusions, shorter sequences, and lower AI costs.
Read issue 1 →Put the notes to work.
15 Cold Email Templates That Sell Without Pitching
Hi [First Name],
I was looking at [Metric] benchmarks across [Industry] companies your size. The median is [Benchmark Number]. Most of the teams I talk to at companies like [Company] are running closer to [Lower Number], but they don’t realize it until they actually measure.
Templates that use Socratic questioning to surface hidden tensions. No pitching, no begging, just emails that make prospects see the problem differently.
Email Spam Checker
Paste your cold email and get an instant spam score. Flags the trigger words and formatting that hurt you. Runs in your browser.
Cold Email ROI Calculator
See your cost per meeting, LTV:CAC ratio and 12-month revenue projection, then compare it with hiring an SDR.
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