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Outbound, in practice.

Field notes and playbooks from the work — deliverability, targeting, messaging, and the economics of pipeline.

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Cold Email

Cold Email That Gets Replies: A Field Guide to Subject Lines, Openers, and the One-CTA Rule

A tactical breakdown of cold email that earns replies: subject lines, first lines, the one-CTA rule, personalization at scale, and what to cut.

Jul 22, 2026 9 min read
Appointment Setting

The Appointment-Setting Playbook: Qualify Hard, Book Clean, Hand Off Warm

A practitioner's playbook for appointment setting: pre-book qualification, cutting no-shows, pre-meeting briefs, reschedule handling, and clean closer handoffs.

Jul 8, 2026 9 min read
Strategy

The Compounding Cadence: How to Combine Email, LinkedIn, and Phone Without Wearing Out Your Welcome

A practical framework for building a multi-channel outbound sequence — with touch counts, timing, and clear channel roles that lift reply rates without annoying prospects.

Jun 30, 2026 8 min read
Deliverability

The B2B Cold Email Deliverability Playbook: From Domains to Inbox Placement

A practical, end-to-end guide to fixing cold email deliverability — domain setup, warm-up, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, list hygiene, sending volume, and inbox monitoring.

Jun 24, 2026 9 min read
Strategy

The ICP That Actually Converts: Reverse-Engineering From Closed-Won

A practitioner's guide to building an ideal customer profile from closed-won data, layering intent and trigger signals, and tightening it every quarter.

Jun 10, 2026 8 min read
Targeting

Buying Signals That Actually Convert: A Practitioner's Guide to Intent-Based Targeting

A hands-on guide to the buying signals that identify in-market accounts, where to source them, and how to turn each signal into a booked meeting.

Jun 3, 2026 9 min read
Playbook

In-House vs Outsourced SDRs: The Fully-Loaded Math on Cost, Ramp, and Risk

A line-item cost comparison of building an in-house SDR team versus outsourcing, plus ramp timelines, hidden risks, and a decision framework for when each model wins.

May 20, 2026 8 min read
Metrics

The Outbound Metrics That Actually Matter — and the Vanity Numbers to Cut

Reply rate, show rate, pipeline sourced, cost per meeting: the outbound metrics that predict revenue, plus the vanity numbers to cut from your dashboard.

May 6, 2026 6 min read
Strategy

Demand Generation vs. Lead Generation: When to Use Each and How to Run Both

Demand gen and lead gen are not synonyms. Here's the real difference, when each wins, and how to run them as one B2B go-to-market motion.

Apr 18, 2026 8 min read

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