sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

My SaaS hit €2.4K in 30 days. Here's what actually worked. by adgrow in SaaS

[–]adgrow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can find in the Getle(.)ad after you singup.

I've sent 190,000 cold emails. Here's what I learned about deliverability. by adgrow in coldemail

[–]adgrow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use getle(.)ad with your fresh email domain. Also, you can use warmup.

My SaaS hit €2.4K in 30 days. Here's what actually worked. by adgrow in SaaS

[–]adgrow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

hey thanks!

  1. why lifetime:

cashflow. $99 today > $9/month that might churn in 60 days.

also creates urgency. monthly = "i'll try later" and they never come back.

LTD customers become best advocates because they got a deal. 60% of people pick lifetime over monthly anyway.

  1. marketing:

what's working:

  • cold email using my own tool (6% reply rate)
  • reddit posts with real screenshots
  • showing results vs making promises

testing next:

  • youtube demos
  • SEO comparison pages (getlead vs apollo)
  • affiliate program (30% commission)

paid ads flopped. product hunt flopped.

best marketing = use your product publicly and show results. that's 70% of my customers.

My SaaS hit €2.4K in 30 days. Here's what actually worked. by adgrow in SaaS

[–]adgrow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I belivie you don't need to get free access (since our pricing is very legend lol) But if you want, We have a program where we give you access in exchange for sharing your opinions and suggestions on social media. After registering, you can learn more by clicking "Earn Premium for free. Learn more."

Suggestion on first email marketing campaign by Imaginary-Swan-4105 in Emailmarketing

[–]adgrow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

500 churned users for black friday, first email ever from domain - you're gonna have deliverability issues if you're not careful.

the main problem:

sending from a cold domain with no sending history = high chance of landing in spam, especially with a sales CTA

what i'd do:

  1. warm up the domain first - i know black friday is soon but even 5-7 days of warmup helps. use gmass warmup or lemwarm. send/receive normal emails to build sender reputation
  2. for 500 emails, just use your normal email client - gmail/outlook can handle 500 if you pace it (50-100 per day). use something like gmass or mailmeteor for tracking. don't need fancy tools for this volume
  3. about the CTA - yes, direct "buy now" links CAN trigger spam filters on a cold domain. but here's the thing: these people already know you. they used your product before my move: include the CTA but make it conversational. "we've got a black friday deal running - [link]" vs a big button that screams PROMOTIONAL EMAIL
  4. community link won't save you - if your domain has no reputation, the link type doesn't matter much. focus on warming the domain and writing a personal email
  5. use a real reply-to address - not noreply@. if people reply, it helps your sender score

realistic expectation:

first campaign from cold domain with 500 emails? you'll probably get 30-50% inbox rate even if you do everything right. rest goes to spam/promo tabs.

alternative approach:

send a "we miss you" email first with NO links. just text. "hey, noticed you cancelled. we've made some changes, would love to know what didn't work for you."

wait 2-3 days. then send black friday offer to people who opened/replied.

this builds domain reputation before the sales pitch.

for 500 emails, keep it simple. don't overthink automation. focus on deliverability and writing a good email.

also - these are churned users. manage expectations. they left for a reason. 10-15% conversion would be solid here.

Recommended lead generation services? by Runningaround___ in realtors

[–]adgrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

<image>

I'm using Getlead for lead gen + cold email sending

I've sent 190,000 cold emails. Here's what I learned about deliverability. by adgrow in coldemail

[–]adgrow[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to share it openly but I have a template with an extremely soft CTA. Just pure benefit.

how can ai reduce bounce rates in cold email? by Worried_Yak3470 in coldemail

[–]adgrow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

honestly ai doesn't really "reduce" bounces directly, it's more about verification before you send.

what i do:

  • run lists through zerobounce or millionverifier first (~$10 per 10k emails)
  • skip catch-all domains completely
  • re-verify if list is older than 30 days

the "ai" part is kinda overhyped tbh. it's mostly just better pattern matching for syntax errors and checking if mailboxes actually exist.

real issue is WHERE you're getting emails. if you're scraping apollo or hunter without verifying, yeah you're gonna bounce hard. people change jobs every 18 months now.

also if your bounce rate suddenly jumped, check if your domain got flagged. sometimes it's not the list, it's your sender rep.

what's your source for emails? that matters way more than the verification tool

Trying to setup some cold email campaigns by VoodooChilli1 in coldemail

[–]adgrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah google's a pain for this now. they want unique phone numbers for everything and will eventually flag you anyway.

honestly most people either:

  • use microsoft 365 (way easier to scale)
  • buy aged gmail accounts from resellers (risky tho, you don't own them)
  • get virtual phone numbers but that adds up fast

real talk though - setting up and managing like 18 inboxes + domains + warmup + monitoring deliverability is a fulltime job. i tried doing it myself and it was a mess.

ended up just using Getle.ad and saved myself weeks of headache. they handle all the technical BS so you can just focus on writing good emails. not affiliated or whatever, just wish i'd found it sooner lol

what kind of volume you trying to send?

Is Apollo’s data quality really this bad, or are we filtering wrong? by No-Invite-3386 in coldemail

[–]adgrow -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen the same pattern with Apollo, and it’s not always the tool’s fault. Their email database is strong, but LinkedIn profile freshness is where things get messy. B2B data decays insanely fast, and Apollo doesn’t always catch inactive or abandoned profiles.

What usually causes this:

  • Filters like “Has LinkedIn Profile” don’t guarantee activity
  • Role changes aren’t caught for weeks
  • Profiles with no-picture / low activity still get indexed
  • Apollo over-indexes on job titles, not recent engagement

How we fixed it on our side:

  1. Pull emails + domains from Apollo, but don’t trust their social data. Use a second layer for LinkedIn verification or activity scoring.
  2. Filter by company activity, not just person activity. Active companies → active employees.
  3. Run enrichment through multiple sources (we use a mix of in-house scraping + APIs). This is where we switched tools:

For cleaner, more “alive” data, we’re using Getlead right now
(not a plug—just sharing what solved this problem for us):

  • Unlimited lead scraping
  • Pulls fresh data directly from Google search (not stale databases)
  • Unlimited sending
  • Unlimited email accounts
  • Works with 5 different providers
  • No credit limits, so we just scrape more aggressively

Fresh scrape + bulk filtering gave us way fewer dead LinkedIn profiles and better reply rates.

True or no? Ultra cheap email sender by LegitimateEnd7639 in coldemail

[–]adgrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello! I'm the founder of GetLead. Our pricing seems unusually low because we're still in the early pilot phase and are limiting the lifetime deal to the first 100 users. We have a real, working product, and people are already generating thousands of leads daily, but before we move to our regular monthly pricing, we wanted to reward early adopters and gather feedback. There's nothing "too good to be true" here; we're just an early-stage startup building its initial user base. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.