SampleOutbound and sales tools, for Smartlead
Week 45, 2 to 8 November
The week’s top post, against its usualA startup GTM lead on X
Where Smartlead came across well
- Recommendation
“Smartlead can auto-categorize replies by intent, and you can correct it”
A fractional GTM lead walks through subsequences by reply intent, a ready-made product tutorial.
Where it drew doubt
- Complaint
“the retry payment button gives no attempt or option for payment. chat and support have not been helpful”
A would-be buyer on X could not complete a purchase, a lost sale if left unanswered.
- Switching away
“We used to use Smartlead for email sending, but since we built email into ReachBoost.io we don’t anymore”
ReachBoost, an agency outbound platform, says it moved sending in-house.
- Complaint
“The sequencers like Instantly and Smartlead are great, but they are too complicated for the average SMB”
A user on X sees an opening below Smartlead for small businesses.
What Smartlead did this week
Smartlead was the second most talked-about brand of those you follow.
- Smartlead announced a webhook activity dashboard that shows whether each webhook went through, explains failures in plain words and allows a one-click resend.
- Smartlead’s guide on X to what outbound lead generation costs, and when it makes sense, ran 7.1 times its usual.
- The Cold to Close episode on calling leads who already replied to cold emails ran 2.3 times its usual on LinkedIn and 2.4 times on X.
Its own posts
Against what its own page usually gets.
- 7.1×
“Outbound Lead Generation: Your complete guide to understanding the costs, steps, strategies, and when it actually makes sense for your business”
- 2.4×
“Most sales teams are leaving meetings on the table because they’re afraid to pick up the phone.”
- 2.3×
“You can keep sending follow-up emails to someone who’s already shown interest.”
Posts from 2 to 8 November, each against its page’s usual.