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When people talk about cold email, most focus on the subject line, the CTA or some clever personalization hack

Written by
Hashir Khurram
Published on
October 6, 2025
13
min
But let me break something down for you:
A grade copy + C grade list means noise
C grade copy + A grade list means pipeline
Thats the brutal truth And heres how to fix it
Why List Quality is 80% of the Game
Lets say you’re sending emails to:
The wrong job titles
The wrong industries
People who do not have buying power
No matter how slick your copy is, you will end up with:
Crickets
Spam complaints
Wasted sending volume
Now flip that, Target:
The right decision makers
At the right companies
With buying intent, pain or momentum
Suddenly, even a simple email like:
“Hey John quick one, Are you still the right person to speak with about [X]?”
gets replies
How to Build That Kind of List (Without Guessing)
Heres the workflow we use:
Start with Company Logic
“Companies using Shopify + Recharge”
“AI startups that raised Seed rounds in 2024”
“Roofers in Texas with 100+ Google reviews”
Scrape with Scrapeamax
Use Crunchbase, BuiltWith, GMB, BBB, Clutch and more
We get the actual company data, not people first
Enrich with Clay
Use the company data to pull verified contacts
Filter by seniority, titles, tech stack, hiring signals
Validate with MillionVerifier
Clean and confirm emails to protect deliverability
5. Send with Smartlead
Rotate inboxes, sequence smartly and track replies
What You Avoid with This Stack
Generic Apollo/SalesNav scraping
High bounce rates and spam traps
Lists that every other agency is hitting
Wasting time “guessing” whos the right person
What You Gain Instead
Hyper relevant company targeting
Verified, fresh decision maker data
Faster replies with fewer follow ups
A system you can repeat across verticals
Real World Example
We scraped 213 SaaS companies using Calendly + Stripe from BuiltWith, enriched via Clay and validated
Within 3 days: 38 replies, 11 demos, 4 closed deals
And the copy was not fancy, Just relevant
Want to Try It For Free?
If your business is doing $250k+/year and you are not in adult/crypto/gambling we will build your first list for free
Book a Call + Get Slack Access to Scrapeamax
https://calendly.com/hashir-khurram/scrapeamax-unlimited-lead-lists
You will see how cold email works when the list actually deserves a reply
Scrape smarter, Close faster, Stop guessing
The Scrapeamax Team

Hashir Khurram
🏆 Winner SaaS Bootstrapper of the year 2024 Award by Tekpon | Growing Expandi towards $10M ARR | Prioritizing health -9% body fat year-round 🏋️♂️ | Sharing Real Stories in Public
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