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A few years ago, building lead lists for cold email looked like this:

Written by
Hashir Khurram
Published on
October 14, 2025
13
min
Fire up LinkedIn Sales Navigator or Apollo
Set filters like "Marketing Manager" + "USA"
Export and pray the emails were not dead or outdated
Repeat for every campaign until your brain went numb
And it worked to an extent But today, that approach is outdated
Why?
Because the best performing outbound campaigns in 2025 are no longer built around roles They are built around context and powered by AI first list building
Why the Traditional Way Is Broken
Lets be honest: most cold email tools still operate like its 2019
You are forced to:
Filter through people instead of companies
Build lists based on titles instead of buying signals
Manually search one platform at a time
Rely on shallow enrichment that misses the big picture
This means you spend hours exporting lists of the “right” people only to realize they work at the wrong companies
Or worse the companies are not even hiring, growing or buying
Enter the AI List Building Era
What if you could tell your system:
“Find me every company in Texas using Stripe for payments and hiring for sales roles”
Or
“Give me a list of 500+ marketing agencies in the UK with less than 10 employees and at least 30 reviews on Trustpilot”
Thats what AI powered list building now enables
And tools like Scrapeamax make that vision real without needing you to write a single line of code
How Scrapeamax Fits Into the New Stack
Scrapeamax flips the script
Instead of giving you a search box and hoping you get the filters right
It lets you start with your prompt and your intent, then automates the heavy lifting from end to end
Heres what the process looks like:
You provide your targeting prompt
Example: “All ecommerce stores in Australia using Shopify + Klaviyo”
Scrapeamax pulls live company data
From niche sources like:
BuiltWith
Google My Business
Trustpilot
Crunchbase
Clutch
Yellow Pages
Store Leads
BBB and more
You enrich the list inside Clay (or another enrichment tool)
Add decision makers using job title logic
Layer in LinkedIn URLs, verified emails, phone numbers, hiring status, tech stack, etc
You validate with MillionVerifier
Clean up bounces before you ever hit send
You launch with Smartlead, Instantly or Lemlist
With full context, clean lists and smarter messaging
Why This Works Better
No duplicates
No outdated CSVs
No guessing if the company is a fit
You are not spamming a huge list of random CMOs, you are reaching buyers at the right companies at the right time based on real world signals
Examples of AI Prompts That Now Work
These are actual campaign prompts that work beautifully with Scrapeamax:
“Solar companies in California with more than 100 reviews on Google Maps”
“Marketing agencies in Canada with active jobs listed on their site”
“B2B SaaS using HubSpot + Stripe + Intercom with <50 employees”
“Roofing companies in Texas with high BBB ratings and under 10 employees”
“DTC brands on Shopify using Recharge + Gorgias”
Each of these generates hundreds to thousands of verified companies, ready for enrichment and outreach in <8 hours
The Bigger Shift: From People Based to Context Based Targeting
Most tools still focus on person level data first
But AI flips that logic:
Start with the right company
Then go find the right person
Thats how you:
Reduce bounce rates
Increase personalization
Decrease unsubscribes
Boost reply rates
Want to Try It for Yourself?
We will build your first AI list for free no strings, no card, just results
Heres how:
Book a call
https://calendly.com/hashir-khurram/scrapeamax-unlimited-lead-lists
We will show you exactly how it works
You will get full Slack access
And we will drop your first custom list into your inbox on the house
Final Thoughts
Cold outreach is no longer about who you email
Its about why you are emailing them
The winners in outbound will be the teams who:
Use AI to identify contextual buying triggers
Build from company to a person, not the other way around
Prioritize accuracy over volume
If you are still manually exporting stale lead lists
Its time to upgrade
Let Scrapeamax show you how smart, AI powered targeting is done

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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