Cold Email
Most people think cold email success comes down to the copy

Written by
Hashir Khurram
Published on
October 18, 2025
13
min
Subject line, first line, CTA, they obsess over it
But heres the truth:
Even the worlds best cold email wont work if its sent to the wrong person, at the wrong company, at the wrong time
Thats why bad data is the silent killer of outbound
And its also why most campaigns fail before they even hit send
Lets break this down
The Real Reason Your Campaign Is not Getting Replies
Heres what most founders, agencies and SDRs do:
Pull a list from Apollo/SalesNav
Filter by job title, headcount, industry
Export the list
Enrich with Clearbit/Dropcontact
Send emails via Smartlead or Instantly
The result?
Bounce rates over 5%
People saying “not relevant” or “wrong person”
Spam complaints
Low positive reply rate (sub 1%)
And the core problem is this: The list was broken from the start.
Great Outbound Starts With Great Company Targeting
The biggest unlock in 2025 is starting with companies, not people
Why? Because:
Companies are easier to filter intelligently
Companies do not change as frequently as job titles
Company level intent is more meaningful
Examples:
Companies using Stripe means they sell online
Companies on Shopify + Recharge means they are in DTC
Companies with 100+ Trustpilot reviews means they care about reputation
Companies hiring SDRs means they’re actively scaling sales
Once you have the right companies, getting the right people becomes 10x easier
Enter: Prompt Based List Building with Scrapeamax
At Scrapeamax, we flipped the outbound process on its head
Instead of giving you a database of pre scraped leads, we let you build your own custom lead engine with prompts like:
"Scrape all dental clinics in Florida with 4.5+ rating on Google and 50+ reviews"
"Give me SaaS companies using Stripe + HubSpot with <$10M revenue"
"Find HVAC companies in Texas that have an active Facebook page and good Trustpilot score"
And then:
We scrape the companies using real time data from sources like Google Maps, Crunchbase, BuiltWith, Clutch, Trustpilot, BBB, etc
You get back a clean CSV with company name, website, phone, location, etc
Then enrich with Clay or Findymail for contact level data
Then validate with MillionVerifier
Why This Outperforms Apollo/SalesNav
No saturation (you are not emailing the same list 500 other reps are using)
Higher intent signals (because you are targeting based on tech, reviews, hiring, etc)
Better deliverability (cleaner data means fewer bounces means better inbox placement)
Higher conversion rate (the offer actually makes sense to the recipient)
Want to See It Live?
We will show you how it works
Just book a quick call here:
https://calendly.com/hashir-khurram/scrapeamax-unlimited-lead-lists?month=2025-10
First list is on the house no strings attached
You get full Slack access
We help you build your first high converting list
The future of outbound does not start with a catchy subject line
It starts with smarter targeting and verified context rich data
Thats how you scale cold email the right way
Scrapeamax makes that possible

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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