“Wow. These contacts are either outdated, irrelevant, or totally random.”

You are not alone.

Most “lead databases” start by giving you a bunch of people but no context:

• Who they work for is not qualified

• What the company does is not aligned

• Or worse: you are missing the timing signal entirely

Let’s fix that.

The Problem With People First List Building

Here’s the traditional model:

1. Pick a job title (e.g. “Head of Marketing”)

2. Pick a few filters like industry, location, revenue

3. Download a list

Sounds fine, right?

But:

• These platforms recycle the same names over and over

• Filters are often vague or poorly tagged

• You have no idea what’s happening inside the company

You might email a VP of Marketing at a company that just got acquired or a founder at a startup that pivoted 8 months ago.

It’s lazy. And it’s noisy.

What Actually Works: Context First Prospecting

Instead of starting with people, start with the company context.

Ask:

• Are they using a specific tech stack? (Stripe, HubSpot, Gorgias?)

• Are they hiring for roles related to your offer?

• Are they in expansion mode?

• Did they just raise a round?

• Are they in a high intent directory with strong reviews?

Once you have that, then find the right person inside.

And when you do that, your reply rate explodes.

Scrapeamax: Built for Context First Targeting

Scrapeamax was designed to make this style of prospecting effortless.

Here’s what we do differently:

- You tell us the company level logic

- We scrape verified businesses from 10+ premium sources:

• Google Maps

• BuiltWith

• Latka

• Clutch

• Store Leads

• Agency Vista

• GoodFirms

• Crunchbase

• Trustpilot

• BBB

- You get back clean, enriched CSVs

- You plug into Clay, Findymail, Smartlead, whatever stack you use

- You go live , same day

No subscriptions. No login limits. No rows per month BS.

Just fast, verified, context first lead lists that actually get replies.

Examples of Context That Converts

• “Dentists in Florida with >50 Google reviews”

• “SaaS companies using HubSpot + Calendly + Stripe”

• “Home service businesses in Texas with BBB accreditation”

• “DTC brands using Shopify + Recharge”

• “AI startups who raised Series A in past 6 months”

You cannot get this on Apollo But you can get it with Scrapeamax, usually in under 3 hours.

Want to Try It Free?

We will give you your first list on the house.

- No contracts

- No scraping tools required

- Just one Slack message means lead list in your inbox

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If you are serious about cold email, start serious about the list.

And that starts with context, not contacts.