👋 Hey there
Let me guess...
You're spending thousands on lead lists from Apollo, ZoomInfo, or Sales Navigator.
Your SDRs are making 100+ cold calls a day.
Your email sequences have a 2% reply rate (and half of those are "unsubscribe").
You're running a Manual Outreach Campaign that cost $200 to 400+ per lead.
And your pipeline is still struggling.
Here's the hard truth:
Traditional outbound is dead.
🚨 The Outbound Strategy That's Wasting Your Budget

The way most B2B companies do outbound in 2026 is fundamentally broken.
Here's what's NOT working anymore:
❌ Buying static lead lists from databases that are 6-12 months old
By the time you call them, their situation has completely changed
They're not in buying mode, so you're interrupting, not helping
You're competing with 50 other vendors using the same list
❌ Cold calling without context
SDRs burning through 100 dials/day with 1-2% connect rates
Even when you connect, there's no buying intent
Expensive ($60K+ per SDR) with terrible ROI
❌ Spray-and-pray email campaigns
Generic "Hey [First Name], I noticed your company..." templates
2-3% reply rates if you're lucky
Burning your domain reputation and future deliverability
❌ Relying on expensive intent data tools
ZoomInfo: $15,000-30,000/year
Cognism: $12,000-25,000/year
You're still getting the same signals as your competitors
Everyone is targeting the same "in-market" accounts
The result?
You're burning $10K-50K per month on outbound with mediocre results. Your CAC is climbing.
Your sales team is frustrated.
There has to be a better way.
💡Why This Problem is Getting Worse?
Here's what makes this even more painful:
1. Your competitors are calling the same prospects. When everyone uses Apollo or ZoomInfo, you're all fighting over the same list. The prospects you're calling have already been contacted by 5-10 vendors this week.
2. Timing is everything (and you're always late). By the time a company shows up in traditional databases as "in-market," they've already been researching solutions for 60+ days. You're late to the party.
3. Decision-makers are hiding. C-suite executives have assistants screening calls. They ignore LinkedIn messages from strangers. Your perfectly crafted email gets lost in 200 daily emails.
4. Budget scrutiny is at an all-time high. CFOs are demanding ROI on every dollar. When your outbound cost per meeting is $500+ and only 10% close, you're on thin ice.
The painful truth:
Most companies waste 70% of their outbound budget on prospects who will NEVER buy, simply because they're targeting at the wrong time with the wrong message.
But here's what the top 1% of sales teams figured out...
✅ High-Intent Lead Scraping Using AI & Modern Tech Stack
The companies crushing it with outbound in 2026 aren't doing traditional prospecting.
They're targeting buying signals in real-time.
Instead of calling 100 random VPs of Sales, they're calling:
✅ Companies that just posted a VP of Sales job (they're scaling, need solutions)
✅ Companies that raised Series B funding (budget unlocked, buying mode activated)
✅ Companies where a new CRO just started (new leader = new priorities)
✅ Companies adopting new tech stacks (showing in job descriptions)
✅ Companies opening new offices (expansion = new needs)
This is called Intent-Based Lead Scraping.
And it's completely changed the game.
🔧 The Modern Tech Stack That Makes This Possible
Here's the beautiful part:
You don't need expensive enterprise tools.
You can build your own intent scraping system using affordable, powerful tools that cost $200-$1,000/month (vs $5K-10K for traditional databases).
The Tools We Recommend:
🔍 Search & Discovery:
Serper.dev - $50/mo - Google Search API (30K searches/month)
SerpAPI - Alternative search API
🕸️ Web Scraping:
Apify - From $39/mo - LinkedIn, job boards, custom scraping
Firecrawl - From $16/mo - Clean structured data extraction
Bright Data - $500+/mo - Enterprise-grade scraping
ScraperAPI - $49-249/mo - Proxy layer for JavaScript sites
PhantomBuster - From $69/mo - LinkedIn automation
💎 Enrichment & Contact Finding:
Apollo.io - Free-$99/mo - Company + contact enrichment
Hunter.io - From $49/mo - Email finding & verification
Clay - From $349/mo - All-in-one enrichment orchestration
ZoomInfo - $15K+/year - Premium data (if budget allows)
Cognism - $12K+/year - Global B2B data
Lusha - $29-99/mo - Contact enrichment
RocketReach - $39-249/mo - Email + phone finder
✅ Email & Phone Verification:
NeverBounce - Pay-per-use - Email verification
ZeroBounce - Pay-per-use - Email validation
Reeon - Alternative email verifier
🎯 All-in-One Platforms:
Instantly.ai - $37-297/mo - Email outreach + warmup
Getsales - $39-94/mo - Multichannel Outreach automation
Lemlist - $59-129/mo - Personalized outreach
📊 But Here's the Problem...
With so many tools available, most teams get overwhelmed.
Which tools do you actually need?
How much should you budget?
What lead volume can you realistically expect?
What's the ROI at different investment levels?
That's why we built something to help you.
🎁 FREE TOOL: Intent-Based Lead Scraping Calculator
We created an interactive calculator that shows you exactly:
✅ Which intent signals to track (hiring, funding, executive changes, etc)
✅ Complete tool stacks for every budget ($229/mo to $4,549/mo)
✅ Expected lead volumes at each investment tier
✅ Cost per lead calculations
✅ Decision-maker targeting rates
✅ Quarterly ROI projections
You can select which intent signals matter for your business and instantly see:
How many high-intent leads do you get per month
Exact costs per lead
Complete tool recommendations
Quarterly pipeline projections
It takes 2 minutes and might completely change your outbound strategy.
🎯 Real Results from Teams Using This Approach
Before: 50 cold leads/month, 2% reply rate, $8 cost per lead
After: 800 intent-based leads/month, 12% reply rate, $1-2 cost per lead
Before: $15,000/month on ZoomInfo + 2 SDRs
After: $400-900/month custom stack, 1 SDR, better data quality
Before: Calling 100 prospects/day, hoping to find someone interested
After: Calling 20 prospects/day who just showed buying signals
🚀 Want Us to Build This for You?
Here's our offer:
Book a free 30-minute GTM Strategy Call and we'll:
✅ Analyze your current outbound approach and identify where you're bleeding money
✅ Design a custom intent-scraping system tailored to your ICP, industry, and budget
✅ Recommend the exact tool stack you need (no guessing, no overwhelm)
✅ Map out your implementation timeline with step-by-step workflows
✅ Show you the ROI projections for the next 2 quarters
PLUS: We'll deliver 100 high-intent leads for FREE as a bonus when you book the call.
These aren't random contacts from a database. These are decision-makers at companies that have shown recent buying signals relevant to YOUR solution.
(Limited to 20 calls this month — we're capping it to ensure quality)
🤔 Who This Is For
This system works best for:
✅ B2B SaaS companies selling to mid-market or enterprise
✅ Agencies looking to scale client acquisition
✅ Service businesses with defined ICPs
✅ Sales teams are frustrated with traditional cold outbound
✅ Companies spending $5K+ per month on lead gen with poor ROI
Not a fit if:
❌ You're selling to consumers (B2C)
❌ You have no clear ICP or target market
❌ You need leads tomorrow (this is a system, not a quick fix)
📈 What to Do Next
Step 1: Try the Intent Scraping Calculator (2 minutes)
See exactly what you could achieve at different budget levels
Step 2: Book your free GTM Strategy Call (30 minutes)
Get a custom plan + 100 free high-intent leads
Step 3: Implement the system
We'll guide you through every step (or do it for you)
Step 4: Watch your pipeline fill with qualified prospects
No more cold calling into the void
⚡ The Bottom Line
Traditional outbound is burning your budget and wasting your team's time.
The future of B2B sales is intent-based prospecting — targeting decision-makers at the exact moment they're ready to buy.
You can either:
Keep doing what you're doing, and hope it improves
Build an intent scraping system and 5x your outbound ROI
The tools exist.
The playbook works.
The only question is:
Will you adapt?
Until next time,
Ankit Modi
Founder at Six Figure Consulting
P.S. — Seriously, book that call. We're only doing 20 this month, and spots are filling up. Plus, those 100 free high-intent leads could be the start of your best quarter ever.
