Announcements

  1. Introducing SmartAssistant: Your personal assistant. Inside Smartlead

    Smartlead

    You now have a personal assistant inside Smartlead.

    Meet SmartAssistant, your new support experience built right into the platform.

    New to outbound? It walks you through setup.

    Running campaigns? It handles the details.

    Stuck on something? Skip the ticket. Just ask, and it answers using your account data, not generic advice.

    Set up a campaign. Find leads. Fix an issue. Write a sequence. All through a single chat, on every page, inside your account.

    This isn't a chatbot. It's a co-pilot that knows where you are and what you need.

    Find it in the bottom-right corner of every page.

    Talk to Your Assistant Now

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  2. [OFFICE HOURS] The Hidden List-Building Strategies Behind 1000+ Positive Replies

    Smartlead

    Most cold email campaigns fail before the first email is even sent.

    The problem usually isn’t copy.

    It’s the list.

    Wrong contacts.

    Outdated jobs.

    Catch-all domains.

    Poor targeting.

    In our next session, Brian Hadi and Hamied Elias (Founders, AI Ark & AI bees) will break down how they build high-performing outbound lists and run campaigns that generate real replies at scale.


    What you'll learn

    ✅ How AI bees builds high-performing outbound lists

    ✅ Why 30% of your outreach may hit people who changed jobs

    ✅ The catch-all email problem and how to target them safely

    ✅ Why bounced emails are often misunderstood

    ✅ Better approaches to enrichment and verification

    ✅ Practical workflows using AI Ark + Smartlead

    🎁 Plus: a free Claude Skill giveaway connected to AI Ark’s database


    Event Details

    📅 Date: Thursday, 4 June, 2026

    🕙 Time: 11 AM EDT | 8:30 PM IST | 4 PM BST

    📍 Save your spot 👉 here


    REGISTER NOW

    Office Hours

    If your campaigns should be generating more replies than they are today, this session is worth attending.

  3. [Podcast Series] Cold to Close - Ep. 5 with Suprava Sabat: how to get a billionaire to reply to your cold email

    Smartlead

    We just dropped Episode 5 of Cold to Close - Smartlead's podcast for operators who live inside outbound campaigns.

    Abhishek (Head of Operations, Smartlead) sat down with Suprava Sabat (Founder, AcquisitionX) to unpack the exact framework she used as a college student to bypass executive assistants and land replies from billionaires — no AI tools, no tricks.

    In this episode she will share:

    ✅ The exact 4-word subject line that got her into the main inbox (not the EA's filter)

    ✅ Why asking for advice consistently outperforms pitching in cold outreach

    ✅ The "team member" cheat code for engineering warm intros from a cold start

    ✅ The 3-step framework she used to get past gatekeepers without being pushy

    ✅ The biggest myth she broke — there's no magic framework, just the basics done really well

    Watch Episode

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  4. [Podcast Series] Cold to Close - Ep. 4 with Thibault Gracia: AI SDRs are overhyped - here's what's actually working

    Smartlead

    We just dropped Episode 4 of Cold to Close - Smartlead's podcast for operators who live inside outbound campaigns.

    Vaibhav (Founder, Smartlead) sat down with Thibault Gracia (Founder, Reachly) to break down what's actually driving results in outbound today - and where the AI SDR hype is leading teams astray.

    In this episode he shares:

    ✅ Why AI SDRs are overhyped - and the specific places they break down in real campaigns

    ✅ How AI has made deep prospect research almost "free" (and what to do with that leverage)

    ✅ What real personalization at scale looks like - beyond {{first_name}} tokens

    ✅ The multi-channel flow that's converting right now: email → LinkedIn → calling

    ✅ What "contextual calling" actually means, and why it's beating spray-and-pray dialers

    ✅ How top teams re-engage cold leads after the 90-day mark instead of burning the list

    Watch Episode

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  5. [Podcast Series] Cold to Close - Ep. 3 with Felix & Penn Frank: the cold email playbook behind a $3M ARR agency

    Smartlead

    We just dropped Episode 3 of Cold to Close - Smartlead's podcast for operators who live inside outbound campaigns.

    Vaibhav (Founder, Smartlead) sat down with Felix and Penn Frank (Co-Founders, StackOptimise) to break down how they took their agency from $0 to $3M ARR in 2 years, with cold email as the backbone of every step.

    In this episode they share:

    ✅ How they scaled to $3M using LinkedIn content + cold email as a paired motion (not separate channels)

    ✅ The copy approach that actually gets replies (disruptive, informal, and intentionally so)

    ✅ How they qualify clients and set custom KPI targets per industry before sending a single email

    ✅ One channel at a time vs. going wide from day one - their honest answer

    ✅ Why treating outbound channels as independent is killing your pipeline

    Watch Episode

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  6. [Podcast series] Cold to Close - Ep. 2 with Atishay Jain is Live

    Smartlead

    We just dropped Episode 2 of Cold to Close - Smartlead's podcast for operators who live inside outbound campaigns.

    Vaibhav sat down with Atishay (Founder, Hyperke) for a full breakdown of how he gets replies across email, SMS, and cold calls - without chasing vanity metrics.

    In this episode he gets specific:

    In this episode he gets specific:

    ✅ The only metric worth tracking (PCPL) and why open rates are lying to you

    ✅ A simple decision tree to diagnose and fix underperforming campaigns

    ✅ Why AI-built lead lists are killing your deliverability

    ✅ How to find hidden buyers inside paid directories

    ✅ Why cold calling is still a massive cheat code in 2026

    If your calendar is empty but your open rates look great, this one will flip your approach.

    Watch Episode

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  7. [Podcast series] Cold to Close - Ep. 1 with Eric Nowoslawski is Live

    Smartlead

    We just dropped something for every outbound operator on Smartlead.

    Cold to close - Smartlead's new podcast filmed in person, no fluff, built for people who live inside outbound campaigns.

    Episode 1 is here. And we couldn't have asked for a better guest to kick it off.

    Eric Nowoslawski (Founder, Growth Engine X) has spent years obsessing over one thing: why some cold outreach converts and most doesn't. Spoiler - it's rarely the copy. It's the list.


    In this episode he gets specific:

    ✅ The exact list-building workflow he runs for every campaign

    ✅ How he combines relevance and personalization at scale - without losing either

    ✅ The copy principles that actually move prospects to reply

    ✅ The sequencer behind his best-performing campaigns

    ✅ What he's building next at Growth Engine X 💪.

    Watch Episode 1

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  8. 🚀 Smartlead CLI v0.1.0 is live - manage campaigns, leads & more from your terminal.

    Smartlead

    🚀 SmartLead CLI v0.1.0 is live

    You can now manage Smartlead entirely from your terminal.

    npm install -g @smartlead/cli

    Export leads, pull campaign analytics, manage your inbox, search prospects, and automate workflows with cron or shell scripts - all without opening the dashboard.

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    For Claude Code users: pair the CLI with the MCP. CLI for raw data. MCP for AI reasoning. Fast together.

    Install Now → npm · GitHub

  9. Meet SmartDialer: Stop Dialing Without Context, Call at the Right Moment

    Smartlead

    Introducing SmartDialer - the conversation layer you have been waiting for.

    Now call your leads at the right moment - with full context and zero manual work after.

    SmartDialer activates the conversation when interest is highest.

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    What this means for you:

    ✅ Call prospects exactly when intent spikes

    ✅ View and download call transcripts, see email history

    ✅ Auto-log notes and update CRM instantly

    ✅ Eliminate post-call admin work

    ✅ Keep momentum moving across channels

    Every serious opportunity deserves a real conversation.

    SmartDialer makes sure it happens.

    To access, go to Master Inbox » open any lead conversation thread » click on Call Lead on top

    Make Your First Call

  10. SmartAgents are live - AI Operators That Run Outbound End-to-End

    Smartlead

    Meet SmartAgents - AI operators built to execute and scale GTM.

    SmartAgents run outbound workflows for you inside Smartlead.

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    Instead of doing everything manually, you can deploy AI operators that:

    ✅ run email and LinkedIn outreach together

    ✅ handle follow-ups and replies automatically

    ✅ keep your CRM, data sources, and team tools in sync

    ✅ monitor campaign and inbox performance

    ✅ take action on results and notify you only when needed

    Build agents that automate every part of your revenue workflow. No code. Just commands.

    Build Your First Agent Now