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Cold email · B2B outreachCold email · B2B outreach

The cold email agency that opens doors to deals.

We're a B2B cold email agency: we find the right decision makers, research each one and write personal emails with thoughtful follow-ups, all within PECR. Your sales team just takes the conversations.

How we work
  • Research on every prospect
  • Human quality control
  • Replies go straight to you
Your next campaignCampaign example
Your next audience
N
NorthstarSales director
New region
F
FormaManaging director
Growing team
S
Studio NorthMarketing director
New launch
Why now?New Manchester office · 2 sales roles
Contact details checked
InboxCampaign example
Three ideas for your move into ManchesterTo: Sofia · Northstar Ltd

Hi Sofia,

I saw you're opening a Manchester office and hiring two new salespeople. How are you planning to fill their pipeline up there?

We've put together three ideas for reaching the right decision makers in the North West. Shall I send them over?

Adam · CaptivateClick

Research → draft → human review
Positive replyYes, please send them over.
Context, ready for salesIntroduction · NorthstarTuesday · 10:00–10:30
Your sales team gets the full context
  • Prospect and buying signal
  • Previous emails and replies
  • Agreed next step
Relevance at every step

Illustrative campaign workflow · not client results

Trusted by 110+ businesses to grow online.

  • Mercer Consulting, Co.
  • Mercer Consulting, Co.
The strategy behind itThe strategy behind it

What decides whether a cold email is read or deleted

Cold email outreach works when the recipient instantly sees why you, why them and why now. Everything else is noise.

InboxCampaign example
Can we book a meeting?To: Sofia · Northstar Ltd

Hi,

We offer effective solutions for growing businesses. Our experienced team can help you get better results and achieve your goals.

Do you have 30 minutes this week for a presentation of our services?

Adam · CaptivateClick

One message for everyone
InboxCampaign example
Three ideas for your move into ManchesterTo: Sofia · Northstar Ltd

Hi Sofia,

I saw you're opening a Manchester office and hiring two new salespeople. How are you planning to fill their pipeline up there?

We've put together three ideas for reaching the right decision makers in the North West. Shall I send them over?

Adam · CaptivateClick

Research → draft → human review

Same sender. A very different reason to reply.

From market to meetingFrom market to meeting

B2B cold email built around your best customers

We start narrow, prove what earns replies and only then scale up. You see the audiences, copy and results throughout.

  1. 01 · Find the fit
    Your ideal customer
    NNorthstarNew region
    FFormaGrowing team
    SStudio NorthNew launch

    The right person. A real reason.

    We define your ideal customer, pick the companies and verify contact details against Companies House and other sources. A new office, hire or launch becomes a concrete reason to start talking.

  2. 02 · Make it personal
    Research → draft → human review

    Research you can see in every line.

    AI helps us gather and organise the research. People check the facts, angles and copy. You approve the message before short, relevant emails and follow-ups go out.

  3. 03 · Move the conversation on
    Yes, please send them over.
    Introduction · NorthstarTuesday · 10:00–10:30
    Context, ready for sales

    From inbox to your sales team.

    Positive replies, questions and referrals are sorted and handed over with context. We track conversation quality and test the next angle based on what recipients actually say back.

We learn from replies before increasing volume.Illustrative campaign workflow · not client results
What you getWhat you get

Six parts. One joined-up workflow.

As your cold email agency we handle the work around every email, from choosing the audience and technical setup to reply handling and learning.

Sales directorManaging directorMarketing director
Audience

ICP and segments

Prioritised markets, company types, roles and exclusions.

NNorthstar
FForma
SStudio North
Research

Verified prospects

Contact details, company data and relevant buying signals.

  1. First email
  2. Follow-up
  3. Stop on reply
Message

Sequences and angles

Emails and follow-ups for each segment and decision maker.

SPFDKIMDMARC
Authentication checked
Delivery

Technical setup

Domains, inboxes, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, warm-up and delivery monitoring.

InterestedQuestionReferral

Yes, please send them over.

Conversation

Reply handling

Positive replies, objections, opt-outs and referrals routed correctly.

Positive repliesQualified conversationsSales opportunities
Conversations, not open rates
Pipeline

Reporting you can use

Focused on positive replies, qualified conversations and pipeline, not open rates.

When does cold email fit?When does cold email fit?

Best when every new client is worth researching

Usually a strong fit

  • You sell B2B to a clearly defined audience
  • A deal is worth several thousand pounds or more
  • You can handle more qualified conversations
  • You solve a concrete, costly problem

When we'd suggest something else

  • You sell low-value products to consumers
  • Every company is your target
  • The offer still isn't clear
  • You want to buy a list and email everyone the same
NFS
A concrete first stepA concrete first step

Name five dream clients. We'll show you how we'd open the door.

On a free call we walk you through the signals we find, who we'd contact and a first draft of the email.

More ways to start conversationsMore ways to start conversations

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Common questionsCommon questions

About cold email outreach

Straight answers on method, PECR, timing and results.

A cold email agency plans and runs personal B2B email campaigns to people you don't yet know. That covers choosing the audience, verifying contacts, setting up sending domains, writing emails and follow-ups, and handling replies. Done well it's one relevant email with a clear reason and an easy next step, not a mass mailshot or newsletter.

Yes, for research, structure and variation, but never on autopilot. Strategy, angles, fact-checking and the final copy are all checked by people. AI should speed up the research, not make the message impersonal, which is why recipients can't tell the difference from a carefully written one-to-one email.

Keep it short, make it about the recipient and give a clear reason for getting in touch now. Open with something specific about their company, such as a new hire or a move into a new market, link it to a problem you solve and finish with one easy question. Leave out long introductions, attachments and multiple offers. In the UK, also say clearly who you are and give a simple way to opt out.

Yes, when the audience is well defined, the deal value justifies the effort and every email is based on real research. It works far less well when the same text goes to everyone or the offer itself is unclear. Many UK teams combine it with LinkedIn outreach, so the recipient already recognises your name when they decide whether to reply.

Yes, within limits. PECR lets you send marketing emails to corporate subscribers, such as limited companies and LLPs, without prior consent, but sole traders and most partnerships must have opted in. Every email must say who you are and offer a simple opt-out. Under UK GDPR we document a legitimate interests assessment. Take your own legal advice for your specific case.

Mostly because of technical setup and sending behaviour, not wording. Common causes are missing or misconfigured SPF, DKIM and DMARC records, new domains sending too much too soon, high bounce rates from unverified addresses and emails that hardly anyone replies to. Verified contact data, a steady sending pace and relevant emails that earn replies are what keep cold email out of the spam folder.

It's common practice, because it protects your main domain: if outreach runs into deliverability problems, everyday email to customers and suppliers isn't affected. The sending domain needs correct DNS records, its own mailboxes and a warm-up period before volume increases. As part of the setup we handle the domains, mailboxes, DNS, warm-up and ongoing deliverability monitoring.

You can, but sending the same email to a bought list is one of the quickest ways to fail. Purchased lists often contain out-of-date addresses that bounce, the wrong roles and companies that don't fit, all of which damage your sender reputation. They can also include sole traders, who under PECR must have consented to marketing email. Better results come from your own verified selection, which we build through prospecting.

That depends on how big your relevant market is. We never set a volume target ahead of a quality target. A small campaign to 200 well-chosen people can create more pipeline than thousands of generic emails, and it protects your sender reputation.

Yes. We set up the flow so positive replies and bookings reach the right person, with context about the campaign, the prospect and any previous contact. We can also help with reply templates, opt-out handling and a clear handover process for your team.

Only a few, and each one should add something new: a different angle, a relevant example or an easier question. Plenty of replies arrive only after a follow-up, but sending the same reminder again and again damages both the relationship and your deliverability. Anyone who declines or asks not to be contacted is removed straight away, as UK GDPR requires when someone objects to direct marketing.

The first replies can come in during the campaign's first week. A stable pattern usually takes several weeks while we test segments, messages and follow-ups. We judge the quality of the conversations, not just the reply rate, and report both to you every month.

It depends on how large and hard to reach your audience is, how much research each prospect needs, the number of segments and messages, and whether technical setup and reply handling are included. A campaign to a few dozen carefully chosen decision makers is priced differently from a broader programme. We review your situation in a free first meeting and then send a fixed proposal.

Positive replies, qualified conversations and pipeline. Open rates have become unreliable because many email clients block or pre-load tracking pixels, and an open says little about interest anyway. We also track bounces and opt-outs to keep an eye on deliverability, and choose the next angle to test based on what recipients actually say in their replies.

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