Practitioner pattern · Siva Surendra (Lyzr, Powerupcloud)
Send two cold emails with links and screenshots, not a seven-email drip
Learned from running AI SDRs for customers; no numbers
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What they did
Buy 30 to 40 sending domains on Lemlist or Instantly, schedule sends and use the API to plug in an agent or Claude to write the opening email. Skip the seven-email drip: send two emails that hit the point and include links and screenshots so the prospect can decide. 'If they don't decide in two emails, they're not going to decide in seven emails.' Expect AI SDRs to handle mass emailing, not to book meetings.
- Stage
- Learned during the 2024 AI SDR period
“Options are like buy 30 to 40 domains on Lemlist or uh instantly. Then start scheduling, uh use the API to integrate an agent or Claude directly.”
“Over a period of time, what we realized was do not try and do the seven-email drip campaign stuff, etc. Try two emails, hit the point, give them the links and screenshots to decide. If they don't decide in two emails, they're not going to decide in seven emails.”
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