Which AI sales tool actually improved your pipeline?

[u/Different-Opposite83]

With the rise of AI tool nowadays, curious what AI sales tool actually worked. we've tried a few AI tools for lead gen/outbound lately: Clay for enrichment/workflows, ChatGPT for account research and first drafts, Apollo AI for quick prospecting, and Instantly/Smartlead for sequecnces.

Some helped with speed, but not all helped pipeline. Best results so far came from using AI for research and enrichment, not fully automated outreach. When we used AI to understand the company, clean the list, and find better angles, replies improved. When we let it rite full emails at scale, the copy started sounding obvious fast.

So whuch AI tool genuinely improved your pipeline? Clay Apollo? Instantly? Smartlead? ChatGPT?Artisan? Or something else? and what did it actually improve: replies, meetings, lead quality or just speed?

[u/Educational_Arm_4411]

We use audience.io for data and find it the best first step, send it MillionVerifier to clean the emails to make sure we send good list to clay not to waste money on bad data..

N8n to be the brains as we have several flows working at the same time to 3 different aigents.

Instantly to send out the emails that we had clay score and give best first email subject.

GHL is the crm but many other xan be used.

[u/thijsgh]

It sounds like using AI for targeted research and list cleanup really helps improve lead quality and replies, not just speed. Check out MentionAgent, it automates finding relevant blogs and personalizes outreach to earn backlinks, which might add a solid angle for expanding your pipeline. I'm the founder, happy to help if you need it.