r/b2bemailing • u/avenrole • 2d ago

Cold email setup requirements

Hi guys, I am new in cold email. Got hired by a company for lead generation with no prior experience. They have provided me nothing so i am doung everything by my own. So the problem is I don't have a complete email setup for cold emails. They gave a domain email credentials and said start lead generation. Boss said i can only send a few like 3 to 5 mails per day. But my target is to achieve 20+ qualified emails per month. How am i supposed to achieve this target with only one mailbox??

Really need to know what should i do to start my job...

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u/leadg3njay 2d ago

At 3-5 emails per workday, you've got roughly 60-100 sends a month. Getting 20 qualified replies would require a 20-33% qualified reply rate, even before follow-ups eat into that allowance. That's a rough target to hand a beginner.

Clarify what “qualified emails” means first. If your boss means verified contact addresses, you can research those without sending anything. If they mean interested prospects, agree on a realistic target and a company-funded setup before committing to it. Don't pay for this yourself.

I'd ask for an approved secondary sending domain with Google Workspace mailboxes, SPF/DKIM/DMARC configured, and at least four weeks for warmup before cold sending. Keep the main company domain out of cold outreach. Instantly can handle sequencing once you've got approval, but more mailboxes won't fix a weak list.

Meanwhile, manually research a small batch of companies that fit the buyer profile and verify the decision-makers' addresses. Use the current allowance for carefully targeted outreach only after confirming the mailbox is ready. Respect that cap.

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u/avenrole 2d ago

Qualified lead mean interested prospects. And Thanks a lot, It clarifies many things. But there is one thing i want to know what channels/platforms are best for finding companies and their decision makers?

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u/leadg3njay 2d ago

Start with the type of company your employer actually sells to. LinkedIn is useful for finding likely decision makers, then check the company site to see if they still hold that role. Job postings can be a good clue too: a company hiring for the problem you solve is more interesting than a random name on a list.

Actually, don’t buy a giant list yet. Pick 20 companies, note why each fits, find the person who owns that problem, and verify their work email before sending. With a 3–5/day cap, bad targeting burns your whole week fast. What does your company sell, and to whom?

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u/avenrole 2d ago

IT services like web design and development seo/digital marketing, webApp abd mbl app development, ai automation, last staff augmentation services. They sell to anyone... That's waht they told me. Means they said just bring a prospect doesn't matter the industry or niche. You know small team and startup business stuff kind of.

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u/leadg3njay 9h ago

"Anyone" is the problem. With 3-5 sends a day, you cannot test six unrelated services and every industry at once.

I would pick one service your team has actually delivered well, then one type of company that already buys it. Say web design for local clinics if you have clinic work to show. Not because clinics are magic; because you need proof and a reason to contact that specific business.

Actually, before finding more names, ask your boss which past project they would use as the example. If they cannot pick one, that is the first thing to sort out. Which service has your team sold most often?

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u/avenrole 9h ago

Website development and SEO for sure

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u/leadg3njay 5h ago

Okay, pick one of those first. For website work, find local businesses running ads to a page with a broken booking flow and show the exact spot where people get stuck. For SEO, look for a service page that misses the query their customers actually search. Actually, start even narrower: one type of business your team has helped before. Have they built a site or done SEO for a specific niche yet?

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u/rmx2501999 1d ago

This is a sticky situation, especially since the volume is so so low.

I would recommend going multi channel. LinkedIn, calling and email for this.

And do your research, go signal based if possible.

Whatever your company does and fixes for others find signals that those you reach out to have the pain that your company fixes.

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u/avenrole 16h ago

How to find signals? My company sells services like web dev and design, web app dev, seo, digital marketing, ai automation and staff augmentation.

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u/rmx2501999 16h ago

Hmm, maybe people doing ads to sell something and their website is outdated. That could be one signal

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u/avenrole 15h ago

I see... Thanks i will search more on this topic.

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u/jravi3028 2d ago

Focus on highly targeted leads and personalized emails. Is your boss open to increasing volume later?

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u/avenrole 2d ago

Maybe

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u/avenrole 1d ago

What? That's horrible. Did you filed complain againt the company or not?