Self Employed

Helped over 31+ SMBS generate $10M+ in pipeline with strategy, management and execution.

Direct-Response Marketing Consultant

Graewolves

Fractional CMO

No Fluff Jobs Hungary

● Successfully launched the „Respect Each Other” campaign that generated over 6.000
signatures among IT and HR professionals on the Hungarian market. The open letter produced
after the campaign facilitated the EU law changes making it mandatory for companies to
disclose salary ranges after 2027.

● My most important KPI were the growth of number of job applications which increased 2,5x
during my presence without increased marketing and advertising costs.

● Build the systems, tools and protocols for efficient operations by my time. Most of the solutions
have been adopted in several counties where the company is present.

● Led and trained a team of 5 people, being actively involved in implementation with
responsibility to budget allocation and spending.

● Quoted in several publications including Forbes, IT Business and HR Portal.

Marketing and Performance Lead

ReachMedia Kft.

● Led the marketing and graphic design team of 6 people, with responsibilities of strategic
planning, decision-making, staff training and budget utilization.

● Served our coporate clients with consulting, strategy and project management to implement
ideas. Direct clients include several market-leading companies such as HELL Energy,
Eventrend and JAF Holz

Digital & Performance Director

Exit The Room

● Build and ran the franchise’s operation in the UK from opening our Manchaster location and
took it to profitable status within 3 months. Prepared opening of our upcoming location in
Liverpool.

● Registered the company and were involved in every step of the process including search for
real estate and contracting.

● Recruited and managed our staff of 8, involved in built of game site.

● Responsible for planning and maintaining cash flow balance sheet, represent the investors,
managed our finances including staff salaries, purchases and managing the company’s bank
accounts.

Managing Director (UK)

If your newsletter would bring Stripe notifications, would you send more?

5 years ago I led a 7-figure award-winning marketing agency.

The #1 thing that scaled the business to that point:

Founders shared their expertise online.

There's 2 ways you can do that.

Do it alone:

- Waste 12-18 hours a month
- Feel anxious about what to post
- Question your abilities because you lack results

Do it with me:

- Get back valuable time to focus on your biz.
- Feel peaceful that your content is done for you
- Enjoy new clients with posts showing your expertise

I've helped 20+ businesses bring in over $7.2M with lead generation and copywriting since 2018.

If you're serious about getting clients from LinkedIn, I'm here to make that happen.

Use the 'book an appointment' button on the top to see if we're a good fit.

Ben Sallai

Platinum Agency

Your allbound boutique agency that helps B2B Companies get more Leads | +10 Million Impressions | +990 Leads generated | +20 Clients

Founder & CEO

Podcast Host

Clay

Partner

lemlist

HeyReach.io

Certified Expert

ColdIQ

Helped ColdIQ with their GTM strategy around the coaching program. And built onboarding systems for newjoiners.

GTM Advisor

Sales Elements

✅ Created Onboarding Workflows ✅ Had +220 Onboarding Calls with clients ✅ Built Slack Community with almost 200 members from scratch  ✅ Built dozens of automations in Zapier ✅ Had 90+ Coaching Calls with B2B Software Sellers ✅ Built the affiliate program and launched it ✅ E-Mail cadences & dozens of newsletters

VP Customer Success & Head of Everything

Seismic

Highlight: Closed my first self sourced deal while not carrying quota after 3 months 💰

Senior Director Commercial Sales

Personio

Highlight: Over 100% Quota Attainment in my first month 🏄🏼‍♂️

Sales Development Representative

Statista

• Managing the entire sales cycle from finding a client to securing a deal for Pharma, Energy & Finance Industry (DACH) 
• Create detailed business plans designed to attain predetermined goals and quotas
• Present products to prospective clients 
• Negotiate agreements and keep records of sales and data

Trainee Sales + Marketing

• Joint project work with business development: Implementing Salesforce within Statista 
• Onboarding, advising colleagues from CE & APAC in Salesforce & Trialhead
• Creation of User Manual for a better Onboarding Experience in Salesforce of Statista Worldwide

Salesforce Advisor Global Markets

Zenjob

•	Passing on most important information to students through onboarding presentation
•	Conducting interviews with students to identify their work experience, other skills or qualifications and character traits
•	Administrative and organisational tasks regarding preparation and follow-up of the onboarding process 
•	Employer branding regarding Zenjob's company values

Working Student HR - Recruiting / Onboarding

CEO @ Platinum Agency | Helping B2B Companies get more Leads | VP Customer Success @ Sales Elements

For founders ready to scale their business and/or LinkedIn presence

>> How I can help you <<

Strategic Content Creation:
Develop compelling content that speaks directly to your ideal clients' biggest challenges and positions you as the solution they've been searching for.

Lead Generation via Cold Email & LinkedIn:
Book more qualified sales conversations using AI-powered outreach systems 

There are 2 ways we can work together:

Done-for-You: Complete hands-off execution while you focus on closing deals
Done-with-You: Collaborative approach where we build your systems together

Want to learn more? Visit https://www.platinumagency.io/

Sönke Venjacob

Sales is evolving faster than ever. Here's where I see it heading in 2025:
 
In the past 5 years I've been watching closely, and here's what's coming for SDRs:
 
1️⃣ The Go-to-Market Engineer emerges. 
 
This hybrid role will master email infrastructure, automation, data enrichment, lead scoring, and copywriting.
 
One person with this skill set could replace multiple traditional SDRs. It might become one of the highest-paying careers in tech sales.
 
 
2️⃣ AI becomes your copilot, not your replacement.
 
Tools like Clay, Instantly, and n8n will be essential. But they'll augment human skills, not replace them.
 
The SDRs who learn to leverage these tools effectively will outperform everyone else.
 
 
3️⃣ Content creation becomes non-negotiable. 
 
Building your personal brand on LinkedIn isn't optional anymore.
SDRs who consistently share insights generate inbound leads while they sleep.
 
Your content opens doors your outreach never could.
 
 
4️⃣ The full-stack AE makes a comeback. 
 
As AI streamlines prospecting, we may see AEs handling the entire sales process again.
 
Finding talent who can manage both tech and closing? That's the real challenge. 
 
And it's where the biggest opportunities lie.
 
 
5️⃣ Personalization at scale becomes the standard Generic outreach is already dead. 
Tomorrow's GTM Engineers will blend AI-powered data with human creativity. 
 
The result? Hyper-relevant outreach that actually gets responses.
 
The winners in 2025 won't just be tech-savvy or people-oriented.
 
They'll be both.
 
What skills are you developing to stay ahead of this curve?

Founder @ Platinum Agency | Helped 20+ B2B Companies Scale Revenue through AI Powered GTM Systems | Podcast: GTM Advantage

Stop waiting for permission. Women in GTM, your time is now-lead, build, win.

They told me GTM was “too technical for women.”
Old story.
Old myth.

But walk into most GTM events?
Still feels like a boys’ club.
Women look around and see nobody who looks like them.
Not in the room.
Not in the lead.

Marina Ghilchik didn’t wait for permission.
She built Girls Who Clay.
A bold, vibrant space for women breaking into GTM.
From “just an idea” to a global network.
No gatekeepers. No closed doors.

In the latest episode of GTM Advantage, Marina shares how it started:
- One awkward event where she felt out of place
- Why thinking programmatically beats tool obsession
- Why women need to do, not wait
- How community, camaraderie, and candid advice change everything
- What it takes to go from zero to impact

We also go deep on:
→ Clay Bootcamp and how to win a scholarship
→ Mindset > mechanics (always)
→ How women in GTM are landing high-impact roles across the world

This isn’t theory.
This is action.
A movement, not a moment.

If you're a woman and you want to break into GTM, this one is for you. 

🎙️ Listen to this episode now: https://lnkd.in/dctDV5Dr

Human SDR = 100K in pipeline
Human SDR + AI SDR = 1M in pipeline (and growing!)

Not kidding.

Meet Jason - the AI SDR that feels human, works superhuman, and never asks for a raise.

Here’s what you get (for the price of a SaaS tool, not a full-time salary):

→ Learns your product, offer, and playbook
→ Defines your ICP, then finds leads in a sea of 1B+ verified contacts
→ Writes custom emails, LinkedIn messages, even calls - in 50+ languages
→ Handles replies and books meetings (all while you sleep)
→ Keeps your sender reputation safe, so you stay out of spam

You set the strategy.
Jason does the rest.

No need for a sales floor full of reps.
No more admin headaches.
No more “Did you follow up with that lead?” (Jason never forgets.)

Here’s how it stacks up:

Classic SDR:
- $8,000/month (salary, tools, data, admin)
- 40 hours/week
- Missed follow-ups
- Gets tired

Jason AI SDR:
- $500/month
- 24/7/365
- Never forgets a prospect
- Always peak performance

Most teams using Jason see:
→ 2x more replies (personalized outreach beats templates every time)
→ 5+ hours saved weekly (spend that time closing, not chasing)
→ Global reach (no language barrier, no timezone issues)

The best part?
You review and approve every message before it goes out.
Total control, zero grunt work.

Jason becomes your best SDR in a few clicks.
Set up your playbook, ICP, and offer - then let the meetings roll in.

Back when I was an SDR at Personio, my days looked like this:

- Build endless lists (by hand)
- Double-check every contact in Salesforce
- Follow up in SalesLoft (over and over)
- Pray half the emails weren’t dead or outdated

I can still remember the feeling. Seven SDRs in my team, all grinding away. Lists everywhere. The same old slow process. (You know the drill.)

Some days, I spent more time fixing bad data than actually reaching out to prospects.

I would open a list and see half the emails bounce. Phone numbers? Wrong or missing. ICP? Who knows. We were guessing more than we were selling.

It felt like running on a treadmill-never getting anywhere.

Fast forward to now.

I can do 7x the work. Maybe more.

Here’s why:

- I build lists in minutes, not hours
- Every lead is enriched inside Clay before outreach
- I know exactly when to reach out (and to who)
- I spot ICPs and pain points without guessing
- LinkedIn campaigns, phone call transcripts-pulled in, connected, ready

No more spreadsheet nightmares. No more “who is this?” moments. No more wasted time on people who will never buy.

It’s not just faster. It’s smarter.

I see founders and sales teams still stuck in the old way. Still burning out on manual list building. Still missing the signals that actually matter.

AI-powered GTM systems changed everything for me.

- More energy
- More real conversations
- More results (and WAY less frustration)

Sales is evolving faster than ever. If you’re still doing it all by hand, trust me-you’re missing out.

I trained my AI with $10,000+ in sales coaching.
Now you can use it too-no cost.

Sales Coach is my AI sidekick.
Not a random tool, but the one I use for every single sales call, pitch meeting, and sales email.

Here’s what I did:

→ I fed it every transcript from my sales calls
→ Added my discovery call notes
→ Trained it with everything I learned from years of sales (including all the expensive coaching-yes, the stuff that costs more than a used car)

All the frameworks, objection-handling, closing techniques, and “what actually works in the B2B trenches”?

Loaded in.
No fluff.
No recycled LinkedIn tips.

What my Sales Coach does for me:

- Preps me before every discovery call (with a cheat sheet based on the actual prospect)
- Suggests what to ask, what to watch out for, and how to steer the conversation
- Helps me draft emails that don’t sound like a bot
- Gives me pitch ideas, objection-handling lines, follow-up reminders (all in my style)
- Feels like having my own sales coach on call, 24/7

I built this for myself and DWY clients at Platinum Agency.
It’s my secret weapon for closing more deals, faster.

Normally, I keep this for paying clients.
But I want to share it with you.

If you want to try my AI Sales Coach-
comment with “coach” below.

I’ll send you the AI, no strings attached.

(Yes, the same AI I use to win deals every week.)

Test it before your next sales call.
See what happens.

99% of cold outreach fails because people trust AI to do all the work. Here’s what actually moves the needle.

I see it every week.

Someone fires up a fancy AI tool, plugs in a list, and waits for replies that never come.

Here’s the truth:

AI personalization isn’t magic.
You can plug in all the {first name} and “saw your latest post” lines you want.
If your message is generic, it still gets ignored.

What works?

Testing your value prop.
Building a list that actually makes sense.
Using AI to speed things up-but not letting it do all the thinking for you.

I’m not anti-AI.
I use it every day.

But if it takes forever to build or costs a fortune, and if it doesn’t actually move the needle, skip it.

Here’s how I come up with fast, real personalization that gets replies:

- Mention how you built the list
”I read your homepage and imagined how your {product/service} could be bundled into a seasonal campaign for {their target buyer persona}—has your team explored this?”

- Spot a possible problem
“I ran a scan of your product pages and noticed inconsistencies in photo styles—do you have a brand photography style guide in place?”

- Reference what competitors are doing
“Have you seen {X} and {Y}-both with similar Shopify stores-scale to 9 figures using Meta Ads?”

- Point out a gap
“Saw on SimilarWeb your traffic jumped by {{X%}} recently—curious if your lead capture strategy is scaling with it?”

- Local angle
“Since you’re based in {{city}}, we compiled a report on top-performing campaigns from other local {{industry}} brands—happy to send it your way?”

It’s not about showing off how smart your AI is.
It’s about showing you did your homework.

If AI helps you do that faster-great.
But the real win is relevance.

Not fake personalization.
Not endless prompts.

You want more replies?
Start with a sharp list and a real message.

Your prospect owes you NOTHING.

Stop wasting money on the wrong GTM tools. Here’s my top 20 that actually grow revenue.

Too many founders buy tools that look shiny but don’t move the needle.

Seen it. Lived it.

Your stack should do one thing: help you close more deals, faster.

Here’s my working list after helping 25+ B2B companies scale:

Listbuilding & Research:

- Clay(gent)
- DiscoLike
- Sales Navigator (evergreen)
- Octave

Data:

- Prospeo.io
- Icypeas
- LeadMagic
- FullEnrich

Sequencing tools:

- Instantly.ai
- Smartlead
- HeyReach.io
- lemlist

CRM:

- HubSpot
- Breakcold (Social Selling)
- Freckle.io (CRM Enrichment)

LinkedIn Content:

- Scripe
- Chat GPT
- Figma/Canva/Photoshop

Notetaking:

- Fathom.ai

Backend Automations:

- Zapier
- n8n

Every tool earns its spot.

No filler. No hype.

Each one solves a real problem I see in GTM every week.

- Sequencing tools help you run campaigns at scale.
- Listbuilding tools keep your outreach targeted.
- Data tools make sure you’re actually someone.
- CRM keeps your deals moving.
- Content and notes keep your message sharp and your team in sync.
- Automations save time and let you focus on closing.

No single tool does it all.

But together, this stack covers every base you need to grow revenue.

Stop stacking random tools.

Start building a system.

Your stack should prove your value, every day.

What’s in your GTM stack? Drop your favorite tools below.

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Arnaud Renoux switched from agency deals with five figures to SaaS selling for two figures.

He used to close quarterly agency contracts for five, sometimes six figures.

The money hit fast. The growth was real. He could see the impact right away.

Then he jumped to SaaS.

Two-figure, three-figure deals. Monthly recurring revenue, but small and slow.

The type of deals you get when you run an agency versus a SaaS are very different.

Every founder who’s done both knows what he means.

Agency growth feels like a sprint. You build, you pitch, you sign, you see the numbers jump.

SaaS is a marathon. You launch, wait, tweak, and hope for compounding to kick in.

At first, it felt like nothing worked. Deals trickled in. The brand was unknown. The competition was everywhere.

But something changed when he shifted my mindset.

Stopped expecting fast wins. Focused on stacking small gains.

Month after month, the little deals started to add up. Word of mouth picked up. Brand momentum grew.

Now, he can see the compound effect.

It’s not as tangible as agency life. But it’s real.

The agency gave hom instant feedback. SaaS forced me to play the long game.

It’s a different kind of hard.

But he keeps going.

Because when the momentum hits, all those small wins turn into something big.

If you dream of building your own SaaS someday, listen to the new episode of GTM Advantage: https://lnkd.in/dk3RsNxk

Worried about getting banned by LinkedIn? Aimfox makes safety the #1 feature.

Let’s be honest. Most LinkedIn automation tools feel like a gamble.

You want to scale your outreach, but you’re always watching your back. One wrong move, and your (or your client’s) profile is toast.

Aimfox changes all that.

Built from the ground up for agencies, GTM teams, and power users who need to move fast-but can’t afford risk.

Here’s what’s different:

- Unibox: All your client accounts, every conversation, one clean stream. No more juggling tabs. No more “unified inbox” that barely works.
- Multi-account campaigns: Run real outreach at scale. Launch, track, and optimize from a single dashboard. (No more spreadsheet gymnastics.)
- Safety-first automation: Every workflow in Aimfox is designed to keep you under LinkedIn’s radar. Built-in guardrails = outreach with peace of mind.
- True GTM stack integration: Plug Aimfox into Clay, Make, Zapier, or n8n. Your LinkedIn outreach is no longer a separate island. If you find a lead in Clay, Aimfox can trigger a connection request instantly. Multichannel, finally unified.
- Native LinkedIn account rental: Scale like you do with cold email. Rent and brand profiles for outreach. More reach, more meetings, less risk. (This is a first for LinkedIn.)

Here’s who wins with Aimfox:

→ GTM Experts & Clay Users
Build sophisticated workflows, enrich data, and engage on LinkedIn in real time.

→ Sales Teams (SDRs, AEs, Heads of Sales)
Automate boring prospecting. Distribute leads to the team. Track replies. Focus on closing, not chasing.

→ Agencies
Manage every client’s outreach in one place. No patchwork. No panic.

Common pain points? Gone.

- No more clunky interfaces.
- No more fear of bans.
- No more disconnected workflows.

I’ve tested every tool out there. Most make you choose: scale or safety.

Aimfox lets you have both.

$348K Pipeline. 174 LinkedIn leads. 57% acceptance. 48% replies. My client turned engagement into meetings.

Not magic.

A system.

When you post on LinkedIn and people engage, you are not just getting likes. You are getting warm leads. People who already see your value.

Most ignore this. As a content creator myself, I do not.

Here is the flow I built for a client:

→ We capture every like and comment with Phantombuster.
→ Clay checks if they are a fit and if we already reached out.
→ We segment by what they engaged with: cold email, DMs, templates.
→ Each group gets a tailored message.

Simple.

The outreach is not spam. No pitch slap. We keep it real. We start with a connection request. Wait 2 days. Like their post. Wait 3 hours. Send a message that fits what they care about. Wait 4 days. Follow up.

One line from the campaign:

“Forgot to mention I made free resources on my best emails, calls, and DMs. Happy to send them over if one is a focus at the minute.”

Clay for the data. Phantombuster for scraping. And as a certified expert, HeyReach.io is the only tool I trust for LinkedIn campaigns.

174 leads. 57% accept. 48% reply. All from people who already raised their hand.

No cold lists. No wasted effort.

You have this goldmine if you post on LinkedIn. Most let it go to waste.

Do you want revenue or just likes?

If you want the system, I can help founders who post on LinkedIn set this up.

Check out the comments for the complete article and video walkthrough! Big thanks to Vukasin Vukosavljevic for putting this together.

If you can’t find an email with FullEnrich, no one can. I dare you to try.

I have seen every data tool out there. Most hit a wall. FullEnrich keeps going.

I use it every week for my outbound. Results are simple. More emails. More phone numbers. More at-bats.

Here’s why it works:

- 20+ premium data sources in one place
- Waterfall enrichment finds what others miss
- Triple email verification means low bounce and high trust

I build hit lists for my team. Name and company are enough. FullEnrich does the rest.

I want clean data. FullEnrich fixes messy names, removes emojis, corrects company info.

I keep my CRM fresh. No more dead leads. Every record gets the best contact info.

Cold calling? FullEnrich finds mobile numbers from every provider. My team connects fast.

Outbound sequencing? I get verified emails that land. I do not waste credits on junk.

No more guessing if the data is real.

No more spending hours cross-checking.

I pay for what I find. No more, no less.

I have one rule: if FullEnrich cannot find the contact, I move on. No tool gives wider coverage.

If you care about speed and accuracy, you need FullEnrich in your stack.

FullEnrich changed how I prospect.

Don’t take my word for it. Try to break it.

#FullEnrichpartner

Brand partnership • Founder @ Platinum Agency | Helped 20+ B2B Companies Scale Revenue through AI Powered GTM Systems | Podcast: GTM Advantage

Building your CRM wrong can cost you 6 years of growth. Most startups never recover.

Seen it again and again.

Founders treat their CRM like a checklist.

Add contacts. Build automations. Ship dashboards. Move on.

Chaos.

The real pain starts when you try to scale.

Data gets lost. Forecasting breaks. Buyer journeys blur. Teams fight over pipeline reports. You scramble-nothing works.

I sat down with RevOps expert Diana Marcela Gonzalez. Above is just one gem she shared.

Her advice? Treat your CRM like a product.

Here’s how she does it:

- Start with a revenue performance data model
- Design lifecycle stages and lead statuses with real workflows
- Capture sales sentiment manually-don’t automate forecasting
- Build CS handoff and renewal pipelines from day one
- Test, ship, iterate-always

Retention is growth.

Skip these steps, and you’ll pay for it later.

HubSpot Free? Scaling fast? Doesn’t matter.

Diana’s playbook saves you years of rework.

Listen to the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/dB4McPwG

How are you managing forecasting and lifecycle stages?

Let’s swap learnings.

Best practices are a bad joke if your emails land in spam. Time to break the rules.

Everyone says, “Start cheap. Use $2 mailboxes. Scale fast.”

That’s noise.

You watch your delivery get fuzzy. Your open rates drop. Your clients chirp. A VA runs your inbox. You think you’re saving money. You’re just burning trust.

See, the $2 mailbox resellers want you gone. They want to go back to the old days. But there’s no going back.

I changed the game.

Legacy inboxes throttle you for money. They sell you free tiers, unverified domains, “best practices.” You follow their code. You land in spam anyway.

Their quota is a joke. Their rules are a joke.

You break one rule, you learn the truth.

The only way to win now is to choose. Do you want to flag newsletters for mom-and-pop shops, or do you want to build a real outbound system?

You have two paths:

- Private SMTPs at InfraForge: pre-warmed, private infra, launch your campaign in minutes.
- Premium Google mailboxes at PrimeForge: high quality, ready for scale.

I use both. I broke the rules. I stopped listening to “best practices” and started building systems that actually deliver.

Deliverability is a choice.

You can keep chasing cheap. Or you can choose control.

You can watch your inboxes eat each other when returns drop. Or you can step ahead of the curve.

I am not here to play by their rules. I am here to help founders scale with systems that work.

You decide where your emails land.

Would you break a rule to double your reply rate?

The anti-frankenstack: CRM, LinkedIn, inbox, warmup-all for $80/month. Yes, really.

His dad almost shut the whole thing down.

They burned $430,000 in one month.

Cold email tools, warmup, inboxes, verifications, CRMs. You name it, they paid for it. Every “separate stack solution” out there.

- $2,600 for email verification? Paid.
- Multiple CRMs with overlapping features? Signed up.
- New mailbox every time someone sneezed? Done.

They felt the pain. (And a bit of panic.)

Fragmented tools kill GTM velocity. Fast.

They thought they were being strategic. They were just spending more.

Every tool needed a login. Every login needed a process. Every process slowed down the team.

So they did the only thing that made sense.

They built the anti-frankenstack.

- Unified CRM + LinkedIn + inbox + warmup
- One login for the entire team
- Email, domain, sequence tracking in one place
- Native Clay, Salesforce, and Primebox integration
- $80/month. No joke.

They call it: The GTM Stack that Won’t Get You Yelled at by Your Dad.

Startups do NOT need a bigger stack.

They need smarter ops.

They need a system the whole team actually uses.

Here’s what changed for them:
- No more tool chaos
- No more wasted spend
- No more “who owns this inbox?” moments

They run faster. They spend less. The team is finally in sync.

One stack. One login. One bill.

And the joy of not explaining $430K in SaaS spend to your dad.

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