Colin Gallagher

The AI Marketing Guy — Building a community & bootstrapping an AI writing SaaS to $1 million per year | Join 15,000+ AI marketing newsletter subscribers to future proof your career & build brands with AI.

If you sell b2b these days... landing premium clients consistently is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

You've probably tried:

❌ Daily LinkedIn content — But got lost in the noise
❌ Generic outreach — Getting ignored or attracting tire-kickers
❌ Referral networking — Great when it works, but too unpredictable
❌ Being a "marketing generalist" — Only to compete on price with cheap freelancers

These approaches "work"...

But let's be honest - they're costing you more time and energy than they're worth... especially when you're trying to command $5K-$10K monthly retainers.

That's why we help b2b companies to unlock predictable client acquisition through Linkedin.

Within just 90 days, our team will help you:

✅ Position yourself as the premium choice in your niche (without becoming an "influencer")
✅ Build relationships with 1,000 dream clients (companies you'd be proud to feature on your website)
✅ Generate high-quality leads using a proven system that doesn't require daily posting
✅ Close retainer clients at 2-3x your current rates

Premium clients will be booking into your calendar each month…

All you'll have to do is close deals with prospects who already see your value.

We've helped 100+ businesses to book 2,000+ sales calls and earn millions in revenue through LinkedIn. Here's what our clients say:

"Within 22 days of implementing this system, I went from charging $1,000 to $3,000 per month and signed 4 new retainer clients." — John A., Marketing Consultant

"We added $160,000 in revenue within 6-months" — Ben, CEO @ Seneca Business Solutions

Ready to start attracting premium clients who value your expertise?

P.S. Our approach isn't about posting content every day or becoming another "LinkedIn expert". It's about building a systematic way to attract and close premium clients. Speak soon!

Head Growth Coach

Click the link below for 7 ChatGPT Prompts to help you write 7-days of Linkedin content in 10-minutes a day (...or less).

R.I.P. cold email agencies

Our clients booked 73 calls in the first 18 days of 2026 using ONLY Linkedin.

While most founders think cold outreach is dead.

They're wrong.

Cold email is dying. 

But Linkedin outreach works better than ever. 

I just packaged our entire Linkedin outreach system that's generating daily meetings for our B2B clients right now.

If you're a B2B Founder or sales leader struggling to fill your pipeline consistently, this will change your outbound game.

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Cold email replies should trigger LinkedIn requests.

I was talking to an SEO agency owner who's crushing cold email right now.

14 calls booked this month from two campaigns he launched recently.

I asked him: "What happens when someone gives you a neutral or positive reply?"

Nothing, really. He follows up on email. Sometimes they go cold.

Here's what I told him:

Whenever someone gives you a neutral or positive reply on email, they should get a LinkedIn connection request.

Now you're hitting them on two channels.

If they go quiet on email, DM them on LinkedIn. Share a relevant post. Stay visible.

Even better: if you've got a good piece of content, send it with the re-engagement.
"
Hey, I wrote this on LinkedIn [insert why it's specific to them]- you might find it useful."

Then they see you everywhere. Like a flywheel.

Cold email and LinkedIn aren't separate strategies. They're parts of the same system.

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PS - If I could book you 2-3 meetings every week with your ideal customers through Linkedin, would you be open to a chat?

We'll launch your LinkedIn outreach campaign and contact 600 qualified leads for free, so you can sample real results...

Before deciding whether you’d like to move forward.

Interested? Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gXS4jJ45

You're writing LinkedIn content for people who will never buy from you. 

Content creators who sell LinkedIn courses get insane engagement. 30-40% response rates. Tons of comments. Viral posts.

B2B service providers copy their playbook and get nothing.

Because content creators are writing for everyone. Hooks that stop the scroll. Morning routines. Productivity hacks. Stuff that appeals to anyone with a LinkedIn account.

That's not your buyer.

Your buyer is a CFO who doesn't care about your morning routine. A CTO who isn't looking for life hacks. They're looking for someone who gets their actual problem.

When you write for the algorithm, you attract algorithmically. Lots of randos liking your stuff. 
Very few who can sign a check.

When you write for your buyer, engagement drops and your pipeline fills up.

Content stops being a magnet and starts being a filter. Weeds out the people who were never going to buy. Pulls in the ones with budget and authority.

We've worked with 100+ clients now. The ones who write for their buyer book more meetings than the ones chasing likes.

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PS - If I could book you 2-3 meetings every week with your ideal customers through Linkedin, would you be open to a chat?

We'll launch your LinkedIn outreach campaign and contact 600 qualified leads for free, so you can sample real results...

Before deciding whether you’d like to move forward.

Interested? Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gXS4jJ45

I send cold DMs for a living and I hate pushy outreach too. 

The pushiness people associate with cold outreach isn't about the outreach. It's about the targeting.

When you blast 5,000 random people with a generic pitch, that feels gross. 

Because it is gross. You're interrupting strangers who never asked to hear from you about a problem they might not even have.

But when you message 500 VPs who just liked a post about the exact problem you solve?

That's not pushy. That's helpful.

We've booked 2,000+ meetings at this point. The secret isn't some magic script. It's finding people who are already looking for help and starting a conversation.

We spend the lions share of time on targeting and list building. 

Because a boring message to someone with a real problem books the meeting. A brilliant message to someone who doesn't need you gets ignored.

Our clients book 3-4 qualified calls a week. Not because we're convincing anyone. Because we're reaching people who already want what they're selling.

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PS - If I could book you 2-3 meetings every week with your ideal customers through Linkedin, would you be open to a chat?

We'll launch your LinkedIn outreach campaign and contact 600 qualified leads for free, so you can sample real results...

Before deciding whether you’d like to move forward.

Interested? Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gXS4jJ45

Most people think LinkedIn outreach is a numbers game. Send more messages, get more meetings.

Doesn't work that way.

We had a client sending 45 messages a day. Getting maybe 2 qualified meetings a month. 

They were grinding.

We dropped them to 15 messages a day. Meetings went to 12 per month.

What changed? We spent way more time upfront building the right list. 

Instead of rushing through targeting to get to the "real work" of sending messages, we treated the list like it was the whole game.

Because it is.

Once the targeting was dialed, the daily work got easier. Less volume, better people, more replies.

They're now booking a qualified meeting every day. The outreach itself takes maybe 20 minutes because they're not chasing people that never intend to buy. 

The messages didn't get fancier. We just stopped sending them to people who don't have the problem.

A boring message to someone with a bleeding neck beats a clever message to someone who's fine.

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PS - If I could book you 2-3 meetings every week with your ideal customers through Linkedin, would you be open to a chat?

We'll launch your LinkedIn outreach campaign and contact 600 qualified leads for free, so you can sample real results...

Before deciding whether you’d like to move forward.

Interested? Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gXS4jJ45

Your sales team is wasting 80% of their LinkedIn time on content creation.

Here's what I see:

-> Sales VPs tell their teams to "be active on LinkedIn."
-> They spend 3 hours a week writing posts about industry trends.
-> They get 12 likes from other salespeople.
-> Zero meetings booked.

Meanwhile, their quota gap keeps growing.

The math is backwards:

80% of booked calls come from outreach, not content.

Content supports outreach. It doesn't replace it.

Your prospect sees your outreach message first. Then they check your profile.

If your profile shows you understand their world, they respond.

We've booked 2,000+ sales calls for B2B services.

80% came from targeted outreach to the right prospects.
20% came from people who found us through content.

Your sales team needs pipeline, not followers.

Get them off the content hamster wheel.

Put them back on the phones and keyboards. 

Here's what happened when we ran pure outreach for a recruitment agency — no content, no lead magnets: 

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PS - If I could book you 2-3 meetings every week with your ideal customers through Linkedin, would you be open to a chat?

We'll launch your LinkedIn outreach campaign and contact 600 qualified leads for free, so you can sample real results...

Before deciding whether you’d like to move forward.

Interested? Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gXS4jJ45

Founder @ Growlancer | Done-For-You Linkedin Growth | Go to our website for a Free trial.

You DON'T need AI personalization to book meetings on LinkedIn.

You need relevance.

Here's proof:

Yesterday I set up a campaign in 15 minutes with:

→ No personalized first lines
→ No "saw your post about X" openers
→ No connection request message at all

Result? 

→ 2 meetings booked within 24 hours.
→ The secret isn't in the script.
→ It's in the strategy that happens BEFORE you write anything.

In the video below, I walk through exactly how I:

→ Identified a sub-niche
→ Found their specific pain
→ Matched my promise to their reality
→ Built the list using filters that actually matter
→ Wrote direct copy that earned the right to be direct

If you like the video & want some more examples of how this can apply in your niche...

I put together a comprehensive doc (not the one in the video) with 5 niche example walkthroughs.

This doc has everything you need to get this campaign set up today.

Want it?

Comment "RELEVANCE" & I'll send it over.

PS - If you want us to build a campaign like this for you (free trial, we contact 200 ideal prospects at no cost), book a call: https://growlancer.ai/

1 lead for every 38 Linkedin connection requests to eCommerce brand Founders & CMOs

That's not a typo.

In the video below, I broke down exactly how we built this campaign for a client in the affiliate marketing space.

This one worked because we started in the right place:

- Industry they had native credibility in
- Company size that matched their capacity
- Job titles that actually make decisions
- Social proof so strong prospects would be crazy to ignore it

The script basically wrote itself after that.

If you want the full document with the targeting breakdown, message psychology, and exact scripts we used...

Comment "TEARDOWN" & I'll DM it to you.

And...

If you want us to build a campaign like this for your business (free trial, we contact 200 of your ideal customers for free), book a call: https://lnkd.in/gXS4jJ45

80% of B2B sales leaders think they need more leads. They don't.

They just need better targeting.

I see this pattern constantly: Companies book 15-20 meetings per month but close maybe 1-2 deals.

The problem isn't volume. It's that they're talking to anyone with a pulse and a LinkedIn profile.

You already know there's a lot of wasted time.

Real lead generation has two phases:

1. Get the meeting
2. Qualify before the meeting

We pre-qualify every prospect with 3 simple questions before booking:

- Budget range confirmed
- Decision-making process mapped
- Timeline established

So our clients average 3-4 qualified conversations per week instead of 15 unqualified ones.

Less work. Better outcomes.

You don't need a bigger funnel. You need a better filter. 

Do you pre-qualify?

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PS - If I could book you 2-3 meetings every week with your ideal customers through Linkedin, would you be open to a chat?

We'll launch your LinkedIn outreach campaign and contact 600 qualified leads for free, so you can sample real results...

Before deciding whether you’d like to move forward.

Interested? Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gpPtqmis

Your LinkedIn content got 500 likes and zero sales calls. Here's what happened: 

You spent 2 hours on it. Felt productive. Got engagement. Comments. Little dopamine hits.

Your competitor spent 30 minutes sending 15 messages to people who actually buy what you sell.

They booked 3 calls. You got likes from other marketers.

Content feels like work because it is work. But it's work that lets you avoid the thing that actually books meetings.

Outreach feels pushy. Salesy. So you convince yourself that posting is the play.

Here's what we see across 100+ clients: 80% of booked calls come from outreach. Not content.

Content isn't the thing that gets the meeting. It's the thing that answers "should I take this call?" after you've already reached out. 

Prospect gets your message, clicks your profile, sees you know what you're talking about. Then they reply.

That's the order. Outreach first. Content supports.

We've booked over 2,000 calls this way. Not because the content was incredible. Because the outreach put it in front of people who were already looking for help.

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PS - If I could book you 2-3 meetings every week with your ideal customers through Linkedin, would you be open to a chat?

We'll launch your LinkedIn outreach campaign and contact 600 qualified leads for free, so you can sample real results...

Before deciding whether you’d like to move forward.

Interested? Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gXS4jJ45

9 meetings booked in 17 days — all from cold outreach, zero content.

Everyone's obsessing over "becoming a thought leader" while their pipeline stays empty.

Here's what actually happened:

This client had been posting 3x per week for 8 months. Great engagement. Lots of comments.

Zero qualified meetings.

We paused content entirely. Focused 100% on outbound.

• Identified 500 sales VPs at target companies
• Sent personalized connection requests
• Followed up with simple, direct messages
• No clever hooks. No thought leadership.

We got him 9 qualified calls in under 3 weeks.

Content builds your reputation. Outreach builds your revenue.

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PS - If I could book you 2-3 meetings every week with your ideal customers through Linkedin, would you be open to a chat?

We'll launch your LinkedIn outreach campaign and contact 600 qualified leads for free, so you can sample real results...

Before deciding whether you’d like to move forward.

Interested? Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gXS4jJ45

Bad leads don't just waste money. They burn out your sales team. 

I see this constantly. Company hires a lead gen agency. Agency floods their calendar with meetings. Everyone celebrates the volume.

Virtual 🚀's  all round.

Then reality hits.

20 meetings booked. 2 show up. 0 close.

Sales team sits through bad-fit demos all week. 

Prospects who don't have budget. Prospects who aren't decision makers. Prospects who took the call because someone pestered them into it with their 7 step outreach sequence. 

After a few months of this, your best reps start avoiding the calendar. They stop trusting the leads. Pipeline dries up and nobody can figure out why.

The lead gen worked. The meetings got booked. So what's the problem?

The problem is most lead generation ignores everything that happens after the booking.

We've booked 2,000+ calls for B2B services at this point. The clients who see real ROI aren't obsessing over meeting volume. They're qualifying before booking. They're tracking show rates, not just book rates. They're optimizing for deal size.

Your sales team should be excited when a meeting hits their calendar. If they're groaning, your lead gen is broken. Doesn't matter how many meetings you're booking.

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PS - If I could book you 2-3 meetings every week with your ideal customers through Linkedin, would you be open to a chat?

We'll launch your LinkedIn outreach campaign and contact 600 qualified leads for free, so you can sample real results...

Before deciding whether you’d like to move forward.

Interested? Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gXS4jJ45

CEO & Founder at Cribworks | Sales & Business Development | Go-To-Market Strategy | Passionate consultant & advisor helping businesses thrive

Over the last 15 years, I've helped commercial corporations, startups, and non-profits grow, foster new relationships, and crush their overall sales goals. 

From bringing whiteboard ideas to life to building a >$100M of new business, I've taken a very structured business development approach to growth. 

From my hands-on sales experience, working with both small and large companies, I learned a lot about what works and what doesn't. So in 2019, I started my own company. 

I believe building your business relies on a multitude of assets, both internally and externally focused. From your company differentiators to building account management plans, to strategic partnerships, to social selling, building you into a trusted advisor is where you should be. 

I've worked in marketing, business development, corporate strategy, and government affairs for several firms, including Signify (formerly Philips Lighting), Major League Rugby (MLR) franchise Old Glory DC, Royal Philips, Elbit Systems of America, Chenega Corporation and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs within the United States Senate.

I also sit on the Board of Directors for the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) in Washington DC, a non-profit organization that collaborates with both government and private sector on national security infrastructure challenges. 

I'm an active member throughout the local rugby community, recently serving as President of the Washington Irish Rugby Football Clubs, and work with local youth rugby clubs throughout the area. Lastly, I'm also active in various organizations such as Association for United States Army (AUSA), USA Rugby, Smart Cities Group, and others. 

I hold a Bachelor of Arts from Bates College in Maine and certifications from Shipley University in business development and capture management.

Driven individual focused on:
- Sales & Business Development
- Sales Process Improvement
- Pursuit & Capture Strategy
- Go-To-Market Strategy
- Competitive Analysis
- Win Strategies & Gap Analysis
- Management Consulting

Whitney Stowell

2 weeks! Join the SAME DC Post for marking three decades of excellence in military engineering and national security infrastructure at our Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, January 28th, at the National Press Club.

Join the leadership community at our signature awards dinner, where government executives, military leadership, and industry representatives gather to recognize exceptional contributions to America's defense and infrastructure capabilities.

This year's milestone celebration honors the military professionals and industry partners whose vision and execution strengthen our national security mission. The evening features military branch service awards, recognition of outstanding SAME members and sustaining firms, and the installation of our 2026 leadership.

An intimate networking environment with decision-makers across the private and public sectors. Still plenty of time to sign up!

Check out last year's photos! We look forward to seeing you then!

Less than 2 weeks! Be sure to join the SAME DC Post and The George Washington University EEMI for our Transatlantic Energy Security Conference at the National Press Club on February 4th!

This full-day symposium brings together leaders from government, defense, utilities, industry, and academia to confront one of the most urgent challenges of our time: energy security in an AI-driven world.

As electricity demand surges and critical infrastructure faces mounting cyber and physical threats, this event aims to elevate transatlantic cooperation, drive strategic alignment, and catalyze practical solutions across sectors.

Check out the panels and topics that we are going to be covering below!

What to learn more? Tickets and sponsorships are still available.

Hope to see you there!

Less than 4 weeks until the upcoming SAME DC Post and The George Washington University EEMI Transatlantic Energy Security Symposium at the National Press Club on Wednesday, February 4th!

As military installations, federal campuses, and public infrastructure face rising energy demand along with increasing cyber and physical vulnerabilities, how we approach these issues is absolutely critical.

This symposium offers engineers, architects, construction, and facility professionals a direct connection to the policy landscape that will guide future design, construction, and infrastructure priorities. 

Attendees will gain insight into emerging requirements, resilience strategies, and best practices that influence how projects are planned, delivered, and sustained across the federal sectors.

Here's a glimpse into the panels:
- Honorable Alex Beehler hosts U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on a morning keynote
- Michelle Amante Harstine brings together congressional members to talk about energy engagement and a perspective from Capitol Hill
- Stacey Shepard, PMP moderates a panel discussing the latest on the permitting processes
- John "Chris" Brookie, PMP,  C.P.L. moderates a panel focused on defense and market strategies for energy security and the latest trends across the industry

Join us as we host leaders across both industry and government! With companies such as Bechtel Corporation, Centrica Business Solutions, Frontera Group, EPRI, and others coming in to provide insights and recommendations.

Join both state, local, federal, and international government representations from Loudoun County Government, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Air Force, US Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Embassy of Romania, British Embassy, and others.

Will be a great day for networking, insights from both industry and government, and more!

Click the link below to learn more! Tickets and sponsorships are available!

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights movement. Today we celebrate and honor his legacy & service.

It has been a little more than 60 years since the passing of the 1963 Civil Rights Act, which Dr. King was instrumental in helping pass.

“Let us rise up tonight with greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination.

And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be.

We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.”

Excerpt from Dr. King's Promise Land Speech. April 4th, 1968 in Memphis, TN.

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Join Bree Beal and I for our upcoming session at the DBIA Mid-Atlantic Region (EST 2025) Summit Conference on March 18th!

Details on our session which will focus on AI, Business Development, and Human Insight to help you grow and scale your business and pipeline. 

Check out more on the packed event below! We hope that you can make it and look forward to seeing you there!

Join me at the inaugural DBIA MAR Summit on March 18! Whitney Stowell and I will be presenting "Building Trust: Balancing AI and Human Insight for Relationship-Driven Growth" at the 10:30 am session.

Learn more and register now to be a part of the Summit! Support industry best practices, work for innovation, and build relationships!

✨DBIA Mid-Atlantic Region Summit ✨
March 18, 2026
📍Sheraton Pentagon City, Arlington, VA
→ Register: https://lnkd.in/ez_J5-nV
🏅Sponsorships are available to support this important Summit!

#ArtificialIntelligence #DesignBuild #HumanInsight #2026DBIAMAR #AlternativeProjectDelivery | DBIA Mid-Atlantic Region (EST 2025) | Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) | KCCT | Christine Angleton, DBIA, LEED AP

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