Hey everyone! Sania here. I've been into Sales and Marketing for the past 3 years (particularly working with an agency) I started out as a cold email copywriter in that agency and then claimed up to full account manager managing end to end sales finnels. We didn't use any automations or stuff like that. It was purely manual and involved 6-8 hours of research on a single prospect. My cold emails have opened conversations that closed Figure worth of projects. Not to count the countless positive replies (part of which used to rave about how relevant and specific the email was) It's been around a month since I dabbled my feet into GTME. But almost every successful GTME I see has been a Clay Bootcamp alumni at some point in time. My question is: Is it mandatory to join @clay bootcamp to slash the learning curve and get your hands dirty with real work (instead of JUST learning)? If yes, what's the procedure to secure a scholarship into the bootcamp? And if not, how can we step into the execution mode and start building real workflows. Because starting out, I think nobody has the budget to invest in these tools' paid plans. Would it be a better alternative to join an agency as an intern and work under their mentorship? I don't want to carry the baggage of 3+ years in sales and marketing and think I'm too ahead to become an intern but I feel like I do have a solid understanding of sales, customer journey, human psychology, what I need to polish is working inside these tools, AI, automations and those sorts of things. A detailed response would be highly appreciated
Hi all, Sania here. I'm coming with 3+ years in sales and marketing (including being a cold emails copywriter with emails that opened conversations that closed 5-figires worth of projects) It's been almost 3 weeks that I've switched to upskilling with this new skill - GTM engineering... And I feel like I'm spending wayyy too much time consuming content, learning and watching videos (GTM session recordings by Kaveria Shah - the 2025 Clay Cup champion, YouTube videos, Clay University) It feels productive but that's not my end goal atm. I want REAL, hands-on experience working on real projects. I feel like investing in Clay and other tools right now is way too much to begin with (I've already invested in Claude PRO) I wanted to ask if we can start building workflows and portfolios with the free versions of all the tools necessary for building the infrastructure. Also what's the minimum skill level necessary before I can actively reach out to people (specifically those running GTM agencies to learn UNDER them) for work?
