Does anyone have a good guide on how to build a top of funnel automation that finds companies, decision makers at those companies, and send personalized emails to them?
Hey great question! What you’re describing is basically the “holy grail” Clay workflow: automated outbound from discovery → enrichment → outreach. The high-level flow looks like this:
Find companies:
Use Clay’s Find Companies or import from LinkedIn / Apollo / Google Maps based on your ICP filters.
Enrich the companies:
Add data like industry, employee size, tech stack, funding, etc. (helps with personalization).
Find decision makers:
Use Find People (with title filters like “Head of Marketing” or “VP Sales”) linked to the company domain.
Get verified emails:
Run the Work Email waterfall to find accurate, validated contact emails.
Personalize at scale:
Use Claygent or custom AI prompts to generate one-liners, intros, or first-touch messages based on the company site or recent signals.
Send emails automatically:
Push the enriched + personalized leads into your sequencer (Instantly, Smartlead, or HubSpot).
If you want, search “Full outbound workflow” in Clay University or check out the Outbound GTM Starter Template in your dashboard it’s prebuilt and covers all 6 steps.
