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We The Creators's personal outbound strategy

We’ll share the exact tools that work best for We The Creators in the Creative / Design / Freelance Studio to scale your outbound efforts and help you build more pipeline.

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#1 AI SDR

Recommended Forges

Search Engine For Leads

Primeforge

Google & MS365 Infrastructure

Mailforge

Distributed Email Infrastructure

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Here's what We The Creators should do to generate more qualified meetings every month.

Lead generation

Customer Lookalikes

One of the smartest ways to kick off your outbound campaign is to go after people who look like your best clients. Start by thinking about your top projects — like the Aftershock 2025 launch or your Super Bowl LVIII work — and ask yourself: who else would love these results? You can use Leadsforge to discover similar event organizers, festival promoters, sports marketing teams, or lifestyle brands who regularly need high-impact visuals. Here is why These types of clients already value bold creative. They have the budget, the need, and will recognize your signature style. Leadsforge helps you find more companies just like them so you can focus on what you do best: standout campaigns.

Competitor Followers

A shortcut to fresh opportunities is connecting with the followers of competing or similar creative studios and agencies. These are people and companies already interested in bold storytelling and great design. All you need to do is share your competitor’s LinkedIn company page link in Leadsforge and it will find their followers for you. Here is why These followers are likely to be decision-makers, brand managers, or marketers — right in your sweet spot. Reaching out means you get seen by people already ‘shopping’ for creative partners.

Ideal Customer Profile

Your ideal client profile (ICP) for outbound is already well-structured: focus on Heads of Marketing, Creative Directors, Brand Managers, and Founders/CMOs. Start with event organizers, sports teams, consumer brands, and creative agencies — especially those in the Cincinnati/Midwest area if local connections help. Here is why A refined ICP saves you time and increases response rates. Within Leadsforge, you can filter by team size (1–100 employees), location (Midwest/US), and industry (Events, Brands, Agencies), so your outreach targets only high-fit leads.

Targeting

Segmentation

Segmenting your outreach helps keep your emails relevant and personal. Use your portfolio’s diversity: split lists into segments like large events/festivals, regional brands, creative agencies, and sports teams. Each group gets a tailored case study or hook that speaks to their challenges. Here is why Laser-focused emails built on segmentation are more likely to get replies and meetings booked. Leadsforge lets you easily organize and export segmented lists for each campaign.

Vertical Slices

Get granular within your ICP by focusing on verticals: target DTC apparel brands, sports venue marketers, and agencies handling big campaigns. Vertical targeting is smart when your portfolio has strong examples in those niches – like your Super Bowl and festival work. Leadsforge can source leads from specific industries, giving each vertical a message that resonates.

Signals

Timing matters in outbound. Reach out when prospects are in ‘buy mode’ — like right after event or sponsorship announcements, news about hiring creative leads, funding or rebranding news, or new product launches. These triggers are tracked by Leadsforge so you can jump on the best moments to connect.

Outbound Stack We Recommend:

Every company should choose outbound tools that work specifically for their industry.

Do Outbound Using

Unlimited Linkedin Profiles

Unlimited Mailboxes

Unlimited Premium Warmup

ESP Matching for increased delivery

Here’s Why

Salesforge is great once you’re ready to scale up — it lets you automate follow-ups, track engagement, and manage your pipeline efficiently. For a studio of your size, Salesforge streamlines sequencing, so you spend less time on admin and more on designing for clients.

Find Leads using

Latest & High Quality Contact Data

Find Competitor’s LinkedIn Page Followers

Highest Data Coverage (10+ Providers)

Find Lookalikes of your Customers

Find Linkedin, Email & Phone Number

Here’s Why

Leadsforge is your shortcut for finding high-quality leads with minimal hassle. It handles competitor research, building targeted prospect lists, and keeping your campaigns organized. Simply pick your best client type, upload a competitor page, or refine your ICP — Leadsforge does the rest.

Possible combinations

Primeforge is recommended for Google/Microsoft mailboxes, helping you keep high deliverability, sender reputation, and account safety. Combine this setup with Mailforge for easy, affordable mailbox management for small teams. As you grow, upgrade to Infraforge if you need dedicated IP reputation management or plan to send at very high volumes.

Available Domains

wethecreators.co wethecreatorsstudio.com wethecreatorscreative.com wethecreatorshq.com wethecreators.us

Outreach Layer

Running & Managing Everything

Get 14 day Free Trial

Growth base plan

Cost

$96 / month

10,000 Active contacts & Emails

Growth plan

200,000

Emails

Cost

800,000

$96 / month

1,000 Personalization credits

Growth plan

200,000

Cost

$130 / month

1,000 Validation credits

Growth plan

319,456

Cost

$228 / month

100,000

Cost

Lead Generation Layer

Search Engine For Leads

Get 100 Free Credits

2,000 Active contacts & Emails

Tier 12

200,000

Export Credits

Cost

800,000

$96 / month

Leadsforge Essential Plan

Cost

$49 / month

Infrastructure Layer

Primeforge + Mailforge recommended combo

Google & MS365 Infrastructure

Try Primeforge

8,000 Leads to process

Tier 12

183,000

Mailboxes

Cost

Domains

Cost

$96 / month

$112 / month

Distributed Email Infrastructure

Try Mailforge

8,000 Leads to process

Tier 12

183,000

Mailboxes

Cost

Domains

Cost

$96 / month

$112 / month

Private Email Infrastructure

Try Infraforge

8,000 Leads to process

Tier 12

183,000

Mailboxes

Cost

Domains

Cost

$96 / month

$112 / month

Selected products

Salesforge

Sales Execution

$96

/ month

Leadsforge

Search Engine For Leads

$49

/ month

Primeforge

Google & MS365 Infrastructure

$123

/ month

Mailforge

Distributed Email Infrastructure

$86

/ month

Infraforge

Private Email Infrastructure

$109

/ month

Estimated total

$2,608

/month

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“Salesforge and your other products, and your fast support team were crucial in my first 2 years running a lead generation agency. As a solo founder, generating leads for myself and my clients is challenging. Salesforge helped me create a "lean and mean" pipeline. With a small investment of time and money, I often receive so many leads that I have to pause my campaigns.”

Vytas Mikulenas

Founder, Lean Sales Systems

“I've used many platforms and no one beats Salesforge on email deliverability and ease of use. Every week the team adds new features and the support is excellent!”

Sam Momani

CEO, LinkedDNA

"Salesforge's new infrastructure is a game-changer. Big boost for my deliverability and sending capacity. I've tried multiple outreach tools and let me tell you: it's a must-have for everyone that is serious about cold emailing at scale."

Roman Hipp

Co-founder, bettercontact.rocks

"Our CAC is currently $2.86, and we expect it to decrease even further. We’re currently onboarding 4 to 5 new music creators every day. We truly believe in what you’re building at Salesforge. Your guidance on how to scale and reach the right customers has been a game changer for us. Tying your strategy of setting up domains + inboxes + warming up + daily limits with our royalty audit lead magnet has allowed us to grow efficiently, bringing in strong results without excessive effort. It’s made a real difference."