AI Cold Outreach & Lead

AI Cold Outreach & Lead Generation System (n8n + AI)

I built an automated system that finds leads, writes personal emails, and follows up, without manual work.

The problem

Cold outreach takes hours every day. Finding leads, researching each one, writing emails, tracking replies, and following up. It is slow and easy to mess up.

What I built

A single n8n system that runs the full outreach process on a schedule.

Finds new leads from Apollo every morning

Enriches and researches each lead using web scraping and AI

Keeps only qualified leads, then saves them to a Google Sheet

Waits for human approval in the sheet before anything sends

Uses AI to write a personal email for each approved lead

Sends safely with delays between emails to protect deliverability

Detects replies automatically and notifies the client

Sends smart follow-ups to leads who did not answer

The smart part

Nothing sends without approval. A person reviews leads in the sheet first. This keeps the sending safe and avoids spam problems. It also has built-in error alerts, so if anything breaks, I get notified right away.

Tech used

n8n, Apollo, Firecrawl, Google Gemini, Google Sheets, IONOS email (SMTP and IMAP).

Result

A hands-off outreach engine that turns cold lead hunting into an automatic daily process, with a human in control of what goes out.