Intent Outbound Blueprint: Contact Only Buyers Already Showing Interest

Who It's For

• B2B founders and sales teams of 1 to 5 people.
• Teams whose bought lists get low replies.

Not for

• Businesses selling to consumers, or offers too small to justify one-to-one outreach.

The Bot Stack

• Buying Signal Hunterby @romanbuildsaasFinds prospects showing intent each morning.
• Account Researcherby @romanbuildsaasResearches each company and person.
• Cold Email Opener Writerby Dajeel DulalWrites an opener from each prospect's recent posts.
• Sales Pipeline Analystby @romanbuildsaasReports which profiles and messages convert.

Full write-up with the flow diagram: Run LinkedIn Outbound Only to People Showing Intent.

The First 10

Who

10 people who engaged with you or a competitor recently: post likes, comments, profile views or website visits.

Where to find them

Your own LinkedIn notifications and post engagement, your website visitor list, and the daily list from Buying Signal Hunter.

The first message

Hi {first name}, I saw your comment on {post or topic} about {their point}. We help {type of company} with {problem}, and {one specific observation about their company}. Would a 15-minute call next week be useful? If not, no problem at all. {your name}

Then

Let Account Researcher brief each new name, and approve each opener before you send it yourself.

• Send LinkedIn messages yourself, by hand. No automated sending on LinkedIn.
• Identify yourself, keep volumes low and stop when someone says no.

Costs and Break-Even

Setup

• VRun It With Us setup: $1,500 founding price for the first 3 setups (normally $2,500), one time for one bot setup, starting with a $300 deposit that counts toward it. Source, checked 30 Oct 2026.

Monthly tool bill

• VGrok Bot Premium: $30 a month (runs every Grok bot in this stack). Source, checked 27 Oct 2026.
• VGojiberry AI Pro: $99 a month. Source, checked 30 Oct 2026.
• Vn8n: Community Edition $0 licence if you self-host; Cloud Starter 20 euros a month billed annually. Source, checked 27 Oct 2026.
• VOpenAI API (gpt-4.1-mini): $0.40 per 1M input tokens and $1.60 per 1M output tokens. Source, checked 27 Oct 2026.
• EExample bill: Grok Bot Premium $30 + Gojiberry AI Pro $99 + Gmail $0 = about $129 a month. The opener writer adds n8n (from $0 self-hosted) and a few cents of OpenAI usage. Basis: Sum of the listed prices; your plans and volumes will differ.

Your time

• EAbout 3 hours a week to approve openers, send messages and take calls. Basis: Our estimate for a small business in its first month; measure your own in week 1.

Work out your own break-even

• Extra jobs needed to cover the tools = monthly tool bill / your average profit per job.
• Months to recover the setup = setup price ($1,500 founding, normally $2,500) / (extra profit a month from jobs you would have lost - monthly tool bill).
• Write down your baseline in week 1 and compare in week 4. Use your own numbers, not ours.

Cost to Run

List prices first. Offer prices are shown only with their terms, and they end. Check each vendor page before you buy.

Weekly Cadence

1. MondayYouPick 10 to 20 names from the signal list (15 minutes).The botsBuying Signal Hunter lists people showing intent each morning.
2. TuesdayYouRead the account briefs; drop weak fits.The botsAccount Researcher researches each company and person.
3. WednesdayYouApprove openers and send them yourself.The botsCold Email Opener Writer drafts an opener from each prospect's recent posts.
4. ThursdayYouReply to answers and book calls.The botsBuying Signal Hunter refreshes the list.
5. FridayYouTen-minute review: messages sent, replies, meetings.The botsSales Pipeline Analyst reports which profiles and messages convert.
6. WeekendYouNothing required.The botsNo sends at weekends.

When to Stop

Baseline first. Before you start, write down messages sent, replies and meetings booked per month.

E These thresholds are our rules of thumb, not benchmarks.

Rules to Follow

• LinkedIn automation rulesLinkedIn says it does not permit third-party software, bots or extensions that scrape or automate activity on its site, and accounts that use them risk being restricted. Send LinkedIn messages yourself, by hand, and check how any tool reads LinkedIn before you connect your account. Source.
• Outreach rulesRules on cold email, calls and texts differ by country. Start with people who know you, keep volumes low, identify yourself, and stop when someone says no.
• Email rules (US, CAN-SPAM)Commercial email needs a working opt-out, and people cannot be asked to pay or do more than reply or visit one page to opt out. Keep subject lines honest and include your postal address. Source.
• Data protection (EU and UK customers)If you hold personal data about people in the EU or UK, GDPR or UK GDPR applies: collect only what the job needs, tell people how you use it, and keep access to the connected accounts to the people who need it. Source.
• No income claimsNothing on this page promises income, savings or any business result. The value lines are labelled estimates with their basis. Bots draft and you approve. Source.

What Is Typical

• Caveat. We have no verified, independent data on reply or meeting rates for intent-based outbound. Vendor case studies are self-reported; measure your own.

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