The B2B Growth Blog

Regular tips, insights, and stories to help you grow your business.

How to Build a B2B Lead List That Converts (7 Steps)

How to Build a B2B Lead List That Converts (7 Steps)

How to build a B2B lead list that gets replies: one decision-maker per company, dedupe against what you own, suppression lists and verified emails.

Richard Francis
How to Find a Founder or CEO's Contact Info

How to Find a Founder or CEO's Contact Info

12 ways to find a founder's, CEO's or small-business owner's email and phone number, from team pages and state filings to a Chrome extension.

Matthew McQuinn
Find Local Businesses That Need Marketing Help

Find Local Businesses That Need Marketing Help

How to find local businesses that need marketing help: spot unclaimed Google profiles, few reviews, slow sites and no ads, then reach the owner directly.

Richard Francis
What Is HighLevel? 2026 Guide for Agencies

What Is HighLevel? 2026 Guide for Agencies

A 2026 agency guide to HighLevel: pricing from $97 to $497 a month, how agencies use it, and how to keep every client sub-account full of verified leads.

Richard Francis
How to Get Clients for Digital Marketing in 2026

How to Get Clients for Digital Marketing in 2026

A practical 2026 playbook for winning agency clients: pick a niche, package an offer, use referrals, then build Main Street lists with deep data.

Matthew McQuinn
AI Assistants for Marketing Agencies: Great Uses for Grok Bot, ChatGPT, Muse and Instinct

AI Assistants for Marketing Agencies: Great Uses for Grok Bot, ChatGPT, Muse and Instinct

Where Grok Bot, ChatGPT, Muse and Instinct actually help a marketing agency, what each costs and where it falls short, plus how to feed them deep data on the local businesses you sell to.

Matthew McQuinn
What's New in Coldlytics: People Search, Smarter Filters and One-Click Sends

What's New in Coldlytics: People Search, Smarter Filters and One-Click Sends

What we shipped since August: People Search, 325 business categories, Google review and ZIP filters, sends to Instantly and Clay, and MCP.

Richard Francis
Apollo.io Pricing 2026: Plans, Credits and What Small-Business Sellers Actually Pay

Apollo.io Pricing 2026: Plans, Credits and What Small-Business Sellers Actually Pay

Apollo.io pricing for 2026: every plan, what a credit buys, the real cost per email and phone number, and when a Main Street database makes more sense.

Richard Francis
IT Decision Makers Email List: How to Build One in 2026

IT Decision Makers Email List: How to Build One in 2026

Looking for IT decision makers? Learn how to build a targeted & verified email list of IT decision makers from scratch. Here's everything you need to know, including sources, steps, costs, and compliance rules.

Richard Francis
Is Cold Email Really Dead? Why AI Gatekeepers Won't Kill It

Is Cold Email Really Dead? Why AI Gatekeepers Won't Kill It

Greg Isenberg says AI inbox agents will kill cold email. We disagree. Gatekeepers will crush spray-and-pray and reward high-signal outreach. Here's why.

Richard Francis
Chiropractor Email List: How to Build or Buy One in 2026

Chiropractor Email List: How to Build or Buy One in 2026

Learn how to build a verified chiropractor email list from scratch, or buy one with owner contacts included. Sources, steps, costs, and compliance rules.

Matthew McQuinn
Introducing Native Integrations: HighLevel and HubSpot Are Here

Introducing Native Integrations: HighLevel and HubSpot Are Here

Send enriched Coldlytics contacts directly into HighLevel - no CSV exports. Plus HubSpot support and a free month for connecting before June 30.

Richard Francis