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Propel Digital

Outbound that closed a €100,000 deal in 30 days

A performance marketing agency that lived on referrals — until a failed lead-gen agency pushed them to build a system that actually produced (and closed) pipeline.

Rob Simpkins
Rob Simpkins
CEO · Propel Digital
32
sales meetings booked
€100k
deal closed
30
days

01 The challenge

Propel Digital, a performance marketing agency, ran almost entirely on referrals with no consistent outbound motion.

After a previous lead-gen agency failed to deliver, they needed a scalable system to generate high-quality sales calls and win larger deals in a competitive e-commerce market.

02 What we built

We built an AI-powered cold email engine on Clay, with outreach personalised to Propel's exact target audience — a steady flow of qualified meetings without paid ads or an in-house SDR team.

01

Clay-powered research

Clay workflows pulled from 40+ data sources, so every account was fully researched before a single word was written — no scraped lists.

02

AI-personalised cold email

1:1 copy referencing real, specific business details — recent posts, growth signals, news — so every message felt written by hand, not mail-merged.

03

Dedicated infrastructure

Separate sending domains and warmed mailboxes kept the primary domain safe and deliverability high while volume scaled.

04

AI inbox that books the call

Replies, objections and scheduling handled around the clock, with confirmed meetings synced straight to the calendar.

03 Results

Within 30 days we booked 32 sales meetings with e-commerce brands — one of which became a €100,000 deal.

32
meetings with e-commerce brands
€100k
deal closed
30
days to result

04 How it unfolded

Week 1
Clay research and infrastructure stood up; campaigns built around Propel's ICP.
Week 2
AI-personalised sequences live — early replies and real conversations.
Week 3
Calendar filling with qualified e-commerce buyers.
Week 4
A €100,000 deal closed off a lead generated in month one.
“We closed a six-figure deal off the back of a lead generated from your campaigns.”
Rob Simpkins
Rob Simpkins
CEO · Propel Digital

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