Co-Founder @ Victoria AI Building AI driven GTM systems & sharing what works (and what doesn't) along the way.
Jacksonville Beach, FL
Joined April 2023
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A lead only counts if all three are true:
1. The company can benefit greatly and afford you.
2. The invitee can make the decision.
3. They asked for the conversation - not you.
(Yes, you can do #3 with outbound)
If your next meeting doesn't qualify, confirm or cancel.
Everyone bought an AI SDR this year. Enterprise adoption went from 12% to 41% in twelve months.
Reply rates went from 4.7% to 2.9%.
What the 2026 data actually says about making these tools work:
The hybrid finding is the real story. Pods pairing one human with AI seats cut cost per qualified opportunity roughly in half versus human-only teams.
Replacement failed. Augmentation is working.
Most cold outreach opens with a claim: "we do X for companies like you."
The prospect has to figure out why they should care.
(They won't).
Open with evidence instead: something true about their business they didn't already know.
Nobody ignores a diagnosis.
Cold outreach replies in 2019: 8.5% average.
In 2026: 3.4%.
Signal-triggered campaigns: roughly double generic cold.
The channel did not die. The version where you cannot say why you are reaching out this week, to this company, died.
Timing and relevance is king.
1️⃣ Search for your ideal client on three different B2B databases
2️⃣ Combine the lists and fill the gaps between each database
3️⃣ Use Perplexity to research each person and company on the list
4️⃣ Reach out to each lead with a personalized message across email and LinkedIn
Automate your entire customer service process with this AI agent.
Better, faster responses. Fully automated.
Here's how it works:
Benefits of this system:
✅ Handle customer issues instantly
✅ Deliver answers and process requests automatically
✅ Scale your business without adding headcount
P.S. You can also store all of the message history and have Victoria analyze it to find patterns, churn risks, etc
Benefits of this system:
✅ Save hours researching and writing newsletters
✅ Publish valuable, timely, company-specific articles automatically
✅ Create a completely passive lead gen channel