Agnes F.

Just to jump back in here - I DON'T use Hubspot for cold email. You can't, it's against their terms. In fact, even a tool like Constant Contact doesn't let you load cold email lists; it violates CAN-SPAM laws. There are cold email tools (Instantly.io and Mailshake) that allow you to integrate so when someone does reply and opts in to your communication (And in the EU, double opt-in requirement) you can then transfer them into your CRM.

you need to figure out the ICP first

Sudhir P., well, yes, that's true, but some prep work needs to be done before picking up the phone, and if you are brand new, you need some help or will get crushed in the first hour. Has the ICP been identified? What's the value proposition of the offering? Is there a target list? A phone script? Support? As for closing deals, there is a process to follow to develop an opportunity that leads to a Closed/Won or Closed/Lost

I'm a HubSpot-certified Email Marketer. I picked that up and have done some cold email projects on the side of my sales career. Also, a lot of CRM's won't let you load that email list. There are tools to integrate these names once they have replied and opted in to receiving communications from you.

Some will go the route of having a hundred email accounts - you can't blast 100+ emails a day, or your domain can get flagged and shut down. These tools do the warm-up and send out 20 emails a day, so your domain reputation doesn't get hurt.

agree with Samuel O. a big thing you'll have to deal with is - where are you getting the email addresses from? The data might not be that clean, AND as a cold email marketer, be aware that others have bought your list and are cold emailing also. If the data is not that "clean", you will get a lot of bounces, and a high bounce rate doesn't help your sender reputation.

most of the tools on the market do what you are describing