Affordable Lead Generation: Simple Steps Under $10/Month

Hi all—I've been struggling with getting quality leads into our pipeline without spending $200+/mo on bloated tools like Clay, Instantly, or Apollo, and I know a lot of people here have been too. I spent some time working through it last week, and here’s a simple way I solved it for less than $10/month: Use Phantombuster to scrape LinkedIn leads based on company size, title, and industry (CRO agency sweet spot: SaaS, eComm, info products). Verify emails with Mailcheck or Neverbounce — both are dirt cheap on a per-email basis. Send cold emails using Make.com (free plan) + Zoho Mail ($1/mo), and route replies into a Google Sheet with a hot/warm lead status. If anything is unclear, let me know. Hope this helps you 🙏 If you are looking for something SOC2 compliant and ISO27001 compliant (these are not all compliant like make.com), I replied under Andrew B. thread of the flow of products that is cost effective but still produces a solid cold outbound engine.