Resources

Field notes from live campaigns

We run live campaigns into some of the hardest buyers in B2B. Everything here comes out of that work - not from a content calendar.

// 19 articles
How-to

How to read outbound metrics without fooling yourself

Why open rates lie, what reply rate hides, and the only conversion chain that tells you if outbound is working.

July 2026 · 6 min read
Plain talk

What actually happens in a working session with us

The first meeting, minute by minute: what we ask, what we build afterward, and the 90-day plan you keep either way.

June 2026 · 5 min read
Comparison

In-house SDR, outsourced agency, or AI SDR: an honest 2026 breakdown

The three real ways to run cold outbound, where each genuinely wins and fails, and the one question that actually decides it.

June 2026 · 6 min read
Checklist

Ten questions to ask before you hire an outbound agency

A buyer-side checklist that separates real operators from volume shops, with what good and bad answers sound like.

June 2026 · 6 min read

How to write cold emails that get replies, in 7 steps

One of our recent B2B cold email campaigns achieved a 20.4% reply rate. Of those replies, 61.4% were positive - 97 qualified conversations from a single campaign. The B2B industry average reply rate sits below 1%. So what's the difference between an email that gets ignored and one that gets a response?

March 29, 2026

The 5-step system that generated $150K ARR in 60 days

March 28, 2026

Medzoomer: a $250K ARR deal closed - 7x their average customer

Campaign stats showing over 160 leads have replied positively of which at least 100 have become calls and more are being converted.

August 29, 2025

Opportunities with Colgate, Ferrero, Merck and Tata Motors in 8 weeks

We setup qualified meetings with decision makers at companies with at least $500M revenue, many of which became CRM opportunities. Brands including Toyota, TATA Motors, Merck, Ferrero and Colgate-Palmolive.

August 28, 2025

Alveo Technologies: from slow progress to 100+ high-value meetings

"You flipped a switch for us. Each conversation you're landing could be worth hundreds of thousands. We couldn't have done this without you." - Erik Tyrrell-Knott, VP of Business

May 1, 2025

First-week campaign success: a $5B client landed

November 28, 2024
Guide

The deliverability guide: staying out of spam, for good

Most cold outbound dies before anyone reads a word of it. The infrastructure discipline that keeps campaigns landing in the inbox.

August 2026 · 6 min read
Report

The state of B2B outbound in 2026

Where cold outbound actually sits going into 2026: what broke, and what the operators still booking real revenue do differently.

July 2026 · 7 min read
Field note

What it actually takes to run outbound in-house in 2026

The operational load founders underestimate when they price outbound as a software bill.

June 2026 · 7 min read
Field note

What GTM engineering really is

A plain explanation of what the term means, why it showed up, and what it changes about how pipeline gets built.

May 2026 · 6 min read
Teardown

Why more meetings is the wrong goal

Why booking more calls often does not move revenue, and the simpler number to hold your outbound to instead.

May 2026 · 5 min read
Biotech · Early stage

Opportunities with 17 of the 20 largest pharma organizations in under 3 months

An early stage startup was seeking to engage Director, VP, and C-suite level executives within leading biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the United States.

5 min read
Staffing & recruitment

8 new clients in Q1 '24 from buyer-intent data

Medipro, a leading staffing & recruitment company engaged Astris Partners to create & execute a business development strategy for a new service line.

5 min read
International consulting

$360K of new ARR in 3 months

An international consulting firm engaged us to help them identify opportunities in an emerging market segment.

4 min read
Healthcare

A confirmed meeting with a C-suite executive at a $300B company

Confirmed meeting/opportunity with C-suite executive at CVS - largest healthcare company in US by revenue

4 min read
// Newsletter · The Outbound Signal

What's actually working in B2B outbound right now

Written from live campaign data and sent when there's something worth saying. No pitches. Unsubscribe whenever.

// Blog

Practical notes on outbound

Comparisons, checklists, and plain answers for teams deciding how to build outbound.

Guide Aug 2026 · 6 min

The deliverability guide: staying out of spam, for good

Most cold outbound dies before anyone reads a word of it. The infrastructure discipline that keeps campaigns landing in the inbox.

Read →
How-to Jul 2026 · 6 min

How to read outbound metrics without fooling yourself

Why open rates lie, what reply rate hides, and the only conversion chain that tells you if outbound is working.

Read →
Plain talk Jun 2026 · 5 min

What actually happens in a working session with us

The first meeting, minute by minute: what we ask, what we build afterward, and the 90-day plan you keep either way.

Read →
Comparison Jun 2026 · 6 min

In-house SDR, outsourced agency, or AI SDR: an honest 2026 breakdown

The three real ways to run cold outbound, where each genuinely wins and fails, and the one question that actually decides it.

Read →
Checklist Jun 2026 · 6 min

Ten questions to ask before you hire an outbound agency

A buyer-side checklist that separates real operators from volume shops, with what good and bad answers sound like.

Read →
How-to Mar 2026 · min

How to write cold emails that get replies, in 7 steps

One of our recent B2B cold email campaigns achieved a 20.4% reply rate. Of those replies, 61.4% were positive - 97 qualified conversations from a single campaign. The B2B industry average reply rate sits below 1%. So what's the difference between an email that gets ignored and one that gets a response?

Read →
Case study Mar 2026 · min

The 5-step system that generated $150K ARR in 60 days

Read →
// FAQ

The questions we get on every call

Why can't we build this on our own, internally?

You can - and when you're ready, you can take the whole capability in-house. What you're buying is the time it takes to get there: the sending infrastructure, the signal data, the message testing, and a team that has run this into Fortune 500 buyers before. Most in-house builds fail on the cost of hiring, training and managing before they ever pay back.

What if you haven't worked with my ICP before?

We've advised 70+ B2B companies across healthcare, life sciences, AI, tech and professional services - but the method is a process for finding message-market fit in any complex market, whatever the vertical. Our first workshops extract the winning patterns from your existing customers, which is where the real insight lives.

What does the working relationship look like?

You work alongside us from the first workshop. It starts there, then we build and operate the engine while feeding every meeting's outcome back into targeting and messaging. You work directly with the people running your campaigns - no account manager relay.

How do you guarantee results?

Our model is a fixed component plus a success fee, structured around milestones. We agree the milestones upfront and the success side only pays out as results land - if we don't deliver, we don't get paid. Before that, we run thorough diligence at no cost - and if we can't move the needle, we say so rather than take the engagement.

How involved are you in the closing process?

As involved as you want. At minimum we hand over qualified conversations with full context. Beyond that, we gather feedback from each meeting, adjust the message, and advise on conversion - a decade of enterprise sales experience applied to your close rates as well as your calendar.

// How it starts

From first call to qualified pipeline

//01

Tell us who you sell to

Who you sell to, your deal size, and where demand is stuck. Thirty minutes is enough to know whether the math works.

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We do the homework

We assess the opportunity and unit economics at no cost, then workshop what wins from your existing customers before anything is sent.

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Qualified conversations

The engine launches and vetted decision-makers start landing on your calendar - every outcome feeding the next campaign.

// Explore if we're a fit

Tell us about your market

If you'd rather just talk, book directly - 30 minutes, no pitch deck. Otherwise share where your demand comes from today and where it's stuck.

Every intro call includes a free custom Growth Plan - yours to keep either way.

  • //01 Response within 24 hours
  • //02 Thorough upfront diligence at no cost
  • //03 No contracts or NDAs required at this stage
  • //04 Your details stay between us