Cold email + LinkedIn · For events companies

Outbound that lands.

Sendwright runs cold outbound for events companies in the UK, the Middle East and North America. We find the sponsors, exhibitors and clients with a reason to talk to you this month, and hand you the replies.

Exhibited at a rival show◆ Sponsored a similar summit◆ Hiring an events manager◆ New CMO◆ Opened a Dubai office◆ Launching in the UK◆ Raised a round◆ Product launch next quarter◆ Speaking at a competitor's event◆

Why most cold email sinks

Volume isn't the problem. Aim is.

Buying another 10,000 contacts and sending all of them the same email mostly teaches Gmail that your domain sends junk.

Replies come from the companies that had a reason to listen this month. Maybe they just took a stand at a show like yours, or they're opening an office in your city. Finding those companies, and saying the reason out loud in the first line, is the whole job.

Spray 10,000 contacts, one template
Signal 400 accounts, each with a reason

How a campaign runs

Six waypoints from "who should we email?" to a booked call.

  1. 01

    Chart the water

    We start with your last 20 sponsors, exhibitors or clients, not a persona doc. Industry, size, region, what they bought. Then we pull every company that looks like them.

    • Apollo
    • AI Ark
    • Clay
  2. 02

    Take soundings

    Clay checks each company for a reason to reach out now: they exhibited at a comparable show, sponsored a rival summit, opened an office in your region, or hired a new marketing lead. No signal, no email.

    • Clay
    • Exhibitor lists
    • AI research
  3. 03

    Find the crew

    Two or three people per company who hold the budget, usually in marketing, partnerships or events. Work emails are verified before anything sends. If an address looks risky, it's dropped.

    • BlitzAPI
    • Apollo
    • Clay waterfalls
  4. 04

    Write the first line

    Short emails about their situation, not your floor plan. One idea each, and a question they can answer in a sentence. You approve every line before it goes out.

    • Per-segment copy
    • Your sign-off
  5. 05

    Launch

    Email goes out through Smartlead from warmed inboxes on separate domains, timed to each prospect's working hours and working week (Riyadh's starts on Sunday). LinkedIn runs through HeyReach, off the same list and signal.

    • Smartlead
    • HeyReach
  6. 06

    Make landfall

    Replies get sorted the same day. Interested ones come to you with context, or go straight into your calendar. "Not now" gets a date to follow up. You see the numbers every week.

    • Reply triage
    • Weekly report

Email + LinkedIn

Two channels. One conversation.

Someone who saw your name on LinkedIn on Tuesday reads your email on Thursday differently. Both channels run off the same list and the same signal, so each touch adds something instead of repeating the last one.

Example LinkedIn thread HeyReach

Connection request sent · no note

Accepted · 2 days later

S

Thanks for connecting, {{first_name}}. Saw {{company}} had a stand at {{last_show}}. Did it bring in the pipeline you hoped for, or mostly badge scans?

Mostly badge scans, if I'm honest.

J

Reply marked interested → sent to you

A typical cadence

Adjusted per market. Nobody gets eight emails.

  1. Day 1Profile view
  2. Day 2Connect
  3. Day 3Email 1
  4. Day 6LinkedIn message
  5. Day 8Email 2
  6. Day 13Last email

Email LinkedIn

The stack

What's in the hold.

Six tools, each with one job. Hover a container to see what it does on your campaign.

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Clay

Workbench

Where every list gets built. Data from the other tools lands here, gets merged and cleaned, checked for signals, and researched one account at a time before anyone writes a word.

You don't need a seat on any of these. We run the stack.

Tide table

Your first 30 days.

New inboxes have to warm up before they can send properly. That can't be rushed, so here's what happens while they do.

WeekPhaseWhat happensYour time
01 Chart A call about your best sponsors, exhibitors or clients. Sending domains bought, inboxes set up, SPF, DKIM and DMARC configured. Warm-up starts. 45 min call
02 Build Your market gets pulled into Clay, signals picked, contacts found and verified. You see the list before anything else happens. Review the list
03 Write Copy for each segment, email and LinkedIn. You read every line and tell us what sounds wrong. LinkedIn can start this week. 30 min review
04 Launch Email campaigns go live. Replies start coming into a shared Slack channel, sorted and tagged. Take the calls

After that, every Friday: what went out, who replied, what got booked, and what we're changing next week.

Proof, before you pay

No logo wall yet.

Sendwright is new. So instead of asking you to trust a case study, we'll do the first part of the work for your next event.

Send us your event or your website. Within three working days you'll get 50 companies that fit, the signal we'd open on for each, and the first line we'd write. It's free, and you keep the list either way.

Get your 50 accounts →

Sample manifestYour event · 50 rows

AccountSignalFirst line we'd send
Fintech · 200 staff · LondonExhibited at two rival fintech shows this year."Saw you had stands at two fintech shows in the spring…"
Logistics · 900 staff · DubaiNew regional CMO started in Sept."First quarter in a regional role usually means…"
Cyber · Series B · AustinOpening a London office."A London launch usually needs a room full of…"
Proptech · 60 staff · RiyadhHiring an events manager."An events hire usually means next year's calendar…"
Health tech · 300 staff · TorontoSponsored a rival summit."Saw your logo on the sponsor wall in Boston…"

Example rows. Yours will be real companies for your event.

Before you ask

Fair questions.

Will cold email hurt my company's domain?

Not if it's set up properly. We send from separate domains that look like yours (for example, try-yourcompany.com), so your main domain's reputation is never on the line. Each inbox warms up for two to three weeks and stays on low daily volumes after that.

Our sales window is only a few months. Does this still work?

It's where outbound fits best. Sponsor and exhibitor sales run to a deadline, so we plan backwards from it: the list built early, the first sends timed for when budgets get set, and a final push before your floor plan closes.

How many meetings will I get?

We won't quote a number before we've looked at your event and your market. Anyone who does is guessing. After the free 50-account sample we can tell you how many accounts fit, what signals they show, and what a realistic first month looks like.

Is cold email legal where we're selling?

For B2B, generally yes, but the rules differ by country. In the UK, emailing someone at a company about their job is allowed as long as you say who you are and offer a working opt-out, and GDPR expects a documented legitimate interest. The US works on opt-out too. Canada is stricter, and the Gulf states each have their own rules. We check the rules for each market before launch and keep one opt-out list across every campaign.

Is my LinkedIn account at risk?

Any automation carries some risk, so we keep it low. Activity stays well inside LinkedIn's limits, new accounts ramp up slowly, and HeyReach spreads the volume across senders instead of pushing one profile hard.

Do I need to buy Clay, Smartlead or the rest?

No. We run the stack on our own accounts. If you already pay for Clay or Smartlead and want the data to stay there, we can work inside yours.

How long until the first replies?

Usually about four weeks for email, because two to three of those are inbox warm-up. LinkedIn can start in week three.

Who writes the emails?

We do, and you approve every line. Nothing goes out in your name that you haven't read.

1,200 m down. You made it.

Drop us a line.

Tell us about your event and who you want in the room. A person (not a sequence) replies within one working day, and the 50-account sample follows within three.

Or email hello@sendwright.co.uk