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ColdIQ $7M ARR GTM Blueprint
Full B2B go-to-market engine breakdown detailing traffic channels, tooling, and sales flows.
This framework details the entire go-to-market architecture used by B2B growth agency ColdIQ to reach $7M ARR. It outlines exact traffic volume targets across five marketing channels, maps specific software tools to four operational layers, and charts a sales-led closing workflow. It serves as a practical reference architecture for building modern B2B outbound and inbound operations.
The framework
Marketing (~40,000 visits/mo):
- LinkedIn ~10,000 visits: 20+ team members post 150+ times/mo on prospecting, AI, GTM with in-house infographics. Stack: Taplio, Scripe.
- SEO ~12,000 visits: blog articles, programmatic pages built in AirOps, free mini-tools shipped in Claude Code. Stack: AirOps, Ahrefs, Claude Code, Webflow.
- Paid ads ~4,000 visits: LinkedIn, Meta, Google on ~$10K/mo, mostly to test channels. Stack: Airpost, Fibbler, Usermaven.
- Cold outreach ~3,000 visits: hyper-enriched lists under 5,000 prospects, value-based lead magnets, inbound-led outbound, lookalike companies. Stack: Clay, Instantly, lemlist, Prospeo, FullEnrich, Apify, Wiza, Common Room, PredictLeads.
- Newsletter, YouTube, webinars ~11,000 visits; newsletter on beehiiv.
Lead capture:
- Midbound and Vector re-engage anonymous visitors who never filled a form
- Email marketing via Customer.io; lead-magnet pop-ups; free mini-tools capture emails
- All flows through n8n, scored with Clay, Claude, PredictLeads.
Sales (sales-led, 2 AEs, 2-3 Google Meet calls, $5K-$10K/mo packages):
- Precall: case studies, VSL, free video content; leads qualified through Default
- Discovery call: AE connects, sends LinkedIn request
- Enrichment: Clay pulls funding, headcount, tech stack, tenure, reports
- Close: proposal, follow-up, signature
- Stack: Attio (CRM), Attention (AI notes), Hyperline (CPQ), Qwilr (proposals), Stripe (payments).
Client delivery:
- Onboarding flows on n8n; GSuite, Supabase, Stripe, Slack kept in sync automatically; admin work automated
- Frees GTM engineers for custom ICP matrices, creative campaigns, copy
- Stack: Airtable, n8n, Slack, Google Suite, Supabase.
What it's for
- Design an end-to-end B2B go-to-market tech stack across marketing, sales, and delivery
- Set up automated lead enrichment and scoring workflows using n8n and Clay
- Structure sales-led pipeline stages for high-ticket service or SaaS contracts
- Identify software tools for midbound visitor capture and programmatic SEO
Key points
- Channel traffic breakdown spanning LinkedIn organic, programmatic SEO, paid ads, and cold outreach
- Tool stacks mapped across marketing, lead capture, sales pipeline, and client onboarding
- Automated lead enrichment recipe using Clay, Claude, and PredictLeads via n8n
- Midbound capture strategy to de-anonymize website traffic without form fills
- Sales qualification and closing flow from discovery calls to automated CPQ invoicing
- Client delivery automation using n8n to sync Slack, Supabase, Google Workspace, and Airtable
Pricing
Free
Details
- Type
- Framework
- Category
- Marketing & Sales
- Topic
- GTM Strategy
- Open source
- No
- Platforms
- other
- For
- B2B founders, revenue operations leads, and growth marketers.
- Tags
- gtm, b2b, outbound, enrichment, techstack, automation, playbook
Why it was saved
- @itsalexvacca: A reference blueprint for building a B2B GTM stack from zero, with concrete visit numbers and tool-per-layer assignments.
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