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September 16, 2026

How to set up Apollo Operator in Claude

Outbound systems

Workshop 34: How to set up Apollo Operator in Claude

Set up a free outbound operator in a Claude Project in five minutes. Connect Apollo and it runs searches, lists, and sequences for you, asking before it spends.

September 16, 2026

How to set up Apollo Operator in Claude

Outbound systems

Workshop 34: How to set up Apollo Operator in Claude

Set up a free outbound operator in a Claude Project in five minutes. Connect Apollo and it runs searches, lists, and sequences for you, asking before it spends.

September 16, 2026

Apollo Operator prompt pack: 19 free prompts for cold email outbound

Outbound systems

Workshop 33: Apollo Operator prompt pack: 19 free prompts for cold email outbound

19 free prompts for B2B outbound, from ICP to deliverability to reply scoring. Paste into ChatGPT or Claude. Each one tested on live campaigns.

September 16, 2026

Apollo Operator prompt pack: 19 free prompts for cold email outbound

Outbound systems

Workshop 33: Apollo Operator prompt pack: 19 free prompts for cold email outbound

19 free prompts for B2B outbound, from ICP to deliverability to reply scoring. Paste into ChatGPT or Claude. Each one tested on live campaigns.

September 16, 2026

Apollo account audit: 15 checks to run before you send another cold email

Outbound systems

Workshop 32: Apollo account audit: 15 checks to run before you send another cold email

A free prompt that audits an Apollo or other outbound account you inherited: mailboxes, email deliverability, stuck campaigns, credits, and compliance.

September 16, 2026

Apollo account audit: 15 checks to run before you send another cold email

Outbound systems

Workshop 32: Apollo account audit: 15 checks to run before you send another cold email

A free prompt that audits an Apollo or other outbound account you inherited: mailboxes, email deliverability, stuck campaigns, credits, and compliance.

September 16, 2026

Cold email campaign reporting: find what actually books meetings

Outbound systems

Workshop 31: Cold email campaign reporting: find what actually books meetings

A free prompt that builds a cold email report by campaign, step, variant, and mailbox, and flags the traps that make the numbers lie.

September 16, 2026

Cold email campaign reporting: find what actually books meetings

Outbound systems

Workshop 31: Cold email campaign reporting: find what actually books meetings

A free prompt that builds a cold email report by campaign, step, variant, and mailbox, and flags the traps that make the numbers lie.

September 16, 2026

How to re-engage cold email non-responders without burning your domain

Cold email

Workshop 30: How to re-engage cold email non-responders without burning your domain

Between 90 and 97% of a cold email sequence never replies. A free prompt for going back to them safely, with a new reason and a shorter sequence.

September 16, 2026

How to re-engage cold email non-responders without burning your domain

Cold email

Workshop 30: How to re-engage cold email non-responders without burning your domain

Between 90 and 97% of a cold email sequence never replies. A free prompt for going back to them safely, with a new reason and a shorter sequence.

September 16, 2026

A weekly cold email schedule: what to check every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Outbound systems

Workshop 29: A weekly cold email schedule: what to check every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

A free prompt that runs your outbound week: deliverability on Monday, replies on Wednesday, and a scale, fix, or kill call on Friday.

September 16, 2026

A weekly cold email schedule: what to check every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Outbound systems

Workshop 29: A weekly cold email schedule: what to check every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

A free prompt that runs your outbound week: deliverability on Monday, replies on Wednesday, and a scale, fix, or kill call on Friday.

September 16, 2026

Cold email A/B testing: a free prompt to test one variable at a time

Cold email

Workshop 28: Cold email A/B testing: a free prompt to test one variable at a time

Change the list, copy, and offer at once and you learn nothing. A free prompt that plans a cold email test around one variable and a success line set first.

September 16, 2026

Cold email A/B testing: a free prompt to test one variable at a time

Cold email

Workshop 28: Cold email A/B testing: a free prompt to test one variable at a time

Change the list, copy, and offer at once and you learn nothing. A free prompt that plans a cold email test around one variable and a success line set first.

September 16, 2026

Positive reply rate: a free prompt to score cold email replies

Cold email

Workshop 27: Positive reply rate: a free prompt to score cold email replies

Reply rate counts unsubscribes. This free prompt sorts every cold email reply into nine buckets and gives you the positive reply rate that predicts revenue.

September 16, 2026

Positive reply rate: a free prompt to score cold email replies

Cold email

Workshop 27: Positive reply rate: a free prompt to score cold email replies

Reply rate counts unsubscribes. This free prompt sorts every cold email reply into nine buckets and gives you the positive reply rate that predicts revenue.

September 16, 2026

How to launch a cold email campaign safely: the go-live checklist

Deliverability

Workshop 26: How to launch a cold email campaign safely: the go-live checklist

A free prompt that takes a cold email sequence and a verified list live safely: preflight, enrollment, schedule, kill switch, and a launch record.

September 16, 2026

How to launch a cold email campaign safely: the go-live checklist

Deliverability

Workshop 26: How to launch a cold email campaign safely: the go-live checklist

A free prompt that takes a cold email sequence and a verified list live safely: preflight, enrollment, schedule, kill switch, and a launch record.

September 16, 2026

LinkedIn and cold email together: a free multichannel outreach prompt

Cold email

Workshop 25: LinkedIn and cold email together: a free multichannel outreach prompt

Add LinkedIn, call, and manual steps to a cold email sequence without risking your LinkedIn account. A free prompt with a safe daily connection cap.

September 16, 2026

LinkedIn and cold email together: a free multichannel outreach prompt

Cold email

Workshop 25: LinkedIn and cold email together: a free multichannel outreach prompt

Add LinkedIn, call, and manual steps to a cold email sequence without risking your LinkedIn account. A free prompt with a safe daily connection cap.

September 16, 2026

Cold email sequence review: a free prompt to check copy before you send

Cold email

Workshop 24: Cold email sequence review: a free prompt to check copy before you send

Paste your cold email sequence and get two lists before it sends: what will hurt deliverability, and copy notes you can take or leave.

September 16, 2026

Cold email sequence review: a free prompt to check copy before you send

Cold email

Workshop 24: Cold email sequence review: a free prompt to check copy before you send

Paste your cold email sequence and get two lists before it sends: what will hurt deliverability, and copy notes you can take or leave.

September 16, 2026

Cold email sequence prompt: three steps, two variations, ready to send

Cold email

Workshop 23: Cold email sequence prompt: three steps, two variations, ready to send

A free prompt that writes a cold email sequence matched to who reads it, with length by step, fallbacks on every merge field, and the traps that break a send.

September 16, 2026

Cold email sequence prompt: three steps, two variations, ready to send

Cold email

Workshop 23: Cold email sequence prompt: three steps, two variations, ready to send

A free prompt that writes a cold email sequence matched to who reads it, with length by step, fallbacks on every merge field, and the traps that break a send.

September 16, 2026

Check your cold email lead list before you send: a list quality scorecard

Prospecting

Workshop 22: Check your cold email lead list before you send: a list quality scorecard

A free prompt that checks a lead list before it goes into a cold email sequence, with two separate readouts: deliverability risk and fit to your ICP.

September 16, 2026

Check your cold email lead list before you send: a list quality scorecard

Prospecting

Workshop 22: Check your cold email lead list before you send: a list quality scorecard

A free prompt that checks a lead list before it goes into a cold email sequence, with two separate readouts: deliverability risk and fit to your ICP.

September 16, 2026

How to build a B2B lead list for cold email without wasting credits

Prospecting

Workshop 21: How to build a B2B lead list for cold email without wasting credits

A free prompt that turns your ICP into a clean, verified lead list for cold email: search, dedupe, suppress, enrich, and verify, in the order that saves money.

September 16, 2026

How to build a B2B lead list for cold email without wasting credits

Prospecting

Workshop 21: How to build a B2B lead list for cold email without wasting credits

A free prompt that turns your ICP into a clean, verified lead list for cold email: search, dedupe, suppress, enrich, and verify, in the order that saves money.

September 16, 2026

Cold email deliverability check: limits, bounce rates, and what to stop first

Deliverability

Workshop 20: Cold email deliverability check: limits, bounce rates, and what to stop first

A free prompt that checks your cold email deliverability before launch, every week, and mid-incident: limits, bounce rate, auto-pause, and what to stop first.

September 16, 2026

Cold email deliverability check: limits, bounce rates, and what to stop first

Deliverability

Workshop 20: Cold email deliverability check: limits, bounce rates, and what to stop first

A free prompt that checks your cold email deliverability before launch, every week, and mid-incident: limits, bounce rate, auto-pause, and what to stop first.

September 16, 2026

Cold email infrastructure: domains, DNS, and warmup before you send

Deliverability

Workshop 19: Cold email infrastructure: domains, DNS, and warmup before you send

A free prompt that builds your cold email sending stack step by step: dedicated domains, mailboxes, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and warmup, sized to your volume.

September 16, 2026

Cold email infrastructure: domains, DNS, and warmup before you send

Deliverability

Workshop 19: Cold email infrastructure: domains, DNS, and warmup before you send

A free prompt that builds your cold email sending stack step by step: dedicated domains, mailboxes, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and warmup, sized to your volume.

September 16, 2026

Account-based outbound: how to run cold email to a Dream 100 list

Prospecting

Workshop 18: Account-based outbound: how to run cold email to a Dream 100 list

A free prompt for account-based outbound: build a Dream 100, pick two or three people per account, and stop the whole account when one person says yes.

September 16, 2026

Account-based outbound: how to run cold email to a Dream 100 list

Prospecting

Workshop 18: Account-based outbound: how to run cold email to a Dream 100 list

A free prompt for account-based outbound: build a Dream 100, pick two or three people per account, and stop the whole account when one person says yes.

September 16, 2026

Buying signals for cold email: find the reason to reach out now

Prospecting

Workshop 17: Buying signals for cold email: find the reason to reach out now

A free prompt that finds the buying signals that fit your offer, checks each filter actually works, and turns the signal into your first line.

September 16, 2026

Buying signals for cold email: find the reason to reach out now

Prospecting

Workshop 17: Buying signals for cold email: find the reason to reach out now

A free prompt that finds the buying signals that fit your offer, checks each filter actually works, and turns the signal into your first line.

September 16, 2026

How to build an ICP for cold email that survives a real search

Prospecting

Workshop 16: How to build an ICP for cold email that survives a real search

A free prompt that builds your ICP one step at a time: hard filters, angles sized before you choose, and a check on real prospects before you pay for data.

September 16, 2026

How to build an ICP for cold email that survives a real search

Prospecting

Workshop 16: How to build an ICP for cold email that survives a real search

A free prompt that builds your ICP one step at a time: hard filters, angles sized before you choose, and a check on real prospects before you pay for data.

September 16, 2026

Business brief template for cold email: the prompt that writes it with you

Outbound systems

Workshop 15: Business brief template for cold email: the prompt that writes it with you

A free prompt that builds a one to two page business brief from your sales calls, website, and answers, so targeting and cold email copy stop being guesses.

September 16, 2026

Business brief template for cold email: the prompt that writes it with you

Outbound systems

Workshop 15: Business brief template for cold email: the prompt that writes it with you

A free prompt that builds a one to two page business brief from your sales calls, website, and answers, so targeting and cold email copy stop being guesses.

September 16, 2026

Outbound operator prompt: run cold email in the right order

Outbound systems

Workshop 14: Outbound operator prompt: run cold email in the right order

A free start-here prompt that runs cold outbound like an operator: deliverability rules, copy defaults, compliance, and the order the work goes in.

September 16, 2026

Outbound operator prompt: run cold email in the right order

Outbound systems

Workshop 14: Outbound operator prompt: run cold email in the right order

A free start-here prompt that runs cold outbound like an operator: deliverability rules, copy defaults, compliance, and the order the work goes in.

July 9, 2026

Apollo Operator: an open-source knowledge layer for the Apollo MCP

Outbound systems

Workshop 01: OPERATOR

An open-source library of 17 Claude Code skills that turns the raw Apollo MCP into a guided outbound motion, run on your own Apollo account.

July 9, 2026

Apollo Operator: an open-source knowledge layer for the Apollo MCP

Outbound systems

Workshop 01: OPERATOR

An open-source library of 17 Claude Code skills that turns the raw Apollo MCP into a guided outbound motion, run on your own Apollo account.

July 3, 2026

What makes a cold email offer ready

Cold email

Workshop 02: THE OFFER

The four questions and the gut check we run before a single email gets written, and what to do when an offer fails them.

July 3, 2026

What makes a cold email offer ready

Cold email

Workshop 02: THE OFFER

The four questions and the gut check we run before a single email gets written, and what to do when an offer fails them.

June 30, 2026

How to write a cold email sequence, annotated line by line

Cold email

Workshop 03: ANNOTATED

A complete three-step sequence with every decision explained: why each line is there and what it is doing.

June 30, 2026

How to write a cold email sequence, annotated line by line

Cold email

Workshop 03: ANNOTATED

A complete three-step sequence with every decision explained: why each line is there and what it is doing.

June 8, 2026

Campaign Launch Skill: an outbound launch, end to end

Outbound systems

Workshop 04: LAUNCH

The Claude Code skill that takes a campaign from list to live send, with the deliverability checks built into the steps.

June 8, 2026

Campaign Launch Skill: an outbound launch, end to end

Outbound systems

Workshop 04: LAUNCH

The Claude Code skill that takes a campaign from list to live send, with the deliverability checks built into the steps.

November 24, 2025

How to use AI without sounding like a robot

Cold email

Workshop 05: NOT A ROBOT

Most AI output sounds generic because the brief is weak. The four-part prompting framework we use to get copy that sounds like a person.

November 24, 2025

How to use AI without sounding like a robot

Cold email

Workshop 05: NOT A ROBOT

Most AI output sounds generic because the brief is weak. The four-part prompting framework we use to get copy that sounds like a person.

October 9, 2025

The cold email stack that doubled our qualified leads

Outbound systems

Workshop 06: THE STACK

Seven platforms combined into one system that handles prospecting, enrichment, sending, and handoff, and what each one is actually for.

October 9, 2025

The cold email stack that doubled our qualified leads

Outbound systems

Workshop 06: THE STACK

Seven platforms combined into one system that handles prospecting, enrichment, sending, and handoff, and what each one is actually for.

September 18, 2025

From two hours to two minutes: lead research without opening a tab

Prospecting

Workshop 07: TWO MINUTES

Cutting lead research from 20 minutes per reply to seconds, with a workflow that delivers the context straight into Slack.

September 18, 2025

From two hours to two minutes: lead research without opening a tab

Prospecting

Workshop 07: TWO MINUTES

Cutting lead research from 20 minutes per reply to seconds, with a workflow that delivers the context straight into Slack.

August 24, 2025

The one reply rate metric that predicts revenue

Cold email

Workshop 08: REPLY RATE

Most reply rates are vanity metrics. How to measure positive replies, tie them to revenue, and tell whether outbound is working.

August 24, 2025

The one reply rate metric that predicts revenue

Cold email

Workshop 08: REPLY RATE

Most reply rates are vanity metrics. How to measure positive replies, tie them to revenue, and tell whether outbound is working.

July 31, 2025

What 1,000 cold email replies told us

Cold email

Workshop 09: 1,000 REPLIES

Five patterns from 1,000 real replies: what they say about timing, objections, intent, and what your market is telling you.

July 31, 2025

What 1,000 cold email replies told us

Cold email

Workshop 09: 1,000 REPLIES

Five patterns from 1,000 real replies: what they say about timing, objections, intent, and what your market is telling you.

June 11, 2025

From manual to automated prospecting

Prospecting

Workshop 10: AUTOMATED

How prospect research went from eight-hour manual days to ten-minute workflows, and what changes for the team once it does.

June 11, 2025

From manual to automated prospecting

Prospecting

Workshop 10: AUTOMATED

How prospect research went from eight-hour manual days to ten-minute workflows, and what changes for the team once it does.

June 5, 2025

The lead research workflow we actually use

Prospecting

Workshop 11: THE WORKFLOW

From Apollo search to Clay cleanup to personalization at scale, the workflow we run to build a list worth sending to.

June 5, 2025

The lead research workflow we actually use

Prospecting

Workshop 11: THE WORKFLOW

From Apollo search to Clay cleanup to personalization at scale, the workflow we run to build a list worth sending to.

May 16, 2025

The anatomy of a cold email that gets replies

Cold email

Workshop 12: ANATOMY

The structure behind cold emails that earn replies, and the three-part formula you can put under any offer.

May 16, 2025

The anatomy of a cold email that gets replies

Cold email

Workshop 12: ANATOMY

The structure behind cold emails that earn replies, and the three-part formula you can put under any offer.

April 17, 2025

The real cost of bad deliverability

Deliverability

Workshop 13: THE REAL COST

Bad deliverability does more than hurt campaigns. It quietly breaks invoicing, support, and every other email you send.

April 17, 2025

The real cost of bad deliverability

Deliverability

Workshop 13: THE REAL COST

Bad deliverability does more than hurt campaigns. It quietly breaks invoicing, support, and every other email you send.

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Notes from live campaigns. No theory, no filler.

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Learn from our work

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OUR NEWSLETTER

Notes from live campaigns. No theory, no filler.

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© 2026 Creatop. All rights reserved.