Clay is the most powerful GTM automation tool ever built — and almost nobody knows how to use it properly. We design and build Clay workflows that enrich every prospect with 75+ data sources, write hyper-personalised outreach at scale, and sync a qualified pipeline directly into your CRM.
Clay is an AI-powered GTM data platform that connects 75+ data enrichment providers — including Apollo, LinkedIn, Clearbit, Hunter and web scraping — into a single spreadsheet-like interface. Instead of buying expensive data subscriptions and manually combining CSVs, Clay lets teams build automated workflows that source prospects, enrich their profiles with verified contact data and company signals, then write hyper-personalised outreach using built-in AI models like Claude and GPT-4o. GTM teams adopt Clay because it collapses four to six point tools into one, dramatically improving data coverage while reducing tooling costs by 40–70%.
Waterfall enrichment is Clay's most powerful cost-saving feature. Instead of paying one premium data provider for every record, Clay tries providers in a defined sequence — only moving to the next provider if the previous one returned no data. For example: try Apollo for email first (cheapest), then Hunter, then Clearbit, then web scraping. This approach typically achieves 80–95% data coverage while spending 30–60% fewer credits than single-source enrichment. It is the single biggest reason professional Clay operators achieve dramatically better economics than DIY setups.
Clay has a native AI column type that connects directly to OpenAI GPT-4o, Anthropic Claude, Perplexity and other LLMs via API. You can configure a prompt column that receives enriched data for each prospect — company description, recent news, job title, tech stack, LinkedIn bio — and instructs the AI to write a personalised first line, research summary or custom email in the voice of your brand. Each prospect gets genuinely individual copy rather than {first_name} merge tags. ScaleD2C configures prompt engineering within Clay to maximise reply rates while keeping per-record AI costs under $0.01.
Clay integrates natively with HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive and most major CRMs for contact and deal sync. On the outbound execution side, Clay connects to Instantly, Smartlead, Outreach, Salesloft, Apollo Sequences and most email sequencing platforms. Clay also integrates with Slack (for alerts), Google Sheets (for reporting), n8n and Zapier (for custom automation triggers), and Webhooks for any platform with an API. We design the full workflow architecture so enriched, AI-personalised leads flow automatically from Clay into your sequencer without manual intervention.
Clay engagements at ScaleD2C are typically scoped as one-time build projects or ongoing managed services. A standard Clay workflow build — including ICP definition, prospect sourcing setup, waterfall enrichment configuration, AI personalisation columns and CRM integration — typically runs 2–4 weeks with investment starting from £3,500. Ongoing Clay management (keeping tables running, updating enrichment logic and expanding to new segments) is available from £1,500/month. We also offer Clay audits for teams with existing setups that are underperforming, typically delivered within one week.
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