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Top of Funnel

Top of Funnel

Artisan
US
Expertise
  • Account-Based Marketing
  • Signals & Intent
  • GTM Copilot
  • AI Outbound
  • Inbound Lead Enrichment
ICPs
  • Early stage startups (seed-Series A)
  • Growth stage startups (Series B-C)
  • Mid-Market / Enterprise
  • Post-IPO
Industry
  • Industry agnostic
Language
  • English
Minimum Engagement
  • 6 months
Support
Brandon Charleson

Top of Funnel is a Clay-certified agency specializing in web scraping, data enrichment & cold outbound. Founded by Forbes Top 100 GTM leader Brandon Charleson, with 100+ Clay tutorials on YouTube. We build done-for-you systems that convert at scale.

Top of Funnel is a Veteran-owned Clay-certified agency specializing in web scraping, data enrichment, and cold outbound at scale. Founded by Brandon Charleson, a 2023 Forbes Top 100 industry leader with 100+ Clay tutorials on YouTube (@brandoncharleson), we've built a reputation for making complex automation accessible and delivering systems that actually convert.

Proclaimed "Web Scraping Wizards," our team has mastered the art of data acquisition—pulling prospect intelligence from sources others can't touch. Combined with deep expertise in sales, marketing, and executive recruiting, we help B2B companies not only generate pipeline but validate product-market fit through systematic outbound testing and real market feedback.

At the core of our methodology: Clay is the command center. Every workflow is architected to aggregate, enrich, and score data into highly personalized, high-converting outreach. We don't just consult—we build and operate full outbound systems, handing off only warm, qualified leads ready for your sales team.

Done-For-You Services:

• Advanced Web Scraping — Custom workflows to extract prospect data from any public source, feeding directly into Clay for enrichment and scoring. If the data exists, we can get it.

• Signal-Based Enrichment — Enrichment waterfalls leveraging APIs and creative Clay workflows to surface buying signals and intent data

• Lead Sourcing & Scoring — ICP-aligned prospecting using Clay tables with webhooks, API integrations, and multi-source aggregation

• Cold Email Infrastructure — Domain acquisition, inbox setup, deliverability config, and monitoring to ensure outreach lands

• Campaign Development — Copywriting optimized for conversion, persona-specific messaging, A/B testing, and subject line optimization

• Full Workflow Automation — Clay workflows with real-time triggers, sentiment analysis, lead scoring, and CRM integrations

Clay Consulting & Training:

For teams wanting to internalize expertise, we offer consulting to master advanced workflows and train your team. Brandon's YouTube channel serves as a free resource library for Clay users at every level.

We've partnered with venture-backed startups, growth-stage SaaS, and Fortune 500 enterprises. Our systems have helped clients increase lead generation by 10x through intelligent automation.

Ideal for: B2B companies ready to scale outbound without hiring in-house ops. Top of Funnel delivers systems built to convert.

"You have taught me so much and our entire partnership has been such a bright spot over the last year and a half. Thank you for every bit of support, expertise, and thoughtful guidance over these many months. You have been an incredible partner. If the time ever comes when we explore this type of work again, you will be my first call without question. Genuinely grateful for everything we have been able to do together."

Hannah Doksansky
Innovation Manager at Crisp.co

Use Cases

TAM Building & ICP Validation

Most agencies pull lists from Apollo or ZoomInfo and call it a day. We build your TAM from the ground up using advanced web scraping—extracting prospect data from sources competitors can't access: industry directories, niche databases, conference lists, and government registries. Our Clay workflows enrich every record through multi-source data waterfalls, filling gaps single-provider approaches miss. We layer firmographic, technographic, and intent signals to score accounts against your ICP. But TAM building is only half the equation. We use outbound as a validation mechanism—testing messaging across segments, tracking response patterns, and feeding real data back into your ICP definition. Systematic product-market fit validation through cold outreach. The result: a prospect universe that gets smarter with every campaign. You know which segments convert, which titles engage, and which signals predict pipeline—backed by real outbound data. Ideal for companies entering new markets, launching products, or sharpening targeting before scaling.

Signal-Based Outbound

Cold outbound doesn't have to be cold. We build Clay workflows that monitor real-time buying signals and trigger relevant outreach the moment prospects enter a buying window. Our signal detection goes beyond basic intent data. We scrape funding announcements before Crunchbase, track executive job changes within hours, detect tech stack changes via website analysis, identify hiring surges, and surface triggers from news and filings. Each signal feeds into Clay where AI agents research the account and generate personalized outreach referencing the specific trigger. This isn't template personalization—our agents conduct deep research, understanding prospect roles, company challenges, and how signals connect to pain points. Custom scrapers feed automation workflows processing signals in real-time, pushing enriched data to Clay for scoring, then routing qualified triggers into campaigns. Signal-based campaigns outperform static outbound by 3-5x because you reach prospects with context at the right moment. Ideal for teams moving from volume-based to trigger-based engagement.

Multi-Source Enrichment Waterfalls

Single-source enrichment is broken. No provider has complete data—relying on one means 30-50% gaps before campaigns launch. We build Clay waterfalls that cascade through multiple sources, maximizing coverage while minimizing cost. We map the optimal provider sequence for your ICP—starting with highest-accuracy sources, then falling to secondary providers when primary misses. This isn't stacking API calls; it's intelligent orchestration balancing freshness, accuracy, and cost. Beyond standard providers, we use custom web scraping as an enrichment source. Can't find a direct email? We scrape team pages, conference speaker lists, or extract patterns from filings. Our scraping fills gaps APIs cannot. Validation layers cross-reference data across sources and score confidence levels so you know reliability before launch. Result: 85-95% coverage versus 50-60% from single-source approaches. Ideal for teams frustrated with incomplete data killing performance.

Hyper-Personalized ABM Campaigns

True ABM requires research depth that doesn't scale manually. We solve this with AI agents that conduct account research autonomously, enabling 1:1 personalization across hundreds of targets. For each account, AI agents crawl websites, analyze news, review executive profiles, parse earnings calls, and identify tech stack—synthesizing everything into actionable intelligence powering personalization unique to each account. We map entire buying committees—identifying stakeholders and tailoring messaging for each persona. CFOs get ROI angles; practitioners get efficiency messaging; sponsors get strategic vision. Clay orchestrates at scale: scrapers feed intelligence, AI agents synthesize research, waterfalls fill contact gaps, and workflows sequence outreach across the committee. This isn't spray-and-pray ABM. It's systematic account penetration with research depth making every touch feel handcrafted. Ideal for enterprise teams targeting strategic accounts with complex buying committees.

Event & Conference Prospecting

Conferences are goldmines—attendees self-select into your market. But most teams fumble execution, manually scraping badges or waiting weeks for post-event lists. We automate the entire event prospecting lifecycle. Pre-event: scrapers extract attendee and speaker lists from registration pages, event apps, and sponsor directories—often before the event happens. We enrich contacts through Clay, score against ICP, and identify priority targets worth meeting. During-event: we monitor social activity and engagement signals to identify hot prospects. Real-time alerts flag high-value targets so your team prioritizes on-site conversations. Post-event: outreach launches within hours—not weeks. Messaging references specific sessions and topics relevant to each prospect. While competitors wait for organizer lists, you're already in conversations. We've scraped attendee data from SaaStr, Web Summit, Dreamforce, AWS re:Invent, and hundreds of industry conferences. We handle authentication challenges and anti-scraping measures. Result: 10x more qualified conversations from every event. Ideal for teams investing in conferences wanting maximum pipeline ROI.

Competitor Displacement Campaigns

Your best prospects often already use a competitor. We build systematic displacement campaigns that identify competitor customers and engage them with differentiation-focused outreach. Our scraping identifies competitor customers through multiple signals: technology detection, case study and logo scraping from competitor sites, review analysis, job posting requirements, and social mentions. We aggregate signals in Clay to build comprehensive competitor customer lists. We layer timing signals to prioritize accounts showing switching behavior: negative reviews, support complaints, estimated renewal windows, or org changes creating re-evaluation opportunities. AI agents research each account to craft displacement messaging addressing specific competitive gaps. This isn't generic "we're better" positioning—it's tailored narratives addressing exact pain points competitor customers experience. Campaigns sequence across stakeholders, mapping the buying committee and threading outreach appropriately. Ideal for companies looking to systematically capture share from established competitors.

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