For the last year I’ve been doing outbound the way most people do it: a bit of LinkedIn, a bit of X, a bit of Reddit, plus email. The hardest part wasn’t writing messages, it was staying organized across all those places.
I’d DM someone on Reddit and forget to follow up. I’d have a good back-and-forth on X, then lose it in the noise. On LinkedIn I’d message someone and a week later I couldn’t remember what I said or where it left off. I kept patching things together with tabs, spreadsheets, and different tools, but it always felt messy and inconsistent. So we built OptaReach (https://optareach.com/ ) to make outreach feel like one simple workflow across platforms. The goal is to help you reach people where they already are, keep context in one place, and follow up in a way that still feels human.
Once we had a cleaner system, the biggest change was consistency. After months of struggling with low replies, we started getting real conversations again, 40+ replies in a week across platforms, mostly because we stopped dropping the ball on follow-ups and targeting.
We’re still early and would love honest feedback from HN. What feels most broken about outbound today? Where do tools usually miss the mark, finding the right people, keeping conversations organized, follow-ups, analytics, deliverability, or something else?
Happy to answer questions and learn from your experience.