Send your first outreach campaign

Build backlinks by sending personalized outreach emails

Last updated: Feb 12, 2026

Outreach campaigns help you find websites that could mention your brand or link to your content, then send personalized emails to build relationships.

Completing the checklist item

Your "Send your first outreach campaign" checklist item completes when you successfully send your first outreach email through the platform.

How to get started

  1. Navigate to Outreach > Discoveries from the main menu
  2. Click Start new discovery
  3. Choose your objective (brand mentions or specific page backlinks)
  4. Enter your target domain or URL
  5. Review AI-suggested topics and start discovery
  6. Wait for sources to be discovered (uses credits)
  7. Click Find contacts to enrich sources with contact information
  8. Review discovered sources and generated email sequences
  9. Approve and send your first outreach campaign

The full outreach workflow

As you progress through the outreach workflow, you'll unlock multiple milestones:

  • First discovery created - When your first discovery completes
  • First contacts found - When contact details are enriched for the first time
  • First emails generated - When AI generates your first email sequence
  • First outreach sent - When you send your first campaign to Smartlead

Credits required

  • Discovery (per source): 10 credits
  • Contact enrichment (per source): 20 credits
  • Email generation (per source): 5 credits
  • Campaign send (per contact): 30 credits

What happens after sending

Your outreach emails are sent via Smartlead with automated follow-up sequences. Track opens, clicks, and replies in your outreach dashboard.

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