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10 years ago this kind of research took interns, VAs, or SDR armies. Now it’s a $0.47 A

By Kenny Damian · Head of GTM @ColdIQ🧠 | We build B2B revenue engines that sell for you | Elite Clay Studio Partner · 2026-04-10 · thread · This n8n workflow saves our sales team 10 hours+ a week

Tier A · TL;DR
10 years ago this kind of research took interns, VAs, or SDR armies. Now it’s a $0.47 A

Claim

This n8n workflow saves our sales team 10 hours+ a week. 10 hours X 8 reps = 80 hrs. That's at least $10,000 saved monthly. The Problem: Spending 20+ minutes researching each prospect manually.

Mechanism

The best part: Zero manual work after setup. And the cost per report is $0.47 in API calls.

Conditions

Holds when: the operating context matches the post's stated frame (team shape, stage, tooling, buyer type).

Fails when: the practice is lifted into a different stage or buyer context without reworking the underlying mechanism.

Evidence

"10 years ago this kind of research took interns, VAs, or SDR armies. Now it’s a $0.47 API chain. Wild to think how fast the sales ops function is evolving."

— Kenny Damian, LinkedIn, 2026-04-10

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Counter-evidence

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