Michel Lieben LinkedIn Posts

I was named CEO of the Year by Tekpon.

When getting my prize, Cristian Dina asked: “You’re everywhere on LinkedIn, what’s the secret?”

I didn’t

We’ve booked 1,500+ meetings through organic LinkedIn.

(While growing 100,000+ followers across the ColdIQ team)

And we saved $402,500 on LinkedIn ads while doing it.

7 cold email tips I wish I knew earlier (but now build into every campaign).

Cold email works.

After sending millions of cold emails across

From $2M to $5M ARR in 10 months.

I joined ColdIQ last August to lead growth.

A week later, I shared our plan:
→ Grow

There’s a public database of your competitor’s churn reasons (and most teams aren’t using it).

It’s called G2.
Or Capterra. Or Trustpilot.

And it’s full of

The smartest AI agents aren't working alone.

They're working in teams:

Some act like managers. Some like assistants. Others, like workers in an assembly line.

Just

This workflow books > 3 weekly meetings on autopilot.

Here's the breakdown:

1. Generate Traffic

This can be done through Content, SEO, Ads or else.

2. De-anonymize

You only need ONE tool to run cold email campaigns.

But make sure it helps you:

- stay out of prospects' spam folders
- automate messaging

Only 2% of our website visitors were converting to meetings.

Then, Ivan Falco built this workflow:

35,000+ people browse our website every month.

They mostly come

Cold Email vs. LinkedIn DMs:

Which books more meetings?

(You won't like the answer)

I ran outbound campaigns for 150+ companies.

And the winner is...

It depends.

(Sorry)

That

You built a lead list.

But 55% of them won’t even receive your email 👇

Picture this:

1. You make a LinkedIn search.

Founder: "I don't know which Sales Tools to get."
Me: "This is what I use for my $5M ARR Agency"

... and how you can

If I had to build an outbound sales engine from scratch in 2025, these are the 11 tools I’d start with.

We’ve tested dozens

We crossed $5,000,000 ARR thanks to LinkedIn.

Here’s why everyone at ColdIQ posts here 👇

And why going from 100 to 500 monthly LinkedIn posts,

AI Agents started replacing employees.

Now, they're trusted with corporate credit cards.

Companies are rushing to implement them across all departments.

And by 2027, 82% of

AI Agents revolutionised client acquisition in 2025.

I spent 200+ hours researching the best ones for:

- building/automating complex GTM workflows
- lead segmentation & qualification
-

What our $4,800,000/year funnel looks like:

(It added $760,000+ in annualized revenue last month)


1️⃣ Lead Generation

We drove 35,000+ unique visits to ColdIQ's website last

We send 500,000+ emails/month at ColdIQ.

Here's the one reason cold emails don't work:

9 out of 10 times... It's your deliverability.

Even the best-written message

How I decide on Cold Email vs. LinkedIn content

After generating 1,200+ inbound leads for my $4.8M ARR outbound agency:

Truth is: I do both.

But

What I learned after 100+ failed outbound campaigns (at a $400,000 MRR agency):

Most flop because they're aimed at people who were not going