How Distill works

Tell us your goal We handle the outreach.

Distill builds your list with up-to-date company and people data, maps your connections, and coordinates outreach across LinkedIn and email.

Watch the explainerSee how Distill works in 2 minutes

Step 1

Choose your audience

Tell us who you want to reach and why. Bring a list or let Distill build one.

  1. 1

    Find new customers

    Share your website and the types of companies and people you want to reach.

  2. 2

    Contact event guests or inbound leads

    Use an event list or people who have already expressed interest.

  3. 3

    Reach your existing contacts

    Use your network for introductions or reconnect with past contacts.

Step 2

Build & enrich your list

Distill searches company and people information in real time, or matches and enriches lists you provide.

  1. 1

    Build and verify your list

    Distill uses your website to understand your ideal customers, searches for matching companies and people, and checks their information in real time. It can also match and enrich lists or webhook records you provide.

  2. 2

    Research every person and company

    Distill builds deep research profiles on everyone you contact and uses that research to personalize your outreach.

  3. 3

    Map your connections

    Distill calculates network distance and examines evidence of how people know each other. Shared work history can reveal likely relationships missing from explicit connections; these are possibilities to review.

Step 3

Coordinated LinkedIn & email outreach

Distill starts with a LinkedIn connection request, then falls back to email if needed.

  1. 1

    Write personalized messages

    Distill uses research to write in your voice, including mutual connections when there’s evidence of how you know each other. You can review messages before sending, or let Distill send them.

  2. 2

    Send across LinkedIn and email

    Distill coordinates messages and follow-ups across both channels, adding personalized connection notes when there’s relevant content to use.

  3. 3

    Set up cold email

    Distill buys a sending domain for you, creates and warms sending mailboxes, and manages email deliverability practices.

  4. 4

    Stop follow-ups when someone replies

    A reply on either channel stops the outreach sequence across both.

See the LinkedIn-first outreach sequence

Wait times are configurable—usually 4 days before falling back to email.

Send a LinkedIn connection request
Invitation accepted?

Yes

Send a LinkedIn message

No reply after the configured wait?

Follow up by email

Not accepted after the configured wait

Reach out by email

A reply on either channel stops outreach across both. Distill then handles the conversation and meeting booking.

Step 4

Distill books meetings as you

We respond until we get a meeting booked for you. Distill checks your calendar for availability and proposes specific times to meet.

One process. Many reasons to reach out.

Put Distill to work wherever the right conversation can make a difference.

Cold Outreach

We find the right prospects and handle personalized outreach and follow-up for you.

Warm Intros

We find the right people in your network and prepare thoughtful intro requests for you.

Event Outreach

We invite guests to your dinners and events, book meetings at conferences, and handle the follow-up.

Inbound Follow-Up

We identify your most valuable inbound leads and follow up personally on your behalf.

Keep in Touch

We use past conversations and relevant updates to reconnect with your contacts when the timing is right.

See how Distill can run your outreach.

See Distill in action

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