Frequently asked questions

What is Lighteningly?
Lighteningly is an AI-powered platform designed to enhance your outbound sales efforts by identifying real-time bat signals, enriching lead information, and automating personalized outreach. Instead of relying on generic cold emails, Lighteningly enables you to engage with prospects who are actively showing interest, leading to higher response rates and more meaningful conversations.

Step 1: Lead Discovery Begin by sourcing leads from over 100 data platforms, including GitHub, LinkedIn, Crunchbase, and Apollo. You can also import your existing leads from a CSV file or your CRM.

Step 2: Data Enrichment Lighteningly enriches each lead with comprehensive details such as job titles, company information, and relevant buying signals, ensuring you have all the necessary context for effective outreach.

Step 3: Signal Tracking The platform continuously monitors your leads for significant changes, such as new job postings or funding events, updating their profiles weekly to keep your data current.

Step 4: Automated Outreach When a buying signal is detected, Lighteningly automatically triggers personalized outreach, crafting messages tailored to the lead’s current situation and syncing the interaction back to your CRM.
Lighteningly caters to a diverse range of users:
  • Tech and Marketing Agencies: Seeking to identify and engage with companies undergoing growth or change.
  • Outbound Sales Teams: Aiming to replace traditional cold emailing with targeted, signal-driven outreach.
  • Solo Founders and Freelancers: Looking to automate their outreach processes efficiently.
     
Whether you’re part of a large team or operating independently, Lighteningly adapts to your workflow, helping you connect with the right prospects at the right time.
Lighteningly operates through a four-step AI-driven workflow:
  1. Lead Sourcing
Utilize over 100 data sources to compile a list of potential leads, or import your own list from a CSV file or CRM.
  1. Enrichment
Each lead is automatically enriched with detailed information, including job titles, company data, and buying signals.
  1. Weekly Tracking
The platform monitors your leads on a weekly basis, updating their profiles with any new developments or signals.
  1. Automated Outreach
Upon detecting a buying signal, Lighteningly initiates personalized outreach, crafting messages that resonate with the lead’s current context and syncing the communication back to your CRM.
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Lighteningly monitors a variety of high-intent signals to help you identify the most opportune moments for outreach:
  • Recent Funding Activity: Indicates potential for expansion and new needs.
  • New Job Postings: Suggest company growth and potential demand for services.
  • Team Growth or Hiring Changes: Reflects organizational changes that may require external solutions.
  • LinkedIn Activity: Provides insights into company updates and employee movements.
  • Tech Stack Updates: Signals shifts in technology use that could align with your offerings.
  • Website Content Changes: Highlights new initiatives or focus areas within a company.
  • Movement of Buyers or Decision-Makers: Offers opportunities to reconnect with contacts in new roles.
     
By tracking these signals, Lighteningly ensures your outreach is timely and relevant.
Lighteningly is versatile and supports various use cases:
  • Tech Agencies: Target companies expanding their engineering teams or launching new features.
  • Marketing Agencies: Identify brands growing their marketing departments or planning new campaigns.
  • Outbound Sales Teams: Replace cold emailing with outreach triggered by intent signals, leading to higher engagement rates.
     
These use cases demonstrate how Lighteningly can be tailored to fit different business needs and objectives.
Traditional cold emails often go unnoticed due to their generic nature and poor timing. Lighteningly enhances your outreach by:
  • Targeting the Right Person: Ensuring your message reaches someone with decision-making power.
  • Timing the Outreach: Aligning your communication with moments when the prospect is most receptive.
  • Personalizing the Message: Crafting content that resonates with the prospect’s current situation.
     
This approach leads to improved open rates, more replies, and a more efficient outbound process.
Yes, Lighteningly reduces the risk of your emails being marked as spam by:
  • Focusing on Quality Over Quantity: Sending fewer, more targeted emails.
  • Ensuring Relevance: Aligning messages with real-time signals that indicate interest.
  • Enhancing Engagement: Increasing the likelihood of responses, which positively impacts sender reputation.
     
By prioritizing relevance and timing, Lighteningly helps maintain high deliverability rates.
Lighteningly offers two flexible pricing tiers designed to accommodate individuals, startups, and growing. 
  1. Byte Bot – Free Plan ($0/month)
    Ideal for those getting started or testing the platform.
  • Unlimited user seats
  • 50 AI credits per month
  • Access to limited integration providers
  • Great for exploring basic functionality without commitment
You can start a free trial of this plan to experience the core capabilities of Lighteningly at zero cost.
  1. Kilo Bot – Premium Plan ($98/month)
    Designed for power users and outbound teams that need full automation and higher capacity.
  • Unlimited user seats
  • 6000 AI credits per month
  • Access to all integration providers
  • Rollover credits for unused balance
  • Automated email sequencing
  • LinkedIn automations for smarter outreach
  • Loop automations for end-to-end workflow customization
This is Lighteningly’s most popular plan, tailored for teams that need scale, advanced automations, and seamless integrations with external platforms.
Both plans come with a free trial, allowing you to experience the product before committing.
Absolutely. Lighteningly is designed to be user-friendly and efficient, making it ideal for solo founders and freelancers. You can easily set up campaigns, track signals, and automate outreach without the need for a large team or complex setup.
Lighteningly offers a comprehensive solution for outbound outreach by:
  • Providing Access to High-Quality Leads: Sourcing prospects from over 100 data platforms.
  • Tracking Live Buying Signals: Keeping you informed about the best times to reach out.
  • Automating Personalized Outreach: Crafting and sending messages that resonate with your prospects.
     
By streamlining these processes, Lighteningly saves you time, enhances your outreach effectiveness, and helps you close more deals with less effort.