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#209 · Fully Automated AI Video Outreach in 2026

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What do you think about sending customized Loom videos for cold emails instead of personalized text? The video is like a template and you can customize the hey, first name or whatever using an AI voiceover. The only downside is it costs about 50 bucks per 200 videos. Is it worth it?

You know, I actually did this exact same thing using a service called Be Human a while ago. I'm not affiliated with them and don't use their service anymore; I'm not even sure if they're still around, but it was a pretty cool service. You could record a video, say the person's name in it, and the AI would find that point, blur over your mouth, and use a training sample of your voice to say the name. For example, I'd say, 'Hey, really cool seeing you. Thought I'd record a quick video just putting this in front of you to see if you get some value out of it.' The video would then say, 'Hey, Peter.' The issue back then was that the models weren't good at distorting your face, so my hack was to grab the Loom video recording bubble (or equivalent) and say, 'Hey, Peter.' While the video was moving fast, you couldn't see my face, and if someone paused on the name to double-check, they'd see me halfway through a transition, making it unclear. Some of the best sales and lead gen cold email campaigns a couple years ago used this approach and flew under the radar. You could create and record the video, give it total plausible deniability, make it seem super customized, and then pass it through. If you're a hacker nerd wanting to build your own pipeline, you could do this for about 5 cents per 200 videos by renting GPUs on a service like RunPod, running a video name‑change model, or using whatever model Be Human uses, treating it like an API point. So yeah, I'm not going to discourage you.

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What are your thoughts on building a cold‑outreach system that sends personalized Loom videos to prospects and how would you approach building it?

I've built something very similar. The main hurdle was the hidden API for uploading Looms—it worked but was painful; Gloom's auto‑GIF embeds in emails make it a good option. People are now accustomed to Looms so the format feels native. To build a personalized Loom outreach machine: 1. Use a variable (e.g., {{name}}) that a voice‑cloning model (like Be Human) replaces with the prospect's first name spoken in your voice. 2. While the name is being spoken move the Loom window across the screen to hide any mouth artifacts. 3. Prepare a library of video templates—about 30—each tailored to a specific niche or offer (e.g., B2B agencies buying cold‑email services B2B agencies buying fulfillment systems manufacturing companies buying cold outreach manufacturing companies buying fulfillment etc.). 4. When you scrape a list of leads run an AI classifier that reads the prospect's company info and assigns them to one of those categories. 5. Pick the matching template insert the prospect's first name into the voice‑over and stitch the personalized video together. 6. The result feels like a custom‑made video: “Hey Peter hope you're doing well… I've been following you… I love your no‑frills approach…” 7. To increase perceived personalization overlay a screenshot of the prospect's LinkedIn/Instagram/etc. and do a quick screen‑grab before the Loom plays. 8. I currently run a $300 k/month content business and saw that this approach could save prospects significant money with a simple tweak—hence I recorded this video to share the idea. 9. The method works well; it's not perfect but delivers strong results.

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Can you make a video (or do you already have) an AI autoresponder for instant cold email campaigns?

I’m not sure I’ll make a video, but I’ve always been skeptical about setting up an autoresponder that replies instantly. I get it—if a message comes in at 4 a.m., I won’t be around to answer, but during business hours a lead is money on a silver platter, and you should respond yourself right away. Even a 1 % edge over an AI in response quality is the whole business. I haven’t covered this in a video because I don’t want people to waste time on a system that often underperforms and adds complexity. Still, I’ll walk you through a simple setup: grab an instant webhook (e.g., from Make.com), which will give you the lead’s email, name, company, website, phone, and the reply text. You don’t need an extra API call; the webhook includes the email body. You can then feed that data into a language model—most people try Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG), but I’d just use a prompt with a model like GPT‑4, prepend a few thousand tokens describing your business, products, and example replies. The model can generate a response and send it via Gmail. In my opinion, this isn’t a great idea; it’s far more effective to answer the inquiries yourself. A single lead can be worth $5‑10 k, and using AI could drop your close rate by about 10 % if it makes mistakes. That risk isn’t worth it.

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Can you show how to set up a cold email campaign with Loom videos for each outreach?

I don’t run a fully automated cold‑email system with Loom videos because it doesn’t scale well. Instead, I keep a simple Google sheet with columns for first name, last name, company, email, icebreaker, and a Loom link. I add each lead to the sheet, automate the icebreaker, then manually record a short Loom video (2‑4 minutes) for each prospect, talking about their specific needs. Sending 15 personalized videos takes about an hour of recording plus an hour to set up—so it’s doable but not highly scalable. The nuance is that customized Loom videos conflict with the goal of high‑volume automated outreach; the best approach is to do the recordings yourself when you want that level of personalization.

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