SayMail now has contact discovery!

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Buckle up.

This isn't a typical update. This is the biggest change I've made to SayMail since I started building it.

Cutting straight to the point, we have good news and bad news.

Good news, you can now search for contacts and find their emails in SayMail.

Bad news, this feature won’t be available just yet…

I got contact discovery + email finding to work, it’s on a token limit per search because I'm making an API call on my end every time.

But I messed up a parameter - instead of getting a maximum of 25 searches per result, I ended up doing a search that returned over 1000 profiles!

In other words, I used up my entire limit for this month in a matter of minutes and it won't be renewed until February 2nd.

Worst-case scenario: you’ll have to wait until February 2nd to use this feature.

Best-case scenario: I fixed the code and contacted the team who owns this API, they may be able to revert my usage within the next week.

In the meantime, the other features still work and you can still create an account today! Once my usage is refreshed, I’ll let you know.

Anyways, I’ll show you how contact discovery works.

2 weeks ago, I got this email from a user who's actively job searching:

Reading this made something click.

I'd been so focused on the email generation side of SayMail; making the voice-to-email output feel authentic, that I overlooked something.

Contact discovery is just as important as email generation.

Maybe even more important, depending on who you ask.

So, I spent the past few days rebuilding SayMail from the ground up to solve this.

Here's what the new version looks like in action:

🔍 Contact discovery

Search people by role and company using natural language. Looking for Product Managers at Stripe? Sales leads at HubSpot? Just type it in.

📧 One-click email reveal

Find someone interesting? Reveal their email with one click.

👤 See who you're reaching out to

Once you select a contact, you'll see their profile while you record your message. No more guessing who you're talking to.

🎯 Guided coaching

Not sure what to say? The new interface includes tips and an example recording to show you exactly what to include.

🎙️ Record and send

Record your voice message, and SayMail generates a personalized email based on their profile and what you said.

In cases where your voice note could use more detail, tips will be displayed so you can rerecord or manually edit.

Otherwise, you create the draft once ready.

And of course, the main page has all your saved contacts and previous searches.

So you can always revisit contacts and draft new messages:

That’s pretty much the feature - all nicely wrapped in a newly designed website.

Building contact discovery wasn't straightforward. I spent a couple days figuring out how to do this in a way that's cost-efficient and respects platform guidelines.

I anticipate some bugs may occur, but I think we’re good for now. (Knock on wood)

*AGAIN: Contact discovery is paused while I work with the team to get my credits refreshed, but will let you know when it is ASAP.

Right now, SayMail allows 10 users. It's time to grow.

I'm opening up the beta 20 up to 50 users.

Here's how it works:

→ Sign up at saymail.app → You'll receive a short onboarding video walking you through the new features → Start finding contacts and sending outreach

It's completely free during the beta. I'm not charging anything.

I just want feedback.

This beta is perfect for you if you're:

→ Actively job searching or networking

→ A career pivoter figuring out your next move

→ A new grad trying to break into your field

→ Anyone tired of sending cold applications into the void

All I ask is that you're willing to share honest feedback. Tell me what works, what doesn't, and what's missing.

How do you provide feedback?

In the near future, I’ll create a slack channel for faster Q&As + discussions.

In the up coming weeks, these will be my points of focus:

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