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Sequences

Sequences let you send contacts directly from Ocean into your outreach tool to kick off your campaigns, without switching tabs or copy-pasting. šŸš€

What Are Sequences? šŸ’”

If you use an outreach tool like Apollo, Lemlist, or Instantly, you can connect it to Ocean and enroll contacts straight into your sequences from your search results or Leads page.

This saves you time and keeps your workflow in one place, find the right people in Ocean, send them to your outreach tool, and start your campaign.

How to Use It

  1. Go to People in your search results or to Leads in the left-hand menu

  2. Select one or more contacts

  3. Click Add to sequence in the Action Bar

  4. A popup will appear with the following:

    • A Sequence dropdown, select which sequence you want to enroll the contact into. The sequences available here come directly from your connected outreach tool

    • A Total cost, showing the credit cost for the enrollment. If the contact is already loaded and the email already revealed, this will show as 0

    • A message that says "You don't have enough credits.", with an Add credits button, if your balance is too low to cover the total cost

  5. Once you're happy with your selection and the total cost, click Add to sequence to confirm and start the process

Once the enrollment is complete, you will see a confirmation notification in Activities in the left-hand menu, confirming how many contacts were enrolled and into which tool.

šŸ’” Note: Sequences are only available for contacts, not companies. The Add to sequence option will appear in People in your search results and on the Leads page.

Email Reveals & Credits šŸ“Š

Adding contacts to a sequence follows the same credit logic as a regular export:

  • Loading: If the contact hasn't been loaded yet, it will cost 0.2 credits per contact. If already loaded, no credits are used.

  • Email reveal: If the email hasn't been revealed yet, the cost will be shown in the popup before you confirm. If already revealed, the cost will show as 0.

The total credit cost is always shown upfront in the popup before you confirm, so you are always in control of what gets spent.

For details on how email reveal credits are calculated, refer to our Credits article.

Setting Up Your Sequence Integration šŸ”§

Only managers can set up the integration, once the integration is set up by a manager, all users in the account can add contacts to sequences. Here's how:

  1. Click your profile icon (bottom left)

  2. Go to Integrations

  3. Scroll down to the Sequences section

  4. Connect your outreach tool, it's straightforward, just connect and make sure the required permissions are granted

Currently supported tools: Apollo, Lemlist, Instantly, Salesloft

Disconnecting a Sequence Integration

If you wish to disconnect an outreach tool, go to the same location:

  1. Click your profile icon (bottom left)

  2. Go to Integrations

  3. Scroll down to the Sequences section

  4. Click the Connected button next to the tool you wish to disconnect

  5. Select Disconnect

Missing an integration? Click Request integration on the Integrations page and let us know, your input helps us prioritize what to build next.

Pro Tips šŸ’”

  • Reveal emails in bulk before adding to sequences to keep things moving fast

  • Use the Net new option to make sure you're only enrolling fresh contacts

  • Combine with filters like seniority or location to keep your sequences focused and relevant

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