Atunu S.
Certified Cold Email Infrastructure & Senior Deliverability Expert
60+ Cold Email Infrastructure Setup using Instantly, Smartlead. 2000+ Inboxes, SPF/DKIM/DMARC Configured. 20+ Deliverability Issues Resolved. Campaign Management for 35+ Businesses. 400+ Domains' DNS Configured. 10+ years in Email Marketing & Deliverability, where 5+ focused on B2B Cold Email Outreach. Top-rated freelancer on Upwork since day 1. All 5-star feedback. Hi, I'm Atunu, a certified Cold Email Marketing & Deliverability Expert. I have earned my Email Marketing Certification from HubSpot Academy & my Email Deliverability Certification from Klaviyo Academy. Over the last 5 years, I have professionally built and managed stable cold email infrastructure following Google and Microsoft's official sender guidelines, GDPR, and the CAN-SPAM ACT for B2B startups, SaaS agencies, and enterprise businesses that prioritize inbox placement, domain safety, and long-term deliverability. ✅ Instantly.ai Expert 🔹Instantly Cold Email Setup and Email Deliverability Optimization following Google and Microsoft's official sender guidelines to maximize inbox placement. 🔹Domain setup, MX Records & DNS Configuration for safe, scalable B2B Cold Email Outreach without domain burning. 🔹Full Email Authentication - SPF/DKIM/DMARC records are properly configured, so Google and Yahoo do not block you. 🔹Business Inbox setup via Google Workspace & Microsoft 365 to maximize your safe daily sending volume. 🔹Instantly Advanced Deliverability optimization expert - Which gives you extra protection for inbox placement. 🔹Inbox Warm-up, Domain Warm-up & Sender Reputation Management to build deep trust with major email providers. 🔹Email Deliverability Troubleshooting to recover active campaigns from spam folders and improve inbox performance. 🔹Instantly Cold Email Campaign Setup following GDPR, CAN-SPAM ACT, and Management, including: ㅤ► Email Sequence Setup, Domains & Sender Accounts Management so campaigns run smoothly without unexpected pauses. ㅤ► Keep DNS records & Email Authentication clean so nothing breaks or interrupts your active sales pipeline. ㅤ► Monitor blacklists, spam traps & Sender Reputation to protect your email system from long-term domain damage. ㅤ► Spam Prevention & Lead Hygiene checks before every campaign goes live to lower your bounce rates. ㅤ► Personalization, A/B Testing, Campaign Analytics & Performance Tracking to continuously improve your open rates and reply rates. ✅ Email Deliverability Specialist 🔹I audit the full email setup to quickly identify real deliverability issues and fix them with a clear, proven process that drives long-term results. 🔹10+ years in Email Marketing, 5+ focused on Outbound Systems to find exactly why your emails aren't landing in the inbox. 🔹Full email infrastructure audit to uncover hidden deliverability issues. 🔹Email copy optimization to avoid the promotional tab. 🔹Inbox Placement & Sender Reputation fixes for better campaign performance - helping your messages reach more prospects and decision-makers. 🔹Blacklist Removal, Spam Trap cleanup & Domain Health monitoring - so your sending reputation stays clean long-term. 🔹Ongoing systems monitoring & delivery optimization to prevent future drops and keep your sales pipeline running smoothly. ✅ GoHighLevel - Professional GHL Audit and troubleshooting deliverability issues. I also offer ongoing deliverability monitoring and infrastructure maintenance so small problems get caught and fixed before they turn into big ones - before Gmail and Microsoft decide to drop your next campaign straight into spam. ✅ Smartlead Expert - Full Infrastructure setup, Mailbox Warm-up, Multi-sender Inbox Rotation, AI Sequences, Smart Reply Detection, Custom Tracking Domain & Reply Rate Optimization. ✅ Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Google Maps Scraper - • Advanced Data Sourcing: Boolean Search | Boolean Logic | Advanced Search Strings • Pipeline Strategy: B2B Lead Generation | ICP Targeting | Market & Prospect Research • Data Operations: List Building | Data Enrichment | Email Verification 🛠️ 𝑻𝑶𝑶𝑳𝑺 & 𝑷𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑴𝑺 𝑰 𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑳𝑰𝒁𝑬 𝑰𝑵 ► Sending & CRM: Instantly, Smartlead, GoHighLevel, Lemlist, Plusvibe, HubSpot, Klaviyo, QuickMail, GMass ► Infrastructure & DNS: Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho Mail, Mailforge, Primeforge, Zapmail, Cloudflare, GoDaddy, Namecheap ► Lead Generation: Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator ► Data Enrichment: Clay, Findymail ► Verification & Monitoring: NeverBounce, ZeroBounce, Google Postmaster, MXtoolbox, GlockApps ► Servers & SMTP: Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, SendPulse, Sendy If you want to set up your cold email infrastructure the right way, following Google and Microsoft sender guidelines, and taking care of all the technical stuff like SPF, DKIM, DMARC, GDPR, and CAN-SPAM ACT, to make sure that your email will land in the inbox, neither in the spam folder nor in the promotional tab, Let's Connect! Scroll down for Portfolio, Job History, and Feedback
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $3.9k
Billed in all: $38,580$39k
$245 in the last 6 months
Across 70 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 14% in Outreach Email Copywriting
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