Email

Cold email

A cold email is a personal email to someone who does not know you yet, about a problem you can help with.

It is one-to-one, not a newsletter. It goes to a person on your lead list who fits your ideal customer profile, and it names one true thing about them. Sending the same text to thousands of people is spam, not cold email.

After warm outreach, it is one of the fastest ways for B2B founders to start conversations. Aim for 100 personal emails a day from a separate, warmed-up domain, with AI drafting and you adding one line each. Expect a few replies from every 100, and write each cold emailsoon around their problem.

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  • How to write a cold emailComing soon
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  • How to follow up on a cold emailComing soon

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