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Warm Up Your Cold Emails Before Sending Them To Prospects

By Mrstrongest @mrstrongarm

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You can read the entire post here on the Kununu blog.

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This was my contribution:

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Warm ’em up
Warm Up Your Cold Emails Before Sending Them To Prospects
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I write two kinds of emails: cold emails (queries) to people I don’t know (prospects), and “regular” emails to clients and people I do business with.

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My tip for writing cold emails is to warm them up before you send them (see campfire, above).

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You do that by researching the person you’re writing to. You google them. You read about their business, check their LinkedIn profile.

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You verify their job title— are they really the best person to write to? I always try to find something they’ve written so I can comment on it.

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Doing the research allows you to personalize your email— especially the subject line; e.g., “I enjoyed what you said about such-and-such.”

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It boosts the odds they will open your email. It also tells the person you’ve done your homework, which helps establish credibility and trust.

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