Cold email software
Cold email
software that goes nowhere, take time to reconsider your approach and
whether it incorporates a sensible and strategic approach.
Rule No. 1: Go In Hot
Make no mistake: To succeed at cold emailing, you must go in hot,
not cold. Before making any attempt at outreach, your email needs to reflect
the following:
- Research: Before you attempt contact, do your homework. Why is
the prospective client or opportunity on the other end a good fit? Why is
it worthy of your outreach? If the connection is weak, so are your chances
for success.
- Relevance: Even if you can identify an
end target, you still need to define why you are the one who can hit their
mark. What about your background, expertise and experience make you a
compelling choice for this client or opportunity?
Rule No. 2: Make It About Them
Make that clear from the very start, or you'll be quickly
dismissed. It's also a good idea to be succinct. Don't repel your recipient
with long-winded emails. Say it short and simple.
Rule No. 3: Make It Easy To Say Yes
Sometimes, we become our biggest competition. If you want to
create opportunities with cold email, you need to make it easy for the
recipient to say "yes." To stay out of your own way, be sure your
email:
- Makes a specific request:
Is it clear what you're looking for the other person to do next? Did you
state that message up front, or is it buried in the body of your message?
- Defines a time horizon:
Did you give the recipient a clear sense of when and how your request can
be fulfilled? Remember, you're hitting above your weight class and the people you're reaching out to be busy
and inclined to say no.
- Your job is to convert their
hesitation to support by making the ask as defined as possible.
- Specify the dates, times, and duration
for your request and be certain that it can be fulfilled under those
conditions.
- Demonstrates empathy and good taste:
As a useful exercise, trade places with the recipient and ask yourself:
"If I were the one getting this email, what would it take to keep my
interest?" You wouldn't appreciate aggressive language or urgent
deadlines, would you? Neither do they.
Rule No. 4: Show Gratitude
The first three rules can help you warm up to
a cold connection. But even if you successfully win them over, you should
already be thinking about ways to nurture that relationship for future
opportunities. And there's no better way to do that than with a genuine
expression of gratitude.
If something good comes from your original
request, let the recipient know. I still drop a note of appreciation every few
months to the real estate executive who gave me my first paid speaking gig.
It's an opportunity for me to thank him for taking a chance on me and to let
him know the good that continues to come from it.
When you take a sensible and strategic
approach to cold emailing, you just might discover that opportunity knocks. If
you give others what they need, you can usually get what you want. And when
seeking opportunity, always remember: Expect nothing, appreciate everything.
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