Step 6 of 13 · Cold Email That Gets Replies
Ban list: finds you well, circling back, passionate
Ban list: finds you well, circling back, passionate — step 6 of 13 in Cold Email That Gets Replies. Do not start with 'I hope this email finds you well.' Do not start with who you are for three sentences.
Free make money online tip: Ban list: finds you well, circling back, passionate (step 6 of 13 from "Cold Email That Gets Replies").
Do not start with 'I hope this email finds you well.' Do not start with who you are for three sentences. Do not say you are passionate about their mission. Do not attach a 12-page PDF on email one. Do not CC your other Gmail. Do not send from a no-reply address.
Also ban: 'Just following up' as the first email, 'per my last email' on day 1, and any sentence that could be mailed unchanged to 20 companies. If you can swap the company name and the rest still fits, rewrite sentence two.
You'll need
- Subject names the page or the deliverable
- No fake Re:
- Sentence two would fail a find-and-replace test
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