Hey everyone,

We are quickly edging closer to issue #10! It has been great to hear the feedback on this newsletter so far. It seems like many of you are enjoying it and finding value in the templates and resources, which is excellent!

I’ve got lots more value to share this week. But first, you might be interested to know that the most clicked link in the last issue was 72 cold email templates that win customers.

Now on to this week’s newsletter…

🧠 Brain Power ⚡

Are you offering to educate people in your cold email outreach? Don’t, advises Jeff Molander. Instead, help the customer feel an urge to be helped. You’ll get a lot further.

This company analyzed over 1,000,000 cold email messages to uncover the 19 worst mistakes people make in cold email. It turns out deceptive subject lines is a one-way ticket to no response.

⚒️ Resources 🔗

How do you write a “last chance” sales email that gets a 54% open rate? This 7-page PDF includes a breakdown of a sales email that resulted in 23 sales and thousands of dollars in revenue for an online course.

Make sure you’re sending emails to real email addresses. On the GMass blog, we cover the top 7 email validation APIs along with their features, pricing, and ratings.

🚨 Cold Email of the Week 📧

You see it all too often. A cold FIRST email that includes RE: or FWD: in the subject line. It’s a tactic to make you think this is part of a conversation you were already having or from someone you’ve been in touch with before.

It might help get the email opened… but it’s deceptive and won’t do much for gaining your prospects’ trust. We say skip it and focus on being trustworthy. (Example via Intersteller).

And that’s it for this week!

I hope you enjoyed issue #8.

Ajay Goel