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Cold Email Outreach
Step 1: Define ICP (Ideal Customer Profile)
Define your ideal customer persona based on:
A . Industry
B . Job Titles / Role
C . Location
D . Seniority Level
E . Company Size
F . Years of Experience
G . Keywords / Interests, etc.
A . Industry
B . Job Titles / Role
C . Location
D . Seniority Level
E . Company Size
F . Years of Experience
G . Keywords / Interests, etc.
Step 2: Build Your Email List
There are two ways to build your email list for cold campaigns:
1 . Buying the list
2 . Scraping the list
You should avoid buying an email list, always build yours. One of the popular ways to build email lists is LinkedIn scraping.
Search and scrape your ideal customers on LinkedIn Sales Navigator. Sales Navigator offers powerful filters that will help you download a targeted email list.
2 . Scraping the list
You should avoid buying an email list, always build yours. One of the popular ways to build email lists is LinkedIn scraping.
Search and scrape your ideal customers on LinkedIn Sales Navigator. Sales Navigator offers powerful filters that will help you download a targeted email list.
Step 3: Email Verification
It is important to make sure all your emails are verified to avoid bounces. Email providers like Gmail ban accounts or push emails to spam if your bounce rate is high.
Bounce = spammer. So make sure all your emails are verified. Recommended Tool: Try using two email validation tools to validate your email list. Example, ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, etc.
Bounce = spammer. So make sure all your emails are verified. Recommended Tool: Try using two email validation tools to validate your email list. Example, ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, etc.
Step 4: Email Infrastructure
Here’s the technical setup required for cold emailing:
- Buying a new domain or create a subdomain (never use primary domain); redirect the new domain or subdomain to the primary domain
- Use a paid email provider if possible for best deliverability
- To avoid junk / spam folder, setup SPF, DKIM & DMARC email records for your domain
- Setup email warmup
Warmup for at least 2-3 weeks
During this time you can work on scraping and verifying the email list - Setup email campaigns
Prefer quality over quantity — start with 10-30 emails per week Gradually increase up to sending 50 emails per day per email account Have a continuous amount of emails sent daily (avoid batch and blast) Scale horizontally instead of vertically - Check your deliverality and improve based on suggestions on GlockApps. Use Postmasters Tools by Gmail to learn from Gmail delivery errors, spam reports, feedback loop, and more.
Recommended Tools:
- SmartLead or Instantly for email warmup + email campaigns
- Check deliverability with GlockApps
- Analyze email performance on Postmasters Tools by Gmail
Bonus: Email Copywriting Tips
- Test Subject lines :coschedule.com/email-subject-line-tester
- A/B test subject lines and body. Change email content every week.
- Avoid spam triggering words:emailtooler.com/spam-words-analysis
- Text-only (avoid images, bullets and other formatting)
- Add value with each follow-up, instead of repetition
- Don’t sell in the first email
- Send to individuals (avoid group emails such as info@, etc.)
- Preferably send to business emails
- No more than 1 link per email, and don’t mask links
- Include an option to unsubscribe
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