7 Best Cold Email Practices by Alex Berman

Wondering how someone like Alex Berman has generated over $100 million via cold email?

Here are his 7 best cold email practices he wish he followed earlier:

1) Spend 4-6 minutes researching

Research your leads:

– Industry

– Job title

– Company size

– Active social media channel

Don’t send emails to:

– Industry you have no case studies in

– People with no authority

– Companies with low budget

– People who don’t use email

2) Warm up your domain

Google filters hate inboxes created for cold outreach.

Warm it up so your emails look genuine. by:

– Creating a group of inboxes/domains

– Sending emails back and forth

– Opening and replying to each other’s emails

Software like Omni does this work automatically.

3) Set up inbox and signature

Make your email look personal, genuine, and real:

– Personal photo

– Phone number

– DMARC in domain DNS

– Email signature (name, title, address, etc)

Setting up your inbox correctly is the easiest way to pass through spam filters.

4) Never stop following a client that showed interest

Never let a good deal fall through until you get a yes or no.

Follow up with:

– New client victories

– Wish them at major festivals

– Congratulate them on business wins

Get the deal done, but don’t sound too desperate.

5) Start slow

So many people get this wrong. Don’t send 100s of emails from day 1 out of excitement.

Start slow:

– First week: 5-10 per day

– Increase by 40% for 1st month

– Slow down if the open rate plummets

Better to send less than to lose your domain.

6) Record data points

Cold email is a game of numbers.

If you don’t record your numbers, you can never improve.

Keep track of and aim for:

– Open rate – 80%

– Bounce rate – <10%

– Response rate – 25%

– Meeting book rate – 6%

7) Keep the email short

Prospects don’t have time to read paragraphs.

Keep your emails short:

– First line

– 1 sentence case study

– Strong CTA

Cut out everything else:

– Portfolio links

– Personalized videos

You might get only 1 chance with the prospect.

Make it count.

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Dennis Yu
Dennis Yu
Dennis Yu is the CEO of Local Service Spotlight, a platform that amplifies the reputations of contractors and local service businesses using the Content Factory process. He is a former search engine engineer who has spent a billion dollars on Google and Facebook ads for Nike, Quiznos, Ashley Furniture, Red Bull, State Farm, and other brands. Dennis has achieved 25% of his goal of creating a million digital marketing jobs by partnering with universities, professional organizations, and agencies. Through Local Service Spotlight, he teaches the Dollar a Day strategy and Content Factory training to help local service businesses enhance their existing local reputation and make the phone ring. Dennis coaches young adult agency owners serving plumbers, AC technicians, landscapers, roofers, electricians, and believes there should be a standard in measuring local marketing efforts, much like doctors and plumbers must be certified.