I've sent my first cold email ever to 100 people from reddit thread.
Hey!
I'm promoting a startup challenge and compare different channels to get applicants.
Today I've tried reddit.
We've taken emails from startup shoutout thread on r/startups subreddit.
We've failed to collect useful info other than email address so it lacks personalization, but I try to make it as friendly as I can.
Here's the email copy:
And here's current results (click rate ~ 5%):
How would you recommend to improve the outreach process or copy?
I'm scared of cold emailing because even that can get your domain marked as a spam provider if just a few people report it as such. I was doing it before but now I'm not.
If you're going to cold email, I recommend email warming to keep your domain in good standing.
Did you have any success with your cold emailing thus far?
for sure!
but I believe as always, you can rather make an art out of it, or just keep the bar low and go with Spam
I received a couple good cold emails that got my attention and brought great partners and teammates before!
Success isn't great to me — 40% open rate and 7% clicked (8 people)