I've sent my first cold email ever to 100 people from reddit thread.

by Igor Krasnik

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:
email

And here's current results (click rate ~ 5%):
results

How would you recommend to improve the outreach process or copy?

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on April 11, 2023

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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?

VoodooMagic

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  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)
  
  igorkrasnik
  
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