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I'm not opposed to cold outreach, we've done that plenty, though without much success. I'm opposed at the scale where I need to have "warming tools" for my emai
by a_t48 2y ago
I'm not opposed to cold outreach, we've done that plenty, though without much success. I'm opposed at the scale where I need to have "warming tools" for my email address. It's very possible that it makes me a bad founder, though.
- handfuloflight 2y ago> I'm not opposed to cold outreach, we've done that plenty, though without much success. What kind of campaign messaging? How did you define success? Were you getting no replies at all?
- a_t48 2y agoJust cold emailing for companies that might be interested in us. No replies. My cofounder did some research on what best to do for cold outreach and did end up getting some replies, after. I have better luck talking to people in person at networking/industry events (or messaging relevant people via HN connections). We'll go back to emailing at some point.
- gwd 2y agoYeah, "Try to make sure the person you're emailing is experiencing pain that your service relieves" is good, and if every cold email I got was that targeted I wouldn't mind at all. "Use a VPN and inbox warming techniques to hide from Gmail the fact that you're doing bulk emailing" is pretty scummy.
- a_t48 2y agoPrecisely.