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I've gotten about a 80-90% response rate to the template I show in the post. With a more naive template, it was often more like 10-20%.
by gdb 12y ago
I've gotten about a 80-90% response rate to the template I show in the post. With a more naive template, it was often more like 10-20%.
- lgmspb 12y agoThat is quite impressive
- opendais 12y agoThat is pretty impressive. I guess more people respond to cold email/calling than I would have thought. Personally, I always click spam on that kind of thing unless I've shown somewhere that I'm actively searching.
- gdb 12y agoGuess you're one of the remaining 20-10% :).
- opendais 12y agoHaha, you'd never send me one of those emails so we'll never know. <3
- mason55 12y agoRemember that his emails are coming from Stripe. If you're recruiting for generic unknown startup expect your response rates to be lower.
- opendais 12y agoI don't do recruiting and I don't work for a startup. ;) But this is true.
- jaegerpicker 12y agoThat's a pretty great template, I get at least 5 emails a week (usually a little more) and I try to reply to them just because you never know when the market could change and you need contacts to get a job. That said it's usually a week later that I reply that I'm not interested but thanks for thinking of me but an email like yours would get an immediate reply.
- Swizec 12y agoTo be honest, I'd be far more inclined to reply to an email from Stripe (a company I recognise/like) than most other cold mail. Also the advice about including a specific actionable time to make the next step is golden. Telling people exactly what you want converts best in most scenarios.
- lgmspb 12y agoYeah, that is true. I believe company name may play a HUGE role in the response rate.
- beat 12y agoThanks, gdb. I'm totally gonna plagiarize you when I need to send cold emails. :)