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  1. Who should I reach out to? “Before you can send any cold emails, you need a list of potential clients.” The answer to this question depends on what you’re selling. For example, as a freelance copywriter, I knew I could find clients through agencies.

    In E-mailing

  2. Before you can send any cold emails, you need a list of potential clients. But how do you know who should be on your list? “The answer to this question depends on what you’re selling. For example, as a freelance copywriter, I knew I could find clients through agencies.” Agencies are always pitching new business and usually need extra help, so they’re a great connection to have if you’re new to freelancing or looking for work.

    In E-mailing

  3. Moment of admiration: Why you’re interested in working together (get specific!) “How you can help them: And include a link to your site/portfolio/samples” Sign-off: Thank them + let them know you hope to hear from them soon

    In Credibility in cold emails

  4. What should I say in my cold email? “If you want your cold emails to work, they must be genuine.” This means addressing a specific person (or persons) by name and including something in the email that gets them to pause and actually read it.

    In Credibility in cold emails

  5. Who should I reach out to? “Before you can send any cold emails, you need a list of potential clients.” The answer to this question depends on what you’re selling. For example, as a freelance copywriter, I knew I could find clients through agencies.

    In Pains and angles

  6. Before you can send any cold emails, you need a list of potential clients. But how do you know who should be on your list? “The answer to this question depends on what you’re selling. For example, as a freelance copywriter, I knew I could find clients through agencies.” Agencies are always pitching new business and usually need extra help, so they’re a great connection to have if you’re new to freelancing or looking for work.

    In Pains and angles

  7. Mixmax also allows you to store your cold email templates so you can keep them all in one place and easily adjust them for each person you’re contacting. “This makes the process faster as you’re wasting less time rewriting the same email and more time customizing your template for each person.” I also use Mixmax to save my outbound email templates (which I use when leads reach out to me); this has saved me countless hours of manually responding to dozens of leads per day.

    In Scalable personalization

  8. Who should I reach out to? “Before you can send any cold emails, you need a list of potential clients.” The answer to this question depends on what you’re selling. For example, as a freelance copywriter, I knew I could find clients through agencies.

    In Market entry

  9. Before you can send any cold emails, you need a list of potential clients. But how do you know who should be on your list? “The answer to this question depends on what you’re selling. For example, as a freelance copywriter, I knew I could find clients through agencies.” Agencies are always pitching new business and usually need extra help, so they’re a great connection to have if you’re new to freelancing or looking for work.

    In Market entry

  10. As you search for contacts, you’ll inevitably need a place to store them so you can keep track of people’s names, email addresses, titles, companies, or anything else that may be relevant. “You’ll also want to keep track of when you reached out, when to follow up, if/when they replied, the status of your conversation, and more.” To do that, I use Mixmax, an email/CRM tool that’s great for tracking the aforementioned.

    In CRM

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