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The 7 Sins of Cold Email 
Heather R Morgan| @HeatherReyhan|www.salesfolk.com
About Heather 
 7+ years of copywriting 
 Former economist 
 Clients: 
 Collaborated with Aaron Ross 
on sequel to Predictable Revenue 
 Written cold emails that get 
38% response rates
How do you write a cold email that 
generates dozens of warm leads?
…Versus an email that no one opens?
STEP #1 WHO? 
Understand Your Audience
STEP #2: THE PROBLEM 
Learn your prospects’ pain points
STEP #3: SOLUTION 
Solve their problems
STEP #4 SOCIAL PROOF: 
Show your value, don’t tell
STEP #5: CALL TO ACTION 
What’s their incentive?
Email Critique #1
97% of Cold Emails 
Are Ignored
7 Sins of 
Cold Email
1. Crappy 
Subject Lines
2. You Write Like 
a Robot.
3. Longer than 
the Great Wall
4. Value Muddled 
in a Sea of Junk
5. Don’t Take Your Pants 
off on the 1st Date
6. Overdesigned 
HTML Emails
7. Giving Up After 
1 Email
Don’t write bad cold emails like these! 
….PLEASE!
Email Critique #2
Email Critique #3
Problem #1: SELFISH 
Focus more on your prospects!
Problem #2: ALL FEATURES 
Transform features to benefits
Problem #3: TOO SALESY
The Email that Got 16 New Customers
The First Sentence 
• Question/Bold Statement 
• Fear of Loss/Value
The Value Story 
• Social Proof 
• Numbers/Stats 
• Show, don’t tell value
The Call to Action 
• Incentivize 
• Specific time or “When”?
“If You’ve Got Bad Data, 
You’ve Got Nothing.”
Are you read to fill your pipeline with 
qualified leads? …Contact us! 
Heather R Morgan | Salesfolk CEO| heather@salesfolk.com

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