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Cold email only works if people see it, and that won’t happen if you land in spam. Nothing to be ashamed of; we’ve all been there. This guide will help you reach more primary inboxes. Enjoy (responsibly). 🦜

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What’s the secret to earning a prospect’s trust?  ↳ It’s not what you say, it’s what you do. One of my prospects left this comment and it reminded me that our effort is always worth it. Here’s how I managed my process with Tim Kurkowski: 1️⃣ Nov 26: 10-min phone call → Booked a tentative meeting for January 2️⃣ Dec 16: Reminder call to confirm the meeting 3️⃣ Jan 8: Tim emailed me asking to reschedule but didn’t book it 4️⃣ Jan 15: Sent a follow-up email → No response 5️⃣ Jan 20: Called again → Successfully rescheduled 6️⃣ Jan 28: Discovery call (went great) + Scheduled next steps I build trust by showing my prospects that they are worth my time and energy. Action is more powerful than saying. Tim Kurkowski, thanks for noticing the work I put in. I really appreciate it! 🦜

Running an agency can sometimes feel like organized chaos. One of the biggest challenges is keeping client data, reports, and communication instantly accessible. My favorite feature in Parakeet 🦜 is Workspaces. I can toggle between 45 clients and check their campaigns in under 10 minutes. Without changing windows. This used to take our team hours. Increasing our efficiency has allowed us to scale and focus on meaningful improvements to drive better results. We still have some processes to improve. For me, it feels like the next piece is communication. Slack is a great tool - we have the ability to instantly communicate with our clients and internal teams. But now we have 200+ channels. Finding the right one can take 10 minutes. 10 minutes I could have checked 45 campaigns on Parakeet 🦜. This is a cry for help. Any magic bullet here?

Most people write cold emails like mini product brochures... Prospects don't care about your features. They also don't care about your case studies (yet) They care about themselves Here’s how to fix it: 1️⃣ Start with THEM Call out a problem or pain point they actually have Show them you understand their business Make it super relevant to them And aim to get at least 1 reply like "I was just thinking about this" That's when you know you nailed it 2️⃣ Be painfully clear “We help companies improve sales efficiency” = too vague “We help B2B sales teams book 2x more meetings per rep” = much better 3️⃣ Don’t ask for a quick call Everyone does this It's too generic now Instead, offer them a reason to reply: "Let me know if you'd like me to share how [competitor] solved this in 30 days” Most cold emails fail because they’re written around the features of the product The best ones feel like a valuable conversation from someone who actually wants to help 🦜

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The hardest part about sales... Convincing C-Suite and making them understand how Sales work... I hear too many stories that look exactly like this: ❌Hire BDRS, prospect, Social Selling ❌Founder: BDRs are too expensive, fire them, Social Selling is noise. ❌6 months later- Let's hire more BDRs. Let's have them do 1 million cold calls. ❌ Let's fire all the BDRs and send 10 million emails. 6 months later... Let's try prospecting, Let's hire a BDR, Let's start social selling.... Maybe this works... People let's face it the multi-channel approach will always work, save your company time and money! TRUST your Sales Leaders and let them do the job they were hired to do!

7 minutes: Timing is THE most important thing in sales. Every minute that goes by after a lead raises their hand, the chances of them converting tanks. If someone fills out a form, replies to an email, or clicks a link, it means they are thinking about you right now. Wait an hour? They’ve moved on to the next. Wait a day? Maybe they remember you. Wait a week? Do not pass Go, and do not collect $200. Unless you’re always on standby for hot leads (I am 🫡 ), automations are the only other way to make sure you never miss inbound opportunities. Speed of Response = Higher conversion rate I quite literally drop everything for inbound leads. And if you need receipts, check the timestamps 🦜

Those phones probably have emails, too... You should send 'em one. Maybe even send it using us 🤷 That would be neat. 🦜

Just wrapped up a quick status check with one of our clients—perfect timing as their fiscal quarter ends tomorrow. Since November 1st, we've scheduled 87 meetings for their sales team. 4 closed deals $40K average ARR per deal 700% ROI 🤯 Sales cycles ranged from 3 months to just 2 weeks. The best part of the call: Their VP of Sales shared that on a recent demo, a prospect was blown away by the SDR who scheduled the meeting. Classic case of: "I never take cold calls" 📣 Huge shoutout to our Outbound Sales Pro team for making it happen! ________________________ 🚀 We just launched Parakeet 🦜 and Outbound as a Service (OaaS) on Product Hunt—check it out! https://lnkd.in/eg_v9rCw #OaaS #outbound #ProductHunt