What do you do with cold outreaches?

Question

Do you like cold emails / cold DMs? Do you accept every invitation, read through "spam"?

Sven Radavics · Accepted Answer

It really depends.

If it's well targeted and well written but not for me I'll just delete it.
If it's poorly targeted and annoyingly written, I'll mark it as spam.
If it's well targeted and the right timing, I might buy.

But - it's hard to actually get to the well targeted ones offering me something I might buy because of the sheer volume of it.

So much is poorly targeted with too many follow ups in the automation.

Also, no matter how well targeted they are I hate a bait and switch - which I see mostly on LinkedIn.

Sanat Mohanty · Answer

It works if well timed & hyper personalized.

Philip Snyder · Answer

I'm not a huge fan of cold emails / DMs, but I don't mind them too much. I usually only accept invitations if I'm interested in the person or the topic, and I try to read through as much "spam" as I can to see if there's anything worth pursuing.

Tim Pouw · Answer

I have an open attitude towards cold outreach via Linkedin.

What do you do with cold outreaches?

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