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Starting Warm Conversationswith 
Cold Email 
Heather R Morgan|@HeatherReyhan 
www.salesfolk.com
About Me 
• 7 years of copywriting and content marketing 
• Clients: 
• Collaborated with Aaron Ross on compiling 
sequel to Predictable Revenue
Email still beats all social media 
channels for bringing leads.
Build your network & fill your pipeline 
with deals
Inbound takes 6 months 
to 2 years to ramp up
With Outbound Email, 
You Call the Shots
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
BAD COLD EMAILS 
• 2-3 Examples 
• + Why They Suck 
• How to Change Them
3 Ingredients to Great Cold Emails
Understand your buyer’s persona and 
their pain points 
Know your space and investigate the 
competition
Why are you special? 
Incentivize the conversation 
Prove you can add value
Be creative with your conversations 
Are there non-sales reasons to talk? 
Ask about market research or customer 
success etc.
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”?
3x Your Qualified Leads with Salesfolk 
B2B Copywriting Consulting 
Heather R Morgan | Salesfolk CEO| heather@salesfolk.com

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