Cold outreach dead? Or just harder than it used to be?
Curious what others are seeing right now across cold email / outbound. For those actively running outreach in 2026: - What reply rates are you seeing lately? - Are certain niches still responding better than others? - Are you finding the problem is list quality, offer, messaging… or just overall channel fatigue? - Are you seeing better results with narrower personalization, sharper offers, or just much higher volume? Not looking for guru answers — just real operator feedback from people actually sending. Feels like open rates can still be decent, but replies are a different story. Would love to hear what’s working, what’s not, and whether you think cold outreach is still a solid channel right now.