Which cold email mistake burned you the hardest? 💀

Most cold email advice tells you what to do. Rarely what NOT to do, which is just as important. So let's fix that, starting with the Inverse Marketing Relationship: The less money someone has, the more likely they are to reply to you. The more money they have, the less they care about your email landing in their inbox. You can target whoever you want. But your offer has to match the target. Big targets → small volume metrics → big offer. Small targets → big volume metrics → small offer. Here's the Targeting Depth Matrix I use: $0-$1k offer: Job title + company size (e.g. Founder at 1-10 employees) $1k-$5k offer: + recent activity (posted on LinkedIn recently, currently running ads) These are mass-appeal offers. Plenty of people will bite. $5k-$25k offer: + a clear trigger event (recently raised funding, launched a product, expanded teams) $25k+ offer: + a personalized first line generated from scraped data Bottom line: If you're selling a $500 offer, you don't need the fancy stuff. Volume covers the gaps. If you're selling anything $5k+, cheap targeting will sink you. Your prospects will delete your email the second it hits their inbox. Match the depth to the ticket. That's it.