That one Tuesday last month where three cold emails all converted on the same day

I sent out a batch of 12 follow-ups to some SaaS companies in Austin and three of them replied within 4 hours wanting demos and I still don't know what I did different but I've been chasing that high ever since has anyone else hit a perfect day like that?

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adams.uma1mo ago

My friend got three replies in an hour once and he still thinks it was a glitch (honestly, so do I).

hayden_craig951mo ago

Honestly push back a little here. That kind of streak is mostly luck. You probably just happened to catch people when they were bored or had a slow morning. I've sent hundreds of cold emails with perfect subject lines and personalized intros and gotten maybe one reply out of fifty on a good week. Three out of twelve in one day sounds like those leads already knew someone at your company or were just window shopping with no real intent. Without tracking open rates and click paths you can't even say it was the content that did it.

nguyen.angela1mo ago

Wait, wait - three out of twelve cold emails actually got replies on the same day? That's insane. I feel like I hit send on cold emails and they just evaporate into a black hole somewhere. Like, I've had a good day where one person replied politely saying "not right now" and I considered that a win. Your experience sounds almost too good to be true, honestly. I'm half convinced you accidentally discovered some secret algorithm tweak or sent them during a planetary alignment or something.