Steps for Cold Email Marketing
Contact Research & List Building
- Strategy setup for lead generation and list building.
- Identify the best companies based on targeted industry, employee size, revenue, location, equity, etc.
- Research prospects and contacts based on targeted function rules and titles etc.
- Scrap direct business email and phone using scraping tools.
- Validate bulk email using email verification tools.
- Reporting & CRM updates for scrapped leads & contacts.
Technical Email Deliverability Setup
- Create a sub-domain for bulk emailing.
- Email Authentication: Ensure authentication methods to avoid email spoofing, phishing, and spam. This ensures a more secure and trustworthy email environment.
- Setting up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Records: This involves configuring DNS records for your domain to enable these authentication methods.
- Automation Tool Setup: Setup & integrate automation tools and sending ESP.
Email Templates & Sequences
- Create Email Templates and Sequences: Define the purpose, identify the goal & understand the audience.
- Create Subject Lines: Based on the targeted audience create multiple subject lines between 40-50 characters.
- Personalization: Personalize email sequences by first name, company, industry, and other fields.
- Avoid Spam Triggers Keywords: Check spam triggered keywords for subject lines and email templates using spam keyword checker tools.
- Reply Management Template: Create templates for positive, negative, future, meeting, and warm replies.
Cold Email Campaign Setup & Management
- Strategy: Create the email marketing strategy according to business type and marketing goals.
- Domain & Email Account Warmup: Start emailing with low volume, gradually increase volume and maintain consistency.
- Email Campaign Setup: Setup, design, and deploy email marketing campaigns from start to finish,
- A/B Testing: Test various email subject lines and templates to review and optimize open, click, and reply rates.
- Tracking & Analytics: Setup email campaign tracking, analytics & metrics to review the ROI.
- Monitor Deliverability & Performance: Continuously monitor sending IP address, sender domain, spam issues, bounce rate, email content, and recipient behavior.
Lead Management & Book Meetings
Reply & Meeting Management
- Reply Management: Reply and follow-up to positive, negative, future & meeting responses with personalized.
- Reply Followup: Follow up with customers until schedule a phone call or online meeting.
- Schedule Meeting: Schedule meetings with prospects who are interested to learn more about services.
CRM & Project Management
- Manage data for new and prospective clients within CRM and project management tools.
- Ensure all leads and tasks are listed, information is accurate and documents are attached.
- Update CRM which is converted as a sales lead and opportunity.
- Work on daily to-do’s based on the project management tool’s schedule.