ghosted 6 months. Replied in 17 minutes.
Here's how:

Hey Niepodam,

Ever send a perfect cold email—and get radio silence?

One of my clients did. Prospect opened the email 11 times… but never replied.

Six months later, he hired me and we tried it again, but with a very different tactic.

Here’s what we sent:

Subject: Did this fall off your radar?

Hey Chris, last time we spoke, you mentioned Q4 was heads-down. Totally get it.

Quick nudge: I’ve got a 90-second breakdown of how we helped [company in same industry] go from [problem] to [specific result]. Want me to send it over?

Result?

✅ Reply in 17 minutes
✅ Meeting booked
✅ $18K in pipeline reopened

Why it worked:

  1. It acknowledged the silence without guilt-tripping
  2. It offered value without pitching
  3. It lowered the ask, just a quick resource, not a meeting

Here’s the framework:

  • Subject line: Make it conversational: Still relevant? or Worth revisiting?
  • First line: Show you remember the context
  • Middle line: Offer a relevant insight or case study
  • Last line: Ask if they want it, not if they want to “hop on a call”

Most cold emails are too much, too soon.

Great emails feel like nudges, not sales plays.

Want to get your reps out of spam folders, and into real conversations?

Let’s revamp your outbound together.