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Why email feels harder this year
If you are running email only, you probably felt it.
You send the same campaign that worked last year and it now needs more follow ups to get the same number of replies.
Nothing broke.
The bar just went up. Buyers reply to names they recognize.
Recognition changes the math
A cold email from a name they have never seen feels like work.
A cold email from a name they have seen once already feels normal.
That one shift changes everything. Recognition reduces doubt.
What works right now
The simplest shift is this: show up on LinkedIn first, lightly. No pitch.
Then send the email. Now it does not feel random.
Keep LinkedIn and email on the same topic, so it reads like one conversation.
That’s how teams using Salesforge do it
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Turn cold replies into booked meetings
Replies are nice. Meetings are what matter.
I am doing a live session with Lisa Catto from The Business Catalyst on March 10th.
We are going to cover what actually turns a cold reply into a booked meeting, using real replies and real handling.
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