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February 28th, 2025

Hello, email marketing champions! 🚀

Every day, hundreds of emails fight for attention—so how do you make yours the one that gets opened?

Today, we’re uncovering the science behind high-converting subject lines, the secrets to scaling a 7-figure cold email business, and the surprising mistakes that make re-engagement emails more annoying than effective.

If you’re sending emails, you need to read this. Let’s dive in.

📰 Upcoming in this issue

• Mastering Email Subject Lines for Higher Open Rates 📧 

• How I Built a 7-Figure Cold Email Business 🚀

• Why Re-Engagement Emails Fail (And Annoy Customers) 📩

Mastering Email Subject Lines for Higher Open Rates 📧 watch the full 6-min video here

Video published: February 26, 2025

Your email subject line is the first—and often only—chance to grab attention.

In How to Write High Converting Email Subject Lines (Full Training), Instantly shares data-backed strategies from over 10 million cold emails sent, revealing what actually works.

The formula? Keep subject lines short, avoid spammy words, and spark curiosity without misleading. A/B testing is key—doubling down on high-performing subject lines can 10x reply rates.

The best subject lines fall into four categories: outcome-driven (“Boost Your ROI Today”), pain-based (“Struggling with Low Sales?”), personalized (“Loved Your Podcast on AI”), and curiosity-driven (“Quick Question for You, John”).

If you’re not optimizing your subject lines, you’re losing potential leads.

Key Takeaways:

• 📝 Shorter = better: Subject lines under 41 characters get higher open rates, especially on mobile.

• 🎯 Curiosity drives clicks: Engaging, mystery-driven subject lines boost open rates—but only if the email delivers on the promise.

• 📊 Data wins every time: A/B testing subject lines help find winners faster and automatically prioritizes the best performers.

• 🚀 High-performing campaigns see 6.9% reply rates: That’s nearly 10x the industry average when subject lines are optimized correctly.

How I Built a 7-Figure Cold Email Business 🚀 watch the full 42-min video here

Video published: September 11, 2024

Cold email changed my life.

In I Make 7-Figures/Year From Cold Email Outreach, I break down how my agency lands massive clients like Amazon, Apple, and Goldman Sachs, sending over a million emails per month—all while staying ahead of constantly evolving email restrictions.

The key? Building strong email infrastructure, mastering deliverability, and using hyper-personalized outreach. With Google and Yahoo cracking down on cold emails, limits have dropped to just 20 emails per inbox per day—meaning if you’re not optimizing, you’re invisible.

Key Takeaways:

• 📩 Cold email is a numbers game: We get 1 positive reply per 1,000 emails, nearly 10x the industry standard.

• ⚙️ Deliverability is everything: We use 40+ domains and 100+ inboxes per client to ensure emails land in inboxes, not spam.

• 🔥 Hyper-personalization wins: Tools like Clay make emails feel like I researched you for 30 minutes—at scale.

• 📊 Newsletters = a growth hack: I scaled The Nomad Cloud to 200K+ subscribers using targeted list-building tactics.

Why Re-Engagement Emails Fail (And Annoy Customers) 📩 read the full 600+-word article here

Article published: February 21, 2025

Marketers love to send re-engagement emails, but most customers? They don’t love receiving them.

In Camping Out in the Inbox: Why Re-Engagement Emails Pile Up, MediaPost highlights why these emails often fail—and how brands can do better.

The biggest mistake? Assuming every inactive subscriber wants to be "won back." Many don’t need your product right now—or worse, they’re being targeted based on bad engagement metrics like open rates (which don’t actually measure intent).

Other common pitfalls? Sending emails at the wrong time (like before customers have had their morning coffee) and assuming every email is a masterpiece customers are dying to read.

The fix? Smarter segmentation, better timing, and recognizing that not every subscriber needs to be re-engaged.

Key Takeaways:

• 🚫 Not everyone wants to be “won back”: Many inactive subscribers simply don’t need your product right now—and pushing them only annoys them.

• 📊 Open rates ≠ intent: Brands rely on flawed engagement metrics like opens, when they should focus on clicks, purchases, and real browsing behavior.

• ⏰ Timing matters: Sending a re-engagement email at 5:30 AM? Bad idea. Customers aren’t in the mood to buy before coffee.

• 🎯 Personalization is key: Instead of generic re-engagement emails, brands should analyze past purchase history and browsing intent to send timely, relevant offers.

My Last $.02

Most emails vanish into the void—unread, ignored, or worse, marked as spam.

But the best senders? They know how to craft subject lines that demand attention, land in inboxes (not spam folders), and turn cold emails into real conversations.

If you’re not optimizing, you’re losing. These insights give you the edge—use them before your competitors do.

Until next time, happy emailing!

Adam

Adam Rosen
Founder
Email Outreach Company
New York, New York
www.eocworks.com