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In 2025, we've focused on understanding the state of email outreach. As more businesses open, there are more opportunities to create conversations. After analyzing millions of emails and surveying decision-makers, it's clear that three key reasons prevent your recipient from responding to your email: →?Lack of relevance (71%) →?Impersonality (43%), and →?Lack of trust (36%) These factors are not about the warmth of your domain, the rotation of email accounts, or anything other than the words you type and who they're intended for. Your message matters in 2025. It's time to put the spotlight on the way we write emails. That's why we've launched our Messaging Madness cold email tournament. This 64-person competition judges emails based on relevancy. No matter how you write - yourself or via a well-prompted AI - if you write the email that the world votes as its favorite, you can win a year of Hunter's Starter plan and $1,000. Open to all; this is your chance to re-write what you find in your inbox. Enter today ahead of the March 13 deadline: https://lnkd.in/e3jXDMyK #MessagingMadness25 #coldemail #marketing #outreach #sales #prospecting

As we continue our announcement of entrants for the first round of #MessagingMadness25, live March 19 through March 21, it's time to meet the third group of entrants for our Business Strategy Consultant scenario. These entrants wrote an email where the goal was to engage with a Chief Operating Officer about a free OKRs certification course / OKRs health check for every Continuous Improvement Lead within the organization. Using our interactive bracket, you can vote on each match-up, judging emails based on their ability to make you take action. #coldemail needs to re-focus on the message; now is the time to do that. Here are all of our entrants - now it's over to you to visit our tournament page and place your vote before round one ends this Friday at 11:59 PM EDT. Place your votes here: https://lnkd.in/eTqFpyic

#MessagingMadness25?is live, and our next group of entrants have until March 21 to win your vote for our fourth scenario - SEO Manager. These entrants wrote an email with the goal to engage a Director of Marketing for a start-up news site in the DACH region. The email was to exchange links to drive traffic to a new landing page comparing Shopify and your business, which focuses on Shopify’s promises to B2B eCommerce companies, your research across competitors on abandon cart monetization, and how you’re (i.e., removing costs of using Shopify Plus and 3rd party integrations.) Using our interactive bracket, you can vote on each match-up, judging emails based on their ability to make you take action. #coldemail needs to re-focus on the message; now is the time to do that. Here are all of our entrants - now it's over to you to visit our tournament page and place your vote before round one ends this Friday at 11:59 PM EDT. Place your votes here: https://lnkd.in/eTqFpyic

As we move on with voting for #MessagingMadness25, it's time to meet our second group of entrants. These are your entrants for our Pre-Revenue Founder scenario, where the goal is to email a Managing Partner of a UK law firm to ask about meeting up with the Managing Partner at the annual UK law firm event LawCon to buy them coffee and discuss how your time at Salesforce inspired a better way to build and use a legal CRM. Using our interactive bracket, you can vote on each match-up, judging emails based on their ability to make you take action. #coldemail needs to re-focus on the message; now is the time to do that. Here are all of our entrants - now it's over to you to visit our tournament page and place your vote before round one ends this Friday at 11:59 PM EDT. Place your votes here: https://lnkd.in/eTqFpyic

From March 19 through March 21, we're going through the first round of voting for #MessagingMadness25. With 64 entrants split across four different scenarios, this is the ultimate test of writing an email that resonates with the world - because you get to determine which emails move forward and which go home. Here are your entrants for our Growth Manager scenario, where the goal is to email a Director of Finance for a construction firm to offer a 15-minute conversation to show how they can cut costs and find a system that serves construction companies better than BambooHR, Employment Hero, or Lattice. Using our interactive bracket, you can vote on each match-up, judging emails based on their ability to make you take action. #coldemail needs to re-focus on the message; now is the time to do that. Here are all of our entrants - now it's over to you to visit our tournament page and place your vote before round one ends this Friday at 11:59 PM EDT. https://lnkd.in/eTqFpyic

The day is here: the launch of the first round of #MessagingMadness25. 100s of #coldemails have been written and reviewed internally to land on the best 16 entrants per four categories. Entrants have been ranked and seeded. Today, we announce the 64 entrants and their ranking (including some surprise AI entrants). First up are our Growth Manager and Pre-Revenue Founder scenarios: Scenario 1: Growth Manager #1 Noam Dorr #2 Evgenii Sterkhov #3 Siddharth Kushwaha #4 Tyler Frank #5 Sandy Zhen #6 Viktoria Tonevska #7 Aradhya Trivedi #8 Kunaal Khemlani #9 Conner Eagleton #10 Jill McKenzie #11 Pratik Sable #12 Shayna Jones #13 Naresh Setty #14 Dominique Michel #15 Amritpal Gill #16 Stephen Roe Scenario 2: Pre-Revenue Founder #1 Bethany Stachenfeld #2 Justin Lubomirsky #3 Ryan Rogers #4 Abraar Arique Diganto #5 Sapphire #6 Hailey Lucas #7 Daniel Zabczyk #8 Nazmul Hossain #9 Danilo Popovic #10 Gafar Akinkunmi #11 Vlad Calu? #12 Daniel-wise Ojaide #13 Evan Papandreou #14 #ClaudeAI #15 Anoop V K #16 Sami Madi Congratulations to everyone for entering. Now, it's time to see what the world thinks of your emails. Head over to the bracket right now, click "Start Voting," and give your thoughts on 32 different matchups to help us find the best emails of round 1: https://lnkd.in/eTqFpyic

We're almost 24 hours away from the close of entrants in #MessagingMadness25. We've countless entries for the Growth Manager scenario, but do you think you can do better? This is your chance to re-write what's in your inbox. Will you make it into our final 64 announcement on Monday? Enter before 11:59 PM EDT tomorrow: https://lnkd.in/e3jXDMyK

Finding, saving, and contacting leads that match your Ideal Customer Profile has never been easier with Hunter. We're excited to announce a major update to our Leads feature: → Save Companies as leads—not just individuals. → Assign Tags to your leads for streamlined organization. → New Table View for simpler sorting and more effective bulk actions. But that’s not all. To read about more updates & what’s coming next, head to our blog for a detailed breakdown. (Link in the comments) P.S. A huge congratulations to our team for their hard work on this incredible release! ??

High email bounce rates can damage your sender's reputation. Here’s how to avoid it: Monitor your bounce rate and stick to a few rules. Why? Following these rules helps maintain a positive sender reputation, ensuring your emails reach recipients' inboxes. Here are the key rules you should follow: → Under 2% – The ideal sweet spot. → 5% – Investigate each bounce. Pause campaigns, check bounce messages, and validate email addresses. If invalid, delete them from future campaigns. If there’s an issue with the recipient’s inbox or DMARC policy, ensure DMARC is set up for secure, authenticated emails. → Over 10% – Pause immediately and inspect closely. Make sure to configure DKIM, SPF, and DMARC, and warm up email addresses before sending cold emails. How do you manage email bounces? ?? P.S. Check out the full guide on email bounce management in the comments below. ?? #coldemail #coldbutpersonal

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