Tip #4 is great! I’ve only recently started cold pitching (implementing a bunch of your tips) and I don’t often get responses to my pitches. But ever since I started including “totally cool if you’re not looking for xyz” I’ve been getting more responses! No one has offered me work yet but at least they’re replying!
Now that I've had my website up for about 8 months, I'm starting to get a slew of those dreadful cold pitches every day. 99% of them are SO BAD that it only takes a half second or so of scanning them for me to hit the delete button. I have yet to see a single person pitch me anywhere close to the method you teach, but I've been using the method you teach for my own pitches and getting results, even if the answer is "no." And for the "no" responses, I have been tagging them in my system for eventual follow-up later down the road. Always great advice Sean, thanks so much!
Hi Sean! I've watched several of your videos over the past few days and I gotta say I'm really enjoying them. As I make my way into the freelance writing industry, videos like these have definitely eased my anxiety about how to begin, what to expect, where I should be focusing my time and effort, etc. Thanks so much for the work, I hope to keep seeing you pop up on my feed. Cheers!
These are all facts. I write personalized compliments for many clients to use for their first lines. It is something that is really in demand for cold emails
Are you saying you get paid to write compliment lines for other people to use in cold emails? I had no idea there was a market for that. What in intriguing idea.
@@warmfuzzies318 yup, I get paid to research and write compliment lines, interestingly it's an in demand and a low competition niche. I think people have noticed how effective using genuine compliments are.
Your videos are really helpful sean. I've had a lot of trouble in the past finding high-value clients but things are picking up now. Freelance writing can really be the road to freedom.
I usually write that if they feel the need for my services in the future, they are always welcome to contact me. This means that they don't even have to say no because I'm not asking them for work right now.
This is some great stuff. Lots of advice out there is pretty meh. You employ several features of influence with these tips, especially #4. Have you read Never Split the Difference? If not, I think it would be very validating. Thanks for everything!
Great video Sean. Nothing is a surprise here, just be a human communicating with another human. Still, given the poor habits of most people sending emails, certainly worth the reminder. I am curious if this replaces the LOI, or should come after you've made that first contact with someone.
Okay, Sean. Use their first name. Never send a pitch unless you have looked at the website or blog to see/understand what they do. And then find something you have in common with them and use it to your advantage. Even if golf carts and drinks are all you know about. It's best not to think they need your writing services and you need to let them know it's totally cool if... Thanks, Sean.
Dear Mr Ogle, I have a rather specific question regarding cold pitching. Not so much the mechanics of cold pitching and how to put together the letter (your videos are quire clear on that). It is rather whom to pitch. That is, lets say you want to work for a male clothing and apparel company, but the only e-mail on their page is the generic customer service or general inquiry mail. Should you pitch using this mail with the "to whom it may concern" line? This sounds very impersonal. It is probably better to pitch to Mr X or Mrs Y, but how do you discover who these people are and what their mail is? Is there a FREE or inexpensive solution to this? Thank you in advance.
Hey Sean, say if I pitch to a Brand Marketing Manager to work for the Brand. Should I personalize the pitch to the manager or the brand? And should I say, "hey, brand name," or the marketing manager's name? Please do reply. I'm learning to pitch to start it finally in a few days after everything is ready. Please help🙏
hello Sean, hi from Italy!! I really appreciate your videos and tips/tricks with emails! Here in Italy, when you finally get the right person's name, the email address is still missing and when you call the company, you are given the "info@xxxxx" email box anyway......this is really frustrating - so I seach via linkedin, I send the connection with a nice intro, they give me the connection and then......when i ask them for the email, they do not respond......how frustrating
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Tip #4 is great! I’ve only recently started cold pitching (implementing a bunch of your tips) and I don’t often get responses to my pitches. But ever since I started including “totally cool if you’re not looking for xyz” I’ve been getting more responses! No one has offered me work yet but at least they’re replying!
I'm in the same boat. But at least the replies are always nice!
Now that I've had my website up for about 8 months, I'm starting to get a slew of those dreadful cold pitches every day. 99% of them are SO BAD that it only takes a half second or so of scanning them for me to hit the delete button. I have yet to see a single person pitch me anywhere close to the method you teach, but I've been using the method you teach for my own pitches and getting results, even if the answer is "no." And for the "no" responses, I have been tagging them in my system for eventual follow-up later down the road. Always great advice Sean, thanks so much!
I'm building my cold pitch list and have been binging your videos before I send them out to make sure I have them right! Thanks for the video!
Hi Sean! I've watched several of your videos over the past few days and I gotta say I'm really enjoying them. As I make my way into the freelance writing industry, videos like these have definitely eased my anxiety about how to begin, what to expect, where I should be focusing my time and effort, etc. Thanks so much for the work, I hope to keep seeing you pop up on my feed. Cheers!
These are all facts. I write personalized compliments for many clients to use for their first lines. It is something that is really in demand for cold emails
Are you saying you get paid to write compliment lines for other people to use in cold emails? I had no idea there was a market for that. What in intriguing idea.
@@warmfuzzies318 yup, I get paid to research and write compliment lines, interestingly it's an in demand and a low competition niche. I think people have noticed how effective using genuine compliments are.
Tip #2 is a great one! Thanks for tackling this. As an entrepreneur, I admit it's something almost always forgotten. Haha
Your videos are really helpful sean. I've had a lot of trouble in the past finding high-value clients but things are picking up now. Freelance writing can really be the road to freedom.
I usually write that if they feel the need for my services in the future, they are always welcome to contact me. This means that they don't even have to say no because I'm not asking them for work right now.
definetly the BEST advice i have heard by far about cold piches.
This is some great stuff. Lots of advice out there is pretty meh. You employ several features of influence with these tips, especially #4.
Have you read Never Split the Difference? If not, I think it would be very validating. Thanks for everything!
Your videos are so freaking helpful. Thank you! 🙂
Great video Sean. Nothing is a surprise here, just be a human communicating with another human. Still, given the poor habits of most people sending emails, certainly worth the reminder.
I am curious if this replaces the LOI, or should come after you've made that first contact with someone.
Honestly, I often use the terms "cold pitch" and LOI interchangably. A more accurate title for this may have been "How to Send a Cold LOI"
great video... and it looks really slick, good production!
Okay, Sean. Use their first name. Never send a pitch unless you have looked at the website or blog to see/understand what they do. And then find something you have in common with them and use it to your advantage. Even if golf carts and drinks are all you know about. It's best not to think they need your writing services and you need to let them know it's totally cool if... Thanks, Sean.
Hi Sean, thank you so much for sharing this method.
Can you please make a video on the most profitable freelance niches in 2022?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
This was a very helpful video 😊
We need an example for no 2
My easy out is “I completely understand if”
I love no 4
Dear Mr Ogle, I have a rather specific question regarding cold pitching. Not so much the mechanics of cold pitching and how to put together the letter (your videos are quire clear on that). It is rather whom to pitch. That is, lets say you want to work for a male clothing and apparel company, but the only e-mail on their page is the generic customer service or general inquiry mail. Should you pitch using this mail with the "to whom it may concern" line? This sounds very impersonal. It is probably better to pitch to Mr X or Mrs Y, but how do you discover who these people are and what their mail is? Is there a FREE or inexpensive solution to this? Thank you in advance.
Hi. This video and others are great. What title should you write in the subject line? Thanks for your help.
Hey Sean, say if I pitch to a Brand Marketing Manager to work for the Brand. Should I personalize the pitch to the manager or the brand? And should I say, "hey, brand name," or the marketing manager's name?
Please do reply. I'm learning to pitch to start it finally in a few days after everything is ready. Please help🙏
Hi I wanted to know your opinion on reading good copy rather than books?
hello Sean, hi from Italy!! I really appreciate your videos and tips/tricks with emails! Here in Italy, when you finally get the right person's name, the email address is still missing and when you call the company, you are given the "info@xxxxx" email box anyway......this is really frustrating - so I seach via linkedin, I send the connection with a nice intro, they give me the connection and then......when i ask them for the email, they do not respond......how frustrating