Does cold-emailing through your personal Gmail account work?

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I've started doing linkedin outreach + cold emails, and I can't seem to get any reply on my emails, can a personal gmail account have a deliverability issue, even if you aren't doing a large volume, and the emails you send to are all verified?
 
I've started doing linkedin outreach + cold emails, and I can't seem to get any reply on my emails, can a personal gmail account have a deliverability issue, even if you aren't doing a large volume, and the emails you send to are all verified?
Deliverability problems may arise even with low volume personal accounts if the content appears automated or sets off spam filters
 
We definitely do cold emails and haven’t had any issues, sometimes 100 to 200 a day.
Do you get conversions with only 100-200 mails a day ? I thought at least 2k cold mails were required to close 1 client for a SaaS product for example
 
Do you get conversions with only 100-200 mails a day ? I thought at least 2k cold mails were required to close 1 client for a SaaS product for example
yes we definitely do, when you're doing one-off emails quality really counts, and the follow-up. However every industry is going to be different. I can tell you doing cold emails and putting in the work always pays off, not many people will do it or want to do it.
 
Yeah, even personal Gmail can land in spam if you’re sending outreach style messages :confused: Warm up your account, tweak subject lines, and avoid links early on.
 
I've started doing linkedin outreach + cold emails, and I can't seem to get any reply on my emails, can a personal gmail account have a deliverability issue, even if you aren't doing a large volume, and the emails you send to are all verified?
You should warm up emails correctly befor outreach, in other case account can be marked as spammy
 
I've started doing linkedin outreach + cold emails, and I can't seem to get any reply on my emails, can a personal gmail account have a deliverability issue, even if you aren't doing a large volume, and the emails you send to are all verified?
Yeah @aceforinstance ! I have personal experience of cold emailing with personal accounts.
Although personal Gmail account has lower deliverability for cold email, even at low volume, as it lacks essential sender authentication.
Gmail also views cold outreach from personal accounts with suspicion and its strict spam filters are triggered easily by content or low engagement.
 
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