A cold email teardown

Small words.
Real replies.

One cold email, written six slightly different ways and sent to fashion brands in India, Europe and the US. Here's what each small change did, and how to write your own.

What changed

Three small edits.
Here's what each one did.

Everything else stayed the same: the same offer, the same length, and the same promise of free samples.

By campaign

What wins in one market
can lose in another.

Positive replies for each version in each campaign. Green marks the winner in each row. Tap a letter to read that email.

The emails

Read them side by side.

Highlighted words are where this version differs from the others. first_name fields are filled in automatically.

When they reply

Most people say
“show me first.”

What leads actually asked for in their first reply, and the answer that turned the most of them into calls.

The answer we sent most often
Reply to an interested lead

Write yours

Your campaign,
built on what worked.

Fill in your product and offer. The options marked as winners come from the data above. Copy the whole sequence when you're done.

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