{"id":1525,"date":"2015-10-08T10:52:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T17:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2015-10-23T09:05:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T16:05:33","slug":"where-bad-cold-emails-go-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/where-bad-cold-emails-go-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Bad Cold Emails Go to Die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How many new cold emails did you get this morning?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re like most people, you probably have dozens, if not hundreds, of cold emails sitting around in your inbox. Unfortunately most of these cold emails aren&#8217;t very good, and are a general waste of everyone&#8217;s time. You waste time reading them, deleting them, and some are just downright painful to read.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, there&#8217;s been zero purpose for these crummy cold emails, but that&#8217;s changing now.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, there&#8217;s a place for all <a href=\"http:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/hall-of-shame\/\" target=\"_blank\">the worst cold emails<\/a>, and that&#8217;s Salesfolk&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>Cold Email Hall of Shame<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/hall-of-shame\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1526  alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/picard-recycle.jpg\" alt=\"recycle cold emails\" width=\"372\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/picard-recycle.jpg 512w, https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/picard-recycle-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I created the Hall of Shame\u00a0because:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I&#8217;m tired of people tarnishing inside sales and cold email with thoughtless, lazy, poorly crafted emails.<\/li>\n<li>People keep spamming this garbage because no one calls them out on it.<\/li>\n<li>Everyone can improve their cold emails by learning what NOT to do.<\/li>\n<li>I honestly find\u00a0terrible cold emails extremely humorous.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So if you have any terrible cold emails sitting around in your inbox, please send them to <strong>shame@salesfolk.com<\/strong>. \u00a0(All submissions will be published anonymously!)<\/p>\n<p>Not sure what qualifies as a bad email for the Hall of Shame?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s<strong> some criteria for bad cold email nominations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Vain and self-focused<\/em> (sounds a lot like a monologue or bad dating profile)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1539\" src=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kim-kardashian-vain-and-self-focused.jpg\" alt=\"vain and self focused cold emails\" width=\"355\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kim-kardashian-vain-and-self-focused.jpg 634w, https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kim-kardashian-vain-and-self-focused-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Absurd and ridiculous claims that cannot possibly be true\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1538\" src=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/uselessproducts.jpg\" alt=\"incredible and unbelievable sales pitch\" width=\"345\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/uselessproducts.jpg 450w, https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/uselessproducts-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Corny sales tactics from the 90&#8217;s (or later) that make you cringe as you read them<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1534\" src=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/corny-sales-tactics.jpg\" alt=\"bad corny sales tactics\" width=\"353\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/corny-sales-tactics.jpg 500w, https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/corny-sales-tactics-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Overly aggressive or obnoxious<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1533\" src=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/geoffry-overly-aggressive-sales.jpg\" alt=\"geoffry overly aggressive sales\" width=\"363\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/geoffry-overly-aggressive-sales.jpg 625w, https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/geoffry-overly-aggressive-sales-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Extremely impersonal<\/em> (you can&#8217;t tell if a robot wrote this)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1535\" src=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/impersonal-cold-email-like-a-robot.jpg\" alt=\"impersonal cold email like a robot\" width=\"350\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/impersonal-cold-email-like-a-robot.jpg 350w, https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/impersonal-cold-email-like-a-robot-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Strange and confusing<\/em> (what&#8217;s the point of this email?!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/strange-and-confusing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1536\" src=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/strange-and-confusing.jpg\" alt=\"strange and confusing cold email\" width=\"342\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/strange-and-confusing.jpg 579w, https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/strange-and-confusing-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Adds absolutely NO value<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1537\" src=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/useless-fliers-2.jpg\" alt=\"useless-fliers-2\" width=\"341\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/useless-fliers-2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/useless-fliers-2-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;I can&#8217;t wait to see your submissions! 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