{"id":2636,"date":"2018-01-10T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2018-01-09T13:04:17","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T21:04:17","slug":"magic-number-follow-up-emails-every-salesperson-sending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesfolk.com\/blog\/magic-number-follow-up-emails-every-salesperson-sending\/","title":{"rendered":"The Magic Number of Follow-up Emails Every Salesperson Should Be Sending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People are always asking me\u00a0how many follow-up emails they should be sending in order to maximize their chances of getting a positive response from a prospective customer (or whoever else they&#8217;re cold emailing). I&#8217;ve also seen a lot of sales and marketing organizations sending too few follow-up emails in their sales campaigns, along with plenty of other folks sharing incorrect or outdated advice about sales emails.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, I decided to make my latest video on <strong>tips for\u00a0following-up when sending sales prospecting emails<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below to find out what that the magic number of emails is.<\/p>\n<p>I also explain why this number is what it is, along with some other tips\u00a0that you can use to improve your follow-up emails so they don&#8217;t become repetitive or redundant.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vdDGcoBY7B0?showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;showsearch=0&amp;hd=1&amp;rel=0?color=f1c232&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;badge=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of my new year&#8217;s resolutions is to create more video content, so I&#8217;m going to be making a lot more of them. 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