The exact 4 email sequence that books me 4 meetings per day
pipelineking · 2026-01-24 · 3,450 views
Sharing my exact cold email sequence because this community has helped me a ton.
Email 1 (Day 1): Short problem statement plus one line about how we solve it. No links. No CTA. Just asks if they are dealing with this problem. Under 60 words.
Email 2 (Day 3): Social proof email. One specific result we got for a similar company. Numbers only. Ends with: Would something like this be relevant?
Email 3 (Day 7): Value add. Share a genuine insight or resource related to their industry. No pitch. Build goodwill. Brief mention that we could help if timing is right.
Email 4 (Day 12): Breakup email. Short and direct. Let them know this is my last email. Ask if they would prefer I reach out next quarter instead. This one gets the most replies surprisingly.
I send this from 30 PuzzleInbox Google Workspace inboxes at 20 emails per inbox per day. That is 600 emails per day. At a 4% reply rate that is 24 replies. About 50% of positive replies convert to meetings. That is roughly 4 meetings per day.
Infrastructure is everything. These same emails on shared SMTP got me maybe 1 meeting per week. On dedicated pre-warmed Google Workspace inboxes, 4 per day.
Comments (8)
scrappyscott · 2026-02-18
this is the breakdown i've been looking for. at 50 inboxes with a mix of outlook and gws you're looking at maybe $200-300/month for infrastructure. plus the sending platform. way more reasonable than i expected
scalingsammy · 2026-02-18
don't forget domain costs. at 3 inboxes per domain you need about 17 domains for 50 inboxes. at ~$10-12/domain/year that's another $170-200/year
pipelineco_kate · PipelineCo · 2026-02-19
The cost that people always forget is the data/lead list cost. Even with the cheapest inbox infrastructure, bad data will destroy your ROI. We spend more on data quality than on inboxes.
jasoneng · 2026-02-19
if you're mixing Google Workspace and Outlook (which you should — 60% GWS, 40% Outlook), the GWS inboxes bump the cost up a bit but it's worth it for the diversification. don't go all-Outlook just to save a few bucks
agencygrind · ScaleOutbound · 2026-02-20
The hidden cost is time. Setting up 50 inboxes, configuring DNS on 17 domains, warming everything up — that's easily 20+ hours if you're doing it manually. Pre-warmed inboxes from any decent provider cut that down massively.
solosdr · 2026-02-20
so rough math: 50 inboxes, mix of GWS and Outlook, sending platform, data tools, domains... you're looking at maybe $500-800/month all in? that's way cheaper than hiring an SDR
growthguy · 2026-02-21
the ROI calculation is what matters. if you're booking 20-30 meetings a month at this scale and your ACV is even $5k, the cost per meeting is insanely low compared to any other channel
tina_infra · 2026-02-21
one cost people overlook: domain replacement. you should be rotating domains every 3-6 months ideally. factor in replacement domain costs when budgeting