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How to Start a Cold Email: The Best Subject & Opening Lines

Veloxy

I found a prospect who graduated with two degrees from the University of Michigan. I quickly used this information to craft the following subject line: Will Michigan beat OSU again? Just because your prospect opened the email doesn’t mean you should jump right into your pitch or business messaging. Here’s another example.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 110: Q&A with Christine Zmuda @czmuda

Heinz Marketing

She is a proud Michigan State alum. Matt: Are we allowed to talk about Michigan State basketball? On top of that, losing earlier to Michigan, equally painful. I’m a proud Michigan State alum and my daughter is actually there right now attending school. I know you were a student athlete at Michigan State as well.

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A Salesperson’s Go-To Guide To Improve Business Acumen

Sales Hacker

They’d rather find and consume product information online at their own convenience than be personally called over the phone by a rabid salesperson prodded by a sales quota, armed with a call script, and conditioned not to go beyond a prefabricated sales pitch. . 3) Introduction to Finance, University of Michigan.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 213: Q & A with Tim Riesterer @TRiesterer

Heinz Marketing

I was born in Minnesota, lived in Wisconsin, and spent much of my life in Michigan. Paul: I’m just going to jump in, I don’t usually join in the conversation. But I grew up in the upper Midwest. And the key is, if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes, because it’ll change.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 218: Q & A with Nicolas Vandenberghe @NicolasVDB

Heinz Marketing

Grew up in Michigan. So somebody at Amazon who wants to get funding for a project actually has to apply to this funding as if he was pitching a VC, like looking for funding as a VC. Take water with you everywhere. We kind of are wimps about weather here. Especially Minnesota, summer is so short. You just have to get it.

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Sales Pipeline Radio, Episode 129: Q&A with Marilyn Cox @MarilyECox

Heinz Marketing

Paul: Now, Matt, I have to tell you that I may not make that into the podcast, because I’m a loyal U of M alumni, from the University of Michigan. And you, I’m sure, get pitched dozens of times a day, by the thousands of marketing technology vendors out there. So I think it’s going to be a great year for us.

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A Look Back: Talkdesk, Greenhouse, Algolia and Gainsight Coming Up On $10m ARR

SaaStr

Nick : Michigan undergrad? We have them do a mock pitch. We give them a scenario and we say “Pitch me on not that the price, or the features, but the value. Greenhouse followed a similar path to Talkdesk and should cross $10 million ARR later this year, up from almost nothing at the start of the year. web services.

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