Give it a month
It takes time to break into a good account. A month of thoughtful touches lets you raise more than one problem and show you’re serious.
The working template behind our cold outbound training: one account, one month, three themes, three channels. Every step is written out with a Mozaik example — a hotel group opening a new property — so you can see exactly what goes out, when, and why.
Breaking into a good account takes more than one email. The sequence spreads 14 touches over 30 days, groups them into three themes, and uses the phone and LinkedIn to pull attention back to the inbox.
It takes time to break into a good account. A month of thoughtful touches lets you raise more than one problem and show you’re serious.
Fourteen emails on one channel is obnoxious. The same touches spread over email, phone and LinkedIn feel normal — and roughly double email replies.
Don’t pack everything into one email. Lead with the biggest problem; if it doesn’t land, move to the next one.
Bumps reply in the same thread. Every time the theme changes, change the subject line too, so it reads as new.
Drop LinkedIn by theme 2 and calls by theme 3. Put that time into fresh prospects who are more likely to pick up.
Load this into your calendar or CRM task list when you start an account. Days are counted from the first email.
| # | Day | Task |
|---|---|---|
| 1st big problem — personalised first email + subject line | ||
| 01 | Day 1 | Emailbiggest problem |
| 02 | Day 1 | LinkedInblank connection request |
| 03 | Day 3 | Callleave 1st voicemail |
| 04 | Day 3 | Emailbump |
| 05 | Day 3 | LinkedIncontext-only message |
| 06 | Day 7 | Callleave 2nd voicemail |
| 07 | Day 7 | Emailmake it real |
| 08 | Day 7 | LinkedInbump |
| 2nd big problem — new subject line, LinkedIn phased out | ||
| 09 | Day 11 | Callno voicemail |
| 10 | Day 11 | Email2nd biggest problem |
| 11 | Day 15 | Callno voicemail |
| 12 | Day 15 | Emailright person? |
| Get the truth — new subject line, calls phased out | ||
| 13 | Day 19 | Emailnot interested? |
| 14 | Day 23 | Emailclose it out |
The first email is your best, most personalised one: a trigger tied to a problem → a one-sentence solution → an interest-based ask. The two bumps after it don’t re-pitch; they just give that email two more chances.
New subject line, new problem. Reuse the personalisation from email 1 and attach it to your second-biggest problem. If that doesn’t work, ask whether you’re talking to the right person.
Break-up emails work because they reach the people who keep meaning to reply. Ask for a clear yes or no, then close the loop politely and leave something useful behind. Keep it professional — no gimmicks.
People rarely agree to a meeting inside LinkedIn or on a first cold call. Their job is to put a face and a voice to your name and send people back to the inbox.
The full source template (in English), with its example sequence, principles and further reading. The Mozaik examples above are our own adaptation.
Pick the account, pick two problems, write the first email well — then let the sequence do the work: bump, make it real, switch problems, ask for the truth.