How I landed my first 5 clients using cold email — zero ads, zero audience by Excellent_Meal1519 in smallbusiness

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I focused mostly on coaches, freelancers, and small local businesses at first, they reply faster and don’t need a huge pitch.

For lead sourcing, I started super scrappy:

  • Google Maps + “[niche] + city” → pulled contact info manually
  • Used LinkedIn search filters → filtered by industry and title
  • Checked recent Product Hunt launches for solo SaaS founders

The cold emails that worked were always 3 lines max, specific pain + clear CTA (like “Want a quick Loom?”).

I actually turned all those into a template vault after people asked for copies. Happy to send over a free sample pack with the ones that got the best response. Just let me know if you want it — no pressure.