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Tried cold emailing at 6 AM instead of noon and got 3 replies in one morning
Was spending hours sending networking requests during lunch breaks with zero responses, but switching to pre-dawn emails to Atlanta IT managers got actual conversations started, has anyone else tested different times and seen a big shift?
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blair9906d agoMost Upvoted
Timing matters more than people give it credit for across the board. My experience with running software updates showed that deploying them at 2 AM got way fewer complaints than noon because people weren't actively using their machines. Same logic probably applies to when someone's checking their inbox before the chaos of the day starts.
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anna7176d ago
Used to roll my eyes at the whole "time of day matters" thing. Figured if your message was good enough, people would reply whenever. Then I started sending bids to property managers at 7 AM instead of after lunch and my response rate went from maybe one in ten to about half. Something about catching them before the fires start just works, I guess.
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Makes total sense. Early morning catches people before the daily dump of nonsense hits their inbox. Once the fires start, your bid just becomes another email they swipe past.
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