One month of writing – here's my open rates Thanks for all your responses this month, I would have never thought that so many people might actually read that stuff. Today, I have some (totally statistically insignificant) stats for you. My top (and flop) open rates in January: 5 emails with the best open rates How we got 6500 Instagram followers in 6 weeks (91.3%, 23 recipients) The most depressing way to start your day (82.76%, 29) Here's a graph that shows exactly how I feel right now (82.76%, 29) Why Twitter is my most effective outreach channel (79.31%, 29) Our new logo was finished today (79.31%, 29) 3 emails with the worst open rates December was about overthinking... (53.57%, 28) So, when are you getting a real job? (58.62%, 29) There's no room for doubt (60%, 25) I mean, I'd need way more subscribers to be able to actually draw conclusions from this, but there's actually a pattern: words like "how, here, why, most" work way better than vague stuff like the bad examples I listed above. Let's see how February will do! Have a great start of your week! - Jan

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