<b>The two-email trick that doubles replies</b>

<b>The two-email trick that doubles replies</b>

Nobody answers a cold pitch with a full article attached. Too much, too fast.

So I split it.

Email 1 — three title ideas, two sentences, one question: "which angle fits?" That's all. Easy yes.

Email 2 — only after they pick one. Now I write the thing.

Why it works: you're not asking them to evaluate a 1,200-word draft from a stranger. You're asking them to point at a menu. Tiny ask.

My reply rate went from like 6% to 14% the week I stopped attaching drafts. Split your pitch. Go do it.