The pre-outreach warm-up sequence that actually warms

The pre-outreach warm-up sequence that actually warms

Everyone says: "Engage with their content for two weeks before the DM." Myth. Fourteen days of empty likes is stalking with a calendar. Warm-up means leaving a trace they'd recognize:

— One substantive comment that adds a fact, not "great point."
— A share of their work with your own framing attached.
— A reply to something they asked, before you ever ask anything.

Then the DM references that thread by name. Three meaningful touches beat thirty likes. Warm-up isn't time served, it's a memory you planted that your name can later collect.