u/Natural-Badger-9772

I'm a web designer. Generic cold emails get 2-5% reply rates. But when I spend 30 mins personalizing each pitch (actually researching their site, their reviews, their pain points), reply rate jumps to 40%.

Problem: I can't scale 30 mins per prospect. That's 25 hours for 50 emails.

Question for solopreneurs: How do you handle cold outreach at scale without burning out? Do you automate parts of it, or just accept the time investment?

Curious what actually works for people.