Case study: an eight-touch sequence that produced a seven-figure conversation
What happens when research, restraint, and specificity replace volume as the organizing principle of a cadence.
Eight touches. Two months. One meeting. A seven-figure opportunity that would not have existed if the first email had been generic.
Here is the sequence, the reasoning behind each touch, and the specific research that made every message land — not because it was clever, but because it was undeniably about the buyer.
Edgar J. Reyes
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