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12 Sales Email Templates You Can Use Today (With Performance Data)
Proven templates for cold outreach, follow-ups, meeting requests, and closing — with real open rate and reply rate data.
Cold outreach templates
Template 1 — The Specific Problem: 'Hi [Name], I noticed [company] is doing [specific thing]. Most [role]s struggle with [related problem]. We helped [similar company] solve this with [result]. Worth 15 minutes?' Open rate: 42%. Reply rate: 8%.
Template 2 — The Referral: '[Mutual connection] suggested I reach out. They mentioned you were looking at [problem]. Can I share what we did for their team?' Open rate: 58%. Reply rate: 18%.
Follow-up templates
Template 3 — Value Add: 'Following up. Thought this [article] on [relevant topic] might be useful regardless of whether we work together.' Reply rate: 6%.
Template 4 — The Breakup: 'I will assume the timing is not right. I will not reach out again, but if [problem] becomes a priority, feel free to get back in touch.' Reply rate: 12% — the highest of all follow-ups.
Meeting and closing templates
Template 5 — Calendar Link: 'Would it make sense to talk 15 minutes this week? Here is my calendar: [link]. If none work, let me know what does.' Keep it simple — every extra sentence reduces conversion.
Store all templates in SpaceCRM's template library with personalization tokens and track performance per template across your team.
