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What’s the current effective cold Loom video strategy on LinkedIn in 2026, and how many follow‑ups should I send when I get no replies?

Sending just a few Loom videos per day (e.g., nine in three days, about three per day) yields low reply rates. Successful students in Maker School send 20‑30 videos daily, seeing a 30‑40% connection acceptance rate and a 30‑50% reply rate, which translates to roughly 10‑15% overall reply rate and about five warm leads per day. To improve results, break your outreach into a funnel and boost volume at each stage. The Loom video itself should be dynamic—start with high‑value content in the first few seconds, avoid AI‑generated templates, and add personal touches like zooming in on the recipient’s picture or embedding a short GIF. Consistently send more videos (20‑30 per day) and follow up as needed; there’s no strict limit, but higher volume with personalized content drives better engagement.

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Nick, do you mind if I send a Loom video as my default cold email strategy?

The Loom video approach was terrible for me. My other approach was sending a lead magnet (a Google doc). To reconcile scale with customization, there are two approaches: low volume, high customization—sending a personalized Loom video that solves a problem, delivers value, and builds a warm connection to maybe 10‑30 people a day; and high volume, low result—blasting a generic “do you mind if I send you a Loom video?” to a million people and only recording when they reply. The latter is overdone and saturated; it’s not effective anymore.

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How many of my daily cold emails should include a Loom video versus text or lead magnets?

Treat personalized video outreach as a separate campaign from your regular cold email. For the video campaign, gather prospects using Apollo or social‑media scrapers, then send customized DMs that reference specifics from their profiles or websites so it’s clearly not a template. Keep your standard cold email process distinct. Within that flow, I’d record a Loom video for about five to twenty prospects per day — enough to add a personal touch without overwhelming your workload — and run the video outreach alongside your usual cold email sequence.

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Why am I only getting two negative responses from 75 Loom outreach videos and what am I doing wrong?

You’re creating three Loom videos a day, which is good volume, but you’re only seeing two negative responses and no other replies, meaning you’re not extracting enough value from your outreach. You’re likely sending the videos only via LinkedIn or email, whereas you should be sharing them across all platforms. Seventy‑five unique touches isn’t a lot; you need to raise your expectations for how many outreach pieces are required before you start closing deals. Think of the barrier to entry: if two or three clients were guaranteed from 75 videos, the service would have no value. You’re probably younger than most, so set higher expectations. The main issue is top‑of‑funnel visibility—if prospects aren’t even seeing the videos, the rest of the funnel doesn’t matter. Optimize for broader distribution and higher volume to improve results.

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Can you show how to set up a cold email campaign with Loom videos for each outreach?

I don’t run a fully automated cold‑email system with Loom videos because it doesn’t scale well. Instead, I keep a simple Google sheet with columns for first name, last name, company, email, icebreaker, and a Loom link. I add each lead to the sheet, automate the icebreaker, then manually record a short Loom video (2‑4 minutes) for each prospect, talking about their specific needs. Sending 15 personalized videos takes about an hour of recording plus an hour to set up—so it’s doable but not highly scalable. The nuance is that customized Loom videos conflict with the goal of high‑volume automated outreach; the best approach is to do the recordings yourself when you want that level of personalization.

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