I should have texted you instead of writing this email.

Generate more leads without lifting a finger. Hi {NAME}, The average American checks their phone [96 times a day]( which sounds like a lot, but if you’re awake for 16 hours, that works out to one phone-check every ten minutes. Those are [rookie numbers](. You feel the buzz in your pocket, you pull out your phone and take a peek. That’s just human nature, and it’s why text message open rates are [as high as 98%](. Now...have you ever gotten a 98% open rate from your cold emails or marketing newsletters? Do 98% of the names on your cold call lists actually pick up the phone? Of course not. So maybe you should give this text messaging thing a closer look, huh? This week on the Sell to Win blog, Jacob Thomas put together an [incredibly helpful guide to SMS selling]( covering the main advantages of selling over text and seven practical tips to get you started quickly. You will learn… - How to get permission from your recipients before you start texting them. - How to catch your recipient’s attention in the first few words. - Which SMS tools to use so you don’t have to text near-strangers from your own phone. - The two best times to send a sales text, according to [SCIENCE](. [Read the full article here]( and remember: One [“thinking face” emoji]( is worth a dozen exclamation points. One more thing before you go: How much time do you spend every day doing email outreach to new leads? What if you could spend that time doing...literally anything else? Nutshell’s [personal email sequences]( can now be automatically triggered, so you can start conversations with new leads without lifting a finger. This has literally saved each member of our sales team 60-90 minutes every morning, time which they have now devoted to reading* Shakespeare**. If you’re not already a [Nutshell Pro]( customer and you’d like to take our automated email sequences for a spin, [start a free 14-day trial]( or just reply to this email to learn more. (And don't forget to ask me for a Nutshell Pro coupon code—I've got a good one.)  Ben Goldstein Editor in Chief, Sell to Win  * watching ** John Wick 2 [[Facebook] ]( [[Twitter] ]( [[LinkedIn] ]( Nutshell | 206 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104 [Unsubscribe {EMAIL}]( [About Constant Contact]( Sent by bgoldstein@nutshell.com