Sep 7, 2024

Get a response from someone by legitimately offering to buy them coffee and donuts. You're only going to send a gift card / digital cash to someone who replies so it's ultimately a great ROI, and your company will almost certainly let you expense this (if $10 a lead isn't worth it, run). From there, the dialogue is open to ask for a meeting in the coming week. Example...

SUBJECT: coffee and donuts on me    

OR    

SUBJECT: starbucks or dunkin' (this one always gets people riled up)

Hey Travis,

Happy Saturday. I'd love to buy you a coffee and a donut if you're interested, let me know!