Free Cold Email Copy Checker Structure, CTA & Readability
Good cold emails are short, specific, and ask for one thing. Paste your copy and get a structural audit: word count vs best-practice range, personalization tokens, CTA count, question usage, and a readability estimate.
How this check works
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Word and sentence counts are compared against the 50–125 word range that performs best for first touches.
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The checker detects personalization tokens ({{firstName}} style), calendar/tracking links, and multiple CTAs.
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Readability is estimated from sentence length cold email should read at a grade 6–8 level.
How to fix common problems
Two or more CTAs
'Book a call, or check our deck, or just reply' splits attention. One email, one ask.
Feature dumping
Sentences about your product outnumbering sentences about their problem is the most common copy failure. Flip the ratio.
Example
A 240-word email with three CTAs typically reads at grade 11 and converts poorly. Cut to ~90 words with one question CTA and reply rates measurably improve.
FAQ
- How long should a cold email be?
- 50–125 words for the first touch. Shorter emails get read; longer ones get skimmed and archived.
- Should I use {{firstName}} tokens?
- Yes, but token-level personalization is table stakes. A sentence referencing a real trigger (hiring, funding, launch) is what lifts replies.
- Is a PS line useful?
- A short, specific PS can work as a soft second touch of value but it must not contain a second CTA.
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