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10.01%
10.01% -- reply rate for Cold Emails With Timeline Hook (2026)
Cold emails using timeline-based hooks achieve a 10.01% reply rate.
- Compared against problem-based hooks which average 4.39%
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10.01%
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Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
50
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Sources (3)
Prospeo
Primary
Tier B
https://prospeo.io/s/cold-email-template-for-staffing-agency ↗
Source Article
7 Cold Email Templates for Staffing Agencies (2026)
7 Cold Email Templates for Staffing Agencies That Actually Work
You send 200 emails. You get 3 replies. One's an auto-responder, one's "not interested," and the third ghosts after the first call. The average reply rate sits at 3.43% across industries, and generic "we're a staffing firm, let's chat" …
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forbes.com
https://www.forbes.com/
2026-08-18
usafacts.org
https://usafacts.org/
2026-08-18
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Cold Emails With Timeline Hook: 10.01% reply rate. Source: Prospeo (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/timeline_hook_reply_rate
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