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Margaret Sikora

Chief Operating Officer at Woodpecker.co

Product Manager and DPO at Woodpecker. A lawyer who gets the SaaS business, understands customers' needs, and speaks the language of IT guys.

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Quick Legal Guide to Email Outreach: 6 Rules to Follow

As with any form of business communication, there are a couple of rules you need to follow to make your email outreach professional. I took some time to research the requirements for a proper email outreach in countries, such as Canada, China, Australia, New Zealand, not to mention the United States (with recently updated California law), Norway, Germany, Switzerland, and of course, the rest of the countries that are a part of the European Union (read about GDPR here).
woodpecker vs mailchimp

Why You Shouldn’t Use Mailchimp for Cold Emails

Have you ever struggled with choosing the right tool for cold emailing? There are so many options and limited time to test all the solutions, compare them and choose the perfect one for your company. 
How to write a cold mail that works

How to Write a Cold Email that Actually Works in 6 Steps (2025)

To get replies, a cold email has to be short yet powerful, and intriguing. That's why each part of this short message has to bear meaning and play a crucial communicative role. Check if you know these 6 tremendously important steps to write a cold email for sales that works.
adding if before campaign in Woodpecker

Setting an If Before a Campaign: Connect with Two Prospect Groups Within One Campaign

Want to contact CEOs and Marketing VPs with a personalized flow, tailored to each of the groups? Prospects from your and other countries?

A/B Testing in Cold Email: How to Optimize Our Copy to Get More Replies?

Split tests, or A/B tests, are a well-known method for website’s or newsletter’s copy optimization. But cold email copy also needs constant changes if it is to bring optimal effects. Here’s a little about split testing in cold email: which parts of our email can be tested, how can we test most effectively, what tools can we use for convenient comparison of results?

What’s the Difference Between Cold Emails and Marketing Emails?

At Woodpecker, we often hear people using the two terms "cold emailing" and "email marketing" interchangeably. In fact, cold emails and marketing emails differ, and they differ a lot. Sending cold emails that look like marketing emails won't bring you many responses. That's why I decided to analyze the two forms and explain the differences between cold emails and marketing emails. Read on to make sure you're not wasting your time sending marketing emails to your cold prospects.
Woodpecker Academy - cold email course release

Woodpecker Academy – A 5-step Course To Help You Build a Successful Cold Email Campaign

We are pleased to announce that Woodpecker Academy is now live! We've released our first online course. After 6 years of creating content focused on cold emailing, we’ve decided to merge all the knowledge we've shared so far into a step-by-step workflow that will help you launch successful cold email campaigns.