{"id":13347,"date":"2021-12-09T15:11:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T14:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/?p=13347"},"modified":"2025-01-21T10:14:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T09:14:54","slug":"manual-vs-automated-email-warm-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/manual-vs-automated-email-warm-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Manual vs Automated Email Warm-up: Which Strategy Is Better for You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Successful outreach takes time. The first, and very important step is to warm up your mailbox before using it for cold email campaigns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without a proper warm-up, your emails won\u2019t reach your prospects\u2019 inboxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s why we released the <a href=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/email-warm-up-recovery\/\">Warm-up &amp; Recovery feature<\/a> &#8211; so you can take care of your deliverability. It\u2019s a fully automated process which you can launch with one click.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\n<aside \n    class=\"tip-block tip-block--yellow\" \n    \n>\n    <div class=\"tip-block__content\">\n        <p>From 6th February 2023, Woodpecker Warm-up &amp; Recovery is no longer available for Google users. If you&#8217;d like to know why and what&#8217;s changing, check out this <a href=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/warm-up-recovery-changes-google\/\">blog post<\/a> where we explain everything.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/aside><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But there\u2019s also another approach you can take to warm up your mailbox &#8211; a manual warm-up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read on to decide which option is best for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Or if you already know&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\n<aside class=\"cta-block cta-block--a-version js-cta-block ab-no-10-cta-block ab-no-11-cta-block\">\n  <p class=\"cta-block__heading u-heading-preset-md-600\">Start warming up emails &amp; domains automatically<\/p>\n  <div class=\"cta-block__form-container\">\n    <form class=\"js-cta-block-form\" action=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/signup\/\" class=\"cta-block__button-only-form js-cta-block-no-input-form\">\n      \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<button class=\"c-button js-button c-button--color-main c-button--size-small u-focus-visible-outline\">\nStart free trial\n<\/button>    <\/form>\n    \n    <form class=\"c-input-button-form js-cta-block-form cta-block__form\" action=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/signup\/\" method=\"POST\" novalidate>\n        \n  <div class=\"c-form-field js-form-field  c-input-button-form__form-field\">\n    \n    <label class=\"c-label c-form-field__label\" for=\"cta-block-form-email-1295041875\">Work email<\/label>\n\n                    \n  <input class=\"c-input  js-input c-input-button-form__input\" placeholder=\"will@woodpecker.co\" name=\"email\" id=\"cta-block-form-email-1295041875\" type=\"email\" \/>\n            \n    <span class=\"c-form-field__error js-error\">\n                                      Invalid email format\n        \n\n                <\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"c-input-button-form__button\">\n          \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<button class=\"cta-block__button c-button js-button c-button--color-main c-button--size-small u-focus-visible-outline\">\n                Start free trial\n        \n\n<\/button>        <\/div>\n\n            <\/form>\n  <\/div>\n<\/aside><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What a manual email warm-up looks like<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, let&#8217;s take a look at how you can warm up your email address in a manual way.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#1 Set up your email account<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s best to set up a mailbox on a separate domain for sending cold emails at scale. Cathy describes the \u201cwhy\u201d in detail in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/mailbox-for-outbound\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this blog post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure that you pick the right email provider for you. Different accounts from different providers offer different sending limits. And even though all providers\u2019 limits should be enough for the warming up process, you need to think ahead and consider the volume of your actual future campaigns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here you can check out the limits from the most popular email service providers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/cold-email\/email-sending-limits\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Are Email Sending Limits of Various Email Hosts?&gt;&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#2 Set up the &#8220;from line\u201d and signature<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can make your email account look more professional and credible by setting up a custom \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/from-line\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from line<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/a-little-big-thing-what-do-i-put-in-my-email-signature\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">signature<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually, you\u2019d make sure to add information to your signature that would help your prospects to verify who you are on social media sites, like LinkedIn or Twitter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But for the warm-up process, create a simple signature with no photo and no links. That way you&#8217;re sure your signature won&#8217;t mess with the deliverability.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#3 Set your SPF and DKIM records<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without correctly set up SPF and DKIM records, your emails won\u2019t make it to the prospect\u2019s inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPF is a sender authentication record. It tells your recipient\u2019s server that you are authorized to send from your domain, and it\u2019s not somebody impersonating you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DKIM works differently, but has the same purpose. It\u2019s an additional way of letting the receivers know that it\u2019s really you who\u2019s sending the message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/spf-dkim\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how to set them up<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#4 Send a couple of emails a day by hand<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now\u2019s when the actual warming up starts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: this applies to new email accounts on domains that have already been warmed up. If you have a new domain, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/domain-reputation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">domain warm-up process<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is different and takes a bit longer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if your domain is already warmed up, in the first weeks it&#8217;s enough to write to contacts you already know (e.g. friends or colleagues). Send them some personal messages before you can start automating later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start with a couple emails a day, and gradually increase the number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No cold emails allowed at this point! Only \u201chuman-like\u201d messages with real communication and questions, so your recipients will reply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, you want to be sure you collect a list of addresses from various hosts &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/gmail-tips\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gmail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Outlook\/Exchange, GoDaddy, 1&amp;1, Yahoo, AOL. That\u2019s how your new email address will gain credibility in the eyes of different email providers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#5 Collect a few responses and reply<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal is to have a few casual conversations before you start automated cold email campaigns with your new email address.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides your friends and colleagues actually writing back to you, you can also send an email from one of your other addresses and reply.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pros of the manual email warm-up<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\">\n<h3><b>Algorithms see you as human<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you warm up a mailbox manually and you\u2019re making sure to do it correctly, AI algorithms will tag you as human and give you a good reputation. Having such a label gives you more chances of getting past the spam filters of various email service providers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cons of the manual email warm-up<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\">\n<h3><b>It takes time<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manual email warm-up and maintaining your domain reputation can be time-consuming and require consistency.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\">\n<h3><b>It requires maintenance<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email warm-up works just like warming up before exercise. You should increase the volume gradually. Taking long breaks between sending warm-up emails, such as weeks or months, means abandoning all past progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"article-hero\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\n<aside class=\"cta-block cta-block--a-version js-cta-block ab-no-10-cta-block ab-no-11-cta-block\">\n  <p class=\"cta-block__heading u-heading-preset-md-600\">Warm up emails &amp; domains automatically<\/p>\n  <div class=\"cta-block__form-container\">\n    <form class=\"js-cta-block-form\" action=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/signup\/\" class=\"cta-block__button-only-form js-cta-block-no-input-form\">\n      \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<button class=\"c-button js-button c-button--color-main c-button--size-small u-focus-visible-outline\">\nStart free trial\n<\/button>    <\/form>\n    \n    <form class=\"c-input-button-form js-cta-block-form cta-block__form\" action=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/signup\/\" method=\"POST\" novalidate>\n        \n  <div class=\"c-form-field js-form-field  c-input-button-form__form-field\">\n    \n    <label class=\"c-label c-form-field__label\" for=\"cta-block-form-email-159671559\">Work email<\/label>\n\n                    \n  <input class=\"c-input  js-input c-input-button-form__input\" placeholder=\"will@woodpecker.co\" name=\"email\" id=\"cta-block-form-email-159671559\" type=\"email\" \/>\n            \n    <span class=\"c-form-field__error js-error\">\n                                      Invalid email format\n        \n\n                <\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"c-input-button-form__button\">\n          \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<button class=\"cta-block__button c-button js-button c-button--color-main c-button--size-small u-focus-visible-outline\">\n                Start free trial\n        \n\n<\/button>        <\/div>\n\n            <\/form>\n  <\/div>\n<\/aside><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What an automated email warm-up looks like<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choosing the automated option for email warm-up doesn\u2019t mean you can skip certain steps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should still set up your email account on a separate domain (and be mindful of the domain warm-up), and rake care of the SPF and DKIM records.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The part you can automate is the process of sending emails to gain a good reputation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For that, you can use tools that will send messages to and from your email account. The emails will have uniquely generated content and will imitate human behavior to give the impression to email providers that you are the one manually sending them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pros of the automated email warm-up<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\">\n<h3><b>It runs on autopilot<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The automatic warm-up process is handled fully by the tool and usually doesn\u2019t require multiple steps to start.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In Woodpecker, all you need to do is to plug in your mailbox and choose the mode you want to use.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13388\" src=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-12-9-o-14.16.59-300x220.png\" alt=\"Woodpecker warm-up &amp; recovery - email warm-up\" width=\"495\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-12-9-o-14.16.59-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-12-9-o-14.16.59.png 613w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\">\n<h3><b>It saves you time<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By having the warm-up process handled externally, you can spend more time preparing your campaigns or closing more sales.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cons of the automated email warm-up<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\" aria-checked=\"false\">\n<h3><b>You have to trust the tool<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Automating your email warm-up means you have to rely on the tool to handle this process for you. You have to trust it will mimic human behavior and act as well as if you were doing it yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to warm up your email and domain automatically in Woodpecker?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Woodpecker Warm-up &amp; Recovery, you can start warming up your email or domain (yup, those are two different processes) with a single click.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides email or domain warm-up, you can also use it to recover your sender reputation if your campaigns didn\u2019t go as planned and your reputation got harmed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13384\" src=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-12-9-o-14.18.01-300x210.png\" alt=\"warm-up &amp; recovery modes\" width=\"364\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-12-9-o-14.18.01-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zrzut-ekranu-2021-12-9-o-14.18.01.png 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But since this article is on warm-up, I\u2019ll focus on that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To start warming up, you just plug your mailbox in, pick the mode you need (besides email or domain warm-up, you can also use it for sender reputation recovery) and your email account or domain gets warmed up for you automatically.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t need to set up the sending frequency, the right number of emails to be sent, or worry about any other settings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Woodpecker intelligently adjusts the warm-up process to your mailbox.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<aside class=\"cta-block cta-block--a-version js-cta-block ab-no-10-cta-block ab-no-11-cta-block\">\n  <p class=\"cta-block__heading u-heading-preset-md-600\">Warm up emails &amp; domains automatically<\/p>\n  <div class=\"cta-block__form-container\">\n    <form class=\"js-cta-block-form\" action=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/signup\/\" class=\"cta-block__button-only-form js-cta-block-no-input-form\">\n      \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<button class=\"c-button js-button c-button--color-main c-button--size-small u-focus-visible-outline\">\nStart free trial\n<\/button>    <\/form>\n    \n    <form class=\"c-input-button-form js-cta-block-form cta-block__form\" action=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/signup\/\" method=\"POST\" novalidate>\n        \n  <div class=\"c-form-field js-form-field  c-input-button-form__form-field\">\n    \n    <label class=\"c-label c-form-field__label\" for=\"cta-block-form-email-128157045\">Work email<\/label>\n\n                    \n  <input class=\"c-input  js-input c-input-button-form__input\" placeholder=\"will@woodpecker.co\" name=\"email\" id=\"cta-block-form-email-128157045\" type=\"email\" \/>\n            \n    <span class=\"c-form-field__error js-error\">\n                                      Invalid email format\n        \n\n                <\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"c-input-button-form__button\">\n          \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<button class=\"cta-block__button c-button js-button c-button--color-main c-button--size-small u-focus-visible-outline\">\n                Start free trial\n        \n\n<\/button>        <\/div>\n\n            <\/form>\n  <\/div>\n<\/aside><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Woodpecker Warm-up &amp; Recovery features and benefits<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><b>You can warm up not only email accounts, but also a domain<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Woodpecker Warm-up &amp; Recovery, you can warm up a mailbox or a domain. These two processes are different and our new feature reflects that, as it\u2019s adjusted to suit them both.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><b>It\u2019s not just a warm-up feature &#8211; you can also recover your sender reputation<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019ve been using an email address for outreach for some time, and observed some deliverability problems, you can use the warm-up for reputation recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heck, even if everything\u2019s going well on the deliverability front, you can use the Recovery mode to keep it that way, e.g. when you\u2019re taking a break in between campaigns.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><b>Warm-up scenarios are constantly being improved by our deliverability experts<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of the warm-up and recovery scenarios were prepared by our deliverability experts, who for years have been supporting our clients on their warm-up and recovery journeys.\u00a0<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These frameworks were converted into a smart algorithm that is being constantly improved.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><b>Intelligent system that takes care of all the steps<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The intelligent warm-up and recovery system automatically sends warm-up emails, pulls out messages from spam or \u201cothers\u201d and places them inside the main inbox.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also shows you the estimated time of how long it will take to fully warm up your mailbox or domain, so you know when you can start your cold email campaigns.\u00a0<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">\n<h3><b>It\u2019s included for all premium Woodpecker users: no extra costs<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Woodpecker Warm-up &amp; Recovery is available to all premium subscribers at no additional cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can hook up your mailbox and start warming up your email address or entire domain immediately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter what add-ons you\u2019re using or what sending limit you\u2019ve chosen. You can use this feature as an individual or an agency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<aside class=\"cta-block cta-block--a-version js-cta-block ab-no-10-cta-block ab-no-11-cta-block\">\n  <p class=\"cta-block__heading u-heading-preset-md-600\">Start warming up mailboxes - at no extra cost for premium users<\/p>\n  <div class=\"cta-block__form-container\">\n    <form class=\"js-cta-block-form\" action=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/signup\/\" class=\"cta-block__button-only-form js-cta-block-no-input-form\">\n      \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<button class=\"c-button js-button c-button--color-main c-button--size-small u-focus-visible-outline\">\nStart free trial\n<\/button>    <\/form>\n    \n    <form class=\"c-input-button-form js-cta-block-form cta-block__form\" action=\"https:\/\/woodpecker.co\/signup\/\" method=\"POST\" novalidate>\n        \n  <div class=\"c-form-field js-form-field  c-input-button-form__form-field\">\n    \n    <label class=\"c-label c-form-field__label\" for=\"cta-block-form-email-556926315\">Work email<\/label>\n\n                    \n  <input class=\"c-input  js-input c-input-button-form__input\" placeholder=\"will@woodpecker.co\" name=\"email\" id=\"cta-block-form-email-556926315\" type=\"email\" \/>\n            \n    <span class=\"c-form-field__error js-error\">\n                                      Invalid email format\n        \n\n                <\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"c-input-button-form__button\">\n          \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<button class=\"cta-block__button c-button js-button c-button--color-main c-button--size-small u-focus-visible-outline\">\n                Start free trial\n        \n\n<\/button>        <\/div>\n\n            <\/form>\n  <\/div>\n<\/aside><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Successful outreach takes time. 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