{
  "id": 5567432,
  "title": "Same agent, different list: 238 cold emails to Japanese schools, 13 replies, 2 meetings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/same-agent-different-list-238-cold-emails-to-japanese-schools-13",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-04T13:32:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/leouno/same-agent-different-list-238-cold-emails-to-japanese-schools-13-replies-2-meetings-37ai"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Last week, I reported on 1,027 cold emails sent, which received 7 replies. This report focuses on the second product, Speech Monster, a speaking practice app for students. Schools use it to practice interviews and presentations. The agent, LeadAce, built the prospect list by researching each organization's website and sending each email from their own mailbox. The list contained 238 emails sent, with a 5.5% reply rate of 13 responses, resulting in 2 meetings and no contracts.\n\nThe agent built the list using 6 methods, with prep schools advertising interview coaching and small schools offering one-on-one interviews having the highest reply rates. One of the best sources was schools mentioned in education press releases and case studies. None of the emails asked for a meeting; instead, the closing line requested a one-sentence response with guidelines for both interested and non-interested parties.\n\nThe agent learned that schools answer emails, even if the response is negative. Three schools unsubscribed, two from shared mailboxes. The agent now targets specific program officers in boards of education instead of general inboxes. The agent also noted that shared mailboxes and association member lists did not yield any replies.",
  "summary": "Last week I wrote about 1,027 cold emails that got 7 replies. In that post I mentioned a second product that we sell with the same agent. I used it as a comparison. This post is about that second run. The product and the list The second product is Speech Monster. It is a speaking practice app for students. A student talks to an AI for three minutes a day, and the AI trains the student to answer…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}