Launch Update: Risky move, never to be repeated again

Update 4:

I scheduled an outbound cold email cadence to go out at 6AM EST on November 15th, 2021. I had a mixture of excitement and anxiety not knowing if I would get a response or not.

My first email back was this:

The immediate reaction was, “oh crap, is my email officially flagged as spam?” 

Yes, it was. Google then actually locked me out of my account, and lost access to my email and calendar.

So I Googled the error message and saw that it can occur when you attempt to send an outgoing email to another mail server and it rejects it outright due to classifying your message as spam.

I did some research and found an awesome source from warmupinbox.com that said, “Even if you have been warming up your inbox for months alongside having the proper security DNS settings in place, your mail can still land in a spam folder.”

After further reading, warmupinbox.com provides a list of words to avoid using in your outbound email so it doesn’t get flagged as spam. So I decided to share that list with you today.

(From warmupinbox) - "Below is our list of all the keywords that we know first hand can potentially trigger spam filters. This list is by no means a complete list of every single keyword that spam filters associate with spam, but as time goes on we will continuously adding to this article to ensure that your deliverability potential is as high as possible."

• $$$
• 4U
• Accept credit cards
• Act now! Don’t hesitate!
• Additional income
• Addresses on CD
• All natural
• Amazing
• Apply Online
• As seen on
• Auto email removal
• Avoid bankruptcy
• Be amazed
• Be your own boss
• Being a member
• Big bucks
• Bill 1618
• Billing address
• Billion dollars
• Brand new pager
• Bulk email
• Buy direct
• Buying judgments
• Cable converter
• Call free
• Call now
• Calling creditors
• Can’t live without
• Cancel at any time
• Cannot be combined with any other offer
• Cash bonus
• Cashcashcash
• Casino
• Cents on the dollar
• Check or money order
• Click below
• Click here link
• Click to remove
• Click to remove mailto
• Compare rates
• Compete for your business
• Confidentially on all orders
• Congratulations
• Consolidate debt and credit
• Copy accurately
• Copy DVDs
• Credit bureaus
• Credit card offers
• Cures baldness
• Dear email
• Dear friend
• Dear somebody
• Different reply to
• Dig up dirt on friends
• Direct email
• Direct marketing
• Discusses search engine listings
• Do it today
• Don’t delete
• Drastically reduced
• Earn per week
• Easy terms
• Eliminate bad credit
• Email harvest
• Email marketing
• Expect to earn
• Fantastic deal
• Fast Viagra delivery
• Financial freedom
• Find out anything
• For free
• For instant access
• For just $ (some amt)
• Free access
• Free cell phone
• Free consultation
• Free DVD
• Free grant money
• Free hosting
• Free installation
• Free investment
• Free leads
• Free membership
• Free money
• Free offer
• Free preview
• Free priority mail
• Free quote
• Free sample
• Free trial
• Free website
• Full refund
• Get It Now
• Get paid
• Get started now
• Gift certificate
• Great offer
• Guarantee
• Have you been turned down?
• Join millions of Americans
• Laser printer
• Limited time only
• Long distance phone offer
• Lose weight spam
• Lower interest rates
• Lower monthly payment
• Lowest price
• Luxury car
• Mail in order form
• Marketing solutions
• Mass email
• Meet singles
• Member stuff
• Message contains disclaimer
• MLM
• Money back
• Money making
• Month trial offer
• More Internet traffic
• Mortgage rates
• Multi level marketing
• Name brand
• New customers only
• New domain extensions
• Nigerian
• No age restrictions
• No catch
• No claim forms
• No cost
• No credit check
• No disappointment
• No experience
• No fees
• No gimmick
• No inventory
• No investment
• No medical exams
• No middleman
• No obligation
• No purchase necessary
• No questions asked
• No selling
• No strings attached
• Not intended
• Off shore
• Offer expires
• Offers coupon
• Offers extra cash
• Once in lifetime
• One hundred percent free
• One hundred percent guaranteed
• One time mailing
• Online biz opportunity
• Online pharmacy
• Only $
• Opportunity
• Opt in
• Order now
• Order status
• Orders shipped by priority mail
• Outstanding values
• Pennies a day
• People just leave money laying around
• Please read
• Potential earnings
• Print form signature
• Print out and fax
• Produced and sent out
• Profits
• Promise you!
• Pure profit
• Real thing
• Refinance home
• Removal instructions
• Remove in quotes
• Remove subject
• Removes wrinkles
• Reply remove subject
• Requires initial investment
• Reserves the right
• Reverses aging
• Risk free
• Round the world
• S 1618
• Safeguard notice
• Satisfaction guaranteed
• Save $
• Save big money
• Save up to
• Score with babes
• Section 301
• See for yourself
• Sent in compliance
• Serious cash
• Serious only
• Shopping spree
• Sign up free today
• Social security number
• Special promotion
• Stainless steel
• Stock alert
• Stock disclaimer statement
• Stock pick
• Stop snoring
• Strong buy
• Stuff on sale
• Subject to credit
• Supplies are limited
• Take action now
• The best rates
• The following form
• They keep your money- no refund!
• They’re just giving it away
• This isn’t junk
• This isn’t spam
• University diplomas
• Unlimited
• Unsecured credit/debt
• Urgent
• US dollars
• Vacation offer
• Viagra
• Wants credit card
• We hate spam
• We honor all
• Weekend getaway
• What are you waiting for?
• While supplies last
• While you sleep
• Who really wins?
• Why pay more?
• Will not believe your eyes
• Winner
• Winning
• Work at home
• You are a winner
• You have been selected
• Your income

Luckily, I was able to retrieve my account and make sure I DO NOT repeat that mistake again (they slap you on the wrist.

The takeaway of all this:

1. Make sure to warm up your email with 20-50 contacts you know before sending a blast (this could take 2 weeks to do properly)
2. When you do decide to blast, don't blast 100/day, only do 5-10 a day to start out.
3. Don't use trigger words that can flag your email.

P.S. About a week ago I launched the FDTC Newsletter teaching AEs how to close more demos an email delivered one Monday at a time. Sign up if you're interested, and don't if you're not.