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Cold Email Templates for Web Designers

Stop sending 5-paragraph essays to business owners. Use these short, punchy templates to get a "Yes" to a 5-minute phone call.

Template 1: The "No Website" Approach

Use this template when you find a business on Fernly that is missing a website URL on their Google Places listing.

Subject: Quick question about [Business Name]

Hi [First Name],


I saw your Google listing for [Business Name] and noticed you don't have a website attached to it.


Are you currently taking on new [Industry] jobs in the area?


If so, I'd love to build you a simple, 3-page site to capture the local traffic currently slipping past your listing.


Open to a quick 5-minute chat next week to see if it makes sense?


Cheers,

[Your Name]

Template 2: The Redesign Audit

Use this when a business has a site that is broken on mobile, or looks like it was built in 2004.

Subject: Mobile traffic for [Business Name]

Hi [First Name],


I was looking for [Industry] services in [City] and found your site.


I noticed the "Request Quote" form is broken when viewed on a phone. Given that 60% of local traffic comes from mobile, you're likely losing potential clients daily.


I run a local digital studio and I went ahead and mocked up a cleaner layout that fixes this issue.


Can I send a short 2-minute video showing what I mean? No strings attached.


Best,

[Your Name]

Tip: Inside Fernly, you can save both of these templates to your account and trigger them with a single click right from your Kanban board.

Send these templates automatically.

Fernly comes with built-in outreach. Find the businesses, click their email, and send a preset template in under 5 seconds.