Cold Email Secrets, 5 Books & Beating Saturation [LIVE]

I'm Jandre, founder of V8 Media (Top 1% Digital Agency). Since 2018, we've worked with over 500 businesses, helping them scale and generate over R2 billion in sales. This is a full live Ask Me Anything from the office. No script, no pitch, just real questions from people building businesses in South Africa and honest answers. We get into the kind of businesses V8 Capital invests in, how to make extra income by learning one skill in a single weekend, how to write a cold email that actually gets replies, the three subject lines that get opens, cold email versus cold calling, the five books I recommend to start a business, how to win in a saturated market, how we find industries to disrupt, and how to protect your IP in a partnership. If you want straight talk on business, marketing, AI and mindset, this one is for you. 🤖 Want the free AI course? Over 300 people have already gone through our free AI masterclass at The AI University. The link is in my Instagram bio. Comment the word AI and I will point you to it. 🛠️ Got a Shopify store? Try our free CRO audit tool at https://v8media.co.za. An AI agent reviews your site and tells you what to fix before you spend a cent on ads. 📘 Grab the free Top 1% Founders Playbook PDF here: https://v8media.co.za/founders-playbook/ Got a question? Email me at [email protected] 🗒️ What We Cover in This AMA Real questions, real answers. Here is some of what came up: What V8 Capital backs: open-minded, high-learning, high-execution founders building direct to consumer brands with healthy margins in a big market. How to make extra income: learn one skill in 24 hours over a single weekend, then sell it. Why neuromarketing is the one skill I would learn above all others. How AI changed the game: build a website, make your marketing material and even build your own AI workers in hours. Why setting expectations with clients is the most important thing a service business can do. How to write a cold email that gets replies, plus the three subject lines that get opens. Cold email versus cold calling, and why we still send 10,000 cold emails a week. The five books I recommend to start and grow a business. How to win market share in a saturated market, and how we find industries to disrupt. ⏱ Timestamps 0:00 - Going live 2:55 - What businesses does V8 Capital invest in? 5:51 - How to start making extra income 7:51 - Learn one skill in 24 hours over a weekend 10:09 - How to start a business when you don't know what to do 12:46 - The one skill I'd learn: neuromarketing 14:56 - Work-from-home jobs with no experience 17:27 - Building client websites with Lovable and the cost worry 20:29 - How to find people to drop-ship your product 21:56 - AI tools to build and market your website 24:33 - How AI changed the game for normal people 29:34 - Why setting client expectations matters most 32:26 - How to land big corporate clients 35:04 - Targeting US and EU companies as an SA marketer 37:54 - How to write a cold email that gets replies 39:45 - The three subject lines that get opens 42:02 - The cold email body that converts 45:05 - Cold email vs cold calling: which wins 47:18 - Five books to start and grow a business 49:24 - Automating outreach vs manual outreach 50:58 - Our AI cold-email system explained 53:24 - How to follow up and burn a list properly 54:43 - What I'd do with a pile of money 56:32 - Why we'd open 20 retail stores 57:53 - The most valuable skill in business 60:46 - How to win in a saturated market 63:48 - How we find industries to disrupt 65:28 - Do waiting lists work? The GTA 6 playbook 68:42 - Why I don't think about the news 70:41 - Protecting your IP in a partnership 🔎 Hashtags #AskMeAnything #Entrepreneurship #SouthAfrica #ColdEmail #BusinessBooks #AIforBusiness #BusinessGrowth #V8Media