Define your ICP on X
Your ideal customer on X may look different than on LinkedIn. Note:- Keywords and phrases that show up in bios
- Creators, communities, or accounts they engage with
- Locations, roles, or niches that convert for you
- Signals that they’re open to DMs (active posting, public conversation)
Prefer warm context over pure cold
Build lists from imports and research you have rights to use — Importing leads. Exclude Contacted when you don’t want repeats — Prevent duplicate messaging.
Skip purchased engagement and scraped dumps of unrelated users. Bad lists burn reply rate and account trust.
When to send
- Schedule for the prospect’s local daytime — Scheduling across time zones
- Weekday mornings and early business hours usually beat late nights and weekends for B2B
- Space follow-ups by days so you don’t stack three messages in one evening
When to stop
Stop the sequence when:- They reply (positive or not) — handle it in the inbox
- They ignore the full sequence
- They ask not to be contacted
- Delivery keeps failing — fix the account before retrying
Put it together
- Segment a tight list for one ICP
- Write one short opener that only that segment would believe
- Cap daily new contacts well below the platform ceiling until reply rate looks healthy
- Add a 2–3 step sequence only after the first message works
- Iterate on list + copy before you scale