Safe Email Re-Engagement: The Pre-Pod Batch Strategy

Why is the "pre-pod" method the safest way to work through a large list?

The "Pre-Pod" method involves breaking a massive list into small, manageable chunks of 500 to 1,000 people to prevent overwhelming your email server and keep providers like Gmail happy.

When you try to email 10,000 people who haven't heard from you in years all at once, it creates a massive bottleneck and often gets your account flagged as spam.

Instead of taking that risk, Chad and the Team use Course Sprout to create multiple identical "Pricing Options"—which we call Pods—and assign a small batch of leads to each one.

This gives you the ability to send re-engagement notes to small groups throughout the day, ensuring your messages actually land in the inbox instead of the junk folder.

The result is a systematic way to move your entire list from "Dead" or "Passive" back to the "Green" active status without the technical headaches.

How does the "airplane button" automate your list revival?

The reminder button—the little airplane icon—automatically identifies only the people who have not yet logged in, allowing you to follow up without bothering your active students.

As people click your link and log in to get their gift, Global Control and Course Sprout automatically move them to the "Active" list in real-time.

Meaning you can keep clicking that "airplane" for a specific batch of 500 people until you’ve reached every possible person in that group.

Once you finish one batch, you simply move to the next "Pre-Pod" until your entire list has been worked through.

Using these transactional "account access" emails results in up to 30% re-engagement because Google trusts these official messages more than standard ads.