Why it works
We are much more likely to listen to people we find relatable, friendly, or similar to ourselves. Showing you have done your homework proves you are not a bot and makes the reader feel personally seen.
Example
I saw your recent post about the challenges of remote scaling and felt your perspective on team culture was spot on.
An illustration of the mechanism, not a template. Copied verbatim it stops being persuasion and starts being the pattern everyone else is already sending.
Is your sequence pulling this one?
Paste it in and find out which levers are working, which are missing, and which single zero is capping the whole message.