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What is the Dream 100 bonus and how do I use it?

Written by Andre Haykal Jr

TL;DR

  • The Dream 100 bonus lets you start booking meetings from day 1, before your cold email inboxes are ready to send

  • It is a low-volume, high-value outreach strategy run from your main business inbox during your first weeks, while your cold email campaigns ramp up (and during warmup, if you chose new branded domains)

  • ListKit covers up to $100 in gift cards, $25 per meeting, when you prove a prospect actually showed up to a call

  • To claim, email [email protected] with proof of the completed call, the gift card type, and your prospect's email address

  • Maximum 4 gift cards per customer regardless of Bundle tier

  • Keep sending volume at 10 emails per day, this goes out from your main domain, not your sending inboxes
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Why this matters / When you'd use this

When you sign up for ListKit Bundles, your cold email campaigns need some time to get going. Cold email takes time to produce results. Even with pre-warmed inboxes, sending ramps up over 7 days, and the first positive replies usually arrive in weeks 3 to 4. With new branded domains, there are also 14 days of warmup, plus up to 72 hours to register domains and start warmup, before your first send.

The Dream 100 bonus fills that gap. It gives you a strategy, a training video, and funded gift cards so you can start doing outreach from your main inbox on day 1 and potentially have meetings booked before your first cold email ever goes out.
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What is the Dream 100 strategy?

Dream 100 is low-volume, high-value outreach. Instead of sending hundreds of emails to a broad list, you identify your 100 most ideal prospects and send them a short, highly personalized email offering a $25 gift card in exchange for a 15-minute call.
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The offer is simple, specific, and hard to say no to. You are not pitching on the first email, you are offering something of real value to get a conversation started. Out of 100 targeted, personalized emails, expect 5 to 10 people to respond and express interest.
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You can watch the full Dream 100 training video from Christian, ListKit's co-founder, here:
​https://listkit.wistia.com/s/8rlg5s7oww54b9w
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Step-by-step: How to run Dream 100 outreach

Step 1 - Connect your main inbox to ListKit

This campaign goes out from your main business inbox, not your sending inboxes. To connect it:

Open Inboxes in the left sidebar, click Connect under Google, and copy the App ID shown. You need Google Workspace admin access to mark the app as Trusted.

  • Copy your App ID from inside ListKit

  • Open Google Workspace Admin

  • Mark the App ID as trusted

  • Your main Gmail inbox will now be connected to ListKit

If you use Outlook or another provider, click Connect inboxes on the Inboxes page and choose Outlook (Hotmail, Live, MSN) or Other (Any provider, IMAP). See How do I connect my own inboxes to Email Engine?. If you get stuck, reach out to support and the team will walk you through it.

Step 2 - Build a tight leads list of 100 contacts

Go to Search in ListKit (AI Search works well) and pull a list of exactly 100 contacts. The export uses about 100 credits (1 per verified email). The key is to go very specific, narrow by industry, job title, and city. You want a list tight enough that you can reference specific details about each prospect in your email.

Good examples:

  • Plumbers in Tampa

  • Real estate brokers in Atlanta

  • Influencer marketing agency owners in New York

  • Lawyers in Boston

You only need 100 contacts: at 10 new contacts per day, first emails go out over 10 business days, with follow-ups after. Export your list and import it into your campaign from Order History.

Step 3 - Create your Dream 100 campaign in Email Engine

In the left sidebar, open Campaign and click Create campaign. Name it something like Dream 100 Outreach. Import your 100 contacts from Order History and set your sending limit to 10 emails per day maximum.
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This is important, since you are sending from your main business domain, sending at higher volume risks flagging it. Keep it at 10 per day.

Step 4 - Write your 3-step email sequence

Keep every email short, specific, and value-driven. The goal is to make it so easy to say yes that the prospect has almost no reason to ignore you. No links, no HTML, no images, plain text only.
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Here is the structure that works:

Email 1 - The opener

Reference something specific about them. State what you can do for them in one line. Offer the $25 gift card in exchange for a short call. Ask permission to send a calendar link.

Example: "Hey [First Name], saw you're a top realtor in Atlanta. We can bring you 10 to 15 new commercial deals per month with a cold outreach system. I'll send you a $25 Amazon gift card in exchange for a 15-minute Zoom call to show you how it works. Mind if I share a calendar link?"
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Email 2 - First follow-up

Restate the value. Remind them of the gift card offer. Keep it shorter than the first email.

Example: "We can put 10 to 15 commercial real estate deals in front of you each month with a cold outreach system. Every commercial property owner in Atlanta will be asked if they're looking to sell. I'll send you a $25 gift card to show you how it works on a Zoom call. Cool if I send over a booking link?"

Email 3 - Final follow-up

Lead with the gift card. Two to three lines maximum.

Example: "Hey [First Name], I have a $25 gift card with your name on it. I'll send it over on a quick Zoom call where I'll share an outreach strategy that can bring you 10 to 15 new deals per month in Atlanta. Mind if I send a booking link?"

A great subject line to A/B test: [Their Company] x [Your Company], for example, "Acme x ListKit"

Important formatting rules:

  • No links in the body of any email

  • No HTML formatting

  • No images or attachments

  • Plain text only, this is what gets replies

Step 5 - Launch and monitor replies

Publish your campaign. It will send 10 emails per day automatically. Monitor replies in Master Inbox and respond to anyone who expresses interest as quickly as possible. When a prospect agrees to a call, send them your calendar link and get it booked.


How to claim your gift cards

Once a prospect actually shows up to the call you booked through Dream 100 outreach, you can claim a $25 gift card from ListKit. Here is exactly how:

  1. Include proof that the prospect attended the call, a screenshot of the call in progress showing the prospect as a participant works. A booking confirmation alone is not enough.

  2. Include the gift card type, Amazon is the easiest to fulfill

  3. Include your prospect's email address so the gift card can be sent directly to them

Important rules to know:

  • Maximum of 4 gift cards per customer, $100 total, regardless of your Bundle tier

  • Gift cards are only issued when the prospect actually showed up to the call, not just when they booked

  • Do not send the gift card to the prospect before the call happens, only fulfil it once they have shown up and you have submitted proof
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Expected outcome

Over 10 business days, sending 10 personalized emails per day to a tightly targeted list, you can realistically expect 5 to 10 prospects to respond and express interest. If 4 of them show up to a call, you have 4 funded sales meetings, all before your cold email campaigns have even launched.
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By the time your cold email campaigns are at full volume, you will already have pipeline moving. That is the entire point of the Dream 100 bonus, to make sure you are never just waiting.
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Troubleshooting / FAQs

Can I send more than 10 emails per day during Dream 100?
No. Keep it at 10 per day maximum. This is going out from your main business domain, the one tied to your company and reputation. Sending at high volume from your main domain risks getting it flagged. Dream 100 is designed to be low volume and high precision.
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What if I do not have a Gmail inbox?
You can connect Outlook or another email provider to ListKit for this campaign. The connection process is the same, reach out to support if you need help setting it up.
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Do I send the gift card to the prospect before the call?
No. Only send the gift card after the prospect has shown up to the call and you have submitted proof to [email protected]. This protects both you and ListKit.
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What if my prospect books but does not show up?
That call does not qualify for a gift card reimbursement. The prospect needs to have actually attended the meeting for the claim to be valid.
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Can I use a gift card other than Amazon?
Amazon is the easiest to fulfill but you can request a different type when you email support. Include your preference when you submit your proof.
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What if I get more than 4 calls booked?
Amazing, that means the strategy is working. The gift card reimbursement is capped at 4 per customer, but there is nothing stopping you from continuing the outreach and booking more calls on your own. Use the momentum going into your campaign launch.
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What if I need help with my scripts or who to target?
Reach out to the team through in-app chat or bring your questions to the weekly Slack office hours (Mondays at 12pm ET). Join from Education by clicking Join Slack channel. You can also rewatch Christian's full training video at any time: https://listkit.wistia.com/s/8rlg5s7oww54b9w

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