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Cole H.

Expert in Email Deliverability, Inbox Placement & Infrastructure Setup

⚡ The #1 Freelancer for Email Deliverability and Inbox Placement on Upwork ⚡ Why Clients Hire Me I specialize in diagnosing, rebuilding, and protecting email infrastructures to ensure messages consistently land in the inbox and not spam. I support environments sending anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of emails per day, working across major ISPs and platforms including SendGrid, Mailgun, Amazon SES, Klaviyo, HubSpot, Instantly, Smartlead, and Lemlist. My work focuses on inbox placement, sender reputation, and long-term deliverability stability. Over the past 24 months, this approach has helped clients recover lost inbox placement, stabilize revenue, and prevent repeat deliverability failures. I am dedicated to ensuring reliable inbox delivery, clean infrastructure, and long-term deliverability protection. 📬 Email Deliverability and Inbox Placement 🔹 Inbox placement diagnostics and forensic audits 🔹 Sender reputation analysis and repair 🔹 Spam filtering and ISP throttling issues 🔹 Blacklist investigation and remediation 🔹 Ongoing inbox monitoring and optimization 🛠 Email Infrastructure and Authentication 🔹 Domain and subdomain strategy 🔹 SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and MX configuration 🔹 Infrastructure rebuilds and migrations 🔹 Warmup strategy and sending pattern design 🔹 High-volume scaling with inbox safety 🔁 Ongoing Deliverability Management 🔹 Continuous monitoring and early-warning alerts 🔹 Weekly optimization of sending behavior 🔹 Reputation protection across ISPs 🔹 Technical troubleshooting as issues arise 🔹 Clear reporting and actionable insights

🇨🇦Toronto, Canada$25/hr100% JSS4.84 (42)Since Aug 2023

Earnings and projects

MRR
$928

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#51,524 / 412k
🇨🇦Country#830 / 7,133
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $5.6k

Total earnings
$84k

Billed in all: $87k

World#47,583 / 412k
🇨🇦Country#1,020 / 7,133
Per project
$994

$619 in the last 6 months

World#124,404 / 412k
🇨🇦Country#2,267 / 7,133
Projects, last 6 months
9

Across 10 contracts

70% fixed30% hourly
World#21,105 / 412k
🇨🇦Country#325 / 7,133
Projects in all
84

Across 88 contracts

64% fixed36% hourly
World#34,684 / 412k
🇨🇦Country#657 / 7,133

Earnings, last 30 days

$86.5kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$85k$86k$87k$88kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 10% in Expert

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

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  6. #319Cold Email2,025 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #4Top 16%
  7. #851Outbound Sales4,644 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #8Top 18%
  8. #1,589Sales9,827 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #11Top 16%