Marketing

Every Link Pointed at the Sign-In Page: The Cold Email Grok Bot Set Up That Nobody Checked

  • Level Beginner
  • Setup~30 min (estimated)
  • Evidence Anecdotal
  • CostNot stated in source
  • No-codeYes
Grok BotSource-linkedBeginner-friendly

What they did

His Grok Bot set up a cold email to people who had never heard of his product. Every link in it went to the sign-in page instead of the landing page. He hadn't checked, because he assumed a cold email would only ever link to the landing page.

How it went

X post by @ira_bezu (Oct 28, 2026 UTC): cold email links all led to the sign-in page; he didn't check before it went out. This is a warning. Test emails from a logged-out browser, because your own session can hide broken links

Worth knowing

  • X post by @ira_bezu (Oct 28, 2026 UTC): cold email links all led to the sign-in page; he didn't check before it went out.
  • This is a warning. Test emails from a logged-out browser, because your own session can hide broken links.

Prompt

Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.

Before anything goes out, click through every link in this email draft as a logged-out visitor and tell me exactly where each one lands. Flag links to sign-in pages, dashboards, staging sites or anything a stranger can't use. Fix them to point at [landing page URL] and show me the final draft.

Recommended

Try it in Grok Bot

  1. Copy the prompt (button below).
  2. Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
  3. Connect the listed tools (Email) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
  4. If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."

Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.

Set it up

Tools: Email · Stack: Grok Bot

  1. Read the original source for full context.
  2. Connect the tools your agent needs.
  3. Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
  4. Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.

Generic suggested steps, not from the source.

Evidence

X post by @ira_bezu (Oct 28, 2026 UTC): cold email links all led to the sign-in page; he didn't check before it went out. This is a warning. Test emails from a logged-out browser, because your own session can hide broken links

Source: X · 2026-10-28 · Verified by us: not yet · Report broken or outdated

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