Update gabbys-guide-to-cold-emailing-when-we-werent-even-hiring.mdx

Author: sonnynomnom

blogs/2026/gabbys-guide-to-cold-emailing-when-we-werent-even-hiring.mdx

@@ -186,19 +186,19 @@ Now, press "Send"! 📧
 
 People are most active on their emails first thing in the morning and around after lunch, so I sent mine around then so it would be at the top of Sonny’s inbox. Then I proceeded to panic. I really wanted to work here!
 
-![2 hours later](https://i.imgur.com/ZjhsOub.png)
+![2 hours later](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codedex-io/blog/refs/heads/main/blog-images/gabbys-guide-to-cold-emailing-when-we-werent-even-hiring/two-hours.png)
 <Caption text="But felt like 6 hours." />
 
 Well, that was fast!
 
-![sonny email](https://i.imgur.com/KmnebDB.png)
+![sonny email](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codedex-io/blog/refs/heads/main/blog-images/gabbys-guide-to-cold-emailing-when-we-werent-even-hiring/post1.png)
 <Caption text="This means they are at least interested!" />
 
 ### Bump if they don't answer
 
 Don’t forget to follow up once or twice, 3-5 days apart! Sometimes, hiring managers do like you but get buried in their work and forget to answer. Next steps often land in the follow-up emails.
 
-![bump](https://i.imgur.com/gDKsd8u.png)
+![bump](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codedex-io/blog/refs/heads/main/blog-images/gabbys-guide-to-cold-emailing-when-we-werent-even-hiring/post2.png)
 <Caption text="Don't be pushy!" />
 
 Unfortunately for me, Sonny said the team wouldn’t be able to at the moment for budget reasons, but that they’d have more clarity when they finished fundraising. 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Unfortunately for Sonny, I don’t take no for an answer. 🤪
 
 I spent the next month building things for Codédex, even if they didn’t ask it. I didn’t want to spam emails, but I was going to do everything in my power to get a yes. I kept an eye on any news about fundraising, so that once the budget expanded, I was ready to jump. 
 
-![the sequel](https://i.imgur.com/gSHEIFu.png)
+![the sequel](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codedex-io/blog/refs/heads/main/blog-images/gabbys-guide-to-cold-emailing-when-we-werent-even-hiring/post3.png)
 <Caption text="This is where I took things to a 12/10." />
 
 ### Adding MORE Value
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ I’ve heard some people say that saying that you have options will make compani
 
 Whew! And the rest is history:
 
-![yesss](https://i.imgur.com/szWnN6L.png)
-<Caption text="Boom." />
+![yesss](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codedex-io/blog/refs/heads/main/blog-images/gabbys-guide-to-cold-emailing-when-we-werent-even-hiring/post4.png)
+<Caption text="Yay!" />
 
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