First cold email - No response
1-2 weeks later - Second cold email - No response
Monthly update/touch up - No response
Move on.
Some people would consider the second or third email as spam, that is fine. If they block you, that means that was a dead end anyway.
My experience is that people are busy and we forget to reply sometimes. 3 emails in a row, in a matter of days, would be spam for me too.