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I do this for a living and craft somewhere between 1000 and 2000 emails a week. Here are some additional tips: - be authentic. I never email anyone without believing 100% that my message can help solve a problem I already know they are struggling with. - be personal. Do some research and find something that shows you are putting in the work to make sure you are authentic. It makes all the difference. - be honest. Sho…
Hi everyone, would you mind avoiding using any sites articles from New York Times? They require a subscription after a certain amount of views. Sure, journalism isn't charity work (news editors and journalists need food on the table, too, you know?), but all other sites have advertisements. I leave advertisements enabled on sites that don't block you out. If you use an article from NYT, would you mind including anoth…
I’ll add that most of the time you can get around their paywall by using an incognito tab. I still agree I would rather have a mirror.
I do this for a living and craft somewhere between 1000 and 2000 emails a week. Here are some additional tips: - be authentic. I never email anyone without believing 100% that my message can help solve a problem I already know they are struggling with. - be personal. Do some research and find something that shows you are putting in the work to make sure you are authentic. It makes all the difference. - be honest. Sho…
Tell us more about writing spam.
Lots of nytimes articles on HN lately
Lots of people insinuating things about this recently. I'm the person who posted this article, and I do not have (and never have had) a relationship with the NYT. I read their articles for free thanks to a partnership my library system (SMCL) has with the NYT. I definitely don't always agree with their stories, but some of their tech stuff is good. It's also worth noting that some of their content is newsworthy for t…
I do this for a living and craft somewhere between 1000 and 2000 emails a week. Here are some additional tips: - be authentic. I never email anyone without believing 100% that my message can help solve a problem I already know they are struggling with. - be personal. Do some research and find something that shows you are putting in the work to make sure you are authentic. It makes all the difference. - be honest. Sho…
What is your source of email leads? That is, how do you know of 1000-2000 new people each week whom you know you can help with a problem they are struggling with?
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It clearly declares the author’s intent to give up asking in the face of being ignored, without any specific insult or derogatory behavior. Either not replying is fine with the recipient or it isn’t. If it’s rude to say “I won’t bother you again if you don’t reply”, what behavior would you replace that with that clearly indicates the outcome of choosing not to reply? I encounter this frequently at work, where people…
> If it’s rude to say “I won’t bother you again if you don’t reply”, what behavior would you replace that with that clearly indicates the outcome of choosing not to reply? Not bothering me in the first place, or maybe taking a hint. If I didn’t reply to your first or second emails, assume I don’t want to. A motivating example: the only people who have ever emailed me repeatedly and used language like, “one last time”…
And with that in mind, I absolutely want people to follow up if they're getting radio silence from me - and I don't feel put off if the follow up is only "ping" or "poke" or "have you had a chance to think about this" or "I need to know by X because Y". Its not like its that hard to reply things like "thanks for info" or "sorry I can't make it" or "that's really in Elizabeth's bailiwick" or "I need to do some research and I'm planning to get back to you next week".
Hi everyone, would you mind avoiding using any sites articles from New York Times? They require a subscription after a certain amount of views. Sure, journalism isn't charity work (news editors and journalists need food on the table, too, you know?), but all other sites have advertisements. I leave advertisements enabled on sites that don't block you out. If you use an article from NYT, would you mind including anoth…
As someone who buys a fair amount of SaaS/Cloud/on-prem software (~$5-10 mil annual spend), the amount of B2B and recruiting spam I get is overwhelming. My public contact info is basically burned at this point - email, LinkedIn, work phone, etc. I have a second profile that only gets shared with actual people that I have actual relationships with. I would say about the only way to get past that filter is via some kin…
What other tips do you have for someone like me? (I'm pre-sales for a vendor that sells products and projects around 1 - 10 million$) for a large vendor.
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> * If there's a question for the person to answer, make sure it is the very last sentence in the email. Oddly enough I do the exact opposite: Within reason, I try to make the question I want answered the very first sentence. I hate expository emails. Just tell me what you’re looking for. If I need more detail I would hope the follow on text would provide it.
I use a framework I learned while taking a course on legal argumentation back in college. Turns out it works fairly well in longer emails (whenever a paragraph is needed). Write your question/conclusion at the beginning and end. Stick context, evidence, and analysis in the middle in that order. You could literally use the same sentence first and last if you just really need to get the point across and don't have time…