At CreativeLive, I'm constantly seeking out new business leaders to introduce to our audience. For me, this translates into a high volume of cold emails to people who are extremely busy.
Over the past couple of years, I’ve perfected my email approach and have had the privilege of opening up doors with people like Rand Fishkin, Tim Ferriss, Brian Dean, and more.
However, it didn't happen overnight. In fact, it wasn't until I had my own active blog and community of people reaching out to ask for help that I realized how poorly some of my emails must have come across. After hundreds of emails and countless hours of real-world practice, here are my top ten tips for emailing -- and getting a reply from -- really busy people. ...
Via Jeff Domansky, Mike Nach
Want to connect with an influencer? Learn ten helpful tips for emailing really busy people.
In times when we are deluged by thousands of e mails, most of them junk mails, how do you really write an e mail that really stands out? This article provides some very pertinent tips that will surely make your mails stand out! While most of us are adept in shooting thousands of mails on the spur of the moment, few of us spend time on thinking about the subject. In many cases, having an authoritative voice is beyond us as we adopt an almost wheedling tone. How often do we attempt make the receiver of our mails like us without appearing to be rather arrogant,? Sometimes our mails can be as impersonal as though we were addressing a rock. One of essential elements that make our e mails stand out is a voice. Excess of formality will surely make our mails seem rather dull and mechanical.