Ever felt lost in the labyrinth of email follow-ups? Discover seven innovative strategies to navigate this digital maze. Enhance your communication, foster stronger relationships, and ensure your messages never get lost in the shuffle again.
Just checking in emails are a smokescreen
A check-in is an indirect request for our time or attention, and we find ourselves wishing the sender had gotten straight to the point.
- When it’s time to follow up, It’s not a new phrase you need but an entirely new strategy.
Requesting Status Updates
Drop the “checking in” wind-up and ask for an update politely and directly
- Open with context
- Explain why the task is important to you
- Send a friendly reminder
- Emails get lost in busy inboxes
- Remind them there’s still an open email chain needing attention
Maintaining a Connection
Offer something of value
- Refer a blog post they (or their company) published
- Drop a name
- Recommend an event you are attending in their area
- Make plans to attend the Great Big Event the weekend of July 7th
- Invite your most valuable contacts to join you
