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Follow up without being annoying
Second or third nudge on something they genuinely might have missed.
Write a follow-up to the message below. Rules: - Do not apologise for following up. It is a normal thing to do. - Add something new: a deadline that now exists, a change in circumstances, a smaller version of the ask, or information that helps them decide. - Restate the ask in full. Never assume they scrolled down and reread the original. - Make it trivially easy to close: a yes or no, or a one-word reply. - Under 80 words. Also tell me whether it is too early to send this, and whether a different channel would work better. If this is the third attempt and nothing has changed, write the version that gives them a graceful exit instead, and say why that is the better move. Original message: How long ago:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Outreach and chasing. Writing to people who owe you nothing, and nudging the ones who never wrote back.
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