Why follow-up Emails Matter<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nSafe to bet that your inbox is filled with unread emails, many of which you are never going to read. Easily, a single email can go unnoticed under the mountain of unread messages. Follow-up emails are essentially indispensable. They are a professional and polite way of saying: I hope you saw my message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, an incredibly thin line separates harassment and persistence. Credibility is a coveted resource, and irrelevant, pointless, vapid emails diminish it. Proper follow-up email etiquette is the means we have to stay on the right side of that thin line. And that is where following up does what it\u2019s meant to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When to Send a Follow-up Email<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nTiming is the most important thing we try to figure out. How much time is too soon? How much time is too late? Truthfully, it depends. It always does. Specific situations call for different lengths of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- After a job interview:<\/strong> Proper behavior says between one and two days (on the third day if you\u2019re pushing it). Ideally, the interviewer remembers your conversation, and you can express gratitude.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- After sending a proposal,<\/strong> send a follow-up email after two or three working days, sufficient time to have analyzed the documents, and just enough time that they can be reminded to do so.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- After no reply to an outreach email:<\/strong> When there hasn\u2019t been any response to an outreach email, wait around four to seven days to send another message. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Following a meeting or call:<\/strong> Quickly follow up within a day to keep the conversation going, at a slower pace. Subsequent steps can be confirmed, and key points can be reemphasised.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Of course, your mileage may vary. Pay attention to contextual clues and the urgency surrounding your communications, as well as the relationship between you and whom you are going to send a follow-up message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Timing is the most important thing we try to figure out. How much time is too soon? How much time is too late? Truthfully, it depends. It always does. Specific situations call for different lengths of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- After a job interview:<\/strong> Proper behavior says between one and two days (on the third day if you\u2019re pushing it). Ideally, the interviewer remembers your conversation, and you can express gratitude.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- After sending a proposal,<\/strong> send a follow-up email after two or three working days, sufficient time to have analyzed the documents, and just enough time that they can be reminded to do so.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- After no reply to an outreach email:<\/strong> When there hasn\u2019t been any response to an outreach email, wait around four to seven days to send another message. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Following a meeting or call:<\/strong> Quickly follow up within a day to keep the conversation going, at a slower pace. Subsequent steps can be confirmed, and key points can be reemphasised.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Of course, your mileage may vary. Pay attention to contextual clues and the urgency surrounding your communications, as well as the relationship between you and whom you are going to send a follow-up message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- After sending a proposal,<\/strong> send a follow-up email after two or three working days, sufficient time to have analyzed the documents, and just enough time that they can be reminded to do so.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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