I'm trying this whole email query thing for the first time. I like the fact that it's quick, cheap, and if you don't hear back by the end of the day, you won't hear back at all.
But that creates a new problem. When managers don't reply, it could mean:
1. They're not interested.
2. They don't read queries.
3. It hit their inbox at a bad time and they were too busy (or maybe not there) to take a look.
I've gotten script requests from some people so I know the query's not atrocious. From the people who don't reply, I assume the worst, but there's this nagging doubt of "maybe if I tweak it and try at another time, it'll get through."
Do I email these same managers with a slightly reworded query in a few weeks? Or should I consider the silence a pass?
What do you guys do? How often do you query the same script to the same person?
But that creates a new problem. When managers don't reply, it could mean:
1. They're not interested.
2. They don't read queries.
3. It hit their inbox at a bad time and they were too busy (or maybe not there) to take a look.
I've gotten script requests from some people so I know the query's not atrocious. From the people who don't reply, I assume the worst, but there's this nagging doubt of "maybe if I tweak it and try at another time, it'll get through."
Do I email these same managers with a slightly reworded query in a few weeks? Or should I consider the silence a pass?
What do you guys do? How often do you query the same script to the same person?
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