Editor's note: Belle Balace is a social media strategist with Visme, and Leslie Ye is a marketing editor with HubSpot. Today, they've shared an infographic with us designed to help marketers send more effective follow up emails.
When contacting business prospects, writing a follow up email is as crucial as reaching out. In follow up emails, you have to be straightforward yet engaging in order to elicit a response without coming across as pushy.
It may take days or weeks before you get replies, even if you’ve already sent a few emails, and this can be discouraging. But when you don't get a response, don't immediately give up! Here’s a little wisdom from Thomas Edison: “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven’t.”
You may be doing or saying the same things over and over again and forgetting to try new ideas in your follow up emails. Be persistent, but don’t be that annoying person who constantly says ‘just following up’ like a verbal tic - that's just stating the obvious, and it will turn people off after awhile.
Next time you write a follow up, try being creative and thoughtful. The more personalized and unique your emails, the better your chances of getting a response. Take time to investigate good ideas, seek advice from the email marketing experts you know, and run A/B tests to see what kind of follow up emails work best for you.
If you're looking for inspiration, here are 23 follow-up emails you can try when you've used up all the generic templates:
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