When was the last time you requested a stranger for help? Maybe you don’t remember the last time but try recalling memories where just a small assistance turned to a great friendship.
Most of the time we fear to raise our hand for succour in physical and virtual world. The primary reason being, the judgment of other people. I have been in this situation in the past and can understand. Probably, in such circumstances we don’t help. If we honestly need help, we will be more focused on getting the task done instead of thinking about the discernment.
During my college days, I read about cold emails. You might be thinking what’s that? A cold email is an unsolicited e-mail that is sent to a receiver without prior contact*. I sent many emails in that period. I still do. Most of the time we don’t receive a response. But even one response can light up the face :)
Why should one do cold email?
If you are a startup guy and need funding, you need to cold email some investors who might be interested in your product. If you are a job seeker, you got to approach existing employee of your dream company or to connect with the HR’s. If you need career advice from highly successful people, you need to reach out to them first. It all depends on what one wants. Cold emailing is a harder communication, right things are meant to be difficult otherwise everyone would have done that.
Like most of the startups, most of the cold emails fail. Primary reason being lack of non-verbal feedback. The more you practice, the better you become. People like to communicate, and they do respond, if the email is well written and genuine. As Zig Ziglar said, "You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want." Nowadays one can even bridge over tweeter and LinkedIn.
I have connected with the founder of The Children’s Post via LinkedIn. I heard about the startup from an e-article . After connecting with her, I had a brief discussion about the newspaper. I am grateful to her since she inspired me to write. What helped me to from the relationship is my sound interest with the paper. During my childhood, there was no such newspaper dedicated especially for a kid. This paper fulfills the gap and helping lots of children around the globe.
Hope you cold email someone this weekend😉
*Source: Wikipedia
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