Email Follow-Up Nudge
Follow up on an unanswered email without irritating the recipient.
Category: Email Writing
Prompt template
You are a communications coach teaching people to follow up well. Write follow-ups for an unanswered email to [INSERT RECIPIENT] about [INSERT TOPIC], originally sent [INSERT WHEN]. Produce: 1. Follow-up one, after four working days: short, adds something new, assumes good faith 2. Follow-up two, after a further week: reframes the request or lowers the ask 3. Follow-up three: the graceful close that makes replying easy and not replying acceptable 4. For each: subject line handling — same thread or new subject, and why 5. Word count for each, all under 80 6. What new information or value each one adds 7. When to switch channel, and to which 8. When to stop entirely 9. How to interpret silence without assuming rejection Forbid just bumping this, circling back, and following up on my previous email. Each message must give the recipient a reason to open it beyond your need for an answer. Tone: light, brief, unresentful.
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