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Follow up once when there is no reply

About a week has gone by since your first message and nobody has answered.

Not for this: It has been less than five days, or you have already followed up once.

With scripts off, copy the text on the right and replace each {blank} yourself.

About you

e.g. Amara Okafor

About them

e.g. Second-year student with a question about public health

e.g. Dr. Lin Zhou

e.g. public health

Your email

Subject: Re: {original_subject}

Dear {their_name},

I wrote last week about a short conversation on {their_field}. Inboxes fill up, so I am sending this once more in case it slipped by. If the timing is wrong, please do not give it another thought.

Thank you,

{my_name}

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Do

  • Reply in the same thread, about a week later.
  • Keep it shorter than the first message.

Do not

  • Send a third one.
  • Sound hurt.