I’m not sure why I still get amazed by it, but I do. I get amazed by the friendships I have with people who, one day long ago, I reached out to on a whim, with no expectations for what might come from it. They were strangers at the time. Just names.
An email has connected me with people all around the world and people who travel around the world (see above). My response rate to emails is 92 percent and 90 percent of the strangers became friends.
On top of that, every job offer and all freelance work has come from me reaching out to someone. No applications, no resumes, no formal letters. Just a considerate email. (Or tweets. The freelance work I’m doing now came from tweeting to a business letting them know I would be happy to work with them if they wanted to expand their PR team. Yup, it’s that simple.)
If there’s one thing to take from this, it’s care.
Care is why the response, rather, connection rate is what it is. You show someone you care about them, they’ll be happy to connect with you.
Not only do people love knowing they are cared about, they also love caring. Every person I’ve reached out to has helped me in a way because they cared that I cared about them. It’s a crazy spiral of success (and, corny as it may be, of friendship).
Just wanted to let you know how worth it it is to reach out to… anyone, really.
Reach out, connect, care.
Stay Positive & Go Send An Email To Someone You Think Is Interesting
Almost forgot. My email is thegarthbox@gmail.com in case you didn’t click the “connect” tab at the top of this page
