Are your emails getting through the way they did a couple of years ago? Your email might get through, but is anything coming of it? A great strategy is to email mid-level managers and others late Sunday afternoon.
There is a large segment of the business world that uses Sunday evening to get ready for the week. I know when I was in a corporate role, that was the norm for me. Getting ready for the week typically includes digging into email, and that means it could be a great time for you to send that personalized email to the person you’ve been trying to reach.
The worst thing you can do is set up the email to go out automatically and then think you’ll follow up Monday morning. No, you want to be monitoring email yourself Sunday evening. If the person does respond, you want to respond back Sunday evening. Responding Sunday evening puts you into the same universe as the person you sent it to — you’re both working Sunday evening.
Sunday late afternoon allows you to reach people who are stretched Monday through Friday and with whom you have little ability to connect.
Check out the video to see what I mean:
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