What if you email someone and don’t get a reply?

  老外的經驗是3~4天后給這個公司的其他人發郵件，他的成功案例是在發給這個公司的第2個和第3個人得到了拜訪的機會。老外認為如果繼續發給第一個人會有些尷尬，因為這個人可能甚至還沒有打開電子郵件或他已經完全忘了你的開發信，更不排除直接刪除了你的郵件。

  Well, it’s time to email someone else at the same company. Some of my best meetings were with the second or third person I emailed within the same company. I usually wait about 3-4 days before moving on. I used to think it might be a bit awkward if my #1 choice says something, but the truth is that they probably haven’t even opened the email or they totally forgot about it.

  那就是時候把郵件發給該公司其他聯系人了，我最好的案例就是把郵件發給該公司的第二個或者第三個聯系人，但是是在等了3-4周后才開始執行這個動作，我以前總擔心會很尷尬如果被第一個收件人知道了，但其實人家可能就沒有打開你的郵件甚至已經忘記了.

  Subject – the more specific and to the point, the better

  The subject line I use now is “Server debugging in Scala/ Java at Companyname”. I started with subject lines such as “new product”, “new way to”, “feedback for a startup company”, etc. Didn’t work. It was very interesting to see that once I added the “Scala” or “Java”, depends on what the company is using, it immediately increased the response rate. Adding the company name also helps as it highlights the fact that it’s a personal email and not an automatic one. People like hearing their name and the name of their company.

關于開發信郵件標題，老外認為加入對方的名字或公司名稱會更讓其注意，而不是看起來像一封群發郵件

  現在我使用的主題：例如 “Server debugging in Scala/ Java at Companyname”.以前我喜歡用 “new product”, “new way to”, “feedback for a startup company”等等這些作為主題詞匯，完全沒有回應有，有趣的是有一次我根據該公司使用的產品在標題上選擇性的加了 Scala和Java，這種做法迅速增加了回復率，增加公司名字也強調了該郵件不是私人郵件或者自動發送的群發郵件。客戶更愿意在郵件上看到他們的或者他們公司的名字！