However, in some cases, it might make sense to offer your recipient a couple of quick alternatives to your original ask—especially if you’ve been cultivating the relationship for at least a few exchanges over email, in their blog comments and on their social feeds.
For example, you might pitch a particular guest post title with a quick outline. And at the end of your email, you could quickly add a clarifying sentence like, “If that idea doesn’t quite fit though, a couple of other articles I albania phone number material write are [title] and [title].”
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With this very simple mention of some alternative ideas, you’re not only showing your flexibility, but saving them from the back-and-forth of potential situations like, “We’ve already got something in the works on [title #1] – do you have any other ideas?”
Remember, your goal is to provide value to your recipient—so put yourself in their shoes before hitting send on your emails.
8. Edit and Proofread Your Email
Proofread Your Emails Before Sending
Once you’ve written your email, make sure you allow enough time to carefully edit and proofread it for any mistakes.
This doesn’t just mean checking for typos—though that’s obviously important too. You should also watch out for missteps like:
Sentences that are ambiguous or unclear. Rephrase these to make them more straightforward and easy for your recipient to understand.
Too much information. You don’t need to give multiple paragraphs of information about your background, the history of blogging or how that inspired you to launch your blog. Get straight to the point and make sure everything you’ve included in your email is extremely relevant to them.
Grammatical mistakes. Some easily confused words and phrases won’t be picked up by every spell checking tool (“its” and “it’s” are easy to confuse, as we saw in one of the bad examples above), so proofread slowly—and consult an online thesaurus if need be.
Incorrect personalized details. If you’re using an email template, be very careful not to copy and paste it with the wrong name or website name! Make sure you check the spelling, too—especially if the blogger has an unusual name, or the site has a name with unusual capitalization (i.e. “ProBlogger” has a capital in the middle, but “Copyblogger” doesn’t).
However, in some cases, it might make sense to
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