We all have more friends, followers, and connections than we realize and getting someone’s attention takes an artful introduction. To ensure that both recipients see the value to an email ...

One of the kindest things someone can do is to introduce you to someone in their network or connect you with someone they think you should know. This is usually done through an email. Whether you ...

It’s also crucial to do some preliminary research about both parties and what you’re trying to accomplish by matching them together. How will this introduction create value for everyone?

Make sure you take that seriously and do your homework before you ... Would you mind making an introduction? If so, I’ll send you an email that will make it easy to forward to John.

I get an average of three requests per week to make an introduction to someone in my network. It doesn’t seem like much, but multiply that by the number of weeks in a year, and I’m fielding ...

But requesting an email introduction through a current contact isn’t without costs, especially for the person lending you their network, so I recommend asking thoughtfully and carefully.

Every once in a while, you’re going to need to introduce one of your colleagues to another by email. Before you do that, have the person you’re introducing write their own intro email to send ...

If you do not want to confuse and irritate your connections, you need to be thoughtful about how you broker an introduction between two people over email ― and how you reply. If you are the ...