Write follow-up letter to contact

Why you’d send follow-up :

• Deepen relationship with contact you made through networking:Send this note promptly. That way,you and your contact can arrange your next steps, including meeting.

• Keep contact who helps you informed: You should send this person a note that tells him what has transpired since you last communicated.

Send follow-up letter to new contact:

• Analyze situation: If you’re emailing someone you met recently through business networking, a school reception, or other event, what you write will depend upon your purpose. For example, if you're not looking to change jobs but only broaden your contacts,your purpose might be to tell your new contact that you enjoyed meeting him. Or, if you'd like to know him better,you might invite him for coffee or lunch. Of course,you also want to assess your new contact's perspective toward you. For example, your new contact may have enjoyed talking with you and suggested that the two of you get together during the next few weeks.

• State your main point: Based on your analysis you’d articulate your main point at the start. For example, you might say, “I enjoyed meeting and speaking with you at yesterday's chamber of commerce luncheon. In the coming weeks, I look forward to getting together. ”