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Effective Email Introductions or Why Blind Intros Suck

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A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. A well-intentioned colleague introduced me to a stranger via email, without first confirming with me that the intro was welcomed. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! The Art Of The Email Matchmaking.

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

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But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. So my biggest recommendation of “what&# to blog is a series of articles that will be helpful to your community. Apparently not.

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Why Titles Matter a Lot if You’re a Blogger

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His article is well worth reading anyways. When I first started writing this blog several years ago I had less followers than you have right now. But the realist in me knew I couldn’t write daily nor could I convince you to think to check out my blog with regularity. I should know. Titles are an enticement to read a post.

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One of My Most Frequent Pieces of Advice: Be Politely Persistent

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They get pissed off if a senior executive at Google doesn’t take a meeting with them, if people are late to their meetings or if they have emails that are unreturned. The 70% of entrepreneurs that simply can’t get past an un-responded-to email. You need to know how to write good & action oriented emails.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

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I have a very detailed article that covers stuff I won’t cover in detail in this post. But if you like this topic please consider reading the Mashable article. Don’t just write a carbon copy of what somebody else is doing. I didn’t want to run out of things to write about in the first 6 months.

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From Startup Newsletter To Best Selling Book: How This Entrepreneur Pulled It Off

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A version of this article previously appeared on Inc. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? (1/11) – Tenacity

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This post covers the first out of 10 that I’ll write about. The moderator asked the question, “if an entrepreneur writes an email to a VC and doesn’t hear back what should they do?&# This VC responded, “Move on. If you fold at the first un-returned email what hope to you have as an entrepreneur?