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The first message: three sentences that decide everything

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The structure of a first message to a stranger: where you came from, why you are writing and what you want back.

The first message: three sentences that decide everything

The first message decides whether there is a second. It gets read in full only if it is short, and answered only if it is clear what is wanted.

What it needs

  1. Where you came from. «I saw your question in the renovation chat» answers the recipient's first question — how you got their contact.
  2. Why you are writing. One sentence, no run-up.
  3. What you want from them. One question answerable in a word.

What it must not have

  • A company presentation. Nobody is interested before interest exists.
  • A list of services. A stranger does not pick from five options.
  • A link in the first message. A link from a stranger looks suspicious, and some people close the chat there.
  • A voice note. Almost nobody listens to one from a stranger.

Length

Three or four lines. Anything longer than a screen reads as advertising before it is read at all.

The closing question

It should allow a short answer. «Is this relevant?» works better than «tell me about your needs»: the first gets a word, the second gets nothing.

After that it is a conversation — the sequence.

How Neurogram does this

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