This is so true for me - when someone emails, with only the two email addresses, it is NOT a referral to me. Email is easy to ignore.
This is what I do:
- In the body of the email I start the conversation by name, with one person, telling them why I am introducing them to the other.
- In the second paragraph I address the second person by name, and tell them why they will benefit from the first.
- Then I give both people's full names, phone numbers, I often repeat the email addresses, and I paste in the personal profile page link of the PowerCore Member (when it will reflect well on them!)
I want to be sure they have more than one way to connect - and I believe that if I introduce you to someone, and don't give you a way to reach them by voice, it's not an introduction.
There are various modalities, and, as a business person, I need to be able to professionally use all of them.
I also believe that the person who will benefit (I could make a case for both people benefitting!) is the person who will reply first, by the most expedient method.
I want to create benefit.