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Jul 2 • 💜 Get Selling
🔁 Follow up by being useful, not by hovering
This is where most people either ghost their own business or turn into That Person. There's a third option and almost nobody uses it. 👀
Bad follow-up reminds someone they owe you something:
🚩 "Just circling back!"
🚩 "Did you get a chance to think about it?"
🚩 "Bumping this up your inbox! 🙂"
Every one translates to: WHERE IS MY DECISION. Pressure on them, ick on you. Lose-lose.
The reframe: a follow-up is not a reminder. It's another deposit. 🏦
Instead of asking where their decision is, send something NEW and useful and let your continued existence do the work:
✅ "Saw this and thought of your launch — [link]. No reply needed."
✅ "Here's the answer to that thing you asked last week."
✅ "This is live now if the timing's better. Still totally fine if not."
You're staying in contact by being the person who GIVES things — not the person tapping the glass asking for money. 🐟 People remember the giver. They mute the tapper. Don't be the tapper.
Two quiet rules that keep this sustainable (because sustainable is the whole brand 💜):
⏳ THE RULE OF THREE-ISH. A few genuine value-touches with nothing back? Let it rest. Not because follow-up is wrong — because CHASING is. A no-for-now gets to be a no-for-now. They know where you live.
🗒️ KEEP A TINY LIST. You will not remember who you sent what. A two-line note — name, what you sent, when — turns follow-up into a 2-minute task instead of a "wait… did I already message them??" spiral. Low energy demands low admin. Build it so future-you barely has to think. (Future-you says thank you, by the way.)
🎯 YOUR ONE THING:
Pick one person who went quiet. Instead of "just checking in," find ONE genuinely useful thing and send THAT instead. That's the entire technique. 📤
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🔁 Follow up by being useful, not by hovering
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