--- title: 5 Golden Tips for Emailing Busy Senior Management Figures description: Are your emails getting ignored? Can't seem to light up people's inboxes? 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However you have to do it, it’s likely that emails are going to be involved. So, we’ve put together 5 top tips to help you get noticed in the inboxes of [senior management](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/10-ways-to-get-senior-commitment-to-your-project), who might think that they are too busy for reuse.   ### **Tip one: Keep it short and make your request clear** All too often people are sent messages like ‘Let’s have a quick 5-minute chat’ or ‘Can I bother you for 10 minutes?’. This isn’t helpful. What is helpful to do is to pre-define the topics you wish to talk about, the length of the call, and even suggest a day and time for the call. Here’s an example: > *John, I’d like to discuss reuse and potentially available storage units on site. I am available for a call on Friday between 1 pm and 5 pm. Does this work for you?*   ### **Tip two: Make a big first impression, then follow up with quality content** First impressions count for everything. If you can get in front of the person you’re trying to email and make sure that they will remember you, it’s a great start and will massively increase your chances of a positive email response. Just be careful not to fill that first email with fluff, but instead with information, data, relevant points, and written in the language they will understand (a problem for an engineer, numbers and currencies for a financial person).   > **Important:** Don’t make yourself an unwelcome guest in their inbox!   ### **Tip three: Make it clear that they are the relevant person and you’ve done your research** There’s nothing worse than being asked questions that could be answered by Google, or being asked questions that are not relevant to you and your position. Make it clear that you’ve talked to other people, done your research, and that you are sure they are the person you need to be talking to.   > **Example:** ‘Hey John, after speaking to Sally in Procurement, I’m aware that you and I must have a meeting to make progress the reuse programme. It won’t take long.’   ### **Tip four: Try and reference somebody above them** If there are any people higher in the hierarchy than the person you are emailing, and you’ve had contact with them about the topic, don’t be afraid to namedrop them. This is a great trick that gives more authority and credibility to your request. **Tip five: Make it clear that it’s fine for them to be too busy** They are senior management, after all, so it’s likely that they will be busy or preoccupied. Interestingly, people are more likely to respond and book in a call or meeting if you make it clear that you respect their time. You might even want to try an alternative to your request, so if they don’t have time for a call on Friday, perhaps you can ask if you can drop by their office the following week?.   ### **Tip five: Compete, add value, be persistent** Some people delete more emails than they actually read, and some people are so busy with their day-to-day operations that if you try and engage them for something outside of that, they will simply shut it down. Remember that you are competing for their time and attention, so you must be clear, concise, helpful, and worth their engagement.  --- ### It's not always easy to get people on board ### [**These tips will at least grab their attention**](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/Tips%20for%20dealing%20with%20difficult%20people%20on%20board.docx)   ### Here's another Warp It hack Use our templates to save time and get ideas! 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Get it in your inbox ;) By entering your email you expressly consent to receive our newsletter monthly and other material related to Warp It Reuse Network. # 5 Golden Tips for Emailing Busy Senior Management Figures Posted by [Joseph Kennedy](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/author/joseph-kennedy) on 21-Jan-2019 11:22:34 ![Joseph Kennedy](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/c400820a2aa3993a6388fbeccb46dd2b) Find me on: [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/myWARPIT) [LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephkennedyuk) [Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/warpit_) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ### Introducing a Warp It reuse programme into your organisation might take some perseverance, it might take creating a [business case](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/making-business-case-free-resources), it might take demonstrating an [existing failing system](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/is-your-reuse-program-failing-dont-panic-read-this), and it might take sharing some [case studies](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/a-departmental-reuse-case-study-is-an-easy-win) as proof of the model. However you have to do it, it’s likely that emails are going to be involved. So, we’ve put together 5 top tips to help you get noticed in the inboxes of [senior management](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/10-ways-to-get-senior-commitment-to-your-project), who might think that they are too busy for reuse.   ### **Tip one: Keep it short and make your request clear** All too often people are sent messages like ‘Let’s have a quick 5-minute chat’ or ‘Can I bother you for 10 minutes?’. This isn’t helpful. What is helpful to do is to pre-define the topics you wish to talk about, the length of the call, and even suggest a day and time for the call. Here’s an example: > *John, I’d like to discuss reuse and potentially available storage units on site. I am available for a call on Friday between 1 pm and 5 pm. Does this work for you?*   ### **Tip two: Make a big first impression, then follow up with quality content** First impressions count for everything. If you can get in front of the person you’re trying to email and make sure that they will remember you, it’s a great start and will massively increase your chances of a positive email response. Just be careful not to fill that first email with fluff, but instead with information, data, relevant points, and written in the language they will understand (a problem for an engineer, numbers and currencies for a financial person).   > **Important:** Don’t make yourself an unwelcome guest in their inbox!   ### **Tip three: Make it clear that they are the relevant person and you’ve done your research** There’s nothing worse than being asked questions that could be answered by Google, or being asked questions that are not relevant to you and your position. Make it clear that you’ve talked to other people, done your research, and that you are sure they are the person you need to be talking to.   > **Example:** ‘Hey John, after speaking to Sally in Procurement, I’m aware that you and I must have a meeting to make progress the reuse programme. It won’t take long.’   ### **Tip four: Try and reference somebody above them** If there are any people higher in the hierarchy than the person you are emailing, and you’ve had contact with them about the topic, don’t be afraid to namedrop them. This is a great trick that gives more authority and credibility to your request. **Tip five: Make it clear that it’s fine for them to be too busy** They are senior management, after all, so it’s likely that they will be busy or preoccupied. Interestingly, people are more likely to respond and book in a call or meeting if you make it clear that you respect their time. You might even want to try an alternative to your request, so if they don’t have time for a call on Friday, perhaps you can ask if you can drop by their office the following week?.   ### **Tip five: Compete, add value, be persistent** Some people delete more emails than they actually read, and some people are so busy with their day-to-day operations that if you try and engage them for something outside of that, they will simply shut it down. Remember that you are competing for their time and attention, so you must be clear, concise, helpful, and worth their engagement.  --- ### It's not always easy to get people on board ### [**These tips will at least grab their attention**](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/Tips%20for%20dealing%20with%20difficult%20people%20on%20board.docx)   Topics: [Guidance for projects](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/guidance-for-projects), [Reuse program: Planning stage](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/topic/reuse-program-planning-stage) #### Contacts - UK & EU: 0800 0488755 - United States and Canada: (424) 781-3159 - Australia and NZ: (02) 80050 5828 - General enquiries: info@getwarpit.com - Sales: info@getwarpit.com - Customercare: daniel@getwarpit.com - Technical: sie@getwarpit.com #### WARP IT on Social media #### Charities [Not for profit & 3rd sector](http://getwarpit.com/charities) #### Recruitment [We are hiring](http://getwarpit.com/Recruiting.aspx) - [![](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/getwarpit_Nov2016%20Theme/footer-img7.png)](http://getwarpit.com/awards) - [![](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/getwarpit_Nov2016%20Theme/footer-img1.png)](http://getwarpit.com/awards) - [![](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/getwarpit_Nov2016%20Theme/footer-img5.png)](http://getwarpit.com/awards) - [![](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/getwarpit_Nov2016%20Theme/footer-img4.png)](http://getwarpit.com/awards) - [![](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/getwarpit_Nov2016%20Theme/footer-img6.png)](http://getwarpit.com/awards) - [![](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/getwarpit_Nov2016%20Theme/footer-img3.png)](http://getwarpit.com/awards) - [![](https://blog.warp-it.co.uk/hubfs/getwarpit_Nov2016%20Theme/footer-img2.png)](http://getwarpit.com/awards) Copyright © 2014 WasteAction Resource Efficiency, All Rights Reserved