IMPORTANT: I did not immediately reach out and

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IMPORTANT: I did not immediately reach out and ask to have my giveaway shared (resisting my urge to be selfish and ask for what I want). They don’t care about my giveaway. Like all of us, they’re selfish too… so I want to talk first about what they want—not what I want.

Finally using that new Gmail account I set up for this project, I started my afghanistan telemarketing data with a quick complement and referenced a project they’re working on right now, to show that I took an interest in them.

Next, I jumped into why I’m reaching out & made my ask of seeing if Alex would be interested in getting featured on my new website once it launches. Finally, I wrapped it up by name-dropping a few photographers I had gotten to work with during my last job at CreativeLive (and I really do have connections to still).

Note: Never lie to people or make promises you can’t keep. I’m going to follow through with featuring Alex on my site once it goes live if he’s up for it—you have to honor your commitments.

Here’s the exact email copy I sent:

Hey Jen!

I came across a recent photo that Alex posted from Yosemite on IG earlier today and I love the work you’ve both been doing with Light Shed. I’m pumped to see your Psycho Vertical project come to life

The reason I’m reaching out is because I’d love to feature Alex (and yourself, but I couldn’t find you on IG) on a new website I’m currently building, Let’s Hike California. It’s not live yet, but I’m working with several photographers and producers to document all of the best adventures & hikes California has to offer in stills, video, drone footage and 360 cam images.

Right now, I’m building my list of cool photographers to do features on when we go live—do you think this would be something Alex and yourself would be interested in?

In my previous job at CreativeLive, I worked with photographers like Chris Burkard, Art Wolfe, Frans Lanting and others whom I’m working on lining up features with as well.. so this is going to be a blast!

Let me know what you think,