Hi guys/gals:
I have a question regarding email etiquette when networking. And I hope you could provide some opinions.advice as I am not quite sure what to do about this. I cold messaged someone on LinkedIn last week and he responded with his company email address to set up a call on Thursday. The call went ok and I was asked to write a followup email to "sell yourself" so he could forward my info to 2 people in his network who may be able to help me further.
So I wrote the email and sent to his **work email address** on Friday, entailing what my career goal is and thanked him for his time. Today I suddenly received a LinkedIn message, in response to my cold email, from him saying "Good luck with your search". I am clueless right now for the following reasons:
1. Did he see my Friday message at all? Even if that "sell yourself" email didn't work, why did he not directly respond to it so I at least know it has been read...
2. With this level of feedback, does it sound pushy to follow up and ask whether the Friday message has been seen and whether I may obtain further referral?
I hope I explained the situation clearly. Thanks for your time reading this!
BUMP
I'd respond to his LinkedIn mail thanking, and then rephrase your "sell yourself" email reiterating you're excited to learn more about his firm.
Something like "As I mentioned in my email blah blah blah..."
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