I know that in general when you're cold emailing you're supposed to do it between 8-9 so it will be at the top of their inbox when they get into the office. I've found some personal email addresses through my alumni association's database and I'm wondering if you do it to their personal address (not a work email) is it better to do it later in the day perhaps 6 or 7 when they might get home and check their personal email accounts?
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Do you have their work emails? If so, I would just email those as personal email seems a little invasive. In my opinion, they are better suited to respond to you on their work emails than personal because they are in the "work mode".
As for times sake, just send your cold emails at night so they will have it there early next morning.
Agree with the post above. I noticed that some bankers check their email at 5am.
Work email always
So if I only have their personal email and can't find their professional email, should I just not bother emailing them at all?
work emails are easy to find. google "@domainname" (with the quotation marks) and chances are you'll find the format for that firm, even if it's a small fund. You can also look them up on Bloomberg; many have work emails listed there.
if their personal emails are on your alumni directory, i would assume that it is okay to contact them through their personal emails....but I'd only do it if I didn't have their work contact information. To be honest, I'm almost certain most people have all their emails forwarded to one account, and are checking it 24/7. During my internship, that's what all my managing directors did. And what I mean by checking it 24/7, I mean that if you send an email at 9-10PM at night, they'll get a ring on their phone.
Personal vs Business for Cold Email... (Originally Posted: 12/10/2012)
So a lot of the people in my alumni directory only have their personal emails, not their work emails. I could take a stab in the dark using the company's email format I find on WSO, but should I just email the personal account instead? And say "sorry I only saw your personal email listed"
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