personalizing welcome PMs

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nika
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personalizing welcome PMs

Post by nika » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:19 am

I just got a very positive response thanking me for my PM to one of yesterday's newbies. :) Yay!

One thing that I think helped is my pm to her/him was personalized ... the others I sent were generic. How do you personalize pms to people you don't know though? In this case the unusual username helped.

Anyway, just wondered if anyone had any thoughts.
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Post by Jomomma » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:16 pm

If there have been no posts I use everything they give me
If a location is used I go with that
Their interests as well

It is very nifty if they happen to have a website listed
It is usually a journal btu that helps loads.

If I have none of that I generally tell them a bit baout me so they can feel a little more comfortable


I don't do a generic kind of thing


That's just me
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Post by nika » Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:39 am

Yeah, the generic thing doesn't feel good to me. Thanks for the suggestions! :star:
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Post by tenar » Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:24 am

ditto, i go with a template and add stuff (well, i went the one time i've done it so far)

sometimes i couldn't add anything, but if htere was location i used that, or name comments (particularly if its music related or something i can talk about), interests or website.

in my template is a bit about me. i think its nice to include something like that, less anonymous...
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