An insightful post “How to get someone you don’t know to help you. Hint: send a personal email“. Very much agree. It is not that difficult to be nice and ask for help in the right way. An excerpt from Josh’s post here (emphasis added),
I ask many people I don’t know to help me — to share numbers, interviews, etc. Often they say yes. I am grateful.
Many people who don’t know me ask me for help. Often I say yes. But many of those requests are presented so poorly they make me cringe.
Basically, if you want my help, take a few moments to know who I am. If you send me what is clearly a mass email asking for help, forget it. There is a right and wrong way to do this.
This post is about the right way.
As a habit, I try to leave comments on other people’s blogs and help them when it is within my abilities and the time I have. Same for helping people who leave comments on my blog like this recent question that I tried to help.
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