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Follow up system?

Following up on the topic of following up...

Do you have a system that works for you to follow up with people 1-1?

I'm not talking about the content of the follow-up, but just something that gets you to follow up in the first place, when it's actually time to do so.

I can imagine a few options, all of which I've tried without amazing results:

1. Just remember it's time to check in with people who dropped off

2. Have a spreadsheet of people I've reached out to, and revisit it daily to see who it's time to reach out to again

3. Use calendar reminders for each individual unfinished conversation that say, "Did person x respond?"

For reference, there are currently about a dozen people I should follow up with in case they don't get back to me, based only on conversations that happened over the last week.

Maybe, if I had a good system, I would realize there are actually even more promising conversations that I've let drop.

Do you have a system that works for you?

If you do, let me know, I'm all ears.

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