The next step should require a phone call, introductory e-mail, physical mail or meeting or any other "touch point".
Read our introductory post.
The survey took place in multiple stages: an introductory letter mailed to selected households, a screening/recruitment phone call, a travel diary package mailed to participants, and a final phone call to record results of the travel diary.
These were the women who had the best chance of receiving an introductory e-mail from a man.
In some cases, students go well beyond introductory e-mail, spending hours on instant messaging with their roommates-to-be.
Sending an introductory e-mail to a list might remove some of the awkwardness that could accompany a belated introduction to a new neighbor, for example, or minimize concerns about knocking on a door and interrupting a family dinner.
A great many women take the initiative, if not with an introductory e-mail message, then with a short canned expression of interest known on some dating sites as a "wink".
LinkedIn, for example, provides a free basic service, but asks users to pay a monthly subscription fee of up to $500 for extras, such as being able to send a larger number of introductory e-mails to other people on the site.
She pounded out an introductory e-mail and asked about openings.
For living relatives, then, the key is to invite them to join the site via an introductory e-mail that offers to show off a relative's tree.
