Practical Steps to Writing Thank You Cards (Part 3 ) Write to connect. Have you ever been at an event, where you meet somebody and you hit it off? Sometimes you just meet people that you instantly get along with, and you say, “We’ve got to stay in touch.” But then time gets away from you and you never get in touch again. That’s happened to all of us!

Start to develop this habit of writing to connect. When you meet somebody for the first time and you’re at an event and they’ve met 45 other people, how do you remind them who you are and where you met them? You follow up with them by sending a handwritten card in the mail. And make a connection.

Here’s an example: “Dear Scott, Thank you. It was a pleasure meeting you at the Rockies game. I really appreciate it. [Write one thing you talked about, such as: I appreciated you sharing your ideas on fitness with me]. I would really like to follow up and continue that conversation. Feel free to give me a call or email me a good time to connect.”

So it’s a very simple way to remind them of how you met and of the conversation you had. In a nonthreatening way, it opens the door for them to reach get back out to you.