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Networking Message Template Generator
Cold outreach lives or dies on specificity — "let's connect" gets archived, while a real shared context gets a reply. This generator asks for that context up front: the recipient's name, how you found them or what you have in common, what you are hoping for, and your name. The message it writes is short by design: an opener that leads with your common ground, a sentence of interest that completes with your goal — phrase the goal field as "to learn…" so it reads naturally — and a built-in small ask for "even a brief reply or a quick 15-minute chat". There is no subject line, which suits LinkedIn messages and conference-app DMs as much as email. Two lines are fixed regardless of input: "I have been following your work" and the 15-minute ask. If you actually met yesterday rather than followed their work, edit that sentence — one false-ringing phrase can undo an otherwise genuine note.
How to use
- Choose your options above
- Click Generate
- Copy your result
Detailed instructions
- Enter the recipient name.
- Add your common ground or how you found them.
- State what you are hoping for.
- Copy the message, personalise it, and send.
Use Cases
- •Following up with someone you met at an event
- •Requesting an informational chat with someone you admire
- •Connecting on LinkedIn with a personal note
- •Reconnecting with a former colleague
- •Reaching out to someone in a field you want to enter
Tips
- →Lead with specific, genuine common ground.
- →Keep the first ask small — a reply or short chat.
- →Reference something concrete about the person.
- →Never open by asking for a job; build rapport first.
FAQ
how do i avoid sounding like a mass message
Lead with something that could only be true of this one person — the event you both attended, the specific article they wrote, the mutual colleague. That is exactly what the common-ground field is for, and it becomes the first thing they read after the greeting.
how should i phrase the what-you-are-hoping-for field
Start it with "to", as in "to learn how you moved into product leadership" — the generator drops your text into the sentence "I would genuinely value the chance…", so an infinitive phrase reads seamlessly while a full sentence breaks the grammar.
why does the message say i have been following your work
That sentence is part of the fixed template, and it will not always be true — if you met the person yesterday at a conference, edit it out or replace it before sending. One line that rings false can sink an otherwise genuine note.
should i ask for a job in the first message
No. The template deliberately caps the ask at a brief reply or a 15-minute chat, because small first asks get answered and big ones get archived. Build the thread first; opportunities surface once there is actual rapport.
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