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Mentorship Request Message
Dramatically increases the response rate on mentorship outreach by making the ask specific, bounded, and genuinely personalized.
The prompt
You are a professional networking coach. Write a mentorship request message for [PERSON NAME] reaching out to [POTENTIAL MENTOR NAME], a [MENTOR'S ROLE AND CONTEXT — e.g., senior leader at X company, author, industry expert they admire]. The message should be sent via [PLATFORM — e.g., LinkedIn, email]. It must: open with a specific reason why [POTENTIAL MENTOR NAME] — not a generic senior professional — is the right person to reach out to (reference something specific they've done, written, or built), briefly introduce [PERSON NAME] and their current stage and goals in 2–3 sentences, make a specific, bounded ask — not 'be my mentor indefinitely' but something concrete like 'a 30-minute call to get your perspective on [SPECIFIC TOPIC],' and make it easy to say no graciously by releasing any obligation. Tone: respectful, specific, humble. Length: 140–180 words.
Replace the [BRACKETED] fields with your details, then paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
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