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Send your first Ask
An Ask is how you get someone's thinking without asking them to write. Here's how to make one and send it.
Before you start
- Finish set-up, including what contributors agree to: nobody can be sent a link until that's done
- Have their name and work email, or plan to send the link yourself
- One line on the point you'd like them to make
In short
Choose who you're asking and what it's for, let Quotem draft the questions, pick what you want made, then send the link. They answer out loud from any device, with no login.
Start a New Ask
Go to Asks and press New Ask. From Home, Ask a colleague and Get a customer story start one too.
- Choose Me to answer it yourself
- Someone at your company for an expert, leader or specialist
- A customer for their experience, in their words
WhoWhat it's forQuestionsWhat to makeSendWho are you asking?MeAnswer it yourselfSomeone at your companyAn expert, leader or specialistA customerTheir experience, in their wordsPriya Shahpriya@yourfirm.comWe email them the link. Leave it blank to copy the link and send it yourself.Say who you're asking
Add their name, job title if you like, and their email. We email them the link from you, by name. Leave the email blank to copy the link and send it yourself.
Asking a customer? Choose how to name them: by name, job title and company, or described instead. Every piece follows what they agreed to.
Say what it's for
Pick Share what you know, React to news, Promote a service, An event or Show what it's like here. Then give it a topic in one line, and a sentence or two on what they should talk about. They see the topic; the rest is only for Quotem.
WhoWhat it's forQuestionsWhat to makeSendWhat's it for?Share what you knowReact to news Promote a serviceAn eventWhat changes for clients in AprilOne line. It shapes the questions and everything written. They see it.The one thing clients should do before April, and why most leave it lateChoose the questions
Choose Draft them for me and Quotem writes three to five from what you've said, which you can change before anything is sent. Or choose I'll write my own, up to five.
WhoWhat it's forQuestionsWhat to makeSendThe questionsDraft them for meThree to five, from what you've told us. You can change them before anything is sent.I'll write my ownYou write them once the Ask is made, up to five.Pick what you want made
Tick what you'd like: posts for their LinkedIn, company page posts, an article, quote cards, posts for X or email content. Anything you leave out is still suggested later.
- On Team and Agency, choose whether this batch needs approving before it's posted
- Add a line from you at the top of their email
- Under More options, switch on Enhanced and sourced if pieces may draw on outside research, with sources named
WhoWhat it's forQuestionsWhat to makeSendWhat do you want made?Personal LinkedIn postsCompany page posts An articleQuote cardsEmail contentAnything you leave out is still suggested underneath, ready to build. Short clips are made too when they answer on video.Yes, send it for approvalYour approvers see each piece before it goes out.ChosenCreate it and send the link
Press Create and draft questions (or Create the Ask), check the questions, then send. Nothing reaches them until you send the link.
Asks / Priya ShahWhat changes for clients in AprilQuestion 1What's changing in April, in a sentence?Question 2What's the one thing clients should do before then?Nothing reaches Priya until you send the link. Create and draft questions
What happens next
- They get one link and answer out loud, on any device, at about two minutes a question
- They agree to how their words will be used before they start, and can take a break and come back
- Pieces arrive on the Ask a few minutes after they finish, each checked against the recording
- You edit, send for approval or mark them ready to post
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