Thank You Note to Business Broker After Closing: 3 Templates
Three short templates for a thank you note to business broker after closing: a handwritten card, an email and a LinkedIn post, plus when to send each one.
By Brett Kaufman. 8 years using relationships to build sales pipelines, from political fundraising to a 7 figure business to running matchmaking for two communities. Over 1,000 introductions facilitated.
A thank you note to business broker after closing should go out within a week, name one specific thing the broker did that kept the deal alive, and end with what you want to buy next. Keep it under 100 words, write it by hand if you can, and pair it with a five minute call.
The wire cleared. The broker sent a two word email: “Congrats, owner.” You meant to reply properly. That was three weeks ago.
Meanwhile the broker just took on two new listings, and one of them is the add on you would want. Their buyer list has a hundred names on it. The ones who closed and then went quiet are already sliding down it.
Why does the thank you note matter to a broker?
Because it is the first touch of your next deal, not the last touch of this one. CT Acquisitions, which buys lower middle market companies, recommends a five minute thank you call to the broker on every closed deal, a small handwritten note to the seller, and when appropriate a public LinkedIn post that names the broker. Their line on why: brokers remember those moves for years.
If you are thanking everyone from the deal at once, the full list of six people is in who to thank after the close. This page is just the broker, with the exact words.
What should a thank you note to business broker after closing say?
Three things, in this order. Most notes fail because they skip the first one and say “thanks for everything.”
- One specific moment. The week the lender went quiet and they found a second one. The call where they kept the seller from walking. The QoE finding they helped you renegotiate without blowing up the deal.
- What the business is doing now. One line. Brokers rarely hear what happens after close.
- What you want next. Your add on, in one sentence. This is not pushy. It is the most useful thing you can give a broker.
Template 1: the handwritten card
Use this for every broker, every deal. Mail it the week of close.
[First name],
Thank you for the night in March when the seller wanted to walk and you got him back to the table by morning. That deal does not close without you.
The team stayed, all 22 of them, and Hendricks renewed this week.
When you see an HVAC company within an hour of Columbus, I’d be grateful for an early call.
[Your name]
About 70 words. Fits a card. Notice there is nothing generic in it.
Template 2: the email, when the deal nearly died
Use this when the broker did heavy lifting you want on the record, or when you do not have their mailing address.
Subject: Thank you, from the new owner of [Company]
[First name], it has been a week and I keep thinking about the appraisal. When it came in low and the bank wanted to cut the loan, you found the comp that fixed it in two days. That saved the deal.
First week as owner went well. No one left.
Next on my list: an add on in industrial distribution, $1M to $3M EBITDA, within two hours of Dayton. You are the first person I’m telling.
Keep the subject line plain. It will sit in their inbox next to a dozen buyer emails, and yours is the one with good news.
Template 3: the LinkedIn post, after you ask
Ask the broker first. The seller, the employees or the terms may still be confidential.
We closed on [Company] this month. Huge thanks to [broker name], who kept a complicated deal on track for nine months and found a fix every time it stalled. If you are selling a distribution business in Ohio, this is the broker to call.
A public post does something a private note cannot. It tells every owner and buyer in the broker’s world that this broker closes. That is a gift they can use.
When should you send each one?
Not all at once, and not only once. The thank you is the start of a rhythm.
| When | What | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Closing day | “It’s done. Thank you.” | Text |
| Week 1 | Five minute call, then Template 1 or 2 | Phone, then card or email |
| Weeks 2 to 4 | Template 3, if they agreed | |
| Day 90 | One line of news plus your buy box | Email or text |
| Month 12 | The anniversary update | Text |
CT Acquisitions describes the same day 90 habit: every 90 days, a one line email to each of your brokers that says what you just closed and what your buy box is focused on now.
Here is how I would write the day 90 one.
Ninety days in. Revenue is ahead and the team you helped us keep is still here. Still looking for that HVAC add on near Columbus if one crosses your desk.
What should you leave out?
A few things make a thank you land worse than no thank you at all.
- Complaints about the seller or the process. The broker will hear “difficult buyer.”
- A long story. One moment. Not the whole nine months.
- A vague ask. “Let me know if you see anything” means nothing. A sector, a size and a radius means something.
- The same note to three brokers. They talk to each other.
The part you will actually forget
Closing week is the easy one. The day 90 note and the month 12 note are where this breaks, because by then you are running a company and the broker is a name in an email thread from last spring. Recency still wins on their buyer list, and a closed deal does not change that. The rest of the system for staying on those lists is in the deal flow system for business buyers, and the 90 days after a close for holdcos is in what to do between acquisitions.
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