E, what exactly did you SAY when you exposed to these people?
Do you have the exact text of the email?
There are clumsly ways to expose, and highly effective ways to expose.. I am just not sure which route you took since I don't see a sample exposure letter in the thread anywhere.
You will need to follow up after the exposure, you can't just send an email out and hide from yoru friends and family.
The BEST thing to do is to keep in contact with htem AFTER you send out the letters.
