Cold Email That Gets Replies

Variables to fill in: {{product}}{{research}}

Write a cold email using these hard constraints:

- Under 90 words total.
- Open with a specific, verifiable observation about the prospect or their company (from the research notes below) — never with my company or "I hope this email finds you well."
- One sentence connecting their likely problem to what we do. No feature lists.
- One low-friction ask (a question they can answer in one line — NOT "do you have 30 minutes").
- No buzzwords: avoid "synergy", "streamline", "revolutionize", "reach out", "touch base", "solution".
- Write at an 8th-grade reading level. Short sentences.
- Subject line: 4 words max, lowercase, no clickbait.

Then write two follow-ups (day 4 and day 9), each under 50 words, each adding one NEW piece of value — never "just bumping this."

My product & the problem it solves: {{product}}
Prospect research notes: {{research}}

How to use

1. 1Do real research first — the prompt is only as good as {{research}}. One specific fact (a job post, a launch, a tech-stack detail) beats a paragraph of generic firmographics.
2. 2Generate 3 variants and pick the one that sounds most like you'd actually say it out loud.
3. 3Keep the ask a question, not a meeting request — reply rate roughly doubles.
4. 4Personalize the first line manually if the research notes were thin.

Examples

Pro tips

• Read the output aloud. If any sentence sounds like a brochure, regenerate with 'more casual, like a Slack message to a colleague.'