Sales
Beginner
16 min
First contact — the email and the WhatsApp message that get replies
The problem
Your first email opens with a paragraph about your company's twenty years of experience, lists six capabilities, attaches a brochure, and ends with 'looking forward to hearing from you'. Reply rate: 4%. And the four percent who reply are mostly people who already knew you.
The workflow
1Take the hook
2Write the relevance
3Add one proof
4Write the easy question
5Cut to 90 words
6Check the opening
7Send
★Track replies
What you need
Prospect: Vaibhav Polymers, Ahmedabad. Operations director.
The tool
Any assistant, with your voice samples
The prompt
Subscribers. The full prompt is part of the SMEMinds AI Playbook. See plans.
What comes back
Subject lines 1. vapi lamination line — stock visibility 2.
Verify before you use it
Human review required. Check every line below before this leaves your screen.
- Confirm the Shakti Packaging reference is approved for use. Naming a customer without permission is a real problem, and 'two days to two hours' must be a figure you can defend.
- Re-check the LinkedIn post date. 'Saw your post' about something six months old reads as insincere.
- Read the closing question aloud. Can it be answered in five words? 'One system' or 'separately' — yes.
- For the WhatsApp version, check the Hinglish against how your team actually writes. 'Abhi teen sites ka stock' should sound natural, not translated.