{"id":"sales-consultant-silence-follow-up-day-seven","audience":"consultants","category":"sales-work","technique":"tone","track":"sales","level":"beginner","title":"Follow up on a proposal after a week of silence","free":false,"task":"Write a follow-up email to a client who has not replied to your proposal for 7 days. Plain text under 95 words, subject line first. Add one new piece of useful information from the notes, restate the proposal's start date, and end with a yes-or-no question about whether to keep the slot. Do not say \"just following up\", \"I haven't heard back\", or make the client feel guilty.","materialLabel":"Proposal context (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Consultant: Zainab Rahman (supply-chain consultant). Client: Colm Doyle, COO of Doyle & Sons Hardware.\n\nProposal sent Oct 30: 6-week inventory review, $14,000, start Nov 16.\nNew information (Nov 5): the supplier trade show she mentioned in the proposal call has moved to Nov 20, so her availability for interviews at their warehouse is best the week of Nov 16 or after Dec 1.\nHer calendar: has one open slot for a Nov 16 start; another client wants it if Colm doesn't take it by Nov 10.\n\nNotes: The Nov 10 hold is true (another client has asked). Do not invent other urgency. Colm is blunt and hates fluff. No discount available.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":95},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Stock follow-up lines","why":"The AI writes 'just following up' or 'haven't heard back'.","fix":"Add: \"Avoid just following up and haven't heard back.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"No new value","why":"The AI repeats the proposal.","fix":"Add: \"Add one new piece of information from the notes.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Inventing urgency","why":"The AI says 'prices go up Friday'.","fix":"Add: \"Only mention real constraints from the notes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Long and formatted","why":"The AI writes long paragraphs.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text under 80 words, subject first.\"","checks":["maxWords","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Adds new information","patterns":["new (piece of )?information","trade show"]},{"label":"Restates the start date","patterns":["nov(ember)? 16","start date"]},{"label":"Ends with yes/no question","patterns":["yes.or.no","yes/no","keep the slot"]},{"label":"Bans stock phrases","patterns":["just following up","heard back","guilt"]},{"label":"Limits form","patterns":["subject","plain text","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Say what new value to add, how to end, and which phrases are banned.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 starts with \"Subject:\" and the body adds one new piece of information (the trade show moving to Nov 20 or the interview availability) and restates the Nov 16 start","Ends with a yes-or-no question about keeping the Nov 16 slot, and may mention the real Nov 10 hold without any invented urgency or discount","Does not contain \"just following up\", \"haven't heard back\" or any guilt-inducing wording"]}