{"id":"sales-linkedin-follow-up-no-profile-view-mention","audience":"sales","category":"sales-work","technique":"tone","track":"sales","level":"beginner","title":"Message a prospect on LinkedIn without mentioning the profile view","free":false,"task":"Nikhil Rao, a director at Crescent Foods, viewed your profile. Write a LinkedIn message of 40 words or fewer in plain text. Do not mention that he viewed your profile. Refer to his public post about cold-chain audits, ask one open question about how his team tracks audits, and don't pitch or mention your product.","materialLabel":"Your notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PROSPECT NOTES - Nikhil Rao, Director of Operations, Crescent Foods (cold-chain distributor)\n- Public LinkedIn post, Oct 30: \"Our team spent 40 hours last month assembling paperwork for cold-chain audits. There has to be a better way.\"\n- LinkedIn shows he viewed our profile on Nov 4 (visible to us only).\n- No previous contact.\n- Our product: audit-tracking software for food distributors (do not pitch in this message).\n- Sender: Alicia Brandt. Company: TraceLeaf.\n- LinkedIn connection note limit: 300 characters. Direct messages have no limit, but shorter works better.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":40}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Mentioning the profile view","why":"The AI writes 'I noticed you viewed my profile'.","fix":"Add: \"Do not mention that he viewed your profile.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Pitching","why":"The AI describes the audit software.","fix":"Add: \"No pitch and no product mention.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Closed question","why":"The AI asks 'Would you like a demo?'.","fix":"Add: \"Ask one open question about how his team tracks audits.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Too long","why":"The AI writes a paragraph with a sign-off block.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, 40 words or fewer.\"","checks":["plainText","maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the post","patterns":["post","cold.chain","oct(ober)? 30"]},{"label":"Hides the view","patterns":["viewed","profile view","do not mention"]},{"label":"One open question","patterns":["one open question","open question"]},{"label":"No pitch","patterns":["no pitch","not pitch","product"]},{"label":"Short","patterns":["40 words","plain text"]}],"hint":"Point to his post, ask one open question, and say what to leave out.","rubricLabels":["Refers to Nikhil's Oct 30 post about cold-chain audit paperwork and does not mention that he viewed the profile","Asks exactly one open question about how his team tracks audits","Does not pitch or mention TraceLeaf's product, and is plain text of 40 words or fewer"]}