{"id":"sales-linkedin-intro-request-to-mutual-contact","audience":"sales","category":"sales-work","technique":"constraints","track":"sales","level":"beginner","title":"Ask a mutual contact for an intro in three sentences","free":false,"task":"Write a LinkedIn message to a mutual contact asking for an introduction. Plain text, exactly 3 sentences, under 55 words, starting \"Hi Sofia,\". Sentence 1 states who you'd like to meet and why in one clause; sentence 2 offers a 2-line forwardable blurb starting with the word \"Blurb:\" (the blurb counts as part of the same sentence); sentence 3 says it's fine to say no. Don't pitch the product.","materialLabel":"Context (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Sender: Marc Dube, account executive at Slotwise (appointment-calendar software). Mutual contact: Sofia Reyes, a former colleague who now works at Evergreen Dental Partners and knows the VP of Operations there, Rosalind Tran.\n\nWhy Marc wants to meet Rosalind: Rosalind posted that Evergreen moved 18 offices to one shared appointment calendar and found agreeing on appointment-length rules the hardest part; Marc wants to learn how they did it.\nForwardable blurb content (facts): Marc works on appointment calendars for multi-office groups and is not asking for a sale call.\nRules: no pitch, no product features, no pricing. Sofia has not worked with Slotwise.\nSofia prefers short messages.","rules":[{"type":"maxSentences","max":3},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Pitching the product","why":"The AI describes Slotwise features.","fix":"Add: \"No pitch, features or pricing.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"No forwardable blurb","why":"The AI asks for an intro with no blurb.","fix":"Add: \"Include a Blurb: for her to forward.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No easy exit","why":"The AI doesn't allow a no.","fix":"Add: \"Sentence 3 says it's fine to say no.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Too long","why":"The AI writes a paragraph.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly 3 sentences, plain text, under 55 words.\"","checks":["r0","maxSentences","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Sets the opener","patterns":["hi sofia"]},{"label":"Fixes 3 sentences","patterns":["3 sentences","three sentences","exactly 3"]},{"label":"States who and why","patterns":["rosalind","why"]},{"label":"Includes a Blurb","patterns":["blurb:","forward"]},{"label":"Allows no","patterns":["say no","fine to"]}],"hint":"Say what each of the three sentences does and ban any pitch.","rubricLabels":["Starts with \"Hi Sofia,\" and has exactly 3 sentences under 55 words","Sentence 1 says Marc would like to meet Rosalind Tran to learn how Evergreen agreed on appointment-length rules across 18 offices, and sentence 2 includes a forwardable blurb starting with Blurb: that says he is not asking for a sale call","Sentence 3 says it's fine to say no, and the message contains no product pitch, features or pricing"]}