{"id":"sales-permission-opener-cold-call-script","audience":"sales","category":"sales-work","technique":"context","track":"sales","level":"beginner","title":"Script a 25-second permission-based cold call opener","free":false,"task":"Write a cold call opener to Maribel Quint, a facilities director, as a spoken script in plain text under 60 words. Use exactly 3 lines: Line 1 states your name and company in 8 words or fewer, line 2 is an honest permission question (\"Did I catch you at a bad time?\" style but in your own words), line 3 gives one reason for the call using only the trigger in the notes. No fake familiarity, no \"how are you\", no claims about results.","materialLabel":"Call notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Rep: Lucas Boyd at Gridwell (energy-monitoring sensors for commercial buildings).\nProspect: Maribel Quint, facilities director at Hartley Medical Plaza (3 buildings).\n\nTrigger: Local news Oct 29 2026: the city passed a rule requiring buildings over 50,000 sq ft to report annual energy use starting 2027. Hartley's two larger buildings are over 50,000 sq ft (per county records).\n\nNot approved to say: \"we cut energy bills 20%\" (one customer's result), anything about competitors, the pricing.\n\nCall time: Thursday 10:15 am. Maribel has never spoken to us before; this is a first cold call.\nCompany policy: don't say \"I was just in your area\" or pretend to know her.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":60},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Starting with small talk","why":"The AI says 'How are you today?'","fix":"Add: \"No how-are-you; line 2 is a permission question.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Claiming results","why":"The AI adds 'we cut bills 20%'.","fix":"Add: \"No claims about results.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Long script","why":"The AI writes a full pitch.","fix":"Add: \"3 lines under 60 words.\"","checks":["r0","maxWords","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Fixes 3 lines","patterns":["3 lines","three lines","exactly 3"]},{"label":"Limits the intro","patterns":["8 words","name and company"]},{"label":"Asks for permission","patterns":["permission","bad time","moment"]},{"label":"Uses the trigger","patterns":["trigger","city","rule","50,000"]},{"label":"Bans claims","patterns":["no claims","how are you","results"]}],"hint":"Say what each line does and what is banned.","rubricLabels":["Has exactly 3 lines, with line 1 stating Lucas and Gridwell in 8 words or fewer","Line 2 is a permission question asking if now is a good time or whether she has a moment, and the script has no \"how are you\"","Line 3 gives the reason using the new city energy-reporting rule for buildings over 50,000 sq ft and makes no results claim or fake familiarity"]}