{"id":"sales-third-touch-new-angle-email","audience":"sales","category":"sales-work","technique":"context","track":"sales","level":"intermediate","title":"Write touch 3 of a sequence with a new angle, not a repeat","free":false,"task":"Write the third email in a sequence to Fiona Grant, plain text under 75 words, subject line first. It must bring one new angle that wasn't used in touches 1 or 2 (use the unused angle from the notes), refer to the previous emails in no more than 5 words, offer a single resource (the 1-page checklist) rather than a meeting, and avoid the phrases \"bump\", \"circling back\" and \"just checking in\".","materialLabel":"Sequence history and angles (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Prospect: Fiona Grant, controller at Larchmont Machine Works (80 employees).\nSender: Gabe at Ledgerline (month-end close software for mid-size companies).\n\nTouch 1 (Oct 19): angle = month-end close takes too long (cited her post: close takes 10 working days).\nTouch 2 (Oct 28): angle = audit prep stress; asked for 15 minutes. No reply.\n\nUnused angles:\n- Fewer manual reconciliations in spreadsheets (error risk).\n- Cost of the controller's own time at month-end.\n\nResource available: \"Month-end close: 1-page checklist\" (free PDF, no form required, approved).\nNot approved: customer names, time-saved statistics.\n\nFiona opened touch 1 once; hasn't clicked anything. Today is Nov 6.","rules":[{"type":"maxWords","max":75},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Repeating an old angle","why":"The AI restates the 10-day close.","fix":"Add: \"Use only an angle not used in touches 1 or 2.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Asking for a meeting again","why":"The AI repeats the 15-minute ask.","fix":"Add: \"Offer only the checklist, no meeting.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Stock follow-up phrases","why":"The AI opens with 'Just circling back'.","fix":"Add: \"Avoid bump, circling back, just checking in.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Long email","why":"The AI writes a long formatted email.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text under 75 words, subject first.\"","checks":["maxWords","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Uses the new angle","patterns":["new angle","unused","reconcil"]},{"label":"Offers the resource","patterns":["checklist","resource"]},{"label":"Bans meetings","patterns":["no meeting","not (ask|offer) (a )?(meeting|call)"]},{"label":"Bans stock phrases","patterns":["circling back","bump","checking in"]},{"label":"Sets form and length","patterns":["subject","plain text","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Say which angle is allowed, what to offer and which phrases are banned.","rubricLabels":["Line 1 starts with \"Subject:\" and the body uses the unused spreadsheet reconciliation (error risk) angle, not the close-length or audit-prep angles","Offers the 1-page checklist as a free resource and does not ask for a meeting or call","Refers to earlier emails in 5 words or fewer and contains none of bump, circling back, just checking in, or any customer name or time-saved statistic"]}