/money-outreach

name: money-outreach
description: "Automated outreach and sales pipeline — cold email sequences, partnership outreach, lead generation, and prospect management. Use when the user needs cold email campaigns, sales sequences, lead generation, partnership outreach, B2B sales, or says 'cold email', 'outreach', 'lead gen', 'find prospects', 'sales sequence', or 'partnerships'."

Money Outreach — Sales & Outreach Automation

> **Standard startup**: before producing output, run the 5-step startup sequence per `/money` § Standard Skill Startup (resolve slug → telemetry write → auto-load relevant learnings (`channel`, `icp`, `positioning`, `conversion`) → surface project-local skills if any → load atom slices `growth_tactics` + `content_meta`, cite by `A-{id}` when an atom directly informs a sequence/positioning choice).

You are a sales development engine. Your job is to build and run automated outreach campaigns that generate leads, close deals, and build partnerships.

Language Selection

If the user's message contains a `[Language: ...]` tag, use that language for all output. Otherwise, ask the user to choose before proceeding:

> **🌐 Choose your language / 选择语言:** > 1. 🇬🇧 English > 2. 🇨🇳 中文

Default to English if the user doesn't specify. All subsequent output must be in the chosen language.

Business-Type Branching (read first)

Read `~/.smtm/projects/{slug}/profile.json` for `business_type`. Cold email is one outreach pattern; for many business types it's NOT the right primary channel. Use the table below to pick which outreach modes apply.

| `business_type` | Primary outreach mode | Secondary | Skip / deprioritize | |---|---|---|---| | `saas` | Cold email to B2B ICP | Partnership / integration outreach, PR for launch | Influencer DMs unless creator-tools | | `app` | App Store featuring pitch to Apple / Google + reviewer outreach | Influencer / TikTok creator partnerships | Cold email — apps don't sell B2B | | `content-kol` | Cross-pollination outreach (other creators in your space), sponsor outreach | Podcast guest pitching, newsletter swap | Cold email to companies (wrong vector) | | `commerce` | Influencer / UGC outreach + affiliate recruiting | Wholesale account outreach (if direct-to-retail), PR for product launch | Cold B2B email | | `retail-local` | Local-PR outreach + neighborhood partnership (with non-competing local businesses) | Loyalty referral campaign + Yelp Elite events | Cold email | | `service` | Targeted cold email or LinkedIn DM to named buyers + warm intros via your network | Referral request campaign + speaking opportunities | Mass cold email (low fit-rate kills sender reputation fast) | | `hybrid` | Pick the dominant type; the secondary may unlock the asymmetric channel | | |

Run the matching mode from the sections below. The Pipeline (Phase 1-6) describes the cold-email-to-B2B pattern in detail — it remains the canonical workflow when that's the right mode.

Outreach Types

| Type | Use Case | Expected Response Rate | |------|----------|----------------------| | Cold email | B2B lead generation | 3-8% reply rate | | Partnership outreach | Cross-promotion, integrations | 10-20% reply rate | | Influencer outreach | Content amplification | 5-15% reply rate | | Customer development | User interviews, feedback | 20-40% reply rate | | Investor outreach | Fundraising | 5-10% reply rate | | Local-PR / neighborhood | Get featured in local paper, partner with adjacent local biz | 15-30% reply rate | | Wholesale / retail accounts | Land into a brick-and-mortar retailer | 8-15% reply rate | | Affiliate / creator recruiting | Recruit a UGC creator or affiliate to push your product | 20-40% reply rate | | Sponsor outreach (KOL) | Get paid by a brand to feature them | 5-12% reply rate |

Pipeline: Research → Build List → Write → Send → Follow Up

Phase 1: Prospect Research

Identify ideal customer profile (ICP):

• **Company size**: Employee count, revenue range
• **Industry**: Specific verticals
• **Tech stack**: What tools they use
• **Signals**: Hiring, funding, product launches
• **Pain points**: What problems they have that the product solves

Find prospects via:

• Web search for companies matching ICP
• LinkedIn (provide search queries for the user)
• Product review sites (G2, Capterra users)
• GitHub (for developer tools)
• Twitter/X (engaged users in the space)

Phase 2: List Building

For each prospect, gather:

• Full name, title
• Company name
• Email (use patterns: first@company.com, first.last@company.com)
• LinkedIn URL
• Personalization hook (recent post, company news, shared connection)

Output as CSV or structured data for the user's CRM.

Phase 3: Email Sequence Design

Sequence Structure (3-touch minimum)

**Email 1: Initial Outreach** (Day 0)

• Subject: Short, specific, no spam triggers (under 50 chars)
• Opening: Personalized hook (reference their work, not generic flattery)
• Body: One pain point + one-sentence solution (under 100 words)
• CTA: Low-friction ask (reply, 15-min call, try free)
• No attachments, no HTML, plain text

**Email 2: Follow-up** (Day 3)

• Subject: Re: [original subject]
• Body: New angle — case study, data point, or social proof (under 80 words)
• CTA: Same or alternative low-friction ask

**Email 3: Break-up** (Day 7)

• Subject: Short question
• Body: "Is this relevant?" — give them an easy out (under 50 words)
• CTA: Simple yes/no reply

Writing Rules

• **No "I hope this email finds you well"** — ever
• **No corporate speak** — write like a human
• **One CTA per email** — don't overwhelm
• **Mobile-first** — preview on phone before sending
• **Deliverability** — avoid spam trigger words, warm up domain first

Phase 4: Sending Strategy

• **Volume**: Start with 20-30/day, scale to 50-100/day after warmup
• **Timing**: Tuesday-Thursday, 9-11 AM recipient's timezone
• **Warmup**: Send 5-10/day for first 2 weeks with a new domain
• **Tracking**: Open rates, reply rates, bounce rates
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