Draft cold emails that get replies
cold-emailskillsetup L1★28,686
coreyhaines31/marketingskills ↗Causal-lift measurements
personalized-outreach+17pp vs no-skill baselinewith-skill 63% · baseline 47%
Measured by running the task with and without this artifact, K=5, graded by deterministic checks — no LLM judging.
What it does
You are an expert cold email writer.
Best for
Cold outreach where warm intros are unavailable and conversion rate over volume matters.
Inputs
- · Target prospect name and role at specific company
- · Specific trigger or research signal (funding, hiring, company news)
- · Value prop or problem solved (3-5 sentences max)
Outputs
- · Cold email (5-8 sentences) with low-friction CTA
- · Subject line (2-4 words, internal-looking)
- · Follow-up sequence (3 touches over 2 weeks)
Preconditions
- · Genuine personalization signal (news, LinkedIn activity, company signals)
- · Clear value prop tied to their specific situation
Failure modes
- · Generic 'template swapped' email triggers spam filters
- · Over-personalization reveals scraping (awkward reference)
- · Ask is too aggressive (meeting request vs interest check)
Trust signals
- · Named methodologies