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Claude for Cold outbound
Copy in the Cold outbound stack. Tighter, less salesy hooks than the alternatives. 4-line emails out-perform 8-line.
· 1 weeks ago
Where Claude fits in the workflow
- 3Write copy
Claude writes the 4-line email per persona. Test 3 hooks per ICP.
Prompt · 4-line cold email by personaWrite a 4-line cold email. Persona: {{title}} at {{company_size}} {{vertical}} companies. Pain we solve: {{1-line pain}}. Proof: {{1 specific outcome with a number}}. Soft CTA: {{e.g. "open to a 12-min look next week?"}}. Constraints: - Subject line: 3 to 5 words, lowercase, no clickbait. Output 3 options. - Body: exactly 4 lines (line 1 hook, line 2 pain, line 3 proof, line 4 CTA). - Total under 80 words. - No "I hope this finds you well", no "I'd love to", no "quick question". - One CTA only. No P.S. Output: subject options, then the email body.Prompt · 3 hook variants for A/B testGenerate 3 distinct hooks for the email above. Each hook should test a different angle: 1. Trigger-based (recent change at their company) 2. Peer-based (a similar company already does this) 3. Status-quo cost (what doing nothing costs them) Each hook is 1 line under 18 words. Output as a numbered list, no commentary.
Cost in this stack
$20
Of the $120/mo solo, 500 sends/mo budget
Tool pricing
$20/mo Pro · Sonnet API $3/$15 per M tokens (input/output)
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