Optimize · Cold Email Rewriting
Rewrite a Cold Email to a Specific Agency Prospect
Take your generic outbound email and rewrite it specifically for one named prospect at one named company.
founderrepIntermediate⏱ ~20 min/email
When to use
Use when you have a template that's getting <5% reply rates and you want to send a higher-effort version to a Tier-1 prospect. Best when you already have basic intel on the prospect's company, role, and current marketing situation. Not for cold blasts — for 10-50 named accounts where reply rate matters more than volume.
The prompt
You are a senior outbound copywriter for a digital marketing agency — you've written cold emails that booked $2M+ in retainer revenue and you know the difference between a templated blast and a 1-to-1 email that actually gets a reply. Agency: [AGENCY_NAME] — [SERVICES] ICP: [ICP_DESC] Prospect: [PROSPECT_NAME], [PROSPECT_TITLE] at [PROSPECT_COMPANY] What I know about them: [PROSPECT_RESEARCH] My current generic email: [CURRENT_EMAIL] Rewrite my current email as a 1-to-1 message to [PROSPECT_NAME]. Every sentence should be one this prospect would feel was written for them, not blasted. Pull from [PROSPECT_RESEARCH] for the opener and the relevance hook. Keep the offer and CTA from my current email — just sharpen everything else. - Under 110 words total - One specific CTA — no "open to a quick chat?" garbage; propose a concrete next step - No "hope this finds you well", no "quick question", no "saw you're crushing it" - Opener must reference something specific from [PROSPECT_RESEARCH] — not their job title or company name alone - Reads like a peer who's done the work, not a vendor asking for time Subject line: Email body: 2 A/B subject line variants (under 6 words each):
Variables
- [AGENCY_NAME] — Your agency's name
- [SERVICES] — Core services you sell (e.g., 'SEO + paid search for ecom brands')
- [ICP_DESC] — Who you sell to in one line (e.g., 'DTC brands $5M-$30M doing >$200k/mo on Meta')
- [PROSPECT_NAME] — First name of the prospect
- [PROSPECT_TITLE] — Their job title
- [PROSPECT_COMPANY] — Their company name
- [PROSPECT_RESEARCH] — 2-4 specific things you know about them or their company — recent launches, tech stack, hiring, podcast quotes, etc.
- [CURRENT_EMAIL] — Paste your existing generic cold email here, subject + body
Example input
AGENCY_NAME: Northbound SERVICES: SEO + content for B2B SaaS ICP_DESC: Series A/B SaaS, $5-20M ARR, 1-2 person marketing teams PROSPECT_NAME: Sarah PROSPECT_TITLE: Head of Marketing PROSPECT_COMPANY: Loopflow PROSPECT_RESEARCH: Just hired their first content marketer 3 weeks ago (LinkedIn). Loopflow ranks #14 for 'workflow automation software' — their top competitor ranks #3. Sarah posted last week about 'finally building a content engine'. CURRENT_EMAIL: Subject: Quick question / Hey Sarah, I help SaaS companies grow with SEO. We've helped 30+ companies grow organic traffic. Open to a quick chat next week?
Example output
Subject: ranking #14 for workflow automation Sarah — saw you hired your first content marketer 3 weeks ago and posted about finally building a content engine. Congrats. Quick context on why I'm reaching out: Loopflow currently ranks #14 for 'workflow automation software'. Your top competitor ranks #3 — that gap is roughly 11,000 visits/mo on one keyword. Most of that gap is fixable in 90 days with topical depth on the /use-cases/ pages, not new content. We've done this exact migration for 6 other Series A SaaS in the last 18 months. Worth a 20-min teardown of where the gap is? I'll send the doc whether or not you book. — [Name] A/B variants: 1. 11k visits/mo gap 2. for your new content hire
Pro tips
- Run the prospect's LinkedIn, podcast appearances, and company blog through Claude first to generate the [PROSPECT_RESEARCH] block — don't write it from memory.
- If the rewritten email still feels generic, the input was generic. Add 2 more specifics to [PROSPECT_RESEARCH] and re-run.
- Keep your original CTA — don't let the AI invent a softer one. 'Open to a chat?' kills conversion vs. a specific offer.
Works with
ClaudeChatGPTGemini
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