12 AI prompts that do the heavy lifting in outbound

Copy-paste prompts for ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, built for founders who do their own sales. Fill in the brackets, paste, and get a usable first draft in seconds.

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Target

  1. 1

    The ICP sharpenerfree sample below

    Before you build any list. Turns "SMBs" into a target you can actually search for.

  2. 2

    The ICP fit checker

    You have a list of companies and want to cut the ones that will never buy, before you spend credits on them.

  3. 3

    Walk in your buyer's shoes

    Before writing a new campaign. Surfaces the objections your email has to beat.

Research

  1. 4

    The 10-minute account brief

    Before a first call or a high-value email. Everything you need on one account, fast.

  2. 5

    Their top 3 problems

    You want one line of relevance for each prospect without writing it by hand.

Write

  1. 6

    Signal-based first line

    You have a prospect and one real thing they did (a post, a hire, a comment).

  2. 7

    First lines for a whole lead list

    You have 20 to 200 leads and want personalised merge fields for Instantly, Smartlead or any cold email tool.

  3. 8

    Subject lines that get openedfree sample below

    Your email is written and you need a subject line that looks like it came from a colleague.

  4. 9

    The 3-step cold email sequence

    Launching a new campaign in Instantly or any cold email tool.

  5. 10

    One prospect, three channels

    A high-value prospect you want to reach by email, phone and LinkedIn, all built on the same hook.

Follow up

  1. 11

    LinkedIn connect-and-follow-up

    Someone showed intent on LinkedIn (visited, liked, followed) and you want a human-sounding touch.

  2. 12

    Reply and objection handler

    A prospect replied with "not now", "send info" or "we use X".

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The ICP sharpener

Before you build any list. Turns "SMBs" into a target you can actually search for.

You are a B2B go-to-market strategist. I sell [PRODUCT] that helps [WHO] achieve [OUTCOME]. My best 3 customers so far are: [CUSTOMER 1: industry, size, role of buyer, why they bought], [CUSTOMER 2], [CUSTOMER 3].

1. Write my ideal customer profile as filters I can type into LinkedIn Sales Navigator or a lead database: industry, headcount range, geography, job titles (buyer and champion), and 3 technographic or hiring signals.
2. List 5 observable "buying signals" that suggest one of these companies needs me right now (e.g. a job post, a funding round, a tool they just adopted).
3. List 3 types of company that look similar but are bad fits, and why.
Keep it concrete. No generic personas.

Subject lines that get opened

Your email is written and you need a subject line that looks like it came from a colleague.

Write 10 subject lines for a cold email to a [ROLE] at [COMPANY or SHORT DESCRIPTION].
The email is about: [ONE LINE].
Rules:
- 2 to 4 words, all lowercase
- use words from their world (their product, market or job), not ours
- no hype, no sales words, no spam triggers (free, guarantee, urgent, exclamation marks)
- it should read like a colleague wrote it, and lead naturally into the first line
Then pick the best 3 and explain each choice in one line.

Inspired by the subject line prompt in Frontal-so/outbound-skills (MIT, © 2026 Frontal).

Some prompts are adapted from open-source projects. See credits and licences.