# A cold email that gets answers

URL: https://gocutline.com/playbooks/cold-email-that-gets-answers/

A cold email that gets answers: Short, about them, and one question. 1) Subject: their name or their thing, under five words. 2) Line 1: one specific, true thing about them. 3) Line 2: the problem you solve, in their words.

## The steps
1. Subject: their name or their thing, under five words.
2. Line 1: one specific, true thing about them.
3. Line 2: the problem you solve, in their words.
4. Line 3: proof in one line: a result, a client, a number you can stand behind.
5. Line 4: one easy question. No calendar link in the first email.
6. Follow up twice: after 3 days and after 7, each one line.

## Your first move in Cutline
Plan it as a block, then log replies in the block's notes.

## Copy this
> Hi [name], [one true thing about them]. Most [their role] I talk to [the problem]. I helped [client] [result]. Worth a 15-minute call next week?

## Ask an AI
Tap the box to copy the prompt. Put the answer in the block's notes.

```prompt
Write a cold email to [name, role at company]. One true thing about them: [detail]. The problem I solve: [problem]. My proof: [result]. Under 90 words, a subject under five words, and one easy question at the end. Then write two one-line follow-ups.
```

## Make it a block
[Add it to your week in Cutline](https://app.gocutline.com/?lib=playbooks/cold-email-that-gets-answers): the steps go into the block, so the next one is always written down.

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