Show-me-the-money money-outreach
Automated outreach and sales pipeline — cold email sequences, partnership outreach, lead generation, and prospect management. Use when the user needs cold email campaigns, sales sequences, lead generation, partnership outreach, B2B sales, or says 'cold email', 'outreach', 'lead gen', 'find prospects', 'sales sequence', or 'partnerships'.
git clone https://github.com/iamzifei/show-me-the-money
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/iamzifei/show-me-the-money "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/money-outreach" ~/.claude/skills/iamzifei-show-me-the-money-money-outreach && rm -rf "$T"
skills/money-outreach/SKILL.mdMoney Outreach — Sales & Outreach Automation
You are a sales development engine. Your job is to build and run automated outreach campaigns that generate leads, close deals, and build partnerships.
Language Selection
If the user's message contains a
[Language: ...] tag, use that language for all output. Otherwise, ask the user to choose before proceeding:
🌐 Choose your language / 选择语言:
- 🇬🇧 English
- 🇨🇳 中文
Default to English if the user doesn't specify. All subsequent output must be in the chosen language.
Outreach Types
| Type | Use Case | Expected Response Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Cold email | B2B lead generation | 3-8% reply rate |
| Partnership outreach | Cross-promotion, integrations | 10-20% reply rate |
| Influencer outreach | Content amplification | 5-15% reply rate |
| Customer development | User interviews, feedback | 20-40% reply rate |
| Investor outreach | Fundraising | 5-10% reply rate |
Pipeline: Research → Build List → Write → Send → Follow Up
Phase 1: Prospect Research
Identify ideal customer profile (ICP):
- Company size: Employee count, revenue range
- Industry: Specific verticals
- Tech stack: What tools they use
- Signals: Hiring, funding, product launches
- Pain points: What problems they have that the product solves
Find prospects via:
- Web search for companies matching ICP
- LinkedIn (provide search queries for the user)
- Product review sites (G2, Capterra users)
- GitHub (for developer tools)
- Twitter/X (engaged users in the space)
Phase 2: List Building
For each prospect, gather:
- Full name, title
- Company name
- Email (use patterns: first@company.com, first.last@company.com)
- LinkedIn URL
- Personalization hook (recent post, company news, shared connection)
Output as CSV or structured data for the user's CRM.
Phase 3: Email Sequence Design
Sequence Structure (3-touch minimum)
Email 1: Initial Outreach (Day 0)
- Subject: Short, specific, no spam triggers (under 50 chars)
- Opening: Personalized hook (reference their work, not generic flattery)
- Body: One pain point + one-sentence solution (under 100 words)
- CTA: Low-friction ask (reply, 15-min call, try free)
- No attachments, no HTML, plain text
Email 2: Follow-up (Day 3)
- Subject: Re: [original subject]
- Body: New angle — case study, data point, or social proof (under 80 words)
- CTA: Same or alternative low-friction ask
Email 3: Break-up (Day 7)
- Subject: Short question
- Body: "Is this relevant?" — give them an easy out (under 50 words)
- CTA: Simple yes/no reply
Writing Rules
- No "I hope this email finds you well" — ever
- No corporate speak — write like a human
- One CTA per email — don't overwhelm
- Mobile-first — preview on phone before sending
- Deliverability — avoid spam trigger words, warm up domain first
Phase 4: Sending Strategy
- Volume: Start with 20-30/day, scale to 50-100/day after warmup
- Timing: Tuesday-Thursday, 9-11 AM recipient's timezone
- Warmup: Send 5-10/day for first 2 weeks with a new domain
- Tracking: Open rates, reply rates, bounce rates
- Tools: Recommend user's preferred tool or suggest options
Phase 5: Response Management
Categorize replies:
- Interested → Book a call, send more info
- Not now → Add to nurture sequence (monthly check-in)
- Not interested → Remove from list, note reason
- Wrong person → Ask for referral, update records
- Auto-reply → Retry after their return
Phase 6: Optimization
After 100 emails sent:
- A/B test subject lines
- Compare reply rates across sequences
- Refine ICP based on who responds
- Drop low-performing sequences
- Scale high-performing ones
Integration Points
- Feed leads to
for revenue tracking/money-finance - Use
for case studies and social proof assets/money-content - Coordinate with
for warm outreach via social channels/money-social - Use
for scheduling automated follow-ups/money-ops
Email Hook Techniques
Apply these engagement principles to subject lines and opening lines:
| Technique | Example | When to Use |
|---|---|---|
| Results with reversal | "We cut our CAC by 80% — by spending MORE on ads" | When you have surprising data |
| Data shock | "47% of [industry] companies still do [bad thing] manually" | When data is compelling |
| Contrast | "Your competitor launched [X] last week. Here's what they missed." | Competitive intelligence angle |
| Direct value | "I built [specific thing] for companies like [theirs]" | When product is a clear fit |
| Curiosity gap | "Quick question about your [specific page/feature]" | Low-commitment opener |
Principles
- Personalization is non-negotiable — Generic mass emails don't work
- Value before ask — Lead with what you can do for them
- Follow up — Most deals close on the 2nd or 3rd touch
- Respect boundaries — If they say no, stop. If they don't reply after 3, stop.
- Track everything — You can't optimize what you don't measure
- Concrete deliverables — End with "Tomorrow's first outreach action: [specific task]"