cold-email-strategy

Generates ICP profiles, offer positioning, and messaging angles for cold email campaigns.

Updated Mar 26, 2026
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npx skills add https://github.com/LGJ-Jonathan/Jonathan_Global_Claude_Skills --skill cold-email-strategy-lgj-jonathan
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Skill: cold-email-strategy
Source: https://github.com/LGJ-Jonathan/Jonathan_Global_Claude_Skills/tree/main/cold-email-strategy
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/LGJ-Jonathan/Jonathan_Global_Claude_Skills --skill cold-email-strategy-lgj-jonathan

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

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What problem does it solve? Building a cold email campaign without a clear strategy leads to generic targeting, weak offers, and low reply rates. This Skill structures the strategy phase by turning discovery interviews, sales call transcripts, and existing materials into a complete campaign foundation. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Discovery & Context Intake: Processes call transcripts (Fathom, Otter), Google Docs, sales recordings, slide decks, competitor research, and existing email copy, then asks targeted interview questions only for missing information. - ICP Development: Produces paste-ready filters for Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, or Apify, including job titles, industries, company keywords, buying triggers, negative filters, and an AI qualification prompt. - Offer Positioning & Messaging Angles: Applies the "So What?" framework to reach human outcomes, maps implicit objections with counters, and defines three distinct messaging angles (Pain Dagger, Proof Machine, Value Gift) with a tone profile. - Use Case: A founder shares a sales call transcript for their recruiting agency. The Skill extracts the 90-day guarantee, 18-day time-to-fill, and founder's own language, then outputs a full strategy document targeting VP of Engineering roles at Series B-D companies. ## Quick Start Create a cold email strategy for my company using the attached sales call transcript and our website details.

Frequently Asked Questions about cold-email-strategy

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I create a cold email strategy from a sales call transcript?

Provide the transcript from Fathom, Otter, or manual notes and the Skill extracts the founder's own language, objections, metrics, and pain points before asking any interview questions. It then builds the ICP, offer positioning, and messaging angles from that extracted context.

How do I build an ICP for cold email outreach?

The Skill generates paste-ready filters for Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, or Apify covering job titles, industries, company keywords, company size, geography, buying triggers, and negative filters. It also includes an AI qualification prompt to eliminate poor-fit leads that pass the filters.

What materials can I provide for cold email strategy development?

Supported inputs include call transcripts from Fathom or Otter, Google Docs with strategy notes, sales call recordings or summaries, slide decks, competitor research, and existing email copy. Each material type has a defined extraction protocol for pulling quotes, metrics, and positioning details.

Does this work with Email Bison and Instantly sequencers?

Yes, the discovery phase asks which sequencer you use, Email Bison or Instantly, because the choice determines spintax syntax, API format, and personalization tokens downstream. The sequencer is recorded in the campaign metadata file.

What happens if I provide no company information?

The Skill does not fabricate company details, case studies, or metrics. It runs a structured discovery interview in 2-3 rounds covering company basics, customer and offer details, then CTA strategy, sequencer, and sender personas before building anything.

What are the limitations of this cold email strategy skill?

It only covers the strategy phase of a four-skill chain and does not write the actual email copy, run A/B tests, or deploy campaigns. Those steps require the downstream cold-email-copywriting, cold-email-ab-testing, and cold-email-campaign-deploy skills.