Guess first, no penalty. You asked an AI tool for a first email to Maria at Northwind. The only real detail you gave it: her post about getting new reps (sales representatives) to their first meeting faster. Tap the three lines you can't send.
AI draft to Maria
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A cold email (a first email to someone who doesn't know you) works when it shows you did your homework. So AI adds "personal" details. Given none, it invents them: a funding round, a job title, a result.
A worked example
Before and after
Switch between the AI draft and the email the rep sent.
AI draft
Hi Maria, congrats on the recent $20M Series B! As VP of Sales, you're under pressure to scale. Teams like yours get 40% more pipeline in 30 days. Are you free Tuesday?
Sent email
Hi Maria, I read your post about getting new reps to their first meeting faster. We help sales teams shorten that first stretch. Would a 15-minute call next week be useful?
Every line is true. The buyer knows their own company, so one real detail you checked beats five that sound personal and aren't.
Your turn
Fill the gaps
Fill each gap to rebuild the email around what's true.
Fixed email
Hi Maria, I read Choose.
We help sales teams Choose.
Choose
Try it
Your steps, about 2 minutes
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1.Add a rule to your kit: "One real detail, checked by me." Then take one AI-drafted email and mark every fact about the prospect as checked or guessed.2 min
Practice
Question 1 of 3
Your AI draft calls the prospect "Head of Revenue". You never gave it a title. What's the right move?
Question 2 of 3
Which opening line is strongest for a cold email?
Question 3 of 3
An AI draft promises "40% more pipeline in 30 days". Your company has no data behind that number. What do you do?
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