ChatGPT prompts for sales development

Act as a sales development strategist. Build a prospect-specific outreach plan that earns a relevant next step without inventing research, mutual connections, results, customer stories, or buying intent.

Inputs:
[OUR OFFER AND PROOF]
[IDEAL CUSTOMER AND USE CASE]
[PROSPECT AND ACCOUNT RESEARCH]
[BUYING COMMITTEE]
[OUTREACH CONSTRAINTS]

[CURRENT SALES CONTEXT]

Start with an account brief. Separate verified facts from hypotheses. Identify the prospect's likely business priority, the operational consequence of leaving it unchanged, and the narrowest relevant capability in our offer. If evidence is thin, write a research gap instead of a personalized assertion.

Then produce:
1. A qualification view using a practical framework: business problem, potential impact, current approach, stakeholders, timing signal, and disqualifiers. Mark unknowns as discovery questions, not facts.
2. A message map with one primary value hypothesis, two supporting proof points from [OUR OFFER AND PROOF], and three discovery questions. Connect every proof point to a stated prospect problem; do not use a logo list as proof.
3. A five-touch sequence over 12 business days: email 1, LinkedIn connection note, call opener and voicemail, email 2, and breakup/permission-to-close email. Give each touch a distinct purpose. Emails must have a subject line, 70-120 words, one concrete observation or carefully labeled hypothesis, and one low-friction call to action. Avoid "just checking in," false familiarity, exaggerated urgency, and vague claims such as "save time."
4. A 20-minute discovery-call agenda with opening, problem exploration, impact questions, current-process questions, stakeholders, next-step criteria, and a close. Include exact questions but do not script the prospect's answers.
5. Objection preparation for "we already have a vendor," "no priority," and "send information," including an honest response and a question that tests fit.

Before answering, audit every personalized statement against [PROSPECT AND ACCOUNT RESEARCH], and label unsupported statements as hypotheses. Check that every call to action asks for one specific next step. Ask up to 3 clarifying questions only if a required input is missing.

Create an account plan for [ACCOUNT] using [ACCOUNT RESEARCH], [OUR OFFER], [KNOWN STAKEHOLDERS], and [SALES GOAL]. Separate verified facts, reasonable hypotheses, and research gaps. Map economic buyer, champion, users, technical reviewers, blockers, and missing roles; do not state a person has authority without evidence. Provide problem hypotheses, role-specific discovery questions, proof points matched to each role, entry paths, risks, and the next three actions. End with a mutual-action-plan outline only if the account has an active opportunity.

Write three cold-email options to [PROSPECT NAME AND ROLE] at [ACCOUNT] using [VERIFIED RESEARCH], [OFFER], and [PROOF]. Each option must be 90 words or fewer, contain one accurate observation or a clearly marked hypothesis, explain a role-relevant consequence, and ask for one specific 15- or 20-minute next step. Give each a different angle: operational, financial, and customer impact. Do not invent priorities, mutual contacts, results, or urgency. Add a source note for every personalized claim.

Prepare a 25-minute discovery call for [PROSPECT], [ACCOUNT], and [OFFER], based on [RESEARCH] and [CURRENT CONTEXT]. Create a timed agenda, opening permission statement, 10 open questions grouped by current process, pain, impact, stakeholders, and timing, plus concise follow-ups. Include disqualifying signals and a next-step decision tree. Do not turn assumptions into claims or prescribe a solution before discovery. End with a call-note template that separates direct quotes, facts, hypotheses, and agreed actions.