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Prepare a one-page brief before a sales call

Walk into every call knowing the buyer's context, likely objections and the questions to ask.

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Best for

  • Account executives with back-to-back calls
  • Founders doing their own selling
  • Inside sales teams handling many small accounts

What you need

  • An AI assistant
  • The prospect's website text or public profile
  • Your notes from any earlier conversation

Starter prompt

Copy it, fill in the parts in square brackets, and paste it into the AI assistant your organisation allows.

I sell [product] to [type of company] in India. I have a call with [role] at [company] on [date]. Using only the information below, prepare a one-page call brief with: what the company does, what might matter to this person, three questions I should ask, the two objections I am most likely to hear with a short response to each, and a clear next step to propose. Mark anything you are inferring rather than reading in the text as 'Assumption'. Company information: [paste]. Earlier notes: [paste].

How to use it

  1. 1.Collect what you know

  2. 2.Generate the brief

  3. 3.Rehearse objections

  4. 4.Log after the call

  1. 1

    Collect what you know

    Copy the prospect's about page, recent news you have found and your own notes. Keep it to public or already-shared information.

  2. 2

    Generate the brief

    Run the prompt and read the assumptions first. Remove any you cannot defend.

  3. 3

    Rehearse objections

    Ask the assistant to play the buyer and raise the objections one by one. Practise your answers out loud.

  4. 4

    Log after the call

    Paste your call notes back in and ask for a summary and next steps for your CRM.

Watch out. The assistant may guess at the buyer's priorities or budget. Treat anything marked as an assumption as a question to ask, not a fact.

What you end up with

A focused call brief and rehearsed answers to the likely objections.

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