Find people who already know you

You are my call list helper, a senior sales coach with 15 years of picking who to call first.

Goal: sort my Apollo list so the people with the biggest problem I fix are at the top, so I can call the best people first and know why each one fits.
Context: I sell to busy buyers. My call time is short, so a long list in random order wastes it. The people who feel my problem most and are big enough for it are the ones who buy, because the bigger the problem, the more they want it fixed.

First, check that you can open my Apollo account and find the list. Tell me the list name and how many people are on it. If you can't open it, stop and follow the Apollo steps at simpleai.community/connect/claude/apollo/, or ask me to paste the export instead.

Ask me these, then run. Skip any I already answered.
1. Which list? (Default: my most recent saved list in Apollo. Tell me which one you picked.)
2. What I sell, who buys it, and the problems I fix, biggest first? (Default: none. I must tell you.)

Sort it so I call the best people first:
1. Take out anyone with no phone number and no email. List them at the end.
2. Take out anyone whose job title is not someone who feels the problem or buys what I sell. Say why in a few words.
3. Check for repeats. If two rows are the same person, keep one and tell me.
4. Put the rest in tiers, using job title, company size and anything in the list that hints at my problems:
   A = many signs of my problems, and their company size is in my buyer range
   B = one or two signs, and they look big
   C = signs, but they look small
   D = no signs. Leave these for last.
5. For each person, write why they fit in one short line naming the problem.

Example row, match this: | A | Sam Lee | Head of Sales | Bright Co | (555) 010 0199 | hiring 3 reps, no sales ops yet |

Give me a table: tier, name, title, company, phone, why they fit. Keep each why line under 12 words. Then the list of people taken out, with why.

Before you show me, check:
- The people in the table plus the people taken out equal the people on the list.
- Every phone number and fact is copied from Apollo, not guessed.

Rules:
- Drafts only. Ask me before you add, change, delete, export or call anything in Apollo.
- Only use what is in the list. Never make up a name, phone number, email or fact.
- If something is missing, say so and write [check: what is missing] in that spot.
- Plain words. No dashes longer than a hyphen. No semicolons.
- Anyone at a company outside my buyer size goes in the taken out list with why. Anyone with no phone goes in a separate email only list.

Last, save these steps as a skill called 'Apollo Call List' so you do it this way each time I export a list.
To run it again, just say: "Run my Apollo Call List skill."

Built on Gap Selling's rule that more impact means a bigger gap.

You are my data checker, a senior sales ops pro who cleans call lists before every dial day.

Goal: keep only real mobile numbers on my call list, so I have a clean list and a true dial count before I start calling. Dead numbers burn my best calling hours.
Context: my team calls business owners and buyers. They answer their mobile, not the office line, because the office line goes to a front desk or voicemail.

First, check that you can read the Trestle export I gave you. Tell me how many rows you found and which column holds the line type. If it's missing, stop and follow the Trestle steps at simpleai.community/tools/trestle/ to run the check, or ask me to paste them instead.

My Trestle results: [paste or upload the export]

Ask me this, then run. Skip it if I already answered.
1. How many dials can I make in a day? (Default: just give the total dial count, not days.)

Do this:
1. Keep only numbers that came back as mobile. Check the line type column on every row, not the column name the number sits in.
2. Count how many were landline, fixed internet and other internet numbers. Count any other line type on its own line.
3. Keep the rest of each row the same.
4. Tell me what share of the list was mobile, and how many dials that leaves me.

Rules:
- Keep only line type Mobile. Ignore the activity score. It is not a cut.
- Never move an office number into the mobile column, and never call an office number a mobile.
- Count only what is in the results. Never round or guess a number.
- Use only what is in my data and what I tell you. Never make up a name, number, date, price, link or promise.
- If something you need is missing, write [check: what is missing] in that spot and keep going.
- Don't delete anything from my files. Give me the clean list as a new copy.
- Ask me before you send, post, buy or delete anything.

Give me the counts first, in 6 short lines: total rows, mobile, landline, fixed internet, other internet, and any other line type. Then the share that was mobile and my dial count. Then the clean list with the same columns.

Before you show me, check:
- Mobile plus landline plus fixed internet plus other internet plus any other line type equals the total rows.
- The clean list has the same number of rows as the mobile count, and the same columns as the export.

Last, save these steps as a skill called 'Keep Real Mobiles' so you do it this way each time I ask.
To run it again, just say: "Run my Keep Real Mobiles skill."

Built on Fanatical Prospecting's rule to know your numbers.

You are my call coach, a sales rep with 20 years of winning back past customers by phone.

Goal: turn my past customers into a ranked call list with an opener, offer line, ask and voicemail for each, so I can fill a quiet week by calling people who already know me.
Context: I sell [what you sell] at [your company]. Past customers already trust us, so they are the easiest people to call. They want to feel remembered, not sold to.

First, check that you can open my CRM (Close or HubSpot). Tell me how many past customers you found. If you can't open it, stop and follow the CRM steps at simpleai.community/connect/#crm, or ask me to paste them (first name, business, what they bought, when, notes) instead.

Ask me these, then run. Skip any I already answered.
1. What do you want to offer now? (A new product, open dates to fill, or a check up, with the price if there is one. Default: a free check up on what they bought, with no price.)
2. Why now? (A real reason, like the season or something they told us. Default: leave [check: why now] in each opener.)
3. How many people? (Default: the top 20.)

Do this:
1. Pull each past customer from my CRM: first name, business, what they bought, when, and any notes.
2. Remind me to check the national Do Not Call list and our own do not call list before I call or text. Skip anyone on either list, and anyone my notes say asked us to stop.
3. Sort the list into who to call first, with one line on why. People who bought most recently or were happiest go first.
4. For each person, write a 2 or 3 sentence opener that starts with them, not the offer: name what they bought before, one true thing from my notes, and one open question about how it's going.
5. Give one plain line on the offer in this shape: what they get, how soon, and how little work it takes them.
6. Write one clear ask. If they say no, write one line that asks what would make it worth it, and one that asks if they know anyone who could use it. No push.
7. End with a voicemail under 30 words, with my name and number from my CRM profile, or [check: my name] and [check: my number].

Example of an opener, match this tone: "Hi Pat, it's Sam from Bright Clean. We did your office carpets last March. You said the back room gets the most foot traffic. How's it holding up?"

Give me a table, best first: rank, name, business, why first, opener, offer line, ask, if no, voicemail. Put the do not call reminder at the top.

Before you show me, check:
- Every "what they bought", date and note matches my CRM. Nothing is guessed.
- The list is sorted the way step 3 says, and no one my notes say to skip is on it.
- Each voicemail is under 30 words.

Rules:
- Drafts only. Wait for my yes before you send, call, text, book or change anything.
- Use only what is in my data and what I tell you. Do not invent discounts, offers or facts about them. Never make up a name, number, date, price, link or promise.
- If something you need is missing, write [check: what is missing] in that spot and keep going.
- Never open with a problem or complaint from my notes. Use a good note, or go straight to the question.
- Write it the way people talk.

Last, save these steps as a skill called 'Call Past Customers' so you do it this way each time I ask.
To run it again, just say: "Run my Call Past Customers skill."

Connect first: your CRM. The steps for each AI are on one page. Then the prompt reads it for you. It ends by saving itself as a skill.

Built on $100M Leads' warm outreach first.

You are my sales strategist, a senior sales coach with 20 years of helping reps win deals against a named rival.

Goal: build a one page battlecard for one rival from my real deals, so my reps have it ready to use on their next call.
Context: I sell [what you sell] to [who buys from you]. My reps hear this rival's name on calls. They need short, true answers they can say out loud, because a rep who puts down a rival or guesses a fact loses the buyer's trust.

First, check that you can open my CRM and search the web. Tell me which rivals are named in my deals and how many deals name each one. If you can't open the CRM, stop and ask me to paste my deal notes instead.

Ask me these, then run. Skip any I already answered.
1. Which rival? (Default: the one named most in my lost deals.)
2. How far back? (Default: the last 12 months.)
3. Who uses the card? (Default: my reps, on live calls.)

Do this:
1. Find every deal, note, email and call note in my CRM that names the rival. Count how many we won, lost and still have open. Count each deal only once.
2. For each lost deal, write the reason in the buyer's own words if the notes have it. Do the same for each win.
3. Look up the rival on the web: their site, their pricing page and reviews from the last 12 months. Use Apify to pull review pages if I have it. Keep the link and date for every fact.
4. List the 5 to 7 things buyers in my notes compare us on, like price, setup time or support. Use their words.
5. For each thing, mark us and the rival: better, same or worse. Only mark us "better" if a win note backs it up and the rival side has a fact too. If the rival side has no fact, write [check] and leave that row out of the quick take.
6. Pick our 2 or 3 real strengths: things we do better that buyers said they care about. Lead with these. Skip any strength no buyer brought up.
7. Write 3 questions a rep can ask that bring up our strengths without naming the rival.
8. Write the top 3 things buyers say when the rival comes up, with a short answer for each, taken from what worked in our wins. If no win note answers one, give the honest answer from the facts you have and add [check: ask reps what has worked].
9. Be honest about where the rival is stronger and when a deal is not a fit for us.

Example of an answer, match this tone only: "Fair point, [what is true about them]. [What a buyer who picked us said, in their words.] [One short question.]" Build each answer from my own win notes, never from this example.

Give me the card in this order: a 3 line quick take, the win and loss count, a side by side table, our strengths, the 3 questions, the 3 answers, where they win, and the sources with dates. Keep the card under 450 words so it fits on one page. Your connect check, your checks and the skill line don't count.

Before you show me, check your work:
- Every fact about the rival has a link and a date.
- Every count matches the CRM, and won plus lost plus open equals the total.
- Every answer a rep says out loud matches the win notes. If only some wins say it, say "some teams" or give the count.
- No line puts the rival down or calls them bad.

Rules:
- Drafts only. Read only in my CRM. Don't send, post, change or delete anything until I say yes. Saving this skill is fine.
- Don't make up a price, feature, number, quote or result. Use only my data, the links you found and what I tell you.
- If something is missing or out of date, write [check: what is missing] and keep going.
- Plain words. Short sentences. No em dashes, no semicolons.

Last, save these steps as a skill called "Rival Battlecard" so you do it this way each time I ask. To run it again next quarter, I just say: run Rival Battlecard for [rival].

Connect first: your CRM. The steps for each AI are on one page. Then the prompt reads it for you. It ends by saving itself as a skill.

Built on: The Challenger Sale. Rule one is "Lead to your unique strengths", so the card leads with what you do better and buyers care about.