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Prepare for a sales call with a one-page brief from notes you already have

Paste the prospect's emails and your own call notes, and AI builds a one-page brief with their needs, concerns, questions to ask and what not to promise, so you walk into the call prepared in a few minutes.

Setup
5 min
Saves
About 20 min a use (our estimate)
Level
Easy
Last checked
Works with
Any AI chat

Run once on made-up data on with Claude Opus 5.5. One run, not proof.

Version 1 · Draft: not yet approved by the owner · How we test

What this does

Paste the prospect's emails, your notes and your offer facts. AI builds a one-page brief: their needs, their worries, questions to ask, and what not to promise yet. Each point shows its source, so you can check it fast.

Before you start

  • Any AI chat (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot).
  • The prospect's emails and your notes from earlier calls.
  • Your offer facts: prices, what's included, terms.
  • Setup: about 5 minutes (our estimate).
  • Privacy: use a role ("the property manager") instead of the contact's name and phone. Check your AI's privacy settings; Claude, for example, lets you choose whether chats help train its models.

Steps

  1. Gather the prospect's emails and your notes, each dated.
  2. Write your offer facts in short lines, including what you don't do.
  3. Paste the prompt below with everything filled in.
  4. Turn each GUESS into a question for the call, or delete it.
  5. Check every point against its source tag. Cross out any point without one.
  6. Keep the brief open during the call.

The prompt

Prompt · fill the [brackets]
Help me prepare for a sales call. Use only the emails, notes and offer facts I paste. Do not invent facts about the prospect, their budget or their competitors. Do not contact anyone.

Call date and goal: [date, and what I want from this call]
Prospect emails and messages (with dates): [paste]
My notes from earlier calls (with dates): [paste]
My offer facts: [paste]

Write a one-page brief with these parts:
1. Goal of the call (one sentence).
2. Their situation and needs. Tag each point with its source, like [email Apr 29].
3. Budget and who decides, only if stated.
4. Their concerns, only ones they actually raised.
5. My matching offer facts.
6. Questions to ask (5-8).
7. Don't promise yet: things I can't commit to based on these notes.
Mark anything you inferred as GUESS. If something important is missing, write MISSING.

Before and after: the made-up input, then the real output the AI gave us.

Try it with made-up data

Sparrow Commercial Cleaning (fictional). Call: Thursday, May 9, 2030. Goal: get what I need to send a proposal.

Email from the property manager of Cedar Row Townhomes (fictional), April 29, 2030: "We manage 40 townhomes. Our current cleaner's contract ends June 30. We need weekly cleaning of the clubhouse, gym and mail room. Budget is tight; the board approves anything over $1,000 a month."

My notes, May 2, 2030: "Clubhouse about 2,000 sq ft, gym small. Complaints that the gym isn't wiped down. Asked if we're insured. Asked about holiday weeks. Board meets May 21."

Offer facts: weekly cleaning from $85 per visit for spaces under 2,500 sq ft. Fully insured; certificate on request. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Month-to-month or 12-month agreement.

What the AI gave us

Goal: Get the details needed to send a written proposal before the May 21 board meeting.

Situation: 40-townhome community. Current cleaner's contract ends June 30 [email Apr 29]. Weekly cleaning of clubhouse (about 2,000 sq ft), gym (small) and mail room [email Apr 29; notes May 2].

Budget and decision: Board approves anything over $1,000 a month [email Apr 29]. Board meets May 21 [notes May 2]. GUESS: at the $85 base, weekly visits come to $340 to $425 a month (4 or 5 visits), under the board limit, but only if all three spaces fit the under-2,500 sq ft price. Total area is MISSING.

Concerns: Gym not wiped down; insurance; holiday weeks; tight budget [email; notes].

Matching facts: Insured, certificate on request. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. Month-to-month or 12-month.

Questions: Total square footage of all three spaces? What does "wiped down" mean to them, and how often? Preferred day and time? How do we get in? Who supplies paper goods? Start July 1? Does the board need the proposal by a set date? Which holiday weeks matter?

Don't promise yet: A final price before the square footage is known. A start date. Service on Thanksgiving or Christmas Day.

Each point traced back to the notes, and the price math was marked as a guess. A person still had to confirm total square footage before quoting.

Check before you send

  • Every point has a source tag you can find.
  • GUESS items are now questions, not statements.
  • Prices and terms match your current offer.
  • You'll follow the "don't promise" list.
  • Nothing would embarrass you if the prospect saw it.

Don't paste

  • The prospect's personal phone number or home address.
  • Gossip or opinions about the contact.
  • Another client's contract or prices.
  • Login, gate or building access codes.

When not to use this

  • Almost no notes. A two-line brief is mostly guesses.
  • Big contracts with legal terms. Have your lawyer review the agreement.
  • As a script. Use it to listen, not to read from.

Questions owners ask

Can AI research the prospect's company for me?

Not in this guide, on purpose. The prompt tells the AI to use only what you know and tag each point's source. It can still add something, so cross out any point without a source.

How long should the brief be?

One page. If longer, ask the AI to cut it to the five things that matter most.

Sources

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