# Diagnose why my outbound emails are not getting replies

Analyzes your sequence copy and metrics to find the weak step and suggests tests to fix it.

- Topic: Sales
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Email, Analyze, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/diagnose-why-my-outbound-emails-are-not-getting-replies

## Prompt

```text
Diagnose why my outbound email sequence isn't getting replies, and tell me what to test.

**Sequence copy:** [PASTE EACH EMAIL WITH SUBJECT LINE]
**Metrics per step:** [sent, delivered, bounce rate, open rate if tracked, reply rate, positive reply rate, unsubscribes]
**Target list:** [PERSONA, HOW THE LIST WAS BUILT, LIST SIZE]
**Sending setup:** [sending volume per mailbox per day, whether domains are warmed, tracking links on/off]
**Benchmarks I'm comparing to:** [MY TEAM'S HISTORY, if any]

Diagnose in this order, since earlier problems hide later ones:
1. Deliverability: bounces, spam signals, too many links or images, tracking pixels, volume per mailbox. Note that open rates are unreliable because of privacy features.
2. Targeting: is this persona likely to feel this pain? Is the list fresh and accurate?
3. Message: relevance in the first line, clarity of the problem, size of the ask, length, jargon, "we/our" vs "you/your" balance.
4. Sequence: angle variety, spacing, and whether later steps add anything new.

Return:
1. The most likely bottleneck, with evidence from my numbers.
2. A line-by-line critique of email one.
3. A rewritten email one.
4. Three A/B tests ranked by expected impact, each with a hypothesis and the sample size needed to read a result.
Don't treat small differences as meaningful when the sample is small; say so.
```

## What to fill in

- PASTE EACH EMAIL WITH SUBJECT LINE
- PERSONA, HOW THE LIST WAS BUILT, LIST SIZE
- MY TEAM'S HISTORY, if any

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