# Revive a stalled deal that has gone quiet

Diagnoses why a deal stalled and gives you a sequence of messages that restart the conversation.

- Topic: Sales
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Communication, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/revive-a-stalled-deal-that-has-gone-quiet

## Prompt

```text
Help me restart a deal that has gone quiet.

**Deal summary:** [WHAT THEY'RE BUYING, SIZE, STAGE WHEN IT STALLED]
**Last meaningful interaction:** [DATE + WHAT HAPPENED]
**Messages sent since, with no reply:** [LIST]
**Contacts on the deal:** [NAMES/ROLES]
**What they said mattered to them:** [PAINS, GOALS, DEADLINES]
**Anything that changed on their side:** [e.g. reorg, layoffs, new leader, budget freeze - or "unknown"]

First, give me the 3 most likely reasons the deal stalled based on these facts (e.g. no real pain, lost champion, competing priority, price shock, unanswered objection), with the signal behind each.

Then write a re-engagement sequence of 3-4 touches over about two weeks:
- Each touch uses a different angle: new insight, changed circumstance, a direct question, a different stakeholder.
- At least one message should make it easy to say "no" or "not now."
- No guilt-tripping, no "did you fall off the face of the earth."
- Emails under 80 words.

Return:
1. Likely stall reasons and how to test each.
2. The sequence with timing and channel.
3. A final message that closes the loop professionally.
4. When to move the deal to closed-lost or nurture.
Use only the facts I've given about the deal; mark anything you're inferring as [ASSUMPTION] and any missing detail a message needs as [ADD].
```

## What to fill in

- WHAT THEY'RE BUYING, SIZE, STAGE WHEN IT STALLED
- DATE + WHAT HAPPENED
- LIST
- NAMES/ROLES
- PAINS, GOALS, DEADLINES
- e.g. reorg, layoffs, new leader, budget freeze - or "unknown"
- ASSUMPTION
- ADD

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