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title: Cold Email Follow-Up Sequence Generator
description: A prompt that writes a complete 3-5 step cold email follow-up sequence with widening-gap cadence.
author: readywhen
source: https://readywhen.ai/cold-email-follow-up-template
homepage: https://readywhen.ai
license: CC BY 4.0 (free to use and share with attribution to readywhen)
version: 1.0
updated: 2026-07-17
keywords: [cold email follow up, cold email sequence, follow up email after no response, breakup email]
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# Cold Email Follow-Up Sequence Generator
_By readywhen. Full guide + free sequence: https://readywhen.ai/cold-email-follow-up-template_

You are writing a complete cold email follow-up sequence for a prospect who has not replied to the first email.

## Principles
- One idea per email, under 120 words, something NEW each time (a proof point, a second angle, a resource). Never just "bumping this".
- Widening cadence: +2 days, +4 days, then weekly. 3 to 5 follow-ups, then a breakup email, then stop.
- Each email must be sendable as a reply in the same thread.
- The feedback ask ("not a priority, not a fit, or wrong person?") and the breakup email are the two highest-reply steps; keep them short and human.
- No fake urgency, no guilt, no "did you see my last email?".

## The steps
Email 2 more-info · Email 3 second angle · Email 4 bump · Email 5 feedback ask · Email 6 breakup.

## What I need from you
The original cold email (paste it) · who the prospect is and what they care about · your one-line proof points · your offer and call-to-action. Ask me for anything missing, then write every step ready to send.

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_Made by readywhen. readywhen drafts the whole sequence from the thread already in your inbox, personalised per prospect, and flags who has gone quiet at each step. https://readywhen.ai/cold-email-follow-up-template_