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Stop writing cold emails by hand. Use this.

A practical take on Stop writing cold emails manually from a DevBuildDaily Short.

1 minBy Ali Hamza
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# Stop writing cold emails by hand. Use this.

I recorded a short on this because freelancers keep asking me about it: Stop writing cold emails manually.

The problem

You are wasting three hours a day writing emails that no one reads. Stop it. Here is the fix. Do not ask ChatGPT to 'write a cold email.' That gives you generic trash. Instead, give it the context. Paste the prospect's recent LinkedIn post. Tell it your specific service. Ask for a three-line hook that references their pain. Watch the difference. The bad prompt gives you 'I hope this finds you well.' The good prompt gives you a line that actually makes them stop scrolling. You save two hours a day and your reply rate goes up because it sounds human, not robotic. Follow for daily AI money and ti

What I do instead

Write the follow-up once, save it as a reusable prompt, and send it the same day the invoice is late.

Keep the tone polite and specific: amount, due date, and next step.

Copy this prompt

You are my billing assistant. Invoice topic: Stop writing cold emails manually.
Write a short, firm, polite follow-up email asking for payment.
Include the amount if known, the due date, and one clear next step.

Work with me

If you want this shipped on a real product, hire me for Next.js, MERN, and AWS work, or browse selected projects.

Watch the short version

I also covered this in a DevBuildDaily Short: watch on YouTube.

Watch the companion video on DevBuildDaily

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaZXE-3YLn0

References & further reading

  1. OpenAI Prompt engineering
  2. MDN Web Docs

Ali Hamza is a full-stack developer in Lahore specializing in MERN, Next.js, and AWS serverless. Technical tutorials also appear on DevBuildDaily.

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