# Run a first outbound sequence

Write to a short list of named prospects with one specific reason, follow the sending rules your counsel confirms and learn from every reply in one log.

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Last updated: 2026-10-10
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## The steps

1. **Build a short list of named prospects.** Choose people who match the problem brief, with a reason to write to each one. Record the name, the role, the reason and where you found them, so you can explain why you wrote to a person who asks.
2. **Write one message with one specific reason and one ask.** Say who you are, why you are writing to this person and what you would like to try together. Make the ask small enough to answer in a line, such as a short call.
3. **Check the sending rules with your own adviser.** Ask your counsel which rules apply to the messages you plan to send, and where your prospects are. Set up the sender details, the postal address and the opt-out before the first message goes.
4. **Plan a short sequence with a stop rule.** Decide how many messages each prospect gets, how many days apart, and what ends the sequence for a person. A reply of any kind, and any request to stop, ends it at once.
5. **Log every send, reply and outcome in one place.** Record each message, the date, the reply and what you learned. Mark each opt-out request the day it arrives and make sure no later message reaches that person.
6. **Review a batch and change one thing at a time.** Wait until a batch has run its full sequence. Then change one variable, such as the list, the reason or the ask, so that you can tell what made the difference.

## What you will have at the end

- A list of named prospects with the reason for each
- The message and the sequence plan
- A sending checklist agreed with your adviser
- A log of sends, replies, opt-outs and outcomes
- A review of each batch with one change