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frontal-messaging-templates

6 Frontal messaging templates - Ask Before Pitch, Not Too Different Persona, Upfront Value, Leverage Content, and Why Are You Paying.

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From Frontal-so/outbound-skills · 73 skills · 4 · pushed 2026-07-14

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6 Frontal messaging templates - Ask Before Pitch, Not Too Different Persona, Upfront Value, Leverage Content, and Why Are You Paying. Use when creating outreach campaigns, A/B testing message structures, or choosing a messaging approach.

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Frontal Messaging Templates

1. Ask Before Pitch (Will Allred)

Open-ended question → Trigger/observation → How product solves → PS relevance

Example:

How are you currently handling [challenge]?

Noticed [trigger/observation about their company].

We help companies like yours [solution].

PS - Relevant because [specific trigger]

2. Not Too Different Persona

"I work with [similar ICP], they struggle with [problem]..."

Example:

I work with B2B SaaS companies doing $2-5M ARR.

They usually struggle with pipeline predictability.

Is that something you're dealing with at {{company}}?

3. Upfront Value (Jordan Crawford)

"Here's [value offering], hope it was helpful..."

Example:

Here's a quick breakdown of your top 3 competitors' outbound strategies.

Hope it's useful.

If you want, I can share how we'd approach it differently for {{company}}.

4. Leverage Content in Outbound (Ethan Parker)

"We've compiled [content] on [how it helps]. Can I send it over?
PS - Relevant because [trigger]"

Example:

We've compiled a playbook on signal-based outbound for B2B SaaS.

Can I send it over?

PS - Relevant because I saw you're hiring SDRs.

5. "Why Are You Paying?" (Leif Bisping)

Set stage with life situation → Obvious choice → Compare to prospect's current solution

Example:

Imagine paying for a gym membership but only using the treadmill.

That's what most companies do with their CRM - pay for 100 features, use 10.

Why are you paying for {{competitor}} when you only need [core feature]?

6. Case Study Reference

Our client [Lead Solution] used to prospect [ICP].

They focused on:
[Problem 1], [Problem 2], [Problem 3].

Since you focus on {{summary}}, might work well if you combined [free resource].

Could I share the outbound campaign they were using to book 35 meetings/month?

Combines with

SkillWhy
cold-email-4-sequenceUse templates as Email 1 variations
personalization-6-bucketsAdd personalization to templates
buying-signals-6Match template to signal type
ai-personalization-promptsAutomate template personalization

Example prompts

Write an "Ask Before Pitch" email for a SaaS company targeting RevOps managers.
Create an "Upfront Value" email offering a competitor analysis for marketing agencies.
Use the "Why Are You Paying" template for companies using Outreach.io.

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