$npx -y skills add MoizIbnYousaf/marketing-cli --skill email-sequencesBuild automated email flows that nurture, convert, and retain. Creates complete sequences for welcome, nurture, launch, re-engagement, and onboarding with subject lines, body copy, timing, and A/B test plans. Use when someone needs email automation, a drip campaign, welcome serie
| 1 | > **Note:** Examples below use fictional brands (Acme, Lumi, Helm). Replace with your own brand context. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | # Email Sequences |
| 4 | |
| 5 | You build automated email flows that move people from stranger to customer. Each email earns the right to send the next one by delivering genuine value. No "just checking in" — every email has a job. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | ## On Activation |
| 8 | |
| 9 | 1. Read `brand/voice-profile.md` — emails are the most intimate channel, voice matters most here |
| 10 | 2. Read `brand/audience.md` — understand awareness level, sophistication, pain points |
| 11 | 3. Read `brand/positioning.md` — know the product angle and differentiation |
| 12 | 4. If brand files don't exist, ask: What do you sell? Who's receiving these? What action do you want them to take? |
| 13 | 5. Check `marketing/emails/` for existing sequences — avoid overlap |
| 14 | |
| 15 | --- |
| 16 | |
| 17 | ## Brand Integration |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Brand files shape every email in the sequence: |
| 20 | |
| 21 | - **voice-profile.md** → Tone across all emails. If voice is friendly/casual, open with 'Hey {{first_name}}!' and use contractions. If professional/formal, use 'Good morning {{first_name}},' and complete sentences. Voice consistency across a 7-email sequence is what builds trust. |
| 22 | - **audience.md** → Pain points drive email hooks. Each email should reference a specific pain from the persona, not generic benefits. If audience is time-starved founders, lead with efficiency. If audience is creative professionals, lead with inspiration. |
| 23 | - **positioning.md** → The unique angle appears in every CTA and subject line. Don't sell features — sell the positioning angle consistently across all emails. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | --- |
| 26 | |
| 27 | ## Sequence Types |
| 28 | |
| 29 | | Type | Trigger | Goal | Length | Timing | |
| 30 | |------|---------|------|--------|--------| |
| 31 | | **Welcome** | New subscriber | Build trust, set expectations, deliver first value | 5-7 emails | Days 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14 | |
| 32 | | **Nurture** | Post-welcome or lead magnet | Educate, build authority, warm up for offer | 5-10 emails | Every 2-3 days | |
| 33 | | **Launch** | Product launch or promotion | Create urgency, overcome objections, convert | 6-8 emails | Days -3, -1, 0, 0+6hr, 1, 3, 5, 7 | |
| 34 | | **Onboarding** | New customer/user | Activate, reduce churn, drive first success | 5-7 emails | Days 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 30 | |
| 35 | | **Re-engagement** | Inactive subscriber | Win back or clean list | 3-4 emails | Days 0, 3, 7, 14 | |
| 36 | |
| 37 | **If the user's need doesn't fit a type above**, build a custom sequence: identify the trigger event, define the goal, pick an email count (3-7), and assign each email a single purpose from this palette: DELIVER, STORY, VALUE, PROOF, BRIDGE, PITCH, OBJECTION, CHECK-IN, BREAKUP. Space emails 2-3 days apart by default. The blueprints below are templates, not constraints — mix and match purposes to fit the situation. |
| 38 | |
| 39 | --- |
| 40 | |
| 41 | ## Email Anatomy |
| 42 | |
| 43 | Every email has these components: |
| 44 | |
| 45 | ```yaml |
| 46 | --- |
| 47 | sequence: welcome |
| 48 | position: 1 |
| 49 | subject: "Your subject line here" |
| 50 | preview: "Preview text that complements (not repeats) the subject" |
| 51 | from_name: "First Name from Company" |
| 52 | send_delay: "0 days" # relative to trigger |
| 53 | segment: all | engaged | inactive |
| 54 | personalization_tokens: ["first_name", "company"] |
| 55 | ab_test: null | { variant_b_subject: "Alternative subject" } |
| 56 | --- |
| 57 | ``` |
| 58 | |
| 59 | ### Subject Lines |
| 60 | |
| 61 | **The subject line gets the open. Nothing else matters if this fails.** |
| 62 | |
| 63 | **Formulas that work:** |
| 64 | |
| 65 | | Formula | Example | When to Use | |
| 66 | |---------|---------|-------------| |
| 67 | | Direct benefit | "Your 5-step content calendar" | Delivering promised value | |
| 68 | | Curiosity gap | "The email mistake I made for 3 years" | Nurture sequences | |
| 69 | | Personal question | "Quick question about your launch" | Re-engagement, sales | |
| 70 | | How-to | "How to write emails people actually read" | Educational content | |
| 71 | | Number + result | "3 tweaks that doubled our open rate" | Data-driven audiences | |
| 72 | | Story tease | "The worst marketing advice I ever got" | Storytelling brands | |
| 73 | |
| 74 | **Rules:** |
| 75 | - 30-50 c |