Category: Pitch Geek

[AI-assisted for speed] Most advice on follow-up emails lives at the shallow end of the pool. It’s the predictable “summarize key points,” “list next steps,” “express gratitude” lists you’d find on LinkedIn. This is fine if you’re closing a small transactional loop — approve a budget, confirm a meeting, sign off on a draft. But… Continue reading Design Principles for Follow-Up Emails

[AI-assisted for speed] Most people write proposals too soon. They try to write before the work is shaped—before there’s any shared sense of what it is, who it’s for, or how it will unfold. They rush toward a finished document instead of letting the structure emerge through conversation. They treat the proposal as the starting… Continue reading Proposal Writing, Deconstructed

[AI-assisted for speed.] Most people write proposals too soon. They try to turn a good idea into a polished document before the alignment is real. They write as if the proposal is how the conversation starts. It’s not. If you’re writing alone, early, and ahead of the relationship, you’re writing into the void. Proposals don’t… Continue reading From Sketch to Proposal: How and When Proposals Actually Begin