AI Prompt Library for B2B Sales Teams

📅 July 25, 2024📖 8 min read✍️ By Mayur Mistry

Supercharge your B2B sales productivity with this comprehensive library of AI prompts. Copy, customize, and use these proven prompts to accelerate prospecting, email writing, and customer research.

🎯 Prospecting & Research Prompts

Company Research Prompt

"Analyze [Company Name] and provide a comprehensive profile including: 1) Business model and revenue streams 2) Key challenges they likely face in [industry] 3) Recent news, funding, or growth initiatives 4) Technology stack and tools they use 5) Potential pain points my [product/service] could solve. Format as bullet points for easy scanning."

Use this to quickly understand prospects before outreach.

Ideal Customer Profile Analysis

"Based on my successful customers [list 3-5 customer examples], create an ideal customer profile (ICP) including: 1) Company size and industry 2) Revenue range 3) Technology stack 4) Common pain points 5) Decision-maker titles 6) Budget range 7) Buying behavior patterns. Provide specific criteria I can use for prospecting."

Perfect for refining your target market and prospecting criteria.

Competitor Analysis

"Analyze [Competitor Name] and compare them to my offering. Provide: 1) Their pricing strategy 2) Key features and positioning 3) Customer reviews and complaints 4) Market positioning 5) Gaps or weaknesses I can exploit 6) Unique value propositions I can emphasize when competing against them."

Essential for competitive positioning and objection handling.

📧 Email Writing Prompts

Cold Outreach Email

"Write a cold outreach email for [prospect name] at [company]. Context: [insert research findings]. Goals: [specific objective]. Tone: Professional but conversational. Include: 1) Personalized opening referencing their recent [achievement/news] 2) Brief credibility statement 3) Specific value proposition for their situation 4) Soft call-to-action. Keep under 100 words."

Generates personalized cold emails that get responses.

Follow-up Sequence

"Create a 5-email follow-up sequence for prospects who didn't respond to initial outreach. Each email should: 1) Have a different angle/value proposition 2) Include social proof or case study 3) Gradually increase urgency 4) Provide value without being pushy. Space emails 3-5 days apart. Include subject lines for each."

Creates systematic follow-up campaigns that convert cold prospects.

Meeting Request Email

"Write a meeting request email for [prospect] who showed interest. Context: [previous interaction details]. Goal: Schedule 15-minute discovery call. Include: 1) Acknowledge their interest/previous interaction 2) Suggest specific agenda for the call 3) Offer 2-3 time options 4) Make it easy to say yes. Tone: Enthusiastic but not pushy."

Converts interested prospects into scheduled meetings.

🛡️ Objection Handling Prompts

Price Objection Response

"Create a response to the objection '[specific price objection]' for my [product/service]. Include: 1) Acknowledge their concern 2) Reframe cost as investment 3) Provide ROI calculation or value comparison 4) Offer alternatives (payment plans, scaled options) 5) Social proof from similar companies. Make it conversational, not defensive."

Turns price objections into value conversations.

Timing Objection Handler

"Prospect said '[timing objection]'. Create a response that: 1) Validates their timeline concerns 2) Explores the cost of waiting 3) Identifies quick wins they could achieve 4) Proposes a pilot or phased approach 5) Creates urgency around current opportunities. Keep it consultative, not pushy."

Converts "not now" into "let's explore options."

📋 Proposal & Presentation Prompts

Executive Summary Generator

"Create an executive summary for [prospect company] based on our discovery call. Include: 1) Current situation and challenges 2) Proposed solution overview 3) Expected outcomes and ROI 4) Implementation timeline 5) Investment summary. Write for C-level audience, focusing on business impact rather than features. Keep to one page maximum."

Creates compelling executive summaries that get buy-in.

ROI Calculation Builder

"Calculate ROI for [prospect] using their metrics: [insert discovered metrics]. Show: 1) Current state costs (time, resources, inefficiencies) 2) Future state benefits (savings, revenue increase, productivity gains) 3) Net benefit calculation 4) Payback period 5) 3-year value projection. Present in a simple table format with conservative assumptions."

Builds compelling business cases with concrete numbers.

🚀 Prompt Optimization Tips

Best Practices:

  • • Always provide specific context and examples
  • • Include desired tone and format in your prompt
  • • Test different variations and iterate
  • • Customize prompts for your industry and audience
  • • Use follow-up prompts to refine outputs

Pro Tips:

  • • Save effective prompts in a shared document
  • • Create prompt templates for common scenarios
  • • Train your team on prompt engineering basics
  • • Measure results and optimize prompts over time
  • • Combine AI output with human judgment