Find every prospect who replied but never converted — and write the re-open

<context>
I want to find every prospect who replied to my outreach but never booked a meeting or converted — and write a re-open email for the best ones. These are warm leads who showed interest but went cold before we got anywhere.

My outreach:
- Timeframe to search: [e.g. "last 6 months" or specific date range]
- What I was selling: [PRODUCT / SOLUTION]
- What counts as a reply: [ANY REPLY / POSITIVE REPLY ONLY / QUESTION OR REQUEST]
- What I'm selling into: [FUNCTION / SENIORITY LEVEL]
</context>

<task>
1. Search Gmail for outbound threads where:
   - The prospect replied at least once
   - No meeting was booked and the thread went cold
   - The last message in the thread is more than 21 days old

2. For each thread found, extract:
   - Prospect name, company, title (from the email signature or thread)
   - What the prospect said in the reply — the exact topic or question
   - Why the thread went cold — did I stop replying, did the prospect go quiet after my response, or did something get in the way?
   - The tone of the reply: interested, hesitant, just asking a question

3. Use Lusha to validate each prospect:
   - Still at the company in the same role?
   - Title changed since the thread?
   - Any account signal in the last 60 days: new hire, funding, headcount shift

4. Prioritize the list:
   - PRIORITY 1: replied with specific question or positive interest, still at company, account signal detected
   - PRIORITY 2: replied with interest, still at company, no signal
   - PRIORITY 3: replied but tone was neutral or hesitant — worth a low-effort re-open only
   - SKIP: contact has left the company

5. For each Priority 1 and Priority 2 prospect, draft a re-open email:
   - Subject: references what the prospect said in the original reply — not "Checking in"
   - Opening: acknowledges the gap directly — don't pretend the silence didn't happen
   - Body: one new angle or piece of information that makes re-opening worth their time
   - Closing: one low-friction ask — not a full meeting request
   - Under 80 words
</task>

<constraints>
- The re-open must reference what the prospect actually said in the original thread. Generic re-engagement emails are not acceptable output.
- If the prospect has left the company, mark as SKIP — don't draft a re-open to a dead address.
- The new angle in the body must be genuinely new — not a repeat of what was said before.
- Under 80 words. Count them.
</constraints>

The situation: An SDR runs this quarterly scan across the last 6 months of outbound. Selling sales intelligence software into VP Sales and RevOps. Gmail finds 4 threads where a prospect replied but no meeting was ever booked.

Prioritized re-open list

PRIORITY 1 — D.R., Head of Sales Strategy and Operations, [Collaborative AI workspace]

Original reply (38 days ago): “This looks interesting — we’re in the middle of an ops review and data quality is actually on the list. Can you send something over on how the enrichment works?”

Why cold: A case study was promised but never sent. Lusha status: D.R. confirmed at [Collaborative AI workspace] ✓ · title unchanged Account signal: [Collaborative AI workspace] sales team headcount up 22% in the last 60 days — active hiring in AE and SDR roles.

Re-open email:

To: d.r@[n*****].com Subject: The enrichment doc you asked for — plus something relevant

Hi David,

You asked for detail on how the enrichment works — I dropped the ball and never sent it. Here it is: [link]. Also worth flagging: your SDR headcount has grown 22% in the last 60 days, which is exactly when data quality starts breaking down.

Still worth a look?

[Name]

51 words.

PRIORITY 2 — M.C., VP of Revenue Operations, [Sales content SaaS]

Original reply (54 days ago): “Timing isn’t right — we just finished a data project and the team is heads-down. Try me in Q3.”

Why cold: Prospect asked to be re-contacted in Q3. That’s now. Lusha status: M.C. confirmed at [Sales content SaaS] ✓ · no title change Account signal: none detected.

Re-open email:

To: m.c@[s***m**].com Subject: Q3 — you said try you now

Hi Marcus,

Back in April you said Q3 would be a better time. It is. The data project you mentioned is presumably wrapped — happy to pick up from there if the timing works.

15 minutes this week?

[Name]

43 words.

PRIORITY 3 — B.N., Sr Director RevOps, [Sales enablement SaaS]

Original reply (67 days ago): “We have something in place already — not sure there’s a fit here.”

Tone: dismissive. No signal detected. Lusha: confirmed at [Sales enablement SaaS] ✓. Recommendation: Low-effort only. Don’t send a full re-open — one line maximum if anything.

SKIP — J.S., VP RevOps

Lusha confirms J.S. is no longer at previous company. Do not re-open. Find replacement contact if account is still a target.

Summary: 4 threads found · 2 Priority 1/2 with drafts · 1 Priority 3 (low effort) · 1 SKIP (departed)

Thread structure based on live Gmail connector field format. Contacts verified against live Lusha data, May 26, 2026. Names masked to initials.