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Skill Categories Reference

A complete guide to the six skill categories and when to use each.

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Write

Focus: Outreach and communication

Skills include:

  • Cold outreach emails

  • Follow-up sequences

  • LinkedIn connection messages

  • LinkedIn InMail

  • Call scripts

  • Voicemail scripts

  • SMS messages

  • Video message scripts

Best for:

  • SDRs/BDRs doing prospecting

  • AEs reaching out to prospects

  • Anyone needing to craft compelling messages

Example use case:

"Write a cold email to a VP of Sales at a mid-market SaaS company who just announced a Series B funding round."

Build

Focus: Documents and deliverables

Skills include:

  • Business case documents

  • Proposal drafts

  • Mutual action plans

  • ROI calculators

  • Executive summaries

  • Deal one-pagers

  • Pricing justifications

  • Implementation plans

Best for:

  • AEs building deal collateral

  • Customer Success creating success plans

  • Sales Leaders preparing board materials

Example use case:

"Build a mutual action plan for a $150K enterprise deal with a 90-day close target."

Research

Focus: Intelligence and analysis

Skills include:

  • Account deep-dives

  • Contact research

  • Industry analysis

  • Competitive intelligence

  • Company news summaries

  • Tech stack analysis

  • Org chart mapping

  • Pain point identification

Best for:

  • Pre-call preparation

  • Account planning

  • Competitive positioning

  • Strategic account management

Example use case:

"Research Acme Corp and give me the key pain points their VP of Operations likely faces."

Strategize

Focus: Planning and tactics

Skills include:

  • Next steps planning

  • Multi-threading strategies

  • Close plans

  • Deal risk assessment

  • Stakeholder mapping

  • Champion coaching

  • Negotiation strategies

  • Win/loss analysis

Best for:

  • Complex deal navigation

  • Account strategy sessions

  • Pipeline reviews

  • Deal coaching

Example use case:

"Create a multi-threading strategy for an enterprise deal where I only have access to a mid-level manager."

Respond

Focus: Reactions and replies

Skills include:

  • Objection handling responses

  • RFP responses

  • Proposal rebuttals

  • Competitive response scripts

  • Price objection handling

  • Delay/stall responses

  • Breakup email responses

  • Security questionnaire answers

Best for:

  • Handling tough objections

  • Responding to competitive threats

  • Overcoming deal blockers

  • RFP processes

Example use case:

"They said they're happy with their current vendor and don't see a reason to switch. Give me 3 response approaches."

Lead

Focus: Meeting preparation and frameworks

Skills include:

  • Discovery call preparation

  • Demo structure and scripts

  • QBR frameworks

  • Executive briefing prep

  • Kickoff meeting agendas

  • Negotiation meeting prep

  • Presentation outlines

  • Workshop facilitation guides

Best for:

  • Preparing for important meetings

  • Structuring demos and presentations

  • Running customer reviews

  • Leading strategic conversations

Example use case:

"Prepare a discovery call framework for a first meeting with a CFO who's evaluating expense management solutions."

Choosing the Right Category

If you need to...

Use this category

Send a message

Write

Create a document

Build

Learn about someone/something

Research

Plan your approach

Strategize

Answer/counter something

Respond

Prepare for a meeting

Lead

Best Use Cases by Role

Role

Top Categories

SDR/BDR

Write, Research

Account Executive

Build, Strategize, Lead

Account Manager

Build, Lead, Respond

Customer Success

Build, Lead

Sales Manager

Strategize, Lead

RevOps

Research, Build

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