--- name: co-branded-email-copy-generator description: "Generates complete co-branded email copy — subject lines, preview text, body, and CTAs — that blends two brands' voices, respects both sets of messaging guidelines, and speaks to the partner's audience while advancing the primary brand's goal. Use when launching a joint partner campaign, co-marketing announcement, webinar invite, bundle offer, or integration promotion that requires copy both brands will approve." argument-hint: "[partner-name] [campaign-goal]" allowed-tools: ["Read"] --- # Co-Branded Email Copy Generator ## Purpose Produce send-ready co-branded email copy that satisfies two brand teams at once — matching the partner's audience and voice without violating the primary brand's messaging rules — so partner marketers stop trading redlined drafts back and forth. Solves the core co-marketing problem: one email, two approvals, zero brand friction. ## When to Use Invoke this skill when the user asks to: - Write email copy for a joint partner campaign or co-marketing push - Announce a new integration, bundle, or partnership to a partner's list - Draft a co-hosted webinar or event invitation - Create a joint offer or promotion email both brands will send - Adapt an existing brand email to fit a partner's audience and tone - Build a co-branded email sequence for a shared launch ## Inputs Required Before starting, collect: - **Primary brand**: Name, what they do, and non-negotiable messaging guidelines (banned claims, required disclaimers, tone rules) - **Partner brand**: Name, what they do, and their voice/tone (formal, playful, technical, etc.) - **Partner's audience**: Who receives this email — role, industry, sophistication level - **Campaign goal**: The one action this email must drive (register, book demo, redeem offer, click to landing page) - **The offer or news**: What's actually being announced or offered, and any dates/terms - **Who sends it**: Whose "from" name and list — primary brand, partner, or both - **CTA destination**: Where the primary link goes, plus any secondary link If partner voice is unspecified, mirror a neutral-professional tone and flag it. If sender is unspecified, default to the partner's list with co-branded framing. ## Instructions ### Step 1: Reconcile the Two Voices Establish the blended voice before writing a word. - **Identify the dominant voice**: The sending brand's voice leads; the other brand is referenced with respect but doesn't override tone. If co-sent, split the difference and keep it neutral-professional. - **Map the guardrails**: List the primary brand's hard rules (banned words, required legal language, prohibited claims). These are inviolable regardless of whose list sends. - **Set the "we" convention**: Decide how the email refers to the partnership — "We've teamed up with...", "[Partner] and [Primary] are bringing you...", or first-person from the sender referencing the other. Pick one and hold it throughout. ### Step 2: Anchor the Value Exchange Answer why the partner's audience should care, in their terms. - Lead with the audience's problem, not the partnership itself. Nobody opens an email because two companies signed a deal. - Frame the offer as: *the partner's audience already trusts [Partner]; [Primary] extends that trust with [specific benefit]*. - Name one concrete, quantified benefit where possible (time saved, discount %, exclusive access, integration capability). ### Step 3: Write the Copy Components **Subject lines (5 options)** - Vary the angle: curiosity, direct benefit, partnership news, exclusivity, question. - Keep under 50 characters where possible; label character count on each. - At least 2 must reference or imply both brands or the "exclusive/together" angle. **Preview text (3 options)** - Extend the subject line, don't repeat it. 40–90 characters each. **Body copy (150–250 words)** Structure in this order: 1. **Hook** (1–2 sentences): The audience's problem or a partnership-relevant reason to read on. 2. **The connection** (1–2 sentences): Why these two brands together — establish credibility of the pairing. 3. **The offer/news** (2–3 sentences): What they get, stated concretely, with any terms. 4. **Proof or specificity** (1 sentence): One detail that makes it real — a number, a feature, a name. 5. **Transition to CTA** (1 sentence): Remove friction, restate the benefit at the click. **Primary CTA button copy (3 options)** - Action-first, benefit-forward. Avoid "Learn More" and "Click Here." **Secondary CTA (optional, 1 option)** - Lower-commitment path for the not-yet-ready reader, if a secondary destination exists. **Sign-off**: Written in the sending brand's voice, referencing the co-branded relationship. ### Step 4: Add the Compliance & Approval Notes Below the copy, list: - Which primary-brand guardrails were applied and where. - Any required disclaimer or legal line, placed in the copy. - Flags for the partner team: any claim, date, or term that needs their factual confirmation. ## Output Format - **Structure**: Reconciled-voice summary → subject lines → preview text → full body copy → CTA options → sign-off → compliance & approval notes - **Length**: 600–900 words total; body copy itself 150–250 words - **Format**: Labeled sections with numbered/lettered options; body copy shown as a ready-to-paste block - **Sections**: Voice reconciliation note, Subject Lines (5), Preview Text (3), Body Copy, Primary CTA (3), Secondary CTA (1), Sign-off, Approval Notes - **Tone**: The blended voice established in Step 1 — professional, warm, benefit-led, never breathless about the partnership for its own sake ## Quality Checklist Before delivering output, verify: - [ ] 5 subject lines, 3 preview texts, 3 primary CTA options are all present and counted - [ ] Body copy is 150–250 words and follows the 5-part structure in order - [ ] Both brand names appear naturally, and neither is misrepresented or over-claimed - [ ] Every primary-brand guardrail provided is respected — no banned claims, all required lines included - [ ] Copy opens with the audience's benefit or problem, not the partnership announcement - [ ] Approval notes flag any date, term, or claim needing the partner's factual sign-off ## Notes - The most common co-branded failure is leading with "We're excited to announce our partnership" — the audience doesn't care about the deal, only what it does for them. Bury the partnership language beneath the benefit. - When the two brands' voices genuinely clash (e.g., one is irreverent, one is corporate-formal), default toward the sending brand's audience expectations, not a bland average that pleases neither team. - If the campaign is a sequence rather than a single send, ask whether email 1 should establish the partnership and email 2+ should focus purely on the offer — this usually converts better than repeating the "we teamed up" framing every send. --- ## How to use this skill This file is a Claude Code skill in [Anthropic's standard format](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/skills) — markdown with YAML frontmatter at the top. **Installing in Claude Code:** - `~/.claude/skills//SKILL.md` — auto-loads in every session anywhere on your machine (recommended for skills you'll use across multiple projects) - `/.claude/skills//SKILL.md` — auto-loads only when working in that project (recommended for project-specific skills) Restart Claude Code or open a new session to register. **Using in Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Gemini, or other AI tools:** 1. 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