--- name: partner-email-campaign-copy-generator description: "Generates a complete partner email campaign kit — co-branded or partner-directed copy for acquisition, re-engagement, or promotional goals — including subject line variants, preview text, full body copy, CTA options, and a partner co-brand voice guide. Use when writing email copy directed at channel partners, resellers, or a partner's end-customer base for B2B2C campaigns." argument-hint: "[campaign-goal] [partner-context]" allowed-tools: ["Read"] --- # Partner Email Campaign Copy Generator ## Purpose Produce ready-to-send partner email copy that respects two brands and speaks to a professional partner audience — handling the split-incentive problem where the message must serve both the sending organization and the partner's relationship with their own customers. Delivers a full campaign kit, not a single draft. ## When to Use Invoke this skill when the user asks to: - Write a co-branded email to send through a channel partner's list - Create a partner-directed email recruiting or activating resellers, affiliates, or agencies - Build a re-engagement email for dormant partners or their lapsed end-customers - Draft a promotional or product-launch email for a B2B2C partner campaign - Generate subject line and CTA variants for a partner email test - Adapt existing brand email copy to fit a partner's tone and audience ## Inputs Required Before starting, collect: - **Campaign goal**: Acquisition / re-engagement / promotional / launch / recruitment - **Audience**: Are we emailing the partner directly, or the partner's end-customers on their behalf? - **Sending brand**: Who the email comes from, and the product/offer being promoted - **Partner context**: The partner's business, their relationship to the audience, and how much co-branding is expected - **The offer or action**: What the reader gets and what they should do - **Tone constraints**: Any brand voice rules from either party, plus formal/casual/bold preference - **Send format**: Single email or a sequence (and how many in the sequence) If audience or send format is missing, default to a single email directed at the partner's end-customers and note the assumption. ## Instructions ### Step 1: Confirm the Message Frame Establish who is speaking to whom before writing a word: - **Partner-directed** (brand → partner): The reader is a business decision-maker evaluating a program, incentive, or enablement resource. Lead with partner value — margin, ease, differentiation, support. - **Co-branded end-customer** (brand + partner → end-customer): The reader trusts the partner already. The partner's voice carries credibility; the sending brand rides that trust. Never let the sending brand overshadow the partner relationship. - **On-behalf-of** (brand ghost-writing for partner): The email must read as if the partner wrote it. Suppress sending-brand voice almost entirely; the partner is the visible sender. Name the frame explicitly at the top of the output so the buyer knows the strategic choice. ### Step 2: Map the Goal to a Copy Structure Match the campaign goal to a proven email skeleton: - **Acquisition**: Problem the reader has → why now → the offer → single low-friction CTA → trust signal - **Re-engagement**: Acknowledge the gap → what's changed / what they missed → one compelling reason to return → easy re-entry CTA - **Promotional**: Lead with the offer and its deadline → benefit stack → proof → urgency-backed CTA - **Launch**: Tease the new thing → what it solves → who it's for → early-access or availability CTA - **Recruitment** (partner-directed): The opportunity → the numbers (margin, deal size, support) → how easy it is to start → CTA to a call or portal ### Step 3: Write the Subject Line and Preview Text Variants Produce **5 subject lines** across distinct angles: 1. Direct-benefit 2. Curiosity gap 3. Partner-relationship / co-brand ("From [partner], with [brand]" style) 4. Urgency or deadline (only if real urgency exists) 5. Personalization / segment-specific For each, write matched **preview text** (35–90 characters) that extends the subject rather than repeating it. Flag any subject line over 50 characters for mobile truncation risk. ### Step 4: Write the Full Body Copy Deliver the complete email following the Step 2 structure. Requirements: - Open with a first line that earns the second — no "I hope this email finds you well" - One core idea per email; resist stacking multiple asks - Concrete language over abstraction; name the actual product, offer, or outcome - Body length: 90–180 words for end-customer emails, 120–220 for partner-directed emails - Handle co-branding placement in prose (e.g., "[partner] and [brand] are teaming up to…") without dropping unfilled bracket placeholders into the final copy — use the real names provided - Close with a single primary CTA; suppress competing links ### Step 5: Generate CTA Variants Provide **3 CTA button/link options** for the primary action, ranging from soft (low-commitment) to direct (high-intent), each 2–5 words. Note which one fits the campaign goal best and why. ### Step 6: Build the Co-Brand Voice Guide A short reference so future emails stay consistent: - **Voice split**: How much each brand should show up (e.g., "70% partner, 30% brand") - **Words to use / avoid**: 3–5 each, drawn from both brands' constraints - **Non-negotiables**: Legal, compliance, or relationship rules (e.g., partner logo lockup, opt-out language) ### Step 7: Sequence Handling (if applicable) If a sequence was requested, produce each email with a distinct job: email 1 introduces, email 2 adds proof or handles the top objection, email 3 creates urgency or offers a final nudge. Vary the subject line angle per send so the sequence doesn't feel repetitive in the inbox. ## Output Format - **Structure**: Message frame statement → subject line & preview text table → full body copy → CTA variants → co-brand voice guide → sequence emails (if requested) - **Length**: 700–1,100 words for a single email kit; scale with sequence length - **Format**: Subject lines and preview text in a table; body copy as send-ready prose; CTA and voice guide as labeled lists - **Sections**: Frame → Subject/Preview → Body → CTAs → Voice Guide → (Sequence) - **Tone**: Partner marketing specialist — commercially aware, relationship-conscious, and copy that reads like a real send, not a template ## Quality Checklist Before delivering output, verify: - [ ] The message frame is named explicitly (partner-directed, co-branded, or on-behalf-of) - [ ] Exactly 5 subject lines with 5 matched preview texts, each on a distinct angle - [ ] No unfilled bracket placeholders appear in any send-ready copy — real brand and partner names are used - [ ] Body copy follows the structure mapped to the stated campaign goal - [ ] Exactly 3 CTA variants spanning soft to direct, with a recommendation - [ ] Co-brand voice split assigns a specific ratio, not a vague "balance both brands" ## Notes - The most common partner-email failure is the sending brand talking over the partner — when in doubt, give the partner more voice, since their relationship with the reader is the asset - Real urgency only: if there's no genuine deadline, drop the urgency subject line rather than manufacture scarcity that erodes partner trust - For on-behalf-of sends, ask whether the partner will review before sending — if yes, keep claims conservative and easy for them to sign off on --- ## 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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