A prospect finally replies in your DMs. They’re interested but hesitant, and you know a voice note will land ten times warmer than another wall of text. So you tap record… and freeze. You ramble, delete it, and send a flat “happy to chat!” instead.
This prompt fixes that. Give the AI the message they sent, the real hesitation behind it, and the next step you want, and it returns a natural 30-60 second voice note sales script built the way coaches actually close in DMs: reflect, validate, answer, invite. These voice note sales scripts for coaches sound like a person talking, not a pitch, and by the end of this page you’ll understand why they work so your next one is sharper.
When to use this
- A warm lead replied to your offer or your content and you want to answer with audio, not text.
- Someone raised a real objection (“no time”, “too expensive”, “let me think”) and you don’t want to sound defensive.
- You’re following up a discovery call no-show or a stalled conversation.
- You want a low-pressure way to invite the next step without sounding desperate.
- You freeze on the spot and need a script you can read naturally before you hit record.
The prompt
Copy this whole block into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini:
You are an expert sales coach who writes voice-note (audio message) reply scripts for coaches selling high-ticket programs in DMs. Your job is to turn one prospect message into a single warm, persuasive voice note that feels like a real human talking, not a pitch.
Before writing, ask me up to 3 clarifying questions if anything below is unclear. Otherwise, proceed.
CONTEXT
- My niche: {{NICHE}}
- My offer: {{OFFER}}
- The prospect: {{PROSPECT}}
- The exact message they sent me: {{THEIR_MESSAGE}}
- The real hesitation behind their message: {{OBJECTION}}
- The next step I want them to take: {{NEXT_STEP}}
- My tone: {{TONE}}
TASK
Write ONE voice-note script I can read out loud in 30-60 seconds that:
1. Opens by using their name and reflecting back what they actually said, so they feel heard.
2. Validates the real hesitation before answering it. Never dismiss the objection.
3. Answers their question honestly and addresses the objection with one concrete, specific point (a small example or a realistic number, not hype).
4. Sounds like natural spoken language: short sentences, contractions, the way a person actually talks.
5. Ends with a low-pressure invitation to the next step: {{NEXT_STEP}}. Make it easy to say yes and easy to say not yet.
CONSTRAINTS
- 90-150 words (that reads as roughly 30-60 seconds of speech).
- No corporate buzzwords, no 'amazing opportunity', no fake urgency or scarcity.
- Do not invent client results, statistics, or promises I can't keep.
- Mark natural pauses with [pause] so I know where to breathe.
After the script, give me:
- A 1-line text caption to send alongside the voice note.
- 2 alternative openers I could test if the first feels off.
How to customize it
Replace the seven {{VARIABLES}} before you send it:
| Variable | What to put | Example |
|---|---|---|
{{NICHE}} |
Your specific coaching niche | 1:1 nutrition coaching for busy female founders |
{{OFFER}} |
What you’re selling, with the price | a 12-week private coaching package at $3,200 |
{{PROSPECT}} |
Who you’re replying to | Maya, a founder who DMed asking how it works |
{{THEIR_MESSAGE}} |
The exact words they sent | “This looks great but I’m slammed. How much time does it take?” |
{{OBJECTION}} |
The real hesitation underneath | she doesn’t believe she has time and has quit before |
{{NEXT_STEP}} |
The action you want | book a free 20-minute fit call this week |
{{TONE}} |
How you sound | warm, calm, no pressure |
The most important field is {{OBJECTION}}. The surface question (“how much time?”) is rarely the real block. Naming the hesitation underneath is what lets the model write a reply that actually moves the conversation.
See it in action (full example)
Here is the exact prompt, filled in for a nutrition coach. This is the whole input, nothing hidden:
You are an expert sales coach who writes voice-note (audio message) reply scripts for coaches selling high-ticket programs in DMs. Your job is to turn one prospect message into a single warm, persuasive voice note that feels like a real human talking, not a pitch.
Before writing, ask me up to 3 clarifying questions if anything below is unclear. Otherwise, proceed.
CONTEXT
- My niche: 1:1 nutrition coaching for busy female founders
- My offer: a 12-week private coaching package at $3,200
- The prospect: Maya, a startup founder who DMed asking how the program works
- The exact message they sent me: "Hey! This looks great but I'm slammed right now. How much time does it actually take each week?"
- The real hesitation behind their message: she doesn't believe she has time and has quit programs before
- The next step I want them to take: book a free 20-minute fit call this week
- My tone: warm, calm, no pressure
TASK
Write ONE voice-note script I can read out loud in 30-60 seconds that:
1. Opens by using their name and reflecting back what they actually said, so they feel heard.
2. Validates the real hesitation before answering it. Never dismiss the objection.
3. Answers their question honestly and addresses the objection with one concrete, specific point (a small example or a realistic number, not hype).
4. Sounds like natural spoken language: short sentences, contractions, the way a person actually talks.
5. Ends with a low-pressure invitation to the next step: book a free 20-minute fit call this week. Make it easy to say yes and easy to say not yet.
CONSTRAINTS
- 90-150 words (that reads as roughly 30-60 seconds of speech).
- No corporate buzzwords, no 'amazing opportunity', no fake urgency or scarcity.
- Do not invent client results, statistics, or promises I can't keep.
- Mark natural pauses with [pause] so I know where to breathe.
After the script, give me:
- A 1-line text caption to send alongside the voice note.
- 2 alternative openers I could test if the first feels off.
And here is the complete output the model returns:
Voice-note script (about 50 seconds):
“Hey Maya [pause] thanks for the message, and honestly, I love that you asked about time first instead of just signing up. [pause] That tells me you’ve probably started something like this before and life got in the way, right? So let me be straight with you. [pause]
The program is built for people who are slammed. It’s about two short check-ins a week and one weekly plan, so we’re talking maybe 20 minutes of your time, not hours. [pause] The whole point is to take the food decisions off your plate, not add another thing to manage.
If it’s useful, let’s grab 20 minutes this week, no pitch, just so I can see your actual schedule and tell you honestly whether this fits right now. [pause] And if the timing’s wrong, I’ll tell you that too. Totally up to you.”
Text caption to send with the voice note: Sent you a quick voice note answering the time question, Maya, have a listen whenever you get a sec. No rush.
2 alternative openers to test: 1. “Maya, great question, and the honest answer is probably less time than you’re expecting.” 2. “Hey Maya, real talk, the time thing is the exact reason I built it the way I did.”
That’s ready to record. Read it once out loud, swap a word or two so it sounds like you, then hit record.
Why this works
Three LLM principles are doing the heavy lifting here. Learn them and every prompt you write gets better:
- Role priming. The first line (“You are an expert sales coach who writes voice-note reply scripts”) tells the model which slice of its knowledge to draw from. “Write me a sales message” pulls from the bland average of the internet, including the pushy, salesy stuff. Priming it as a sales coach writing audio scripts pulls from how people actually talk and sell one-to-one. Always assign a role.
- Specificity in, specificity out. The model can only be as specific as your input. The
{{OBJECTION}}field is the engine here: by naming the hesitation underneath the question (“she’s quit programs before and doesn’t believe she has time”), you let the model validate the real fear instead of just answering the surface question. Vague input (“she’s busy”) would produce a generic reply. The quality of the output is capped by the quality of your context. - Constraints are quality control. The word count keeps it short enough to actually listen to. The “no fake urgency, no invented results” lines remove the two failure modes that make AI sales copy feel slimy. The
[pause]markers turn written text into something speakable. Each constraint removes a specific way the output could go wrong. And the “ask me up to 3 clarifying questions first” line lets the model fill gaps by asking instead of guessing, which is the single biggest fix for generic, off-tone replies.
Do this now
- Copy the prompt above into ChatGPT or Claude.
- Paste in the prospect’s exact message and name the real hesitation underneath it.
- Send it. If it asks clarifying questions, answer them honestly.
- Read the script out loud once, tweak a few words so it sounds like you, then record and send the voice note today.
Pro tips
- Always name the real objection, not the surface one. “How much does it cost?” usually means “will this be worth it?”. Tell the model the fear underneath and the reply gets ten times stronger.
- Read it out loud before recording. If a sentence trips your tongue, rewrite it. Voice notes live or die on how natural they sound.
- Keep the caption short. The text that sits next to the voice note should lower pressure, not repeat the pitch. “Sent you a quick note, no rush” outperforms a paragraph.
- Save your winners. Each objection (time, money, timing, trust) tends to repeat. Build a small swipe file of scripts that worked and you’ll barely need the prompt within a month.
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