Cold Call Opener Builder

Build a complete, annotated cold call opener script using the Five-Step Telephone Prospecting Framework from Blount's Fanatical Prospecting. Trigger this skill when you hear or ask: - "cold call opener" or "phone script" or "what do I say when they pick up" - "telephone prospecting" or "sales phone call" or "cold calling script" - "five-step opener" or "phone opener" or "voice mail opener" - "prospecting call framework" or "how do I open a cold call" - "write me a call script" or "SDR call opener" or "BDR phone script" - "what do I say on a cold call" or "cold call introduction script" - "how to start a sales call" or "telephone prospecting framework" - "call opener template" or "sales call opening lines" - "how to not fumble the first 10 seconds" or "call structure for outbound" - "voicemail script" or "gatekeeper script" This skill produces a fully annotated, ready-to-use 5-line phone opener script in Name → Identify → Reason → Bridge → Ask order — plus a voicemail variant and a gatekeeper variant. It enforces no "How are you today?" pause, silence after the ask, and an explicit "because" in the bridge. Output is an annotated script, not abstract advice. NOT for: building the underlying bridge/because message (use prospecting-message-crafter first), setting the call objective (use prospecting-objective-setter), or handling objections after the opener (use prospecting-rbo-turnaround).

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Install

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1. Add marketplace

› /plugin marketplace add bookforge-ai/bookforge-skills

2. Install plugin

› /plugin install fanatical-prospecting@bookforge-skills

3. Use the skill

› /cold-call-opener-builder

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Fanatical Prospecting

Jeb Blount

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