A Simple System to Increase Sales With AI Follow-Ups

Make your sales process faster and more effective.

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You crush a sales call. Then you try to write the follow-up email…and can’t remember what you’re supposed to say.

We used to do this every day. We’re on 15 to 20 sales calls a week, and the recaps and follow-ups were killing us. Some never got sent at all.

So we built a system. It took us about an hour to set up. It now takes us three to five minutes to send a follow-up email that sounds like we spent a half-hour writing it. That’s leading to more sales.

First, we’ll share the tech stack we use. Then, we’ll explain how to integrate it into your workflow.

Here’s the tech stack we use

Granola meeting transcriptions: We use Granola, but any meeting transcription service will work. It runs in the background during any video call and gives us a highly accurate transcript and summary the moment we hang up.

Claude projects: We use Claude’s “Projects” feature, and give it custom instructions for how our recaps should read. You can also use Gemini Gems or Custom GPTs; they’ll all work similarly. In the instructions, we define the tone, structure, what to include, and what to skip.

Wispr Flow: It’s a seamless voice-to-text tool. Right after a call, while our memory is still fresh, we just talk to it. No typing. We brain dump everything we want the prospect to hear, specific details we want referenced, and anything else that matters.

Now here’s the workflow

  1. The minute the call ends, we open the Claude project. 
  2. We use Wispr Flow to voice-dictate a brain dump. 
  3. We drop the Granola transcript directly into the chat. 
  4. Claude then drafts the recap using our specific instructions, our voice-dictated intent, and the factual transcript.
  5. We quickly review it to ensure it sounds like us, and email the sales prospect we just spoke to.

The brain dump is the secret ingredient. You aren’t asking AI to guess what you thought about the call. You’re telling it directly. The transcript gives Claude facts, but your voice note gives it your intent. Then your project instructions give it structure. 

Then it produces an email that sounds like you wrote it. Because you basically did.

Here’s the math: The old way took 20 to 60 minutes per follow-up. The new way takes three to five minutes. Multiply that across 15 calls a week and you’re reclaiming an entire workday, every single week.

But the real ROI isn’t just time. Speed of follow-up is a competitive advantage. Consider who a potential client is going to do business with: Is it a vendor who sends a generic email one or two days later, or the vendor who sends a thoughtful, specific recap of the call almost immediately?

You don’t need to be technical to do this. If you can talk into your phone and paste text into a box, you can run this system today. And close the deal.

You crush a sales call. Then you try to write the follow-up email…and can’t remember what you’re supposed to say.

We used to do this every day. We’re on 15 to 20 sales calls a week, and the recaps and follow-ups were killing us. Some never got sent at all.

So we built a system. It took us about an hour to set up. It now takes us three to five minutes to send a follow-up email that sounds like we spent a half-hour writing it. That’s leading to more sales.

Nick Machol and Jason Walkow Cofounders, Unburdn

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