AI vs. Human Email Writing

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1. The binary choice, AI or human, misses the point. The winning strategy combines both, deploying each where it performs best. “These touches establish awareness and filter for interest.” Hand off to humans at the first reply.The moment a prospect engages, transition to human SDRs. They handle the conversation, ask qualifying questions, address objections, and build the relationship that leads to booked meetings. This hybrid model gave us 9.4% reply rates (between pure AI and pure human) but 3.1% meeting rates (close to human performance).

   In Email sequences and follow-ups

2. For the AI configuration, we didn't just dump prospects into ChatGPT. We built custom prompts that included our value proposition framework, tone guidelines, and specific personalization requirements. The AI had access to the same data points our SDRs use: LinkedIn profile, company news, tech stack signals, and job postings. Our SDRs followed their normal process, research, draft, review, send. “We measured five outcomes: overall reply rate, positive reply rate (excluding "not interested" and "remove me"), meeting booked rate, meeting show-up rate, and a deal quality score based on average contract value and close rate.” Why These Controls Mattered

   In Conversion rates

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