It takes a significant amount of time and mental energy every day. Even for emails I don’t respond to, they still consume time and energy as I try to understand what the person wants and decide whether or not their email warrants a response (I may be different from most, in that I get A LOT of emails from solicitors, some of whom are very well-disguised).
I have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of spammers are using AI these days. They open the email by pointing out something unique about me, which they can usually find on my website, LinkedIn profile, or somewhere else… all in an effort to make it look like they took the time to get to know me before shifting to their pitch.
If there were a tool that could intuitively understand which emails are actually important and how I would most likely respond, and then write a draft for me to review, I would totally pay for it. I think these things do exist already, I just don’t know which ones are good.
I looked into a couple of ways to build this kind of tool with n8n, but my attention span couldn’t last long enough to figure it out.
Hey Seth thanks for the feedback! It’s crazy you mention a tool that meets those types of needs because that’s actually what I have and offer to land investors. Or should say, I’m in the process of offering that as I continue to develop it.
Some of the services that I’ll provide are almost to the letter of what you suggested. My automation will read your emails, summarize them, determine priority levels for all of them, draft responses, and email you weekly summaries of top leads, needed responses, and other important info! This automation also includes reaching out to cold leads or customers who missed calls or meetings!
Thanks again for your feedback and I’d love to get in touch again if you’d like access to this automation for free?
For me it’s still comping vacant land parcels. I keep falling into the trap of thinking if I don’t give them a perfect range, I will lose the deal, mainly because my lead flow is so small right now.
I often find myself spending 10-15 minutes comping a property for someone that just “wants an offer” but in reality is a tire kicker who never intended to sell. Most of that comes from texting. I just sent my first mailer middle of last month and immediately noticed it’s way more passive.
A lot of different approaches nowadays on how to handle this (tech and otherwise), and it depends on where comping fits into your flow. By the sounds of it, reliability is your biggest concern with comps, and that is our guiding factor at our funding biz, where we have a reputation for being the strictest underwriters in the industry.
If interested, feel free to sign up for notifications for our upcoming Land Pricer launch, might be something that fits your needs. Powered by AI and doing exactly what the name says!
Bunch of AI email tools out there, and I’ve tried most of them.
None are perfect, but the one that we’ve been using for 3+ months with consistent results is Serif AI.
Only $20/month, and does everything that you’re asking, particularly it’s good for sorting out which emails you should respond to, and learns over time (We get a bunch of those AI spammer emails as well that do some light individualization.)
Some email drafts are better than others, and the more complex an email is, the less good the response is. But most of the times it’s a pretty good starting point.