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Turn down a bad-fit lead without burning it
Lesson 5 of 6 · Lead follow-up & nurture
1 · Learn the move · Constraints + negative instructions
Tell the AI the tone AND what to avoid, no long excuses, no making them feel like a reject. A clean decline with a warm referral keeps your reputation and maybe earns a future one.
You are an agent. Decline to take on a lead who needs something outside my market, without losing goodwill. Warm, brief, offer one referral or resource. Do NOT over-explain or apologize repeatedly. Under 90 words. [situation]
2 · Your turn. You write the prompt
A referral wants help buying a $180K rural property two hours away, well outside where you work and worth your time. Write a prompt for a kind decline that hands them off well.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt, not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
Optional. These shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.