Bottom line
A versioned proposal is delivered, receipt is confirmed, and no approval, rejection, or revision request exists.
Best for
Delivered agency proposals with a known open decision.
Use when
Send two business days after delivery unless the prospect requested another follow-up date.
Watch for
Draft proposals or scopes still under internal review.
How to Use This Email
When to use this
A versioned proposal is delivered, receipt is confirmed, and no approval, rejection, or revision request exists.
What’s on their mind
The buyer cannot decide until scope boundaries, responsibilities, commercial terms, or the conditional start process are clear.
What this email should do
Follow up on an open agency proposal with a scope summary, decision question, and no invented urgency.
Best sender
Strategist
Read the Finished Email
Review the message as a recipient would see it. The names and business details are fictional.
Subject
Please review proposal REF-1042Hi Jordan,
I'm following up on proposal REF-1042 for Northstar Services, sent on October 14.
The current version includes:
- Scope: the current details
- Fee: $240
- Your team's responsibilities: the current details
- Main exclusions: the current details
The open decision is the current details.
Review the proposal and choose the next step:
- Ask a question or book a the current details review: https://example.com/next-step
- Approve the current version: https://example.com/next-step
- Reply “close” if your priorities have changed
The proposed start window is 2:00–4:00 p.m.. It depends on the current details and is not reserved until the proposal's approval steps are complete.
the current details
the current details
(555) 014-0182
Template to copy
Subject
Please review proposal [Proposal reference]Hi [First name],
I'm following up on proposal [Proposal reference] for [Company name], sent on [Proposal date].
The current version includes:
- Scope: [Scope summary]
- Fee: [Fee summary]
- Your team's responsibilities: [Client responsibilities]
- Main exclusions: [Scope exclusions]
The open decision is [Open decision].
Review the proposal and choose the next step:
- Ask a question or book a [Review call length] review: [Review link]
- Approve the current version: [Approval link]
- Reply “close” if your priorities have changed
The proposed start window is [Start window]. It depends on [Start dependencies] and is not reserved until the proposal's approval steps are complete.
[Strategist name]
[Agency name]
[Phone number]
Subject Line Variations
- Questions on proposal [Proposal reference]?
Clarity-first control tied to the exact business event.
- Open decision on [Proposal reference]
Alternative emphasizing the decision context.
- Reviewing the [Company name] proposal
Alternative for a recipient already familiar with the engagement.
Best for
- Delivered agency proposals with a known open decision.
- B2B opportunities where scope and commercial terms can be summarized safely.
Don’t send this if
- Draft proposals or scopes still under internal review.
- Opportunities with active procurement, legal, or revision conversations.
When to Send It
Trigger
A versioned proposal is delivered, receipt is confirmed, and no approval, rejection, or revision request exists.
Timing
Send two business days after delivery unless the prospect requested another follow-up date.
Frequency
First message in the proposal follow-up sequence; do not resend after any decision event.
Make This Email Yours
- Use the exact proposal version and reference.
- Summarize material exclusions and client responsibilities, not only deliverables.
- State a start window as conditional unless resources are actually reserved.
Before You Use This Email
Why This Approach Works
Platform Setup Steps
Trigger
A versioned proposal is delivered, receipt is confirmed, and no approval, rejection, or revision request exists.
Segment
Qualified opportunities with a delivered current proposal and no approval, rejection, revision, or procurement hold.
Delay
Two business days after confirmed proposal delivery or on the prospect's requested date.
Reply owner: Account strategist responsible for proposal questions, revision control, and opportunity disposition.
- Verify the proposal version remains current and no decision event has occurred.
- Insert exact scope, fees, exclusions, responsibilities, open decision, and conditional timing.
- Send and route replies to the strategist; advance only verified nonresponders to the next sequence step.
Stop conditions
- Stop on approval, rejection, reply, revision request, procurement hold, close request, or opt-out.
- Stop if scope, fee, timing, or proposal version changes.
- Stop automated sends while any stakeholder is discussing the proposal with the agency.
Mistakes To Avoid
- Sending “just checking in” without decision context
It adds inbox pressure but no help.
Use instead: Name the proposal version, open question, and available decision paths.
- Calling a start date reserved when it is not
It creates false scarcity and an operational promise.
Use instead: State the actual reservation rule and dependencies.
Sequence Placement
Agency Proposal Follow-Up Sequence
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