Pro Tips Intro — Agency

An agency onboarding email with a warm waves-hero layout (amber gradient + wave transition), five numbered pro tips, and a kickoff-call CTA.

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The prompt

Paste the brief below into ChatGPT or Claude with Temway's MCP enabled — the agent builds the email step by step. Or adapt it for your own brand and copy.

  • An email is a top-to-bottom stack of blocks — the recipe follows that order.
  • A [layout] step becomes a single image (great for heroes); everything else stays live text and links.
  • Theme the footer to match — the recipe's last step does exactly that.

Want this exact email? Tell your agent to clone the Temway share FRAxKlJTwCd0iC_YFLEJn, then rebrand it. For the full model, point it at get_conceptemail-structure, layouts-vs-emails, design-recipes.

The kickoff email an agency sends a brand-new client. A sleek amber waves-hero opens the relationship, then five hard-won pro tips set the partnership up to move fast, closing on a button to book the kickoff call. Confident, warm, and clearly written by people who’ve done this a hundred times.

Snapshot

  • Goal: welcome a new client and share the five practices that make the engagement run smoothly.
  • Audience & tone: new clients who just signed with the agency. Approachable and expertise-forward — “here’s what we’ve learned, follow these and you’ll see results faster.” Practical, experienced, collaborative.
  • Palette: page #fffbf5 · container #ffffff · text #0f172a / #57534e (muted) · accent amber #d97706 (hero gradient #f59e0b#ea580c)
  • Font: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif
  • Artwork: one waves-hero layout hero (a single rasterized image). Everything below it is native, selectable, clickable.

Build recipe

Each step is one block in the flat stack, top to bottom. [native] = a real email block. [layout] = a free-form layout embedded as a single image.

  1. [layout] Waves hero — apply the waves-hero layout template; recolor the band to an amber→orange gradient (#f59e0b#ea580c) with the wave-bottom transition meeting page #fffbf5. Overlay copy: eyebrow “WELCOME, PARTNER”, heading “5 Pro Tips” (white, subtle text shadow), subline “to get the most out of working together.” Text-only artwork — the working CTA is the native button in the last content step.
  2. [native] Intro copy — text. “Now that we’re officially partners, here are five things we’ve learned from hundreds of engagements. Do these and we’ll move faster together.” fontSize: 16, color #57534e, center, line-height: 1.6.
  3. [native] Tip 1 — text. “1. Bring your brand assets early” fontSize: 16, fontWeight: 700, color #0f172a, left, amber #d97706 lead number.
  4. [native] Tip 1 detail — text. “Logos, fonts, and guidelines up front save a week of back-and-forth.” fontSize: 14, color #57534e, left, tight top padding.
  5. [native] Divider — hairline #f1e4d4, comfortable vertical padding. This replaces the “card” separation — the flat model stacks and divides, it does not box.
  6. [native] Tip 2 — text. “2. Set clear success metrics” fontSize: 16, fontWeight: 700, color #0f172a, left, amber lead number.
  7. [native] Tip 2 detail — text. “Agree on what winning looks like before we build anything.” fontSize: 14, color #57534e, left, tight top padding.
  8. [native] Divider — hairline #f1e4d4, comfortable vertical padding.
  9. [native] Tip 3 — text. “3. Designate a single point of contact” fontSize: 16, fontWeight: 700, color #0f172a, left, amber lead number.
  10. [native] Tip 3 detail — text. “One decision-maker keeps feedback clear and momentum high.” fontSize: 14, color #57534e, left, tight top padding.
  11. [native] Divider — hairline #f1e4d4, comfortable vertical padding.
  12. [native] Tip 4 — text. “4. Review in batches, not one-by-one” fontSize: 16, fontWeight: 700, color #0f172a, left, amber lead number.
  13. [native] Tip 4 detail — text. “Consolidated feedback moves the work forward faster.” fontSize: 14, color #57534e, left, tight top padding.
  14. [native] Divider — hairline #f1e4d4, comfortable vertical padding.
  15. [native] Tip 5 — text. “5. Trust the process” fontSize: 16, fontWeight: 700, color #0f172a, left, amber lead number.
  16. [native] Tip 5 detail — text. “The early rounds are messy by design — the payoff comes at the end.” fontSize: 14, color #57534e, left, tight top padding.
  17. [native] CTA button — button. Label “Book your kickoff call”, amber #d97706 fill, white text, rounded corners, center.
  18. [native] Footer — social + address, recolored to the palette: social.color = #d97706, address.color = #a8a29e, address.fontFamily = Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif. Without this they fall back to a generic brand-blue that clashes with the warm amber palette.

Make it yours

  1. Swap the five tips for the practices that actually make your engagements succeed.
  2. Point the CTA at your real scheduling link for the kickoff call.
  3. Recolor the amber hero and accents to your agency’s brand — keep the sleek, confident tone.
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