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Playbook

Review the client strategy, team, Calling Context, campaign emails, Call Follow-up Emails, meeting emails and launch plan.

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Overview

Playbook is the client's live campaign document: the strategy, ICP and buyer personas, the Calling Context and Email Context the campaign agents work from, meeting emails, launch planning, the assigned SalesHive team, the client's other campaigns and recent updates, and controlled client review. Internal editors can edit launch meeting settings directly, update the confirmation and handoff emails in a dedicated Meeting Emails block, preview one Playmaker-grounded field update at a time, and reverse tracked changes through History. Generate Playbook writes the whole Playbook in one run, and running it again asks for confirmation because it replaces saved edits. The document is grouped into chapters, each opened by a dark title slide. A named incoming SDR for a scheduled takeover can review the account Playbook before activation through the temporary Prep entry in the client switcher. This preparation view is read-only and does not activate or reschedule the takeover. Signed-in clients can edit subjects and bodies of existing visible meeting email templates and can run the Teleprompter and Email test drives. Managed clients read the Calling Context, Email Context and Call Follow-up Emails and leave notes to request changes; self-serve and Platform Only clients can edit them. Other strategy fields, template structure, recipients, attachments, and sending settings remain under internal control. Staff View as client is read-only except the Calling Context, Email Context and Call Follow-up Emails editors, and takeover preparation is fully read-only.

How to use this page

  1. Open the Playbook

    Choose a client, then open Platform > Onboarding > Playbook. Use the section rail for Generate, Your Team, Aliases, Best Practices, Payment Options, Overview, ICP, Personas, How It Works, Calling Context, Email Context, Call Follow-up Emails, Meeting Handoff, Launch Plan, Calendar and Campaign Collateral, plus Active Comments when notes are open and History when Show history is on. Some sections appear only when they apply to the client. The document is grouped into numbered chapters (Your team, The strategy, The messaging, Launch and Additional campaign collateral), each opened by a dark title slide with buttons that jump to that chapter's sections. A chapter is hidden when none of its sections are shown, and the chapters that remain are numbered in order with no gaps.

  2. Review a scheduled takeover Playbook

    If you are the named incoming SDR, select the account labeled Prep with its takeover date. Open Playbook from Onboarding to review the team, Calling Context, Email Context and Launch Plan. Navigation between Playmaker, Playbook and Client Briefs keeps the same preparation account, including the brief PDF. Preparation remains read-only and does not change your working assignment, activate the takeover or grant calling access. Editing and generation retain their existing permissions.

  3. Review the client facts and assigned team

    Check the client facts in Calling Context, then review Your SalesHive Team. Cards group Leadership and SDRs, avoid duplicate people, and show their email links. SDR cards require a confirmed assignment. Internal editors can turn off View as client and select Hide from this playbook on a card. To show that person again, expand Hidden team members and select Restore beside their name. The change saves immediately and affects only this Playbook, including its client view. Account assignments stay the same.

  4. Review the strategy and How Your Campaigns Work

    The strategy chapter shows Strategy Overview, ICP and Targeting, and Buyer Personas. Internal editors edit their fields in place with View as client off; clients read them, and everyone can leave comments with the note button. Open Personas to review each buyer group's name, titles, summary, pain points, solutions, buyer insights and thoughtful question. Internal editors can select Add Persona, up to five cards, edit fields and leave each field to save, or use Remove on a card. Clients read the visible cards and can leave notes. In ICP and Targeting, enter shared targeting details in Notes below TAM Google Sheet. Leave the field to save and check the save status. Notes appear to client viewers when populated and the section is visible, and are included in Playbook exports. The messaging chapter opens with How Your Campaigns Work: four cards that explain the Calling Context, the Email Context, how notes guide the next draft, and how both briefs keep improving after launch. Keep strategy fields ready for clients to read, even when a section or the whole Playbook is hidden. Use supported strategy, a direct question to the client, or Client input needed. Keep employee commentary and source comparisons in employee-only records outside the Playbook strategy.

  5. Edit responder alias information as staff

    Authorized internal editors can open Aliases and choose Edit alias information. Edit Alias name and Title for the listed Primary or Sender email accounts, plus Photo URL and Alias notes. Use an HTTPS photo URL. The photo and notes are shared across this client's aliases. Names and titles also update the email accounts used for outreach. Choose Save aliases and wait for confirmation, or Cancel to discard the unsaved form. This editor is unavailable in client, View as client and takeover preparation views.

  6. Hide or restore a responder alias card

    As an internal editor, turn off View as client and open Aliases. Select Hide from this playbook on a card to hide all the mailboxes grouped on that card. To bring one back, expand Hidden aliases and select Restore beside its name or email. These controls save the display choice separately from Save aliases. Wait for the save to finish. Clients and takeover preparation viewers cannot hide or restore cards. Hiding leaves the mailbox, sending settings, client contacts and meeting owners unchanged; shared Alias notes remain visible.

  7. Edit meeting settings in Launch Plan

    Turn off View as client and open Launch Plan. Under Meeting Settings, edit the Meeting Assignment heading or details, or another available launch field. The Sales Rep Info block is no longer shown here; its saved information is retained. Details remain plain authored lines with consistent text size. Enter adds a new line. Use Undo or Redo for local detail edits, or Ctrl/Cmd+Z and Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z. Changes save when you leave the field; wait for saved confirmation.

  8. Edit the Playbook calendar

    Internal editors can open Calendar and edit Pre-Launch Call, Launch Date, Weekly Meeting and Next Steps in the outlined fields. Leave each field to save, then check the save status before navigating away. These details apply only to the Playbook. They do not reschedule meetings or update CRM dates. Client and other read-only views keep their existing restrictions.

  9. Edit confirmation and handoff emails

    Open Meeting Handoff and start with the dedicated Meeting Emails block above Handoff Process. Meeting Confirmation Email is first and goes to the prospect after booking. Meeting Handoff Email is second and goes to the assigned meeting owner with prospect details. Edit the subject or formatted body, use Fields for supported merge tags, and wait for Saved before leaving the page. The larger editors keep formatting controls visible without changing recipients or sending behavior. Saves run in order and an earlier response does not erase newer typing. Wait until saving finishes before navigating away.

  10. Recover a meeting email save

    If an automatic save fails, the card shows Save failed. Keep the edits on the page and choose Retry save. The card returns to Saved only after the latest subject and body are stored.

  11. Check for newer Playmaker input

    Turn off View as client. When Playmaker was updated after the current Playbook was generated, the page shows Playmaker has newer input. Open Playmaker in a new tab if you need to inspect the source answers before updating any copy. The banner does not change the Playbook. If the client has saved Stories or Objections text, staff also see an Internal only note, with or without View as client; use View saved content to read it.

  12. Preview one targeted field

    Select the sparkle beside a supported Playbook field or email variant. ICP Notes is manually edited and has no sparkle button. Add optional guidance about tone, facts to include, or details to avoid, then choose Preview update. SalesHive generates a Playmaker-grounded proposal without changing the current field. Compare Current and Proposed side by side.

  13. Apply only the update you approve

    Choose Apply update only after the proposed copy is correct. Back returns to the guidance step, and Cancel or Close leaves the field unchanged. If the current field changed after the preview was created, SalesHive refuses the stale proposal and asks you to generate a new preview. Every applied update is recorded in History and can be reverted there.

  14. Generate the Playbook

    Open Build Your Playbook (Generate in the section rail). Optionally fill in Anything the Playbook should know and add up to five approved links, one per line, then select Generate Playbook. It needs Playmaker input first. One run writes the Strategy Overview, ICP and Targeting, Buyer Personas, the saved sales rep info (hidden on this page) and Launch Plan meeting assignment, the Meeting Confirmation and Meeting Handoff emails, the Calling Context and the Email Context from the Playmaker, your notes, open review notes and the links. Fields it does not write, such as the TAM Google Sheet link and custom Launch Plan headings, stay as saved, and a Client input needed draft never replaces saved text. Generated personas follow the supported buyer groups and order in Playmaker, with Client input needed for missing facts. A placeholder-only persona draft does not replace saved supported buyer roles. It takes two to four minutes, so keep the page open. Nothing is saved unless every part finishes, and pending edits are saved first. When a Playbook already exists, Generate the Playbook again? asks you to confirm, because it rewrites those fields, both meeting emails, the Calling Context and the Email Context and replaces saved edits. Earlier versions stay in History, so you can Revert any row. Separate legacy calling-script and email-sequence templates are no longer generated; current copy is written into the contexts, including Call Follow-up Emails. Generated Calling Context omits voicemail sections, scripts and instructions, even when older source copy or generation guidance includes them. Your team's Additional information stays as written. A meeting email that is turned off is left alone, and new sales rep or meeting assignment details update the meeting owners the same way a normal save does. Use field-level previews for controlled updates. If Auto-Email Campaign Copy was removed, an internal banner offers Restore saved copy to bring it back without rebuilding the Playbook.

  15. Edit email and calling content

    Internal editors can update meeting-email subjects and formatted bodies. Email toolbars include Font, Size, color, capitalization, headings, lists, links, images, tables, quotes, dividers, and supported merge fields where available. Wait for Saved before leaving a recently edited card. Calling Context is the Playbook campaign's own brief in four sections: the call script, objection handling, company information, then Additional information for the team's own notes, which Generate Playbook and Generate context keep exactly as written. Internal editors edit it in place under Campaign calling context, one card per section with a part heading, bold, italic and list toolbar and a Fields menu that inserts a prospect field or a contact custom field as {CF:Field Name} (or switch to Markdown for the exact text), and choose Save context, or use Generate context or Regenerate context, then Generate and save. In Sections view, Call script and Objection handling distinguish words to say from guidance in square brackets. Keep coaching instructions in brackets, such as [Pause for an answer]. Bracketed notes are shaded; a note on its own line also shows a Note label. Both script and notes remain editable. The styling does not change the saved text, and Markdown shows the brackets as plain text. On the editor's top row, left of the Sections / Markdown switch, the Customization menu sets Low, Medium or High for the teleprompter (each option's description shows in the menu); it saves right away on its own and is recorded in History. Under the editor, the Teleprompter test drive lets you try the context before a real call. Under Tone pick Laid-back, Professional, Upbeat or Funny, under Customization try Low, Medium or High (the dot marks the campaign setting, and trying one here does not save it), and under Conversation choose Each question fresh or Keep the call going. Then select a question under Written for this campaign or Every cold call, use Random question, Next or Auto-play, or type your own prospect line and select Ask. New questions writes a fresh set for this campaign, and Reset starts over. It uses your current text, including unsaved edits, and never dials. If the calling context and the saved Email Context ask prospects for different meeting lengths, a note above the editor names both and clears once they match. This editor and Regenerate context stay available to internal editors even while View as client is on, so you can fix the script during a Playbook review. Everyone who opens the Playbook, clients included, gets the Teleprompter test drive under it. Managed clients see the customization setting, and the text as one card per filled section, read-only, with a line saying their SalesHive team manages it. Self-serve and Platform Only clients, and SDRs, SDR managers and responders, get the editor. Everyone can use the note button beside it (next to Generate for editors) to add or reply to notes on it.

  16. Choose which campaign the contexts edit

    Internal editors see a Campaign switcher at the top of Calling Context, Email Context and Call Follow-up Emails. It starts on the Playbook campaign and lists the client's other campaigns, each marked Active or Paused and whether its calling and email contexts are ready. Edits save to the chosen campaign and match its campaign page; Campaign page opens it. Add campaign asks for a name and an optional focus, then creates a paused campaign and writes both of its contexts from this Playbook, Playmaker and client knowledge. Keep the window open while it runs. If one context does not finish, generate it again from its section. The note button shows only for the Playbook campaign. Focus the dropdown and press Enter, Space or an arrow key to open it. Use Up and Down to move through choices, then Enter or Space to select. Home and End move to the first or last choice when an option has focus. If a search field appears, type to filter and press an arrow key to reach the choices. Escape closes without changing the selection and returns focus to the button. Tab closes and moves on. Reopening clears the search.

  17. Edit the Email Context

    Open Email Context in the section rail for the campaign overview, email steps and what to avoid. Open Call Follow-up Emails separately for the after-call and Asked for More Info copy and when each applies. Both sections share one campaign email brief used by the Email Sender Agent and After Call Agent; they do not create separate sending sequences. Internal editors find the campaign's email settings on the editor's top row, left of the Sections / Markdown switch. The Customization menu offers Exact (the approved copy word for word, with only merge fields filled in), Low (every approved sentence kept, with light wording touches), Medium (the approved copy with a personal first line and small edits) and High (full customization of the wording, what used to be eRep; the facts never change); each option's description shows in the menu, and your pick saves right away. The Tone menu sets Professional, Friendly, Casual or Direct for every email and reply; choose None to clear it, and with no tone emails keep the approved copy's own voice. On Exact a picked tone shapes only replies, and a note above the text says so. Max emails per prospect takes a whole number from 1 to 20 and saves when you leave the box or press Enter. These settings save on their own without touching an unsaved text draft. A client agent can also change these settings, following the same Approve for me or Ask me setting as its other changes, and each change is recorded in History. Edit Email campaign, Email steps and Avoid in Email Context. Edit the After a call card in Call Follow-up Emails. Each panel has its own Sections / Markdown view; editing one preserves the other panel's copy. How closely each email follows the copy comes only from the customization setting, so there is no section for it; an older context that still has a How closely to follow the copy section drops it the next time it is saved (the old text stays in History). The cards have the same toolbar and Markdown switch as the Calling Context, and saving keeps this layout without changing your wording. Select Save email changes in either section to save unsaved text from both panels together. To write only the after-call and Asked for More Info copy, open Call Follow-up Emails and select Generate call follow-up emails (Regenerate call follow-up emails when that section already has copy). Add optional approved background, then select Generate and save. It saves current edits from both panels first, replaces only the After a call section and keeps the previous text in History. Review the saved result below. Editors can use this even when Email Context is hidden. To regenerate the full shared brief, including Call Follow-up Emails, use Generate context or Regenerate context in Email Context instead. Both use the campaign's calling context, saved email copy, enrolled contact sample, Playmaker, Playbook and client knowledge; generation can take a minute or two. Playbook or template copy counts as approved: each step carries over in order with its subject, body, A/B variants and merge tags. A new 4 to 5 step sequence is written only when there is no approved copy. Under the editor, the Email test drive shows the email a prospect would get: use Another prospect to change who it is for, pick a Step (First email, Follow-up 1 and so on), How customized and Tone (a dot marks each campaign setting; trying others here does not save them), then select Write test email, Next prospect or Auto-play. The preview shows To, From and Subject, the body, and a Why this email note. Nothing is sent or queued. If this text and the saved Calling Context ask prospects for different meeting lengths, a note names both and clears as you edit them to match. The 50,000-character limit covers the combined text from both sections, and saving is blocked over that limit. The campaign's Email Context tab still shows the complete brief in one editor. Each saved change is recorded in History, available from the Playbook Email Context header. Client agents can also edit the text and keep the four headings; their edit applies at once or waits in Approvals, depending on the Approve for me or Ask me setting, and is recorded in History too. Managed clients see the settings, and the text as one card per filled section, read-only, with a line saying their SalesHive team manages it, and can leave notes with the note button. Self-serve and Platform Only clients can edit them. Everyone, clients included, gets the Email test drive under it.

  18. Import email copy from a file

    In Email Context, select Upload file. Choose a PDF, Word (.docx), TXT or Markdown file up to 10 MB. Review and edit the extracted text, then select Add to draft. Email steps and labeled sections are added to their matching sections; other background goes into Email campaign. Existing draft text stays in place. Review both Email Context and Call Follow-up Emails, then select Save email changes in either section. Uploading or adding text to the draft does not save it or send an email. Cancel closes the upload without adding its text.

  19. Show other campaigns and recent updates

    Open Campaign Collateral in the section rail, the closing Additional campaign collateral chapter. Campaigns lists the client's other campaigns with their status, created date and who they reach. Select Read Calling Context or Read Email Context to open that campaign's text read-only, and select it again to hide it. Recent updates lists changes to the Calling Context and Email Context of every campaign, the Playbook campaign included, from the last 60 days: one entry per campaign, context and day, with the parts updated, added or removed and who made them. Agent edits show as SalesHive. With View as client off, internal editors can untick Visible to client to hide a campaign and its updates from the client, open its Campaign page, read Agent reasons, and use Add a note for the client to explain a change.

  20. Review Change History

    Turn off View as client, turn on Show history, and open History in the section rail. Each row shows the tracked field, who changed it, the change source, timestamp, and its From and To values. For just the Calling Context or Email Context, select History in that section's header instead: it lists every saved version of that text with who changed it, an agent's reason and who approved it, and Show changes shows the lines added and removed. Editors can choose Put this version in the editor, then save to keep it.

  21. Revert one recorded field

    In the Revert Change column, select Revert for the row you want. Confirm Revert change to restore that row's From value. A successful revert changes only that tracked field, reloads the Playbook, and adds a new history row labeled Revert. It does not roll back the whole Playbook. A restore containing possible internal commentary can be refused; review the named field instead of repeatedly retrying.

  22. Review Launch Plan and client presentation

    Launch Plan covers approval, assignments, meeting settings and activation details according to your access. Signed-in clients can edit subjects and bodies of existing visible meeting email templates and can run the Teleprompter and Email test drives. Managed clients read the Calling Context, Email Context and Call Follow-up Emails and leave notes to request changes; self-serve and Platform Only clients can edit them. Other strategy fields, template structure, recipients, attachments, and sending settings remain under internal control. Staff View as client is read-only except the Calling Context, Email Context and Call Follow-up Emails editors, and takeover preparation is fully read-only.

  23. Copy or print the current Playbook

    Copy Content copies the structured Playbook, including the same Best Practices shown on the page for every client. Its copied data still includes hidden alias mailboxes, so review it before sharing. PDF / Print opens a printable version where each chapter starts on a new page and its jump buttons are hidden. Copy Share Link provides the client-facing route when the Playbook is visible. Export Email Copy creates a Google Doc of the email copy; it does not export the strategy. Review strategy text before copying or printing it, since those browser actions do not run the strategy content check.

  24. Edit email copy as a client

    Open an existing email in a visible Meeting Handoff section. Edit the subject and formatted body, retain supported merge fields, and wait for the save to finish before leaving. Correct any save error on the page. Hidden or removed templates are unavailable. These edits change saved copy without changing template structure or sending behavior.

  25. Find shared workspace controls

    On a computer, a row of icons spans the bottom of the sidebar, just above your profile: Notifications at the left, then Background, theme and (when available) the assistant, with Search at the right. Search opens centered at the top of the screen; the other panels open beside the sidebar. On a phone, the same icons sit at the right of the top bar with Search first and Notifications last, and their panels open beneath it. Search and Notifications follow the current workspace. Select Search or press Ctrl/Cmd+K to search records; Escape closes it. Background opens a grid of backgrounds: Charcoal (called Plain in light mode), Random, Hive, Hive Purple (called Hive Bold in light mode, with bolder orange cells), Ink, Pink Ink, Facets, Lightspeed, Caustics, Veil and Dusk (called Dawn in light mode). The tiles are listed most popular first, by how many people have picked each one, so the order can change over time. Charcoal (Plain in light mode) shows no scene; every other tile is a live scene. Hover a tile to read what it shows. Random shows a different live scene each time you open or reload the app, and picking it switches to a new scene right away. Your pick is saved in this browser and counted toward that order; until you pick, or if your saved scene is no longer offered, the company default shows. Every scene has a light and a dark version that follows the theme toggle. Picking a tile keeps your current theme, and the tiles preview the version for that theme. Use Find a page in the sidebar to filter navigation links; on a phone, open the navigation menu first. Platform client selection remains above sidebar navigation. Select the SalesHive logo to open Agents when you have access to it.

  26. Protect edits and recover a failed save

    Wait for saved confirmation before leaving. Saves run in order. Independent edits are combined with the latest saved version. If the same content has another edit, compare Currently saved with Your edit. Save my edit replaces only the conflicting content shown; Keep editing retains your draft on the page. Retry checks again before saving. If saving fails, keep the page open and use Download draft to preserve a JSON backup. Discard draft opens a confirmation; Discard and reload clears this page draft and reloads the saved version. Downloaded JSON is a backup, not an automatic restore or published change. Older backups may require manual review. Generate Playbook waits for pending saves. Existing screenshots show normal saved views, not the conflict or recovery controls.

What the buttons do

View as client
On by default for internal editors. Previews the approved client-visible Playbook and hides internal editing, targeted previews, and Change History. The Calling Context, Email Context and Call Follow-up Emails editors stay available, with the campaign switcher and test drives.
Fields
Inserts supported merge tags into email copy. Meeting Handoff also offers Company Website, Email, Meeting owner name, Answered prospect phone and Call summary. Call summary fills at send time with the qualifying call's usable AI summary or, if unavailable, saved call notes and any saved SDR note without duplication. Analysis error messages are omitted; it stays blank when no usable notes exist.
Retry save
Retries the latest meeting email subject and body after an automatic save failure.
Open Playmaker
Opens the Playmaker in a separate tab. It appears on the Playmaker has newer input banner and on the Internal only note about the hidden Stories and Objections sections, where targeting is edited.
View saved content
Staff only, including with View as client on. Expands the Internal only note to show the saved text of the hidden Customer Stories and Objection Handling sections. It is read-only; the note appears only when at least one of them has saved text.
Regenerate field
Opens a targeted preview for a supported Playbook field or email variant. ICP Notes has no Regenerate field button.
Preview update
Generates a proposed value for comparison without changing the current field.
Apply update
Applies the reviewed proposal only when the current field still matches the preview baseline, then records a reversible History entry.
Back / Cancel / Close
Returns to preview guidance or closes the targeted update without changing the field.
Generate Playbook
Writes the Strategy Overview, ICP and Targeting, Buyer Personas, the saved sales rep info (hidden on this page) and Launch Plan meeting assignment, both meeting emails, the Calling Context and the Email Context from the Playmaker in one two to four minute run. When a Playbook exists, it first asks you to confirm because saved edits are replaced; earlier versions stay in History.
Chapter jump buttons
On each dark chapter title slide, scroll to one of that chapter's sections.
Show history
Adds History to the internal section rail and loads recorded field-level changes.
Revert
Restores the selected history row's From value after confirmation if the restored content passes the current checks. A refused revert leaves the saved value unchanged.
Refresh
Reloads the current Change History rows.
Copy Content / PDF / Print
Copies the current structured Playbook or opens a printable version, with each chapter on its own page.
Prep [date]
In the client switcher, opens the scheduled takeover account for read-only Playmaker, Playbook, and Documents preparation.
Edit alias information
Opens the staff-only responder alias form.
Save aliases / Cancel
Save aliases stores alias fields explicitly. Cancel closes the alias form without saving.
Hide from this playbook (alias card)
For internal editors with View as client off, hides the mailboxes grouped on that card from this Playbook without changing sending or mailbox operation.
Hidden aliases / Restore
Lists hidden Primary and Sender mailboxes for internal editors. Restore shows the selected mailbox in the Playbook again.
Retry
Replays the blocked Playbook save before later queued edits. Review the error first. Repeating an edit refused for internal commentary will not correct its wording; preserve your draft and follow the recovery steps.
Download draft
Downloads the unsaved Playbook backup as JSON after a save failure. Keep it before reloading.
Discard draft / Discard and reload
Opens a confirmation before clearing this page draft and reloading the saved Playbook. Download needed unsaved work first.
Save my edit / Keep editing
In the competing-edit review, Save my edit replaces the conflicting content shown. Keep editing leaves your edits on the page without approving that replacement.
Undo / Redo
Moves backward or forward through local Launch Plan detail edits. It does not undo unrelated records or replace the separate History controls.
Save email changes
In Email Context or Call Follow-up Emails, saves the combined draft from both sections. If someone saved a newer version, keep a copy of your edits before using Reload saved email context or Reload saved emails. Customization, Tone and Max emails per prospect save separately.
History (Calling Context and Email Context)
Sits in the header of the Calling Context and the Email Context, and works the same in both. It swaps the editor for a list of every saved version, newest first, 25 at a time (Show older changes loads more). Each change shows who made it: Edited by a person, Generated by the person who pressed Generate, Restored by, a SalesHive update, or an Agent. An agent's change names the agent, who approved it and the Reason the agent gave; select the agent's name to open its chat beside the page. Show changes lists the lines added and removed, with unchanged lines folded. People who can edit the context also get Put this version in the editor, which loads that version into the editor without saving; review it, then save to keep it. Hide history returns to the editor. Separate from Show history: it covers that campaign context; Email Context history includes Call Follow-up Emails too, and clients can open it read-only.
Campaign switcher / Campaign page
Internal editors only. Chooses which of the client's campaigns the Calling Context, Email Context and Call Follow-up Emails sections edit. Campaign page opens the chosen campaign.
Add campaign
Creates a paused campaign with the name you enter and writes its calling context and email context, using the optional focus. The campaign stays paused until contacts are added and it is started.
Generate context / Regenerate context (Email Context)
Opens Generate campaign email context with optional background. Generate and save saves your edits first, then replaces the shared email brief, including Call Follow-up Emails, and keeps the old text in History.
Generate call follow-up emails / Regenerate call follow-up emails
For editors in Call Follow-up Emails. Opens a dialog with optional Additional campaign background. Generate and save saves edits from both panels first, then replaces only the After a call copy, retaining campaign email copy and recording the previous version in History. Cancel closes the dialog before generation starts. Managed clients see the copy read-only.
Teleprompter and Email test drives
Shown under Calling Context and Email Context for everyone who opens the Playbook, clients included. Each test is for one prospect, shown on a card with their title, company, industry, location and size. Enrolled contacts come first, marked In this campaign. When fewer than three are enrolled, fictional prospects built from the client's targeting fill in, marked Target-market sample with a short note on why they fit. Both tests use unsaved edits too, and never dial, send or queue anything. At every customization level, the teleprompter test states facts about the client only from the calling context; when it does not say, it suggests saying you do not know that offhand and would need to check, and offers a team follow-up. Its replies are always in English; if the prospect asks about or switches to another language, it suggests saying you only speak English. A test email that fails is retried once, and if the Email Sender Agent would write nothing for that step, the error says why.
Read Calling Context / Read Email Context
On each campaign card in Additional Campaign Collateral. Opens that campaign's context read-only below the card; select Hide to close it. Shows No Calling Context yet or No Email Context yet when it is not written.
Visible to client / Campaign page
Internal editors only, with View as client off. Untick Visible to client to hide a campaign and its updates from the client; it shows dimmed for staff. Campaign page opens the campaign in a new tab.
Add a note for the client / Edit note
Internal editors only. Writes a short note under one update, shown to the client as Note from your strategist. Save note stores it and Cancel discards the draft. Save an empty note to remove it.
Hide from this playbook
Internal editors only, with View as client off. Hides this person’s team card from this Playbook and its client view without changing their account assignment.
Hidden team members / Restore
Internal editors only. Expand the list of hidden team members, then select Restore beside a person to show their card again. The list appears only when a current team member is hidden.
Export Email Copy
Creates and opens a Google Doc of the Playbook email copy. It does not export the full strategy or send the emails.
Notes (ICP and Targeting)
Stores shared targeting details. Internal editors type with View as client off and leave the field to save. Client viewers see populated Notes when ICP and Targeting is visible. These notes are included in Playbook exports, so keep private operational notes in employee-only records. Use the separate note button for a comment thread.
Upload file / Add to draft
For context editors in Email Context. Upload file opens a text preview; Add to draft appends the reviewed text to the current draft. Save separately to keep it.

Common questions

Buyer Personas appears in The strategy chapter after ICP and Targeting. Use Personas in the section rail. Internal editors can edit the cards with View as client off; clients read them when the section is visible. Persona comments stay with that section. Customer Stories and Objection Handling remain hidden because their current content lives in Calling Context. Their saved text is retained and still informs Generate. Staff can read it through the Internal only note and View saved content, even with View as client on. Clients do not see that note, and it is excluded from PDF and Print.
Open Meeting Handoff. The dedicated Meeting Emails block appears before Handoff Process, with Meeting Confirmation Email first and Meeting Handoff Email second.
The confirmation email is for the prospect after booking. The handoff email is for the assigned meeting owner and includes the prospect details.
Keep the page open and choose Retry save. Your current subject and body remain in the card while SalesHive retries the latest edit.
Launch details now remain authored text instead of being split into cards or inferred headings. Enter adds a line without changing text size. Undo and Redo apply to local detail edits; History remains separate.
Yes, both ways. Changing a Week 1 to 12 target here updates that week on Meeting Goals, unless someone already set that week by hand there. A target your SalesHive team saves on the Goals pages, or through an assistant, also updates the matching Launch Plan week and adds a History entry. Weeks count from the launch date, or the expected launch date before launch.
No. The sparkle opens optional guidance and Preview update. The current field stays unchanged until you review the side-by-side comparison and choose Apply update.
The current field changed after the preview was created. SalesHive refuses the stale proposal so it cannot overwrite newer work. Generate a fresh preview against the current value.
Yes. Applying the proposal creates a field-level History entry. Turn on Show history and use Revert on that row to restore its From value.
The Playmaker source was updated after the current Playbook was generated. Review those answers and use field-level previews for the copy that should change. The banner itself does not update anything.
A targeted preview proposes one field and writes nothing until Apply update. Generate Playbook rewrites the strategy, ICP, Buyer Personas, saved sales rep info (hidden on this page) and Launch Plan meeting assignment, both meeting emails, the Calling Context and the Email Context, can replace saved edits, and asks for confirmation when a Playbook already exists.
No. It restores only the selected row's tracked field to the From value. A Campaign calling context row (older rows may say Campaign context or Teleprompter context) restores the context text itself, and an open context editor reloads instead of saving over it. Context longer than the current limit cannot be restored automatically. A meeting email row from Generate Playbook puts back that email's earlier subject or body; if the email did not exist before, there is nothing to restore. A restored strategy value must also pass the current internal-commentary check.
Yes. The restored value is saved transactionally and a new history entry appears with the change source Revert.
Signed-in clients can edit subjects and bodies of existing visible meeting email templates and can run the Teleprompter and Email test drives. Managed clients read the Calling Context, Email Context and Call Follow-up Emails and leave notes to request changes; self-serve and Platform Only clients, including older active Platform Only accounts, can edit them when their user role allows campaign management. Other strategy fields, template structure, recipients, attachments, and sending settings remain under internal control. Staff View as client is read-only except the Calling Context, Email Context and Call Follow-up Emails editors, and takeover preparation is fully read-only. Targeted previews and the internal Change History (Show history) remain unavailable to clients, but clients can open History on the Calling Context and Email Context to read who changed them.
No. They change copy. Recipient and sending settings stay controlled by the email-template and campaign settings.
You may be the named incoming SDR for a scheduled takeover. Preparation access is intentionally read-only so you can study the account before activation without changing strategy, copy, history, or the takeover schedule.
An internal editor may have hidden their card from this Playbook. With View as client off, editors can check Hidden team members and restore the person. Separately, SDR cards require a current confirmed assignment: tentative, delayed, paused, ended or unstaffed assignments do not appear. A replacement does not inherit the previous SDR confirmation. Hiding a card changes neither staffing assignments nor account access. Clients cannot hide or restore cards.
No. The Playbook Calendar fields save text only and do not update CRM dates or meeting schedules. Staff manage campaign booking calendars separately in Scheduling > Booking calendars.
Use Save aliases for names, titles, Photo URL and Alias notes. Those edits do not use Playbook field History or Revert and send no email. Hide from this playbook and Restore save a separate visibility choice through the Playbook save workflow. Use Hidden aliases to restore a mailbox card without changing its sender information.
Text appears larger on supported mobile browsers for easier reading. Use the same controls and permissions as before; the display change does not save changes or perform actions for you.
Brand links and selected highlights use the darker SalesHive orange in both themes. The color change does not change what the controls do.
Standard app headings now use Inter / Clean with medium weight and normal letter spacing. Use the same controls as before. This visual update does not change your permissions or save changes for you.
The logo uses Exo 2 lettering and a faceted orange symbol. A brief sparkle effect reveals the lettering when it appears, when you navigate to another page, or when you return after leaving the tab. The lettering settles into the usual wordmark while the symbol center gently changes color. This decoration does not indicate loading or activity. Enable reduced motion in your device accessibility settings to keep it still. Selecting the sidebar logo opens Agents when you have access to it.
Asked for More Info and Meeting Confirmation exports preserve complimentary closings such as Best, or Cheers, while removing recognized trailing sender name/title merge-field footers. Exporting does not send an email or change its recipients.
SalesHive combines independent changes and checks the latest saved version before writing. Competing changes to the same content require your review. Compare both versions before Save my edit, or choose Keep editing. Lists of cards may need review as a whole. If someone edits again during saving, SalesHive checks again rather than reusing your approval. A removed email template stays removed and your unsaved wording can be downloaded.
Editable rich-text fields now show Undo and Redo in their toolbar. They apply to that editor's available text history, not to sent email or unrelated saved business records. Follow the field's normal save or send controls and review the result.
A self-serve workspace does not use the managed onboarding pages. In a self-serve workspace, the Onboarding folder shows only Get set up, Users, and the Deal Room while a managed proposal is open. Playmaker, Playbook, Documents and Google Drive are hidden, and opening one takes you to Get set up, or to Contacts if you cannot open the checklist.
Separate calling scripts are retired. The Calling Context section shows the Playbook campaign's Calling Context, with the call script at the top, followed by objection handling, company information and additional information. Internal editors change it there, even with View as client on. Managed clients can read it, try it in the Teleprompter test drive and leave notes with the note button. Each campaign keeps its own context on its Calling Context tab. Generate Playbook rewrites this context except its Additional information section, and the previous version stays in History.
Email Context contains the campaign overview, Email steps and Avoid. Call Follow-up Emails is a separate section in The messaging chapter for the after-call and Asked for More Info copy and when to use it. Both panels save to the same campaign email brief. Notes on the old Post-Call and More Info sections open Call Follow-up Emails; old Auto Email notes stay under Email Context. Meeting Confirmation and Meeting Handoff remain in Meeting Handoff.
Yes. When you pick a different campaign in the switcher, the Calling Context, Email Context and Call Follow-up Emails sections edit that campaign's own text, the same text its campaign page shows. Changes on either page appear on the other. Generate Playbook still rewrites only the Playbook campaign.
SalesHive compares meeting lengths written in the Calling Context and Email Context, including common spelled-out lengths such as fifteen minutes and statements such as the calendar reserves 30 minutes. It reads the context text, not the calendar itself. The note appears when both contexts name lengths and none match. Proof-point savings and lengths the text rules out do not count; if either context names no length, there is no note. Context editors see it above the Calling Context or Email Context editor for the chosen campaign. Check the agreed duration, edit the context that is wrong and save it. The note on the one you are editing clears as you type. It never blocks calling or sending.
Enrolled contacts in the campaign are used first. With fewer than three, SalesHive writes fictional prospects that match the campaign brief, Playmaker list targeting, Playbook ICP and personas, or the contexts, so the pitch is tested against the right buyers. They are not real people and are never contacted. If none are enrolled and no target-market prospects can be made (no targeting yet, no AI credits left, or the request fails), a few generic samples marked Sample prospect are used instead.
Generate Playbook is now one button. It writes the Playbook sections and both campaign contexts together, so the separate Calling Script, Post-Call and Auto-Email styles and the Regenerate Post-Call Emails button are gone. Your only inputs are the optional notes and approved links in Build Your Playbook.
The campaigns you leave visible, with their Calling Context and Email Context to read, and the updates to those campaigns and the Playbook campaign from the last 60 days, each with its summary, who made it and any note you wrote. Agent edits show as SalesHive, and agent reasons and hidden campaigns are never sent to the client. New campaigns show automatically, so untick Visible to client for any the client should not see. Turn on View as client to check what they will see.
When the prospect finishes dictating an email address, the Teleprompter suggests reading it back and asking "Is that right?" It uses the spoken spelling, dots, digits and domain in order, even when the saved address differs. While they are still spelling, let them finish; if part is unclear, ask about that part instead of guessing. A short acknowledgment from you does not discard the earlier spelling. The readback contains no promise to send, sales question or goodbye. The test uses the same guidance as the live reader. Check the suggestion against your test conversation. Nothing is sent and no contact is updated.
Yes. Internal editors can turn off View as client and set each section's client visibility independently. Check View as client afterward. Hiding a section does not remove its saved copy or change email sending. Managed clients read visible copy and can leave notes for the Playbook campaign.
Use Keep the call going to test a conversation, then Reset to start over. The Teleprompter uses what was actually said: an introduction followed by a simple confirmation should continue to the reason for calling, and a question about the call's purpose should get the approved explanation. Each question fresh normally tests a question after a generated opener. It uses both speakers' answers, including short yes or no replies and later corrections, to skip questions already settled. This also applies with Low customization. If the prospect explains that their team is keeping up or needs no help and declines the offered support, it should suggest a brief closing without another pitch, meeting question or email request. An in-house team alone is not a refusal. Clarify only missing details; a request to repeat or a necessary contact or booking readback is still allowed. Silence does not reopen a settled answer or refusal. Review the suggestion against what was actually said. The suggestions keep corrections from the conversation. If someone no longer works there, use only the replacement name or role actually supplied, or ask who handles the topic. Do not ask for the departed person to call back. If the prospect says they are driving but explicitly says they can talk, answer briefly without asking them to read, type or open a calendar. A request to stop or end the call takes priority. A recorded voicemail greeting calls for no suggested reply, message, callback request, notice or disposition advice. Because this text test expects a reply, silence can produce an unavailable or no-reply error. Test a live conversation to continue; do not treat the error as a voicemail script. Check each suggestion against the conversation and Calling Context. The test never dials anyone.
SalesHive found wording that may be an employee note, drafting instruction or comparison of conflicting sources. The message names the fields, and the refused action changes nothing. Ordinary strategy edits check changed text; making the Playbook or a hidden section visible checks the whole strategy, including hidden saved fields. Keep private notes in employee-only records outside the strategy. Replace disputed claims with a direct client question or Client input needed. If a save is stuck, use Download draft first, then Discard draft and confirm Discard and reload. Reapply only the corrected text and wait for saved confirmation. Retry replays the refused edit, so repeated retries alone do not fix the wording. The check catches specific patterns and does not replace your review.
Only selectable PDF text is imported. A scanned PDF with no readable text is refused; a partly scanned PDF may import only some pages, so compare the preview with your file. Export with selectable text or paste the copy instead. Empty files, unsupported formats and files over 10 MB are refused. Shorten the file or draft if the combined context exceeds 50,000 characters.
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