Crafting effective cadence emails takes a balance of personalisation and efficiency. With Lead Onion, you can now combine two powerful features — the Cadence Step Preview and AI Generators — to create high-quality outreach quickly and confidently.
The Step Preview ensures your personalisation tokens and dynamic content display exactly as intended, while the AI-powered Subject Line Generator and Content Generator help you produce engaging, optimised copy at scale. Together, these tools save time and boost the impact of your outreach.
Getting Started with Step Preview
To use Step Preview:
- Navigate to Cadences and open the cadence you’d like to review.
- Within a step, click Preview Step.
- You’ll see a complete view of how your message will appear to contacts.
With Step Preview, you can:
- Dynamic Content Display → Check how tokens (e.g. {{first_name}}, {{business_name}}) render in real time.
- Contact-Specific Preview → Select an individual contact to see the exact version of the email they’ll receive.
This ensures your outreach feels personal, professional, and relevant — every time.
Using the Subject Line Generator
To generate subject lines with AI:
- In a cadence email step, click into the Subject Line field.
- Select Inspire Me to activate the AI-powered generator.
- Review the suggested subject lines and select the one that fits best.
You can generate subject lines in two ways:
- Based on Email Copy → AI analyses your email content to propose aligned subject lines.
- Based on Step Descriptions → Provide a description (e.g. “introductory outreach” or “follow-up after demo”) to inspire creative and targeted options.
This makes it easy to test different tones and approaches to maximise open rates.
Using the Content Generator
Alongside subject lines, you can also use AI to generate full email copy:
- Open a cadence email step.
- Select Create with AI.
- Enter details like your offering, prospect pain points, or desired call-to-action.
- Generate copy and edit as needed.
The Content Generator produces ready-to-use drafts that can be personalised further with tokens and spintax, helping you scale outreach without losing quality.
Best Practices
- Always preview before sending → ensure tokens render correctly and the message feels natural.
- Use AI to inspire, then personalise → generated content is a starting point, not a final draft.
- Test multiple subject lines → small variations can have a big impact on open rates.
- Keep tone consistent → adjust AI outputs to match your brand voice.
FAQs
Can I edit AI-generated content?
Yes — all subject lines and content can be customised after generation.
Will Step Preview show tokens for every contact?
Yes, you can preview at both a general level and for specific contacts.
Do I have to use AI for every step?
No. You can mix manually written steps with AI-generated ones depending on your workflow.
Can I A/B test subject lines?
Yes — you can create multiple variants in your cadence step and track performance.