This page will be all about crafting the perfect prompt and feature a massive list of prompt ideas as well…
KEY TERMS
OpenAI – the parent company of ChatGPT.
Generative AI – a category of AI that can produce content like text and images vs. specific tasks like trying to predict things.
AI Models – think of these as supersized math equations.
Large Language Models – tremendously large math equations that are really really good at predicting the next word.
Prompts – messages you send a text to a chatbot.
Prompt Engineering – the art or science of sending just the right message to the chatbot that allows you to get the output you are looking for.
KEY USE CASES
Summarizing – long texts, transcripts, articles, reports.
Brainstorming – ideas, outlines, new concepts.
Synthesizing – insights and takeaways from texts.
Writing – blog posts, articles, press releases, sales sheets, emails, docs, anything.
Coding – any kind of script or program.
Extracting – data and patterns from messy or complicated texts.
Reformating – text or data from unorganized sources into clean tables and/or structures
PROMPT FRAMEWORKS
Get better prompt output by structuring your prompts:
- RTF – role, task, format
- CTF – context, task, format
- RASCEF – role, action, steps, context, examples, format
The best two methods for prompting:
- Megaprompts – Write one giant message that contains all of the above such as for an article or a press release, etc.
- Chaining – Break down the task into smaller steps such as start with asking for a blog post idea, then asking for an outline to use in that post, then finally ask for each section of content separately
TONES
Use either “Tone should be ___ ” or “Please write using a ___ tone”
- Conversational
- Lighthearted
- Persuasive
- Spartan
- Formal
- Firm
FORMAT
- Be concise and minimize excess prose
- Use less corporate jargon
- Output as bullet points in short sentences
- Output as a table with the following columns ” [x], [y], [z]”
- Be very detailed with your response
MODES
Intern
“You are a brand new intern at our company, please come up with some new social media content for the month”
Thought Leader
“You are the leading expert on ____, please provide me with a detailed overview on the use of ____ within our future business”
Business Partner
“You are now my trusted business advisor and I need you to review this contract and highlight anything that may adversly affect my company in the next sales cycle”
Critic:
“You are now my business critic playing devils advocate, here is a list of 25 blog post ideas I have, please let me know if I have missed any any which ones look the most promising for us and why?”
Teacher:
“You are now my favorite economics teacher, please teach me about how ___ works in such a way that a grade school student would understand”
Expert:
“You are the worlds leading sales expert on the use of widgets, please provide me with three landing page ideas and provide the heading, body text, call to action, keywords, and drip marketing emails in a table format”
MISC. TIPS
Encouragement gets better output:
“You are a leading expert in the field of ___”
Reprimand gets better output:
“This is not what I asked for, please regenerate this response with the following information”
If the output is not what was expected, try adding more details or background information:
“Let’s try this again and this time make sure to specifically include the following”
Adjust the temperature of the response:
“Add Temprature: X to the prompt with a one being more creative and a zero making it far more conservative (think academic or formal)”
EXAMPLE PROMPTS
Example context (attach BEFORE the prompt:
“I run a small local garden center and nursery called “Boston Blooms” in Cambridge. We sell mostly annuals since we ARE a flower shop but do have a limited supply of perennials that we sell as well. Our brand is lighthearted, entertaining, engaging, and timely for the seasons.”
- Write five subjects lines I could use for my next holiday sale email
- Come up with a 10 day email sequence based on the next two holidays where flowers are traditionally sent.
- Write a new landing page header for our soon to launch “Floral Service for Area Weddings”. Please generate 10 ideas and make sure the fit the proper tone and voice for our company.
- Write 10 options for cold emails that we can use to send to area wedding venues announcing our floral services
- I will be hiring for two new positions, a “wedding florist” position and a “flower delivery driver” for the new floral services. Please create a job description for each and please note that the driver will need a clean driving record, current drivers license, and be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
- We will need to increase growth by at least 15% this year to keep our targets in line, can you please generate some relevant growth strategies we should be thinking about?
OTHER CHATBOTS
Bing Chat
Anthropic Claude
Poe
Google Bard
USEFUL PLUGINS
These change almost daily since more and more are added to the mix but some of the best so far include:
Zapier
Prompt Perfect
Noteable
Video Insights
Show Me
PROMPT INSPIRATION
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