Unlocking the Power of ChatGPT: A Guide to Using Prompts for Maximum Productivity

Master List of Cheat Sheets & Prompts you can Copy & Paste

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Chatbots Life

10 min readMay 13, 2023

Have you ever wished you had a personal assistant who could handle everything from coding and social media marketing to writing ads and product descriptions?

Well, look no further than ChatGPT prompts!

ChatGPT is an AI language model that can do just about anything you need it to, and with the right prompts, you can unlock its full potential.

Whether you’re a business owner looking to streamline your workflows or a content creator seeking inspiration, ChatGPT prompts can help you get the job done.

In this guide, we’ll explore a wide range of ChatGPT prompts that can help you tackle everything from data analysis and coding to content creation and SEO.

So, grab a cup of coffee and let’s dive into the world of ChatGPT prompts!

What are we going to cover?

Getting Started Prompts
ChatGPT Codeing Prompts
Writing Email Prompts
Creating Spreadsheets & Macros
Social Media Marketing Prompts
Language and Content Prompts
Creating AI Design Prompts
Analyzing & Filtering Data Prompts
Writing Ads
Writing Product Description Promots
Youtube Video Research & Scripts
Blogging and Writing Content
SEO

All of these sections are written in bullet format, which makes it easy to copy and paste. For fun, I included a few popular infographics.

Lastly, much of this was inspired by countless other authors and resources including GitHub, Quickref.me, Flow GPT, Hugging Face, and ChatbotConference.com

Getting Started Prompts

Name your business or idea

Can you suggest a creative name for my tech startup
Help me come up with a catchy name for my bakery business.

Create an outline for a course or training program

Please create an outline for a course on web development for beginners
Can you make a training program outline for a customer service workshop?

Ask you interview questions for a specific job

I'm interviewing for a software engineer position, can you give me some interview questions
Please provide me with some common interview questions for a marketing manager role

Give you gift ideas for business partners, customers, or clients

I need gift ideas for my clients, can you help?
What are some unique gifts I can give to my business partners?

Choose a random contest winner(s) from a long list of names or emails

I want to choose a winner from a list of 100 names, can you help?
Can you randomly pick 5 email addresses from a list of 1000 for a giveaway contest?

ChatGPT Coding Prompts

Explain why a piece of code isn’t working

Why this code is not working? var x = 5; var y = 0; console.log(x/y);

Explain what a piece of code means

What this code does? function addNumbers(a, b) { return a + b; }

Rewrite the code using the specified language

Translate this code into Python: function addNumbers(a, b) { return a + b; }

Code an entire software program

Write a program that calculates the factorial of a given number in python?
How do I make an HTTP request in Javascript?

Generate regular expressions (regex)

Create a regex that matches all email addresses?
Generate 8-digit password regex

Add comments to your codebase

Add comments to this code: function addNumbers(a, b) { return a + b; }

Change the CSS of a line of code

Update the CSS for this line to change the font color to blue? <p class="example">Hello, QuickRef.ME!</p>

Change the HTML of a line of code

Add a class of "header" to this header tag? <h1>Hello, QuickRef.ME!</h1>

Writing Email Prompts

Creating email campaigns
Email inviting Jack to dinner on the weekend
Create an email sequence for our new customer onboarding process

Format and proofread email

Proofread and format this email I just wrote: Hello, do you have any actual tips or tricks for ChatGPT please

Provides tips for effective email marketing

Give me some tips on how to increase open and click-through rates for my email campaigns
Suggest ways to make my email content more engaging and relevant to my subscribers.

Automate email responses

Email him, "That's a good suggestion, it's coming soon": Hello, do you have any actual tips or tricks for ChatGPT please?

Extract email address from text

Extract all email addresses for me: Sed sit amet sodales tom@gmail.com, at jack@quickref.me enim. 18261@outlook.com ut eros

Creating Spreadsheets Prompts

Help create a spreadsheet formula

Can you help me create a formula to calculate the sum of cells A1 to A10?

Explain a formula to you

Can you explain the meaning of the formula =SUM(A1:A10) in simple terms?

Create dummy data for placeholders

Can you generate dummy data for me to use as placeholders in my spreadsheet?

Help create a complex macro

I need to create a macro that calculates the average of cells B1 to B10 and inserts the result in cell C1. Can you help me with that?

Provide tips for improving spreadsheet efficiency

Can you give me some tips on how to improve the efficiency of my spreadsheet?

Social Media Marketing Prompts

Give you ideas for memes on any topic

Can you give me some meme ideas for [dogs]?

Give you an idea for a post that can drive engagement on any topic

I want to create a post about climate change that can engage my followers. Can you help me with some ideas?

Generate hashtags and captions

I need some hashtags and a caption for a picture of a scenic sunset. Can you generate some for me?

Offer suggestions reply

I just received an message asking about the status of a project. Can you suggest a reply for me?

Language and Content Prompts

Summarize long selections of text

Can you please summarize this article for me? [your text]

Translate foreign languages

Can you translate this sentence into Spanish? [your text]

Books that are like another book

Can you recommend books similar to 'The Hunger Games'?

Creating AI Design Prompts

Create an AI design prompt for you

Can you help me generate a design prompt for a logo for a new sports brand

Suggestions on thumbnails for blogs or videos

Can you recommend some eye-catching thumbnail designs for my latest YouTube video on healthy eatin

Font pairings

Can you suggest a font pairing for a travel blog header design?

Color pairings

Can you recommend a color palette for a wedding photography website?

Analyze and Filtering Data Prompts

Pull out numbers from large chunks of text

Please extract all the numbers from this text: [your text]

Create tables from the text or data you provide

Can you create a table from this data?: [your data]

Filter data from large lists

Please filter this list based on certain criteria: [your list]

Writing Ads Prompts

Give you ad creative ideas

Give me ad creative ideas for a new product launch.

Review the tracking code for errors (tag manager, etc.)

Review my tag manager code for errors

Give you ad copy ideas

Suggest ad copy for a [travel] company

Facebook audience suggestions

Recommend a Facebook audience for a clothing line ad campaign

Create body text, headlines and/or calls to action for your ads

Create headlines, body text, and calls to action for a new fitness program ad.

Product Description & Data Prompts

Write or rewrite your product descriptions

Please help me write a new and compelling product description for my latest item.

Write or rewrite appeal letters

I need help rewriting my appeal letter to make it more persuasive.

Write or rewrite supplier outreach emails

Can you please help me write an effective email to reach out to potential suppliers?

Help you find items that could be sold as bundles

Please suggest some items that would make a good bundle for our customers.

Organize product and pricing data

Can you help me organize my product and pricing information into a neat and manageable spreadsheet?

Blogging & Writing Prompts

Create titles for any of your creative writing projects

Titles for my short story collection: [your article]

Create outlines

Outline for an essay on exercise

Generate content ideas

Ideas for a blog on sustainable fashion?

Summarize any text you give it

Summarize this article on renewable energy? [your article]

Create entire blog posts

Blog post on [financial planning]?

Expand on a sentence, paragraph, or long text selection

Expand this sentence on jazz music? [your sentence]

Change the tone of your writing

Change tone of this report to conversational? [your report]

Proofread or edit your writing

Proofread this article? [your article]

Format text with headings (great for blog posts)

Format headings for my blog post? [your post]

Check any text for bias

Check this article for bias? [your article]

Detect plagiarism in any text

Detect plagiarism in this paper? [your paper]

Provide you with domain name ideas

Domain name for my [gardening blog]?

Youtube & Video Creation Prompts

Create timestamps from a transcript

Can you create timestamps for this transcript of a podcast episode? [your transcript]

Convert YouTube videos to blog posts with formatting

Can you turn this YouTube video about cooking into a blog post with headings and bullet points? [video link]

Come up with a video outline or script

I need an outline for a video about the benefits of meditation. Can you help?

Create a response to a comment

Can you write a thoughtful and polite response to this negative comment on my YouTube video?

Give you ideas for your thumbnails

I need some ideas for a thumbnail for my video on 'DIY home decor'. Can you suggest some?

Analyze your script or transcript and tell you the tone of it

Can you analyze this script for a video about environmental issues and tell me what the tone is? [your script]

Video ideas on any topic

I want to make a series of videos about fashion. Can you suggest some ideas for individual episodes?

SEO Prompts

Generate or find keywords

Create meta descriptions and title tags for [topic]
Find opportunities for internal linking related to [topic]
Generate ideas for blog posts and article topics on [topic]
Research industry-specific terminology for use in [topic] content
Find authoritative websites to acquire backlinks for [topic] content
Create an XML sitemap example related to [topic]
Research the best meta tags for [topic]
Research the best internal linking structure for [topic] content
Generate a list of questions people ask about [topic]
Create a list of the best alt tags for images related to [topic]
Create a list of related subtopics for [topic]
Find the best time to publish content related to [topic]
Research the best external linking strategies for [topic]
Find the most popular tools used for [topic] SEO
Create a list of potential influencers for [topic]
Research the best schema markup for [topic]
Find the best header tags for [topic] content
Create a list of potential link-building opportunities for [topic]
Research the best anchor text for [topic] backlinks
Create a list of potential guest blogging opportunities for [topic]
Research the best local SEO strategies for [topic]
Research the best analytics tools for [topic] website performance
Create a list of potential partnerships for [topic]
Research the best tactics for [topic] mobile optimization
Research the best tactics for [topic] e-commerce optimization. Provide keyword clusters.
Create a list of potential affiliate marketing opportunities for [topic]
What are the best affiliate marketing websites for [topic]
What are the best tactics for [topic] international SEO
Create a list of potential podcast or podcast guest opportunities for [topic]
Research the best tactics for [topic] Google My Business optimization
Find popular content topics related to [topic]
Research the best SEO tactics for [topic] and provide actionable steps
Create a list of potential video series or webinar ideas related to [topic]
Research competitor strategies related to [topic]
Find canonical tag examples related to [topic]
Create an example keyword list targeting multiple geographic locations for [topic]
Generate keyword ideas targeting different stages of the customer purchase funnel for [topic]
Identify industry hashtags related to [topic].

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