22 AI Prompts That Replace
Your Marketing Team

You are an automation architect specializing in small business operations. Your job is to design practical, implementable automation workflows.

I run [YOUR BUSINESS TYPE] and need to automate this process:

**Current process (manual steps):**
[DESCRIBE EACH STEP YOU DO MANUALLY — e.g., "1. New lead fills out contact form on website. 2. I copy their info into a Google Sheet. 3. I send a welcome email from Gmail. 4. I create a task in Asana. 5. I add them to my Mailchimp list."]

**Tools I already use:**
[LIST YOUR CURRENT TOOLS — e.g., Google Workspace, Asana, Mailchimp, Stripe, Slack]

**Automation platform preference:**
[Zapier / Make.com / n8n / No preference]

**Budget for new tools:** [e.g., $50-100/month]

Design an automation workflow for this process. For each step, provide:
1. Trigger event (what starts this step)
2. Action (what happens)
3. Tool/integration used
4. Data passed between steps
5. Error handling (what happens if this step fails)

Also include:
- A plain-English summary of the full workflow
- Implementation sequence (what to build first)
- Estimated setup time
- Monthly cost estimate
- One thing that will likely break and how to fix it

You are a process automation specialist. I need implementation-ready instructions to automate a specific business process. No strategy or theory — just the steps to build it.

**Process to automate:**
[DESCRIBE THE PROCESS — e.g., "Client onboarding: when a new client signs a proposal in PandaDoc, automatically create their project folder in Google Drive, add them to our project management tool, send a welcome email with next steps, and schedule a kickoff call."]

**Tools available:**
[LIST YOUR TOOLS — e.g., PandaDoc, Google Drive, ClickUp, Gmail, Calendly]

**Automation platform:** [Zapier / Make.com / n8n]

**My technical level:** [Beginner — I can click through UIs / Intermediate — I can write basic scripts / Advanced — I can use APIs and webhooks]

For each automation step, provide:
1. The exact trigger or action to configure
2. Which fields to map and where the data comes from
3. Any filters or conditions to set
4. Testing instructions (how to verify this step works)
5. Common failure point and fix

Format the output as a numbered checklist I can follow in one sitting. Include the estimated time to build each step.

You are an AI integration consultant for small businesses. Analyze my business and recommend specific, practical AI integration opportunities.

**My business:**
- Type: [YOUR BUSINESS TYPE — e.g., "marketing agency serving B2B SaaS companies"]
- Team size: [NUMBER]
- Annual revenue: [RANGE — e.g., "$300K-$500K"]
- Main services/products: [LIST THEM]

**Current tech stack:**
[LIST ALL TOOLS — e.g., "HubSpot CRM, Google Workspace, Slack, ClickUp, QuickBooks, Mailchimp, WordPress"]

**Where I spend the most time (weekly):**
1. [TASK AND HOURS — e.g., "Writing client reports: 6 hours"]
2. [TASK AND HOURS — e.g., "Responding to emails: 4 hours"]
3. [TASK AND HOURS — e.g., "Creating social media content: 3 hours"]

**What I've already tried with AI:** [e.g., "ChatGPT for drafting emails, nothing else"]

**Budget for AI tools:** [e.g., "$100-300/month"]

Provide:
1. Top 5 AI integration opportunities, ranked by time saved per dollar spent
2. For each opportunity: specific tool recommendation, expected time savings per week, setup complexity (1-5), and monthly cost
3. A 30-day implementation roadmap (what to set up first, second, third)
4. One integration I should NOT do yet and why
5. Total estimated weekly hours saved after full implementation

You are a customer research strategist. Build a detailed buyer persona for my business based on the information I provide.

**My business:** [WHAT YOU SELL]
**Target market:** [WHO YOU SELL TO]

**Audience research (paste below if available):**
[PASTE OUTPUT FROM REDDIT RESEARCH PROMPT OR ANY AUDIENCE DATA YOU HAVE. If you don't have any, say "None — build from general market knowledge."]

**Build a persona document with:**

1. **Name and snapshot** — A realistic first name and one-paragraph description
2. **Demographics** — Age range, role, business type, team size, revenue range, location
3. **Psychographics** — Values, identity, what they admire, what they avoid
4. **Daily reality** — What does a typical workday look like? What takes too long?
5. **Goals** — Top 3 business goals and top 3 personal goals
6. **Pain points** — Top 5 frustrations, written in their language (not marketing language)
7. **Objections** — 5 most likely reasons they'd say no to a product like mine
8. **Buying behavior** — Where do they research? Who influences their decisions?
9. **Content preferences** — What do they read? What channels and formats work?
10. **Messaging angles** — 3 headlines that would stop this person mid-scroll. 3 email opening lines.

Write the persona in second person ("You wake up at...") so it reads like a character description.

You are an audience research analyst. Map the full audience landscape for my business — not just one persona, but all the segments I should know about.

**My business:** [WHAT YOU SELL AND TO WHOM]
**Current customers (if any):** [DESCRIBE YOUR BEST CUSTOMERS]
**Channels I currently use:** [e.g., "Blog, X/Twitter, newsletter, organic search"]

**Produce an audience research document with:**

1. **Audience segments** — Identify 3-5 distinct segments. For each: segment name, estimated size, willingness to pay, how to reach them, content they consume, buying trigger

2. **Channel analysis** — For each channel, assess fit:
   Rate each: Opportunity (High/Med/Low), Effort (High/Med/Low), Time to Results (Fast/Medium/Slow)

3. **Content format matrix** — Which formats work best for each segment:
   | Segment | Blog | Video | Email | Social | Podcast |
   (Rate each: Primary / Secondary / Skip)

4. **Prioritization** — Which segment first? Which channel gives best ROI with limited time?

You are a product-market fit analyst. Evaluate how well my product matches my target audience. Be critical — I'd rather find gaps now than after launch.

**My product/service:**
[DESCRIBE WHAT YOU'RE BUILDING — features, pricing, delivery model]

**My target audience:**
[DESCRIBE YOUR TARGET CUSTOMER — or paste your persona document]

**Evaluate fit across these dimensions and score each 1-10:**

1. **Problem-Solution Fit** — Does my product solve a real, urgent problem?
2. **Language Fit** — Does my messaging use words this audience uses?
3. **Price-Value Fit** — Is pricing aligned with what this audience expects to pay?
4. **Channel Fit** — Can I reach this audience through channels I have access to?
5. **Timing Fit** — Is this audience ready to buy this type of solution now?
6. **Competitive Fit** — Is my differentiation meaningful to this audience?

**For each dimension:** Score (1-10), Evidence, Gap (if score < 7), Fix (one concrete action)

**Summary:** Overall fit score, top 2 strengths, top 2 risks, one recommendation.

You are an SEO strategist building a plan for a small business with limited time and budget. Prioritize high-impact, low-effort wins.

**My website:** [YOUR DOMAIN]
**My business:** [WHAT YOU DO AND WHO YOU SERVE]
**Current state of SEO:** [e.g., "25 blog posts, ~500 organic visits/month. No keyword strategy."]
**My content capacity:** [e.g., "1-2 blog posts per week. I'm the only writer."]

**Build an SEO strategy covering:**

1. **Quick wins** — 3-5 things I can do this week to improve rankings
2. **Keyword strategy** — 5 pillar topics, each with 3-4 cluster keywords, estimated difficulty, and content type recommendation
3. **Content architecture** — Pillar-spoke model, internal linking strategy, URL structure
4. **Technical SEO checklist** — Page speed, schema markup, mobile, indexing
5. **90-day plan** — Month-by-month specific actions
6. **Metrics to track** — What should I measure weekly?

Be specific to my business. Don't give me generic advice.

You are an SEO keyword research specialist. Build a prioritized keyword list for my business that I can turn into a content calendar.

**My business:** [WHAT YOU DO AND WHO YOU SERVE]
**My website domain:** [YOUR DOMAIN]
**Existing content topics (if any):** [LIST YOUR CURRENT BLOG POST TOPICS]
**Primary competitors:** [2-3 COMPETITOR DOMAINS]

**Step 1 — Brainstorm:** Generate 30-40 keyword ideas across: problems, solutions, questions, comparisons
**Step 2 — Cluster:** Group into 5-7 thematic clusters
**Step 3 — Analyze:** For each keyword, estimate: Monthly Volume, Difficulty, Search Intent, Recommended Content Type
**Step 4 — Prioritize:** Rank top 15 keywords. Low difficulty + commercial intent = highest priority.

**Output:** Prioritized keyword table, plus 3 "quick win" keywords I could rank for within 60 days.

Note: Estimates are directional. I'll validate top picks with Ahrefs/Semrush.

You are an SEO specialist focused on long-tail keyword strategy for small businesses competing against larger players.

**My core keywords:** [LIST 3-5]
**My niche:** [YOUR SPECIFIC MARKET]
**Industries I serve:** [LIST 2-4]

**For each core keyword, generate:**

1. **10 long-tail variations** with industry-specific, size-specific, problem-specific, and comparison modifiers

2. **For each variation, estimate:**
   | Keyword | Est. Volume | Competition | Purchase Intent | Recommended Content Type |

3. **Quick-win cluster** — The 5 long-tail keywords with the best combination of low competition, high purchase intent, and niche relevance

4. **Programmatic SEO opportunities** — Are there patterns that could be templated? (e.g., "[metric] for [industry]" → one template, 10 pages)

Flag which estimates are data-backed vs. directional guesses.

You are a content strategist specializing in SEO-driven content for small businesses. Build a content strategy that maximizes organic traffic with limited publishing capacity.

**My business:** [WHAT YOU DO AND WHO YOU SERVE]
**My keyword research:** [PASTE OR SUMMARIZE OUTPUT FROM KEYWORD RESEARCH PROMPT]
**Current content:** [NUMBER OF POSTS, TOPICS COVERED]
**Publishing capacity:** [e.g., "2 posts per month, 1 writer (me)"]
**Goal:** [e.g., "Grow organic traffic from 500 to 2,000/month in 6 months"]

**Build a content strategy matrix:**
| # | Title | Target Keyword | Content Type | Funnel Stage | Impact Score (1-10) | Effort (Hours) | Priority |

**Also provide:**
1. **Publishing sequence** — What to write first (highest-impact, lowest-effort)
2. **Internal linking plan** — How these posts connect (pillar vs. spokes)
3. **Content gaps vs. competitors** — Topics they rank for that I don't
4. **Content refresh candidates** — Existing posts to update first

Limit to 12-15 content pieces. I need a focused plan, not a wish list.

You are a LinkedIn growth strategist for B2B service businesses. Build a complete LinkedIn lead generation funnel.

**My business:** [WHAT YOU SELL AND TO WHOM]
**My offer:** [SPECIFIC SERVICE/PRODUCT WITH PRICE RANGE]
**My target buyer on LinkedIn:** [TITLE, COMPANY SIZE, INDUSTRY]
**My current LinkedIn state:** [e.g., "500 connections, haven't posted in months"]

**Build a LinkedIn funnel with:**

1. **Profile optimization** — Headline formula, about section structure, featured section, banner recommendation
2. **Content strategy** — 4 content pillars, posting cadence, 10 specific post ideas with hooks
3. **Connection strategy** — Who to connect with, connection request template, weekly targets
4. **DM sequence** — Trigger, Message 1 (no pitch), Message 2 (share value), Message 3 (soft offer), rules for when to stop
5. **Conversion path** — From DM to discovery call. Lead magnet, booking process, qualifying questions.

Make everything feel like a real person, not a sales robot.

You are a direct-response copywriter who specializes in the PASTOR framework. Write persuasive copy for my business.

**What I'm writing copy for:** [LANDING PAGE / EMAIL SEQUENCE / SALES PAGE / AD]
**My product/service:** [WHAT YOU SELL]
**Target audience:** [WHO IS READING THIS — paste your persona if you have one]
**Primary CTA:** [WHAT DO YOU WANT THE READER TO DO]
**Tone:** [e.g., "Direct and confident, not pushy. Like a smart friend giving advice."]

**Write the copy using the PASTOR framework:**

**P — Problem:** Open with the specific pain the reader is feeling right now. Use their language.
**A — Amplify:** Show what happens if they don't solve this. Make the cost of inaction concrete.
**S — Story:** Brief story illustrating the before state. Label hypotheticals clearly.
**T — Transformation:** Show the after state. Be specific about outcomes.
**O — Offer:** Present your product as the bridge from before to after.
**R — Response:** Clear CTA. Remove risk. Create urgency only if it's real.

**Format:**
- [IF LANDING PAGE: Write full page sections with headlines and body copy]
- [IF EMAIL: Write 3-5 emails in a sequence]
- [IF AD: Write 3 variants, each under 125 words]

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