12 ChatGPT prompts for marketers
Reusable ChatGPT templates for the daily tasks most marketers actually do. Variables marked, ready to drop into a prompt library.
Most "ChatGPT prompts for marketers" lists give you 500 one-shot prompts you will read once and never use. This is the opposite: twelve prompt templates, each parameterized, covering tasks marketers actually do daily. Copy them into your prompt library, mark the variables, and you have a week's worth of work compressed into a library.
1. Blog outline
Template: "Outline a {{word_count}}-word blog post about {{topic}} for {{audience}}. Include H2s, one contrarian angle, and a specific call to action. Tone: {{tone}}."
2. Cold email opener
Template: "Write a cold email opener for {{persona}} about {{product}}. Lead with a specific observation about {{trigger_event}}. No generic hooks. Max two sentences before the ask."
3. Ad copy variations
Template: "Write 5 variations of an ad for {{product}} targeting {{audience}}. Lead benefit: {{benefit}}. Each variation should test a different angle: social proof, scarcity, curiosity, transformation, loss aversion. Max 40 words each."
4. SEO meta descriptions
Template: "Write 3 meta descriptions for a page about {{topic}}. Under 155 characters. Include the primary keyword {{keyword}} once. Each variation tests a different CTA angle."
5. Competitor teardown
Template: "I am positioning {{our_product}} against {{competitor}}. List 5 areas where we are meaningfully different. For each, write a one-sentence positioning line I could use on a landing page."
6. Social post from long content
Template: "Turn the following {{source_type}} into a {{platform}} post. Lead with the single most surprising claim. Short lines. Max {{char_limit}} characters. {{source}}"
7. Customer interview synthesis
Template: "Summarize the following customer interview transcript as: top 3 pains, top 3 desires, top 3 quotes worth using in marketing. Be skeptical of what customers say they want vs what they describe doing. {{transcript}}"
8. Content brief for a writer
Template: "Write a content brief for a writer covering {{topic}}. Include: angle, audience, primary keyword ({{keyword}}), secondary keywords, required sections, tone reference, word count ({{word_count}}), and 3 sources to draw from."
9. Email subject line tests
Template: "Give me 10 subject lines for an email about {{offer}} to {{segment}}. Mix: question, number, curiosity gap, direct benefit, contrarian take. Max 50 characters each. No emojis."
10. Brand voice calibration
Template: "Rewrite the following in the voice of {{brand_reference}}. Preserve meaning and length. Do not add new information. {{original}}"
11. Feature announcement post
Template: "Write a launch post for {{feature}}. Open with the user problem, not the feature. Explain the specific change. End with a concrete ask. Under 250 words. Tone: {{tone}}."
12. Quarterly content plan
Template: "I need a 12-week content plan for a {{company_type}} targeting {{ICP}}. Primary goal: {{primary_goal}}. Output as markdown table: week, topic, format, primary keyword, CTA. Avoid generic startup-blog topics."
How to actually use these
Copy each template into a prompt library. Mark the {{variables}}. Save them in a Marketing category. Trigger with ⇧⌘P whenever you start one of these tasks. The library is doing the work of "remember which prompt I wrote last time" for you.
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