AI Isn't the Final Word: You Must Always Edit Your Content
The prompts in this article are designed to create a first draft of your content, which you must never publish without manually reviewing it.
Artificial intelligence always writes in the same way and produces generic content copied from other articles on the Internet.
The problem isn't so much how artificial its writing sounds, but what it actually says.
AI can explain a topic with impeccable grammar and sentence structure, but it doesn't know your personal experience or the problems you've encountered when you've actually tried to do something yourself.
Nobody searches the Internet today just to get a generic explanation, because they can simply go to Wikipedia for that.
What people want today is to hear from someone who has already dealt with specific problems or achieved certain results (source: "The New Consumer Decision-Making Process," Google).
That's why your job is to use AI to save time on the first draft and then manually edit the content.
Prompts for Writing Blog Articles
This is the first prompt you can give AI when you need a complete blog article but have absolutely no idea what to write:
Write a blog article about [INSERT YOUR TOPIC].
Instructions for the article:
1. You have complete freedom to organize the sections.
2. NEVER write sentences that contain lists of items separated by commas, because these are just lists disguised as sentences. I don't want to see sentences like "You have to learn element A, element B, element C, element D, element E..." Readers want actual explanations, not lists. Apply this rule throughout every section of the article.
3. Use bullet points only for step-by-step instructions, if there are any.
4. Use extremely simple language, almost like a school textbook, with basic words and expressions so that everyone can understand the article, even people who aren't familiar with the industry.
5. Get straight to the point. I don't want introductions or 100-word sentences that could be expressed in 10 words. Don't write pointless phrases like "There's one specific question you need to ask yourself: [QUESTION]." Just write "You need to ask yourself [QUESTION]" and eliminate all similar expressions.
6. Don't write a long article. Explain the topic without going around in circles.
7. Keep the article short, but use long, flowing sentences that sound like natural speech. I don't want choppy sentences or an encyclopedic tone. People need to understand what they're reading.
As you can see, I've included several instructions to make the result sound as human as possible, but even with these adjustments, it still won't be enough, and you'll always have to manually review the article before publishing it.
Here's another prompt you can use when you want your article to follow a specific structure:
Write a blog article about [INSERT YOUR TOPIC], divided into the following sections:
- [SECTION TITLE OR TOPIC] ([SHORT BRIEF EXPLAINING WHAT YOU WANT TO COVER]).
- [SECTION TITLE OR TOPIC] ([SHORT BRIEF EXPLAINING WHAT YOU WANT TO COVER]).
- [SECTION TITLE OR TOPIC] ([SHORT BRIEF EXPLAINING WHAT YOU WANT TO COVER]).
[CONTINUE ADDING AS MANY SECTIONS AS YOU WANT].
Instructions for the article:
1. NEVER write sentences that contain lists of items separated by commas, because these are just lists disguised as sentences. I don't want to see sentences like "You have to learn element A, element B, element C, element D, element E..." Readers want actual explanations, not lists. Apply this rule throughout every section of the article.
2. Use bullet points only for step-by-step instructions, if there are any.
3. Use extremely simple language, almost like a school textbook, with basic words and expressions so that everyone can understand the article, even people who aren't familiar with the industry.
4. Get straight to the point. I don't want introductions or 100-word sentences that could be expressed in 10 words. Don't write pointless phrases like "There's one specific question you need to ask yourself: [QUESTION]." Just write 'You need to ask yourself [QUESTION]' and eliminate all similar expressions.
5. Don't write a long article. Explain the topic without going around in circles.
6. Keep the article short, but use long, flowing sentences that sound like natural speech. I don't want choppy sentences or an encyclopedic tone. People need to understand what they're reading.
Insights from Reddit
You can add the following instruction to the end of any chapter brief to help incorporate insights from people who have already faced similar challenges or who have shared valuable perspectives on the topic on Reddit.
Of course, you'll still need to review the results, because someone might have written complete nonsense, and AI can't reliably tell who's telling the truth and who's posting garbage just to earn Reddit karma.
Open Reddit and look through discussions where real users talk about this topic.
Use insights from people who have actual firsthand experience to enrich the entire section.
Never mention Reddit or anything you found there; simply incorporate the information naturally throughout the section as if it came from my own experience and I were personally recommending it to the reader.
The next prompt helps you back up your claims, which is essential in content marketing and copywriting in general, because people today no longer take your word for it and want to be sure that what you're saying is true (source: "Online Fact-Checker Labels Work-Even With Those Who Distrust Fact-Checkers," MIT Sloan School of Management).
You can see an example in the previous sentence, where I included a study from MIT Sloan to support my claim.
I'm going to give you a statement.
1. Find sources that support my statement, searching in the following order:
- Direct links to the world's leading business universities (Harvard, Stanford, MIT, London Business School, and similar institutions).
- Direct links to billion-dollar companies and billionaire entrepreneurs or investors.
- Verifiable actions and advice from the world's largest billion-dollar companies.
- Verified data published by billion-dollar companies.
- Direct links to the work of the most influential psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychotherapists in history who have taught at universities.
If I write "everyone" and the source says "most people," that's fine. Don't be overly picky. Just make sure the main idea is supported.
2. Always provide links to the original sources, never third-party websites, and explain what each source says so I can understand how to use it in context.
3. Make sure none of the links you provide lead to a 404 error page.
4. At the end, recommend the best source for supporting my entire statement from the ones you've found and, if necessary, rewrite my statement to make it more accurate and consistent with what the sources actually say.
5. Here's the statement: [INSERT THE STATEMENT YOU WANT TO SUPPORT].
Prompts for Writing Social Media Posts
When you're writing social media content for a business, you need to get straight to the point because people scroll quickly and won't spend time reading a long explanation.
You can use the blog articles you've already created to generate dozens of social media posts without having to write everything from scratch.
For example, you can turn a section of your article into a Facebook post that explains a specific problem, while a shorter version of the same content can become an Instagram caption or text for an image.
The important thing is to focus each post on one idea.
Here's a prompt for generating Facebook posts:
Read this blog article: [INSERT ARTICLE URL].
1. Create Facebook posts based on its content.
2. Each post must cover one specific idea from the article and explain it in simple language that anyone can understand.
3. Keep the posts short and direct, with a natural, conversational tone.
4. Don't write introductions or generic motivational phrases.
5. Don't use sentences that contain lists of items separated by commas.
6. Make each post understandable on its own, without requiring readers to open the article.
For Instagram, you can use a similar prompt, but the text needs to be even shorter so that people can understand the message immediately:
Read this blog article: [INSERT ARTICLE URL].
1. Create short Instagram posts based on its content.
2. Each post must communicate one specific idea from the article using very simple language.
3. Write short, direct text suitable for an Instagram image or caption.
4. Avoid generic introductions and unnecessary explanations.
5. Don't use sentences that contain lists of items separated by commas.
6. Make sure every post makes sense on its own.
Prompts for Writing Scripts for Short Videos and Reels
You can also use the same blog article to create scripts for Instagram Reels and TikTok videos or YouTube Shorts, instead of coming up with new topics every time you want to publish a video.
The process is practically identical to creating social media posts, except that the text needs to sound natural when spoken aloud.
Here's the prompt:
Read this blog article: [INSERT ARTICLE URL].
1. Create scripts for short videos to publish as Instagram Reels, TikTok videos, or YouTube Shorts.
2. Each script must explain one specific idea from the article.
3. Use very simple language and write as if you were speaking directly to someone.
4. Get straight to the point without introductions or unnecessary phrases.
5. Keep each script short enough for a video lasting approximately 30-60 seconds.
6. Don't use sentences that contain lists of items separated by commas.
7. Write only the spoken script, without camera directions or editing instructions.
8. Make sure each video can be understood without reading the original article.
