Updated Oct 2026110 copy-paste prompts · 10 business functions

100+ ChatGPT Prompts for Business Growth (2026)

Quick answer: the best ChatGPT prompts for business give the AI a role, your real context, one clear task, the output format and a check step. Below are 110 copy-ready prompts grouped by business function: strategy, marketing, sales, customer service, operations, finance, HR, product, leadership and small-business owners. Swap the [brackets] for your details and press Copy.

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How to use these ChatGPT prompts for business

Copy a prompt, replace every [bracket] with your real details, paste it into ChatGPT and read the answer as a first draft. Paste your business context brief (below) first, or keep it in a ChatGPT Project, so every answer starts from your facts instead of generic assumptions. The prompts work on free and paid plans; paid plans mainly add more usage, file analysis, longer context and team features.

The 6-part business prompt formula

Every prompt on this page follows the same pattern. Once you see it, you can write your own prompt for any task in a minute.

1

Role

Who ChatGPT should act as: “a pricing advisor for a B2B services firm”.

2

Context

Your real facts: numbers, notes, customer words. Paste, don’t describe.

3

Task

One clear job per prompt: diagnose, draft, compare, plan or check.

4

Audience

Who will read the output: a customer, your board, a new hire.

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Format

Table, email under 120 words, one-page memo, numbered steps.

6

Check

Ask it to show working, flag assumptions and list what to verify.

Example in one line: “Act as a CFO for a 20-person agency (role). Here is last quarter’s P&L: [paste] (context). Explain the three biggest variances (task) for our non-finance partners (audience) in under 200 words with a table (format). Show your calculations and flag anything you are guessing (check).”

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Give ChatGPT your business context once

Generic answers come from generic context. Spend ten minutes on this brief, then paste it at the start of a chat or save it as the instructions of a ChatGPT Project. It is not counted in the

Business context brief (paste this first)

When to use: At the start of a new chat, or saved as project instructions.

You are helping me run and grow [business name]. Remember this brief for the whole chat. What we do: [one line]. Customers: [who they are, where, typical size or spend]. Offer and prices: [main products or services and price range]. Team: [size and roles]. Goals this quarter: [2 or 3 measurable goals]. Biggest problems right now: [list]. Brand voice: [3 adjectives]. Facts you may use: [paste]. Rules: never invent numbers, customers, reviews or results; ask me when a fact is missing; show calculations; write in [British / American / Indian] English. Reply “Ready” and wait for my first task.

How to make the brief work harder

  • Keep it under a page, so it does not crowd out the task
  • Add one real example of good work, such as a proposal or email you are proud of
  • Update it each quarter when goals or prices change
  • Share one brief across the team so everyone’s drafts start from the same facts
  • Leave out customer names, phone numbers and confidential figures you are not allowed to share
Prompts 1–11 · Strategy & planning

ChatGPT prompts for business strategy and planning

Use these when you need to think, not just write: diagnosing growth, testing a business idea, drafting a business plan or choosing between options. Paste real numbers wherever the prompt asks for them; strategy built on guesses is still a guess.

1One-page growth diagnosis

When to use: When revenue has stalled and you need to see where the problem really is before spending more.

Act as a growth consultant for a [type of business] in [city / market]. Here are our last [6] months of numbers: [revenue by month, number of customers, average order value, repeat rate, main lead sources]. Diagnose where growth is stuck: acquisition, conversion, order value or retention. Show your reasoning, list the 3 most likely causes in order of impact, and for each one tell me what data would confirm or rule it out. Do not invent figures; flag anything you are assuming.

2SWOT analysis from real facts

When to use: Before an annual plan, a funding conversation or a new market entry.

Create a SWOT analysis for [company], which sells [product / service] to [customer type] in [market]. Use only these facts: [paste facts about team, customers, pricing, competitors, recent wins and losses]. For each point, add one line on why it matters. Then turn the SWOT into 4 strategic options (strengths x opportunities, and so on) and rank them by effort and impact in a table.

3Competitor comparison table

When to use: When you are repositioning, pricing a new offer or preparing for a sales pitch against a rival.

Compare my business with these competitors: [competitor names and what I know about each: pricing, offer, positioning, reviews]. My business: [description]. Build a table covering target customer, core promise, price point, proof they use, and obvious weaknesses. Then tell me where we can credibly be different, and which claims I should check on their websites before using them. Mark anything you are unsure about.

4Pick the best customer segment

When to use: When you sell to “everyone” and your marketing feels spread thin.

Here is a list of our customer segments with rough data: [segment, number of customers, average revenue, sales cycle, support effort, churn]. Score each segment on attractiveness and on our ability to win, explain the scoring, and recommend one segment to focus on for the next [quarter]. Then list 5 changes to our offer, messaging or channels that focus would require.

5Pricing review

When to use: When margins are shrinking or you have not changed prices in over a year.

Act as a pricing advisor. Our product: [description]. Current prices: [tiers and prices]. Costs per unit or per client: [costs]. Competitor prices: [list]. Customer feedback on price: [quotes]. Suggest 3 pricing options (for example a new tier, a bundle, or a price rise with added value), estimate the effect on margin with the numbers I gave, and list the risks of each. Show the calculations so I can check them.

690-day growth plan with goals

When to use: At the start of a quarter, to turn ambitions into a plan the team can run.

Build a 90-day growth plan for [business]. Goal: [specific goal, e.g. grow monthly revenue from X to Y]. Team: [people and hours available]. Budget: [amount]. Channels we already use: [list]. Give me 3 objectives, each with 2 or 3 measurable key results, the weekly actions behind them, an owner role for each action and a simple review rhythm. Keep it realistic for the team size I described.

7Business plan outline

When to use: When you need a business plan for a bank, investor or your own clarity.

Help me write a business plan for [business idea / company]. Ask me up to 10 questions first about the market, customers, team, costs and funding needed. After I answer, produce a business plan outline with these sections: summary, problem, solution, target market, competition, business model, go-to-market, operations, team, financial assumptions and risks. Leave clear [TO CHECK] markers wherever a number needs evidence.

8Stress-test a business idea

When to use: Before you spend money on a new product, branch or side business.

I am considering this business idea: [idea, target customer, price, how I will reach customers]. Act as a sceptical investor. List the 10 hardest questions about it, the 3 assumptions most likely to be wrong, and the cheapest experiment I could run in [2 weeks] to test each one. End with what result would make me stop.

9Market size sanity check

When to use: When a pitch deck, plan or report needs a defensible market estimate.

Help me estimate the market for [product] in [region] using a bottom-up method. Here is what I know: [number of potential customers, typical spend, buying frequency, sources]. Show each step of the calculation, state every assumption, and give a low, likely and high estimate. Tell me which official or industry sources I should check to firm up each assumption. Do not present any figure as fact unless I supplied it.

10Project pre-mortem

When to use: Before you launch a big initiative, so you can fix problems while they are still cheap.

We are about to launch [initiative] on [date]. Imagine it is 6 months later and it has failed. Write the most likely story of why it failed, then list the top 8 failure causes, the early warning sign for each, and one preventive action we can take this week. Context: [team, budget, timeline, dependencies].

11Decision memo with options

When to use: When a leadership team keeps circling the same decision.

Write a one-page decision memo on whether we should [decision]. Context: [background, constraints, deadline]. Lay out 3 options including “do nothing”, with costs, benefits, risks and what we would need to believe for each to be right. Recommend one, say how confident you are and why, and list what would change your mind.
Prompts 12–22 · Marketing

ChatGPT prompts for marketing and content

Marketing is where most businesses start with ChatGPT, and where generic prompts do the most damage. These prompts ask for your audience, offer and voice first, so the drafts sound like your brand rather than everyone else’s.

12Ideal customer profile

When to use: Before any campaign, website rewrite or ad spend.

Using these notes on our best customers [paste: industries, roles, company size, why they bought, what they say in reviews], write an ideal customer profile for [business]. Include their job, goals, frustrations, buying triggers, objections, where they look for information and the exact words they use. Quote the source notes where possible and mark anything you inferred.

13Value proposition and messaging

When to use: When your website or pitch sounds like every competitor’s.

Act as a positioning strategist. Our offer: [description]. Customer: [ideal customer profile]. Competitors say: [their main claims]. Our proof: [results, testimonials, credentials you can verify]. Write 5 value proposition options of under 15 words, each with a supporting line and 3 proof points. Avoid empty words such as “innovative”, “seamless” and “world-class”.

1430-day content calendar

When to use: At the start of each month, to stop deciding what to post every morning.

Create a 30-day content calendar for [business] on [channels]. Audience: [who]. Goal this month: [goal]. Content pillars: [3 to 5 pillars]. Key dates: [launches, festivals, events]. For each day give the channel, format, topic, hook and call to action, in a table. Mix formats and keep no more than [3] promotional posts per week.

15SEO article brief

When to use: Before you or a writer start a blog post you want to rank.

Create an SEO content brief for an article targeting “[main keyword]” for [audience]. Include search intent, a working title under 60 characters, a meta description under 155 characters, an H2 and H3 outline, questions the article must answer, internal pages to link to [list your pages], and what would make our article more useful than the current top results. Do not invent search volumes.

16Landing page copy

When to use: When you launch an offer and need a page that explains it clearly.

Write landing page copy for [offer] aimed at [audience]. Sections: headline, subheadline, 3 benefits, how it works in 3 steps, proof [paste real testimonials or results], pricing [details], FAQ with 5 questions, and a call to action. Use plain words a busy [job title] would use. Give me 2 headline options and keep every claim to what I have provided.

17Email nurture sequence

When to use: When leads sign up or enquire but do not buy straight away.

Write a 5-email nurture sequence for people who [downloaded X / enquired about Y]. Product: [offer]. Main objections: [list]. Proof: [case examples you can share]. For each email give the send day, subject line, preview text, body under 150 words and one call to action. Make email 1 deliver what they asked for, and save the hard sell for email 4 or 5.

18Ad copy variations

When to use: Before a paid campaign on Google, Meta or LinkedIn, so you can test angles.

Write ad copy for [platform] promoting [offer] to [audience]. Give me 5 variations, each using a different angle: problem, outcome, proof, comparison and urgency based on a real deadline [date]. Respect these limits: [character limits for headline and text]. Avoid claims we cannot prove and anything the platform’s ad policies restrict, such as personal attributes.

19LinkedIn thought-leadership posts

When to use: When a founder or expert should be visible but never has time to write.

Interview me to write 3 LinkedIn posts. Ask me 6 questions, one at a time, about [topic], my experience with it and an opinion I hold that others in [industry] might disagree with. Then write each post in under 200 words, in first person, with a strong first line, short paragraphs and no hashtags in the body. Keep my stories and wording; do not add facts I did not give you.

20Repurpose one asset into ten

When to use: When you have a webinar, report or long article that only went out once.

Here is a [webinar transcript / report / article]: [paste]. Turn it into: 3 LinkedIn posts, 1 newsletter section, 5 short social captions, 1 short video script under 60 seconds, and 3 quotes for graphics. Keep each piece faithful to the source, note which section it came from, and do not add new statistics.

21Mine reviews for messaging

When to use: When you want copy that uses your customers’ own words.

Here are [number] customer reviews and testimonials: [paste]. Group them into themes, count how often each appears, and pull the exact phrases customers use for the problem, the result and the experience. Then suggest 5 headlines and 5 ad hooks built from those phrases, and flag any review that should not be quoted publicly.

22Campaign results readout

When to use: After a campaign ends, before you decide whether to run it again.

Analyse these campaign results: [paste table of spend, impressions, clicks, leads, sales by channel or ad]. Calculate cost per lead and cost per sale for each, highlight what worked and what did not, and suggest 3 tests for the next round. Show your calculations, and tell me if the data is too thin to draw a conclusion.

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Prompts 23–33 · Sales & business development

ChatGPT prompts for sales and business development

Sales prompts work best when you paste what you actually know about the prospect: their website copy, a LinkedIn post, your call notes. Always check any fact about a named company before you send anything.

23Account research brief

When to use: Before a first meeting with a prospect or a key account review.

Using this information about [company][paste: About page, recent news, job ads, annual report extract], write a one-page account brief for a sales meeting. Cover what they do, likely priorities this year, possible problems we can help with [our offer], people to involve, and 5 smart questions to ask. Separate facts from the sources I gave you from your own inferences.

24Personalised cold email

When to use: When you prospect a specific person and want a reply, not a delete.

Write a cold email to [name, role] at [company]. What I know about them: [recent post, news or trigger event]. Our offer: [one line]. Relevant proof: [similar client result you can share]. Keep it under 90 words, open with something specific to them, make one clear ask (a 15-minute call), and give me 3 subject line options. No flattery and no fake familiarity.

25Follow-up sequence after no reply

When to use: When good prospects go quiet after a first email or proposal.

Write a 4-message follow-up sequence for a prospect who has not replied to [my first email / proposal sent on date]. Context: [what we offered, what they said earlier]. Space them over [3 weeks]. Each message must add something new: a useful resource, a short case example, a simpler next step, and finally a polite close-the-loop note. Under 70 words each.

26Discovery call questions

When to use: Before a sales call, so you diagnose instead of pitching too early.

Prepare discovery call questions for a [role] at a [company type] who is considering [our product / service]. Give me 12 open questions in a logical order covering their current process, pain, impact, what they have tried, decision process, timing and budget. Add a short note on what a good answer and a red-flag answer would sound like for each.

27Objection handling script

When to use: When the same objections keep losing you deals.

Here are the objections we hear most: [list, e.g. too expensive, we already use X, not the right time]. Our offer: [details]. Proof we can use: [results, references]. For each objection, write a short response that first acknowledges the concern, asks one clarifying question, and then answers with facts. Keep the tone helpful, never pushy.

28Proposal first draft

When to use: When you need a client proposal fast but do not want it to read like a template.

Draft a proposal for [client] based on these discovery notes: [paste]. Our solution: [scope, deliverables, timeline, price]. Structure it as: their situation in their words, objectives, our approach, deliverables, timeline, investment, why us and next steps. Keep it under [3] pages, and list any gaps in the notes that I should confirm before sending.

29Call notes to CRM update

When to use: Straight after a sales call, while details are fresh.

Turn these rough call notes into a CRM update: [paste notes or transcript]. Give me: summary in 3 lines, pain points, decision makers and their roles, budget and timing signals, objections raised, agreed next steps with dates, and deal stage recommendation. Then draft a short follow-up email to the prospect confirming the next steps.

30Pipeline review

When to use: Before a weekly sales meeting or month-end forecast.

Review this sales pipeline: [paste deals with stage, value, age, last activity, next step]. Identify deals that are stuck, deals with no next step, and deals likely to slip. Suggest one specific action per risky deal and estimate a realistic forecast range for [month], explaining your logic. Do not change any figures I gave you.

31Sales battlecard

When to use: When your team keeps losing to the same competitor.

Create a one-page battlecard for selling against [competitor]. What I know about them: [pricing, strengths, weaknesses, what customers say]. Our strengths: [list]. Include: when we win, when we lose, 5 landmine questions to ask the prospect, responses to their 3 favourite claims, and proof points. Mark anything that needs checking before the team uses it.

32WhatsApp follow-up message

When to use: When leads come in on WhatsApp and need a quick, polite nudge.

Write 3 short WhatsApp follow-up messages for a lead who enquired about [product / service] on [date] and has not replied to our quote of [price]. Tone: friendly and professional, [language: English / Hinglish]. Each under 40 words, with one easy next step. No pressure tactics or fake deadlines.

33Upsell and cross-sell finder

When to use: When you want more revenue from existing customers before chasing new ones.

Here is a list of our customers with what they buy and how often: [paste anonymised table]. Our full range: [products and services]. Find customers who are good candidates for an upsell or cross-sell, explain why for each, and draft one short, helpful outreach message per group. Use customer IDs, not names.
Prompts 34–44 · Customer service

ChatGPT prompts for customer service and support

Support teams get some of the fastest wins from ChatGPT: faster first drafts of replies, cleaner help articles and a clear view of what customers keep asking. Remove names, phone numbers and order details before pasting real tickets.

34Reply to an angry customer

When to use: When a complaint is emotional and the first draft matters.

Draft a reply to this customer complaint: [paste complaint with personal details removed]. What actually happened: [facts]. What we can offer: [refund, replacement, call, discount, nothing]. Acknowledge the problem specifically, take responsibility where we got it wrong, explain the fix and the timeline, and end with a direct way to reach a person. Under 150 words, no corporate jargon.

35Reply template library

When to use: When agents type the same answers twenty times a day.

Here are our 10 most common support questions with our current answers: [paste]. Rewrite each as a reusable reply template with [placeholders] for customer-specific details, a friendly opening, the answer in steps where useful, and a closing line. Keep each under 120 words and flag any answer that looks out of date or unclear.

36Help article from tickets

When to use: When the same question keeps reaching support and deserves a self-service answer.

Using these support tickets about [issue][paste anonymised tickets] and our internal notes [paste], write a help-centre article. Include a clear title phrased the way customers ask, a 2-line summary, step-by-step instructions, common mistakes, and when to contact support. Write for a non-technical customer.

37Ticket theme analysis

When to use: Monthly, to find the root causes behind support volume.

Analyse these [number] support tickets from [month]: [paste anonymised tickets or a summary export]. Group them into themes, count each, estimate which themes could be prevented by a product, policy or communication change, and suggest the top 3 fixes. Present it as a table I can share with the operations and product teams.

38Plain-language policy

When to use: When your refund, returns or delivery policy confuses customers.

Rewrite this [refund / returns / delivery] policy in plain language for customers: [paste policy]. Keep every rule and condition exactly the same; do not add or remove terms. Use short sentences, headings and a short FAQ at the end. Then list anything in the original that is ambiguous, so I can check it with [legal / management].

39Escalation note to another team

When to use: When support needs product, finance or operations to act on a problem.

Write an escalation note to the [team] about this issue: [description, number of customers affected, examples, since when]. Include impact on customers and revenue if known, what support has tried, what we need from them, and by when. Keep it factual and under 200 words so it gets read.

40Customer survey design

When to use: Before you send a satisfaction or feedback survey.

Design a short customer survey for [business] to learn [goal, e.g. why customers do not reorder]. Maximum 8 questions. Mix rating questions and 2 open questions, avoid leading wording, and explain what decision each question will inform. Also write a 2-line invitation message that tells customers how long it takes.

41Save a customer who wants to leave

When to use: When a customer says they are cancelling or switching.

A customer wants to cancel [product / plan]. Their reason: [reason]. Their history: [how long, how much they use it, past issues]. Our options: [pause, downgrade, discount, fix, nothing]. Write a respectful reply that asks one question to understand the real reason, offers the most relevant option, and makes cancelling easy if they still want to go.

42Chatbot conversation flow

When to use: Before building a website or WhatsApp chatbot.

Design a chatbot conversation flow for [business] that handles: [top 5 customer intents, e.g. order status, pricing, booking, returns, talk to a human]. For each intent give the trigger phrases, the bot’s replies, the information it must collect, and when it should hand over to a person. Keep replies short and never let the bot promise refunds or delivery dates it cannot check.

43Tone check before sending

When to use: When a reply feels too blunt, too long or too defensive.

Review this customer reply for tone and clarity: [paste draft]. Our brand voice is [warm / formal / friendly expert]. Point out anything that sounds defensive, vague or robotic, then give me an improved version under [120] words that keeps every fact the same.

44Onboarding emails for new customers

When to use: When new customers buy but never get full value, then churn.

Write a 4-email onboarding sequence for new customers of [product / service]. What they need to do to succeed: [key steps]. Common early mistakes: [list]. For each email give the send day, subject line and body under 120 words, with one action per email and a link placeholder [link]. Celebrate the first win in email 3.
Prompts 45–55 · Operations & productivity

ChatGPT prompts for operations and productivity

Operations prompts turn messy notes into SOPs, checklists and plans. This is where small time savings add up across a team, because the same work repeats every week.

45SOP from messy notes

When to use: When a process lives in one person’s head or a long WhatsApp thread.

Turn these notes into a standard operating procedure: [paste notes, voice-note transcript or chat thread]. Include purpose, when it applies, roles, numbered steps, inputs and tools, quality checks, common mistakes and who to contact when something goes wrong. Ask me about any step that is unclear instead of guessing.

46Find the bottleneck in a process

When to use: When work keeps piling up at one stage and nobody agrees why.

Here is how [process, e.g. order to delivery] works today, step by step, with rough times and who does each step: [paste]. Identify the likely bottlenecks, the steps that add no value, and handovers where errors creep in. Suggest 5 improvements ranked by effort and impact, including which steps AI or simple automation could take over.

47Meeting notes to action list

When to use: Right after any meeting, so decisions do not get lost.

Turn this meeting transcript or notes into: a 5-line summary, decisions made, open questions, and an action table with owner, task and due date. [Paste notes]. If an action has no owner or date, list it under “needs an owner” rather than guessing. Then draft a short follow-up message to attendees.

48Weekly status report

When to use: Every Friday, to report progress without spending an hour on it.

Write my weekly status report for [manager / client] from these notes: [paste bullet notes, task list or tracker export]. Format: highlights, progress against goals, risks and blockers, decisions needed, next week’s priorities. Keep it under 250 words, lead with what needs their attention, and do not overstate progress.

49Vendor comparison

When to use: When choosing a supplier, software tool or agency.

Compare these vendors for [need]: [paste quotes, proposals or website details for each]. Build a table covering price, what is included, contract terms, support, risks and fit with our requirements [list must-haves]. Recommend one with reasons and list questions I should ask each vendor before signing. Flag any figure you could not find in what I pasted.

50Checklist for a recurring task

When to use: For tasks that go wrong when someone new does them, such as month-end, events or dispatch.

Create a practical checklist for [recurring task] at [business]. It should be usable by someone doing it for the first time. Group items by before, during and after, mark the critical items that must never be skipped, and add a sign-off line. Base it on these notes: [paste].

51Project plan with dependencies

When to use: When you start any project with more than three people or one month of work.

Create a project plan for [project] with this goal: [goal] and deadline [date]. Team: [roles and availability]. Break the work into phases and tasks, show dependencies, estimate durations, mark the critical path and suggest milestones for check-ins. Output a table I can paste into a spreadsheet, and list the top 5 risks.

52Automation opportunity audit

When to use: When the team is busy but you suspect much of the work is repetitive.

Here is a list of our team’s weekly tasks with time spent and tools used: [paste]. Identify which tasks could be automated or sped up with ChatGPT, spreadsheet formulas, templates or workflow tools. For each, estimate hours saved per week using my numbers, the effort to set up, and the risk if it goes wrong. Start with quick wins.

53Risk register

When to use: Before a launch, expansion, audit or big client project.

Build a risk register for [project / business area]. Context: [paste details]. List at least 12 risks across people, process, technology, finance, legal and reputation. For each give likelihood, impact, an early warning sign, a mitigation and an owner role, in a table. Tell me which 3 risks deserve attention this week.

54Demand and inventory planning

When to use: When you keep running out of best-sellers or overstocking slow ones.

Here is our sales data by product and month for the last [12] months: [paste]. Identify seasonality, fast and slow movers and any trend. Suggest reorder points and safety stock levels using a simple method, explain the method, and show the calculations so I can check them in a spreadsheet. Flag where the data is too limited to rely on.

55Spreadsheet formula helper

When to use: When you know what you want from a spreadsheet but not the formula.

I use [Excel / Google Sheets]. My data: column A is [ ], column B is [ ], column C is [ ], rows 2 to [500]. I want to [goal, e.g. total sales by region per month and flag anything below target]. Give me the formula, explain how it works in plain English, and show how to test it on 3 sample rows before I trust it.
Prompts 56–66 · Finance

ChatGPT prompts for finance and numbers

ChatGPT is useful for structuring, explaining and checking financial work, but it can make arithmetic mistakes and it should never be your source of figures. Paste the numbers, ask it to show its working, and check the results in a spreadsheet.

56Explain a P&L variance

When to use: When results differ from budget and you need the story behind the numbers.

Here is our profit and loss for [month] against budget and last year: [paste table]. Identify the 5 biggest variances, suggest likely explanations to investigate for each, and draft a short commentary for the management pack. Separate what the numbers show from what you are speculating. Show any calculations.

57Cash flow forecast structure

When to use: When you need a 13-week or 12-month cash view but do not know where to start.

Help me build a [13-week / 12-month] cash flow forecast for [business]. Our income sources: [list with timing]. Our regular costs: [list with timing]. Known one-offs: [list]. Design the spreadsheet layout row by row, explain the formulas, and list the assumptions I must review weekly. Do not fill in numbers I have not given you.

58Budget vs actual commentary

When to use: At month-end, when managers need a readable summary, not a spreadsheet.

Write budget-versus-actual commentary for [department] from this data: [paste]. For each line over [5]% off budget, give the variance in money and percentage, a likely reason based on these notes [paste notes], and the action proposed. Keep it under 300 words and plain enough for a non-finance manager.

59Unit economics check

When to use: Before scaling a product, channel or new location.

Calculate the unit economics for [product / service]. Price: [ ]. Direct costs per unit: [ ]. Customer acquisition cost: [ ]. Average purchases per customer per year: [ ]. Retention: [ ]. Work out contribution margin, customer lifetime value, LTV to CAC ratio and payback period. Show each formula and calculation, and tell me which input most changes the result.

60Discount impact calculator

When to use: Before running a sale or agreeing a big discount with a client.

We are considering a [20]% discount on [product]. Current price: [ ]. Cost per unit: [ ]. Current monthly volume: [ ]. Calculate how much extra volume we need just to keep the same gross profit, explain the logic step by step, and suggest 2 alternatives to a straight discount that might protect margin.

61Invoice reminder emails

When to use: When payments are overdue and you want them paid without damaging the relationship.

Write a sequence of 3 payment reminder emails for invoice [number] of [amount] due on [date] for [client type]. Email 1: friendly reminder, 3 days after the due date. Email 2: firmer, 14 days after. Email 3: final notice with next steps per our terms [terms]. Keep each polite, short and clear about the amount, date and how to pay.

62Cost reduction ideas

When to use: When you need to cut costs without hurting customers or the team.

Here are our monthly costs by category: [paste]. Revenue: [ ]. Suggest 10 realistic cost reduction ideas for a [business type] of our size, estimate the possible saving for each using my figures, and rate each on risk to customers and staff. Separate quick wins from changes that need a decision from leadership.

63Investor or shareholder update

When to use: Monthly or quarterly, to keep investors informed in a consistent format.

Draft an investor update for [company] for [period] using these facts: [paste key metrics, wins, misses, cash position, runway, hires, asks]. Structure: headline numbers, what went well, what did not, priorities next period, and specific asks. Be candid about misses, keep it under 400 words, and do not round numbers in our favour.

64Finance summary for non-finance leaders

When to use: Before a leadership meeting where people need to understand the numbers fast.

Explain these financial results to a non-finance leadership team: [paste summary figures]. In under 250 words, cover how we did, why, what it means for the next quarter, and the 3 decisions they need to make. Use plain language and define any term like EBITDA or working capital in a short phrase.

65Break-even analysis

When to use: When pricing a new product, hiring or opening a new location.

Calculate the break-even point for [product / location]. Fixed costs per month: [ ]. Variable cost per unit: [ ]. Price per unit: [ ]. Show the break-even units and revenue, the formula used, and a simple sensitivity table showing how break-even changes if price or variable cost moves by 10%. Tell me how to set this up in a spreadsheet.

66Check a financial model

When to use: Before you send a forecast or model to a bank, investor or board.

Review the logic of this financial model: [paste the assumptions and key formulas or a description of each tab]. Look for circular logic, unrealistic assumptions, missing costs, double counting and inconsistent growth rates. List each issue with where it is and why it matters. Do not rebuild the model; give me a checklist of fixes.
Prompts 67–77 · HR & people

ChatGPT prompts for HR and people teams

HR prompts save hours on job descriptions, interview kits, onboarding and policies. Keep candidate and employee personal data out of consumer chats, and have a person make every hiring and performance decision.

67Job description

When to use: When you open a new role and want applicants who actually fit.

Write a job description for a [role] at [company], a [type of business] in [location / remote]. What this person will achieve in the first year: [outcomes]. Must-have skills: [list]. Nice to have: [list]. Salary range: [range, if you publish it]. Keep it under 500 words, use inclusive language, avoid jargon and unnecessary degree requirements, and end with how to apply.

68Structured interview kit

When to use: Before interviews, so every candidate is assessed on the same criteria.

Create a structured interview kit for a [role]. Key competencies: [list 4 to 6]. For each competency give 2 behavioural questions, follow-up probes, and a 1 to 5 scoring guide describing what weak, good and excellent answers sound like. Add a short work-sample task. Avoid questions about age, marital status, religion or other protected characteristics.

69Candidate outreach message

When to use: When you are sourcing for a hard-to-fill role on LinkedIn or by email.

Write a short outreach message to a potential candidate for [role] at [company]. Why they might be interested: [their background from their profile]. What is attractive about the role: [real selling points]. Under 80 words, specific, honest about the role, and ending with a low-pressure question. Give 2 versions.

7030-60-90 day onboarding plan

When to use: When someone new joins, so their first weeks are planned, not improvised.

Create a 30-60-90 day onboarding plan for a new [role] joining [team]. Their goals for the first 90 days: [goals]. People they must meet: [roles]. Systems and training: [list]. For each phase, list learning goals, tasks, check-ins and how we will know they are on track. Include a first-day schedule.

71HR policy first draft

When to use: When you need a policy such as remote work, leave or travel, and want a structured starting point.

Draft a [remote work / leave / travel] policy for a company of [size] in [country]. Our rules and preferences: [paste]. Structure: purpose, scope, eligibility, rules, responsibilities, process, and exceptions. Write in plain English. Mark any point that may depend on local employment law with [CHECK WITH LEGAL / HR ADVISER]; do not state legal requirements as fact.

72Performance feedback with examples

When to use: Before a review, when you need fair, specific feedback rather than vague comments.

Help me write performance feedback for a [role]. Their goals: [goals]. What they did well, with examples: [notes]. Where they fell short, with examples: [notes]. Use the situation, behaviour, impact format, balance strengths and development areas, and suggest 2 development goals for next period. Keep it specific and avoid labels about personality.

73Prepare for a difficult conversation

When to use: Before a conversation about performance, conduct or a role change.

I need to have a difficult conversation with [role] about [issue]. Facts: [what happened, dates, impact]. Desired outcome: [outcome]. Help me plan it: an opening line, the key message in 2 sentences, likely reactions and how to respond calmly, questions to understand their view, and a clear close with next steps. Remind me which points I should check with HR first.

74Training needs analysis

When to use: Before you buy training, so it fixes real skill gaps.

Here are our team’s roles, goals for next year and the problems managers report: [paste]. Run a training needs analysis: list the skill gaps by role, rate their impact on our goals, and suggest the format that fits each gap (workshop, coaching, on-the-job practice or self-study). Prioritise the top 5 gaps.

75Employee survey analysis

When to use: After an engagement or pulse survey, to find what to act on.

Analyse these anonymised employee survey results: [paste scores and comments]. Summarise the main themes with counts, compare teams where the data allows, highlight 3 strengths and 3 concerns, and suggest specific actions for each concern. Do not try to identify individuals from comments.

76Internal announcement

When to use: When announcing a change, new hire, policy or result to the whole team.

Write an internal announcement about [news]. Audience: [all staff / a team]. What is changing and when: [details]. Why: [reason]. What people need to do: [actions]. Where to ask questions: [contact]. Keep it under 200 words, lead with what it means for the reader, and give me a shorter version for [Slack / Teams / WhatsApp].

77Exit interview themes

When to use: Quarterly, to understand why people leave.

Here are anonymised notes from [number] exit interviews: [paste]. Group the reasons for leaving into themes, show how often each appears, identify any pattern by team or tenure, and suggest 3 changes that could reduce avoidable attrition. Keep it factual and do not speculate about individuals.

Drafting contracts, notices or policies? See these AI prompts for legal drafting, with the review and confidentiality checks a lawyer would expect.

Prompts 78–88 · Product & e-commerce

ChatGPT prompts for product, e-commerce and launches

For product teams and online sellers: interview guides, requirement docs, prioritisation, product descriptions and launch plans. Paste real customer feedback and data, and keep your own judgement on what to build.

78Customer interview guide

When to use: Before talking to customers about a problem or a new idea.

Write a customer interview guide for [product / idea] aimed at [customer type]. Goal: learn [goal]. Include an introduction script, 12 open questions about their current behaviour and past experiences (not hypothetical “would you buy” questions), follow-up probes, and how to close. Add tips for avoiding leading questions.

79Feedback synthesis

When to use: When feedback is scattered across calls, reviews, tickets and surveys.

Synthesise this customer feedback: [paste notes, reviews, survey comments]. Group it into problems, requests and praise, count mentions, add 1 or 2 representative quotes per theme, and separate what customers asked for from the underlying need. End with the 3 opportunities that look most important and why.

80Product requirements draft

When to use: When an idea is agreed and needs to be written up for the team.

Draft a product requirements document for [feature]. Problem: [problem and evidence]. Users: [who]. Goals and success metrics: [metrics]. Constraints: [time, tech, budget]. Include scope, out of scope, user flows, requirements, open questions and risks. Keep it under 2 pages and list the assumptions we still need to test.

81Prioritise the roadmap

When to use: When there are too many ideas and not enough people.

Score these feature ideas using RICE (reach, impact, confidence, effort): [paste ideas with any data you have]. Explain each score, flag where the data is weak, and rank them. Then suggest what to build in the next [quarter] given a team of [size], and what to drop or defer.

82User stories with acceptance criteria

When to use: Before a sprint or handover to developers or an agency.

Turn this feature description into user stories: [paste]. Use the format “As a [user], I want [action] so that [benefit]“. For each story write acceptance criteria in a given, when, then format, note edge cases, and flag stories that are too big and should be split.

83Release notes customers will read

When to use: When you ship changes and want customers to notice and use them.

Write release notes for these changes: [paste technical changelog]. Audience: [customers / internal team]. Lead with the benefit to the user, group changes into new, improved and fixed, keep each item to one or two lines, and add a short “how to try it” step for the main feature. Leave out internal ticket numbers.

84Competitor feature teardown

When to use: When a competitor launches something and the team asks “should we copy it?”.

Here is what I know about [competitor]‘s new [feature / product]: [paste their announcement, help docs, reviews]. Break down what it does, who it is for, how it is priced and what customers say about it. Compare it with our approach [describe], and give me 3 options: ignore, match or differentiate, with the trade-offs of each.

85Pricing and packaging tiers

When to use: When you launch a product or move from one price to tiers.

Design 3 pricing tiers for [product]. Customer segments: [list with needs]. Features: [list]. Costs: [cost drivers]. Competitor prices: [list]. For each tier give a name, target customer, included features, a suggested price range with reasoning, and the main reason to upgrade. Flag any tier that might cannibalise another.

86Experiment design

When to use: Before an A/B test on your website, pricing page or emails.

Design an experiment to test [hypothesis, e.g. a shorter checkout increases completed orders]. Current baseline: [metric and traffic per week]. Give the hypothesis, the variant to test, the primary metric, guardrail metrics, how long to run it with my traffic, and what result would make us ship, iterate or stop. Explain the sample size logic in plain English.

87Product descriptions that sell

When to use: For online store listings, marketplaces or catalogues.

Write a product description for [product] for [store / marketplace]. Customer: [who buys it and why]. Key facts: [materials, size, features, care, warranty]. Write a headline, a 2-sentence opening focused on the benefit, 5 bullet points, and a short SEO-friendly paragraph that includes “[search phrase]” naturally. Use only the facts given; no invented ratings or claims.

88Launch plan and checklist

When to use: In the weeks before a product or service launch.

Create a launch plan for [product] launching on [date] to [audience]. Channels: [list]. Budget: [amount]. Team: [roles]. Give a week-by-week plan from 4 weeks before to 2 weeks after launch, a launch-day checklist, the messages for each channel, and the 3 metrics we should watch in the first fortnight.
Prompts 89–99 · Leadership

ChatGPT prompts for leaders, founders and CXOs

For founders and senior leaders, ChatGPT is most valuable as a thinking partner and a first-draft writer for communication. Use it to challenge your plans and sharpen your messages, then make the call yourself.

89Strategy memo for the team

When to use: When you need everyone to understand the plan, not just the leadership team.

Turn these strategy notes into a memo for all staff: [paste notes]. Explain where we are, where we are going this year, why, the 3 priorities, what we will stop doing, and what it means for each team. Under 500 words, plain language, no buzzwords, and end with how people can ask questions.

90Red-team my plan

When to use: Before you commit to a big decision, to hear the strongest objections early.

Act as a tough but fair board member. Here is my plan: [paste]. Challenge it: find the weakest assumptions, the risks I have underplayed, the second-order effects, and what a competitor would do in response. Then tell me which 3 questions I must answer before I proceed. Do not soften the critique.

91Board or investor narrative

When to use: Before a board meeting or fundraise, to shape the story around the numbers.

Help me structure a [board meeting / investor] narrative for [period]. Key facts: [metrics, wins, setbacks, cash, team changes]. Build a storyline of 6 to 8 sections, the one message each section must land, the data that supports it, and the tough questions I should prepare for, with draft answers. Keep every number as I gave it.

92Change announcement

When to use: When announcing a restructure, new process, new tool or policy that people may resist.

Draft an announcement about [change]. Who it affects: [teams]. Why we are doing it: [reasons]. What stays the same: [list]. Timeline: [dates]. Support available: [training, contacts]. Acknowledge the concerns people are likely to have, be honest about what is not yet decided, and keep it under 350 words. Also write 5 FAQs managers can use.

93Delegation brief

When to use: When you hand over work and want it done right the first time.

Help me write a delegation brief for [person / role] taking over [task or project]. Include the goal and why it matters, what good looks like, constraints, decisions they can make alone, decisions they should check with me, deadlines, resources and check-in points. Keep it to one page.

94One-to-one meeting agenda

When to use: Before a one-to-one with a direct report.

Create a one-to-one agenda for my meeting with [role]. Context: [current projects, recent wins, concerns, their goals]. Include 2 questions about how they are doing, a review of priorities, one coaching question about a current challenge, feedback I want to give [notes], and agreed actions. Keep it to 30 minutes.

95All-hands talking points

When to use: Before a town hall or monthly team meeting.

Prepare talking points for a [15]-minute all-hands. Topics: [results, wins to celebrate, priorities, changes]. For each topic give 3 short points, one story or example to bring it to life [from my notes], and a transition. Add 5 questions the team is likely to ask, with honest answers.

96AI adoption plan for my team

When to use: When you have bought AI licences but usage is low or patchy.

Create a 90-day plan to get my [size]-person team using ChatGPT on real work. Teams and their main tasks: [list]. Current tools and policies: [list]. Concerns we have heard: [list]. Include use cases to start with, a shared prompt library, guardrails for data, training, champions, how to measure time saved, and a review at day 30, 60 and 90.

97Crisis holding statement

When to use: When something has gone wrong publicly and you need a careful first response.

Draft a short holding statement about [incident] for [customers / media / staff]. Facts confirmed so far: [facts]. What we are doing: [actions]. When we will update: [time]. Do not speculate, assign blame or admit legal liability; acknowledge the impact, say what we know and what we are doing. Flag that legal and communications should review it before release.

98Weekly priorities reset

When to use: Every Monday, to make sure your week matches what matters.

Here is my calendar and task list for this week: [paste]. My top 3 goals this quarter: [goals]. Tell me which commitments do not serve those goals, what I could delegate or drop, and where I should block focus time. Then give me my top 3 outcomes for the week, written as finished results.

99Leadership communication rewrite

When to use: When an email or message to your team is important and you want it to land well.

Improve this message to my team: [paste draft]. Make it clearer and shorter, lead with the point, keep my voice and every fact, and remove anything that could sound defensive or vague. Then tell me in 2 lines how a sceptical team member might read the original, so I can see what changed.
Prompts 100–110 · Small-business owners

ChatGPT prompts for small business owners

For owners who wear every hat: local marketing, Google reviews, WhatsApp messages, suppliers, pricing and your first hires. These prompts assume a small team and a small budget, and they help you decide what to hand to AI first.

100Weekly owner's review

When to use: Every week, to step back from the day-to-day and run the business on numbers.

Act as my business coach. This week’s numbers: [sales, enquiries, orders, cash in bank, unpaid invoices, stock issues]. Last week’s numbers: [same]. What happened: [notes]. Tell me what changed and why it matters, the one problem to fix first, and 3 actions for next week. Keep it to half a page and ask me one question that I am probably avoiding.

101Google Business Profile and review replies

When to use: When local customers find you on Google Maps and you want more calls and visits.

Write a Google Business Profile description for [business] in [area, city]: what we offer, who we serve, what makes us different [facts], and opening hours. Under 750 characters, no prices or promotions in the description. Then write replies to these reviews [paste reviews]: thank happy customers specifically, and answer unhappy ones calmly with a way to contact us.

102Local marketing plan on a small budget

When to use: When you want more local customers without an agency.

Create a 60-day local marketing plan for [business] in [neighbourhood, city] with a budget of [amount] and [hours] per week. Customers: [who]. Channels I can use: [Google Business Profile, WhatsApp, Instagram, flyers, local partnerships, events]. Give weekly actions, simple messages for each channel and the one number I should track for each.

103Offer and promotion design

When to use: When sales are slow and you want a promotion that does not just give margin away.

Design 3 promotion ideas for [business] to increase [goal, e.g. weekday footfall or repeat orders]. Our margins: [rough margin]. Products or services: [list]. Customers: [who]. For each idea give the offer, who it targets, how to announce it, the cost to us and how we will know if it worked. Avoid deep discounts and fake urgency.

104WhatsApp Business messages

When to use: When customers order and ask questions on WhatsApp.

Write WhatsApp Business templates for [business]: a greeting message, an away message, quick replies for [top 5 questions, e.g. price list, delivery areas, timings, payment options, order status], and an order confirmation. Friendly, short, in [English / Hindi / Hinglish], with [placeholders] for details. Remind me which messages need customer opt-in before sending.

105Simple marketing budget

When to use: When you have a fixed amount to spend and do not know how to split it.

I have [amount] per month for marketing for [business]. Where my customers come from today: [sources and rough numbers]. Average sale value: [ ]. Suggest how to split the budget across channels, what result to expect as a range, how to test before committing, and when to move money between channels. Show the logic behind every number.

106Hire your first employee

When to use: When you are ready to hire but have never done it formally.

I run [business] and want to hire my first [role]. Tasks they will do: [list]. Hours: [ ]. Budget: [salary range]. Help me write a short job ad, 8 interview questions, a simple trial task, and a first-week plan. List the paperwork and legal points I should check for [country / state] with an accountant or HR adviser, without stating legal rules as fact.

107Supplier negotiation email

When to use: When a supplier raises prices or you want better terms.

Write an email to my supplier [name / type] about [price rise / payment terms / delivery issues]. Our relationship: [how long, volumes, history]. What I want: [target outcome]. What I can offer: [longer contract, faster payment, bigger orders]. Firm but friendly, under 200 words, with a clear proposal and a request for a call.

108Price increase announcement

When to use: When you need to raise prices without losing loyal customers.

Write a message to customers announcing a price increase of [amount or %] on [products / services] from [date]. Reason: [real reasons, e.g. rising costs, added value]. What stays the same: [list]. Any loyalty offer: [offer]. Honest, short and appreciative, with a version for email and a shorter version for WhatsApp or a shop notice.

109Website homepage copy

When to use: When your website is old, vague or was written by someone who left.

Write homepage copy for [business]. Customers: [who]. Services: [list]. Area served: [location]. Proof: [years, reviews, clients you can name]. Include a headline that says what we do and for whom, a subheadline, 3 benefits, a short about section, 3 testimonials placeholders [paste real ones], and a call to action. Plain words, no superlatives we cannot prove.

110What to hand to AI first

When to use: When you know AI could help but do not know where to start.

I run a [business] with [number] people. Here is how my week goes: [list the tasks you and your team do, with rough hours]. Rank these tasks by how much ChatGPT could help, how risky mistakes would be, and how often they repeat. Recommend the first 3 tasks to try, with a starter prompt for each and a simple check I should do on every output.
Before and after

Weak prompt vs strong prompt: 3 business examples

The same tool gives very different answers depending on what you give it. These are illustrative examples with made-up details, not client results.

A cold email that gets replies

Before

Write a cold email to sell our software.

After

Write a cold email to [Priya Shah], Head of Operations at [a 200-person logistics firm in Pune]. Trigger: she posted last week about [manual delivery scheduling]. Our offer: [route-planning software]. Proof: [a similar firm cut planning time from 3 hours to 40 minutes a day]. Under 90 words, open with her post, one ask (a 15-minute call), 3 subject lines. No flattery.

What changes: The first returns a generic pitch any prospect would delete. The second gives a short, specific email tied to a real trigger and real proof, which the salesperson only needs to check and send.

A SWOT you can act on

Before

Do a SWOT analysis for my business.

After

Create a SWOT for [our dental clinic chain, 3 branches in Hyderabad]. Use only these facts: [paste notes on staff, patient reviews, prices, two new competitors, a new metro line]. Add one line on why each point matters, then turn it into 4 options ranked by effort and impact in a table.

What changes: The first produces textbook points (“strong brand”, “competition”) that apply to anyone. The second ties every point to the clinic’s own facts and ends with ranked options a partners’ meeting can decide on.

A complaint reply

Before

Reply to this angry customer.

After

Draft a reply to this complaint [paste, personal details removed]. What happened: [the order shipped 6 days late because of a courier change]. What we can offer: [free shipping on the next order and a direct number]. Acknowledge the delay specifically, own our part, give the fix, under 150 words, no jargon.

What changes: Without the facts, ChatGPT guesses and often over-promises refunds. With them, the reply is accurate, offers only what the business can give and sounds like a person wrote it.

For teams

Want your team using prompts like these on its own work?

Hitesh runs hands-on ChatGPT workshops for business teams. Nobody watches slides about prompts: people open their own emails, reports, spreadsheets and proposals, and leave with saved prompts, a shared project and a review checklist they use the next morning. Across a team, that time saved compounds, so work ships faster.

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ChatGPT in 2026

How to use these prompts in ChatGPT today

ChatGPT has changed a lot this year, and many prompt lists still tell you to build a custom GPT or switch on agent mode. These points come from OpenAI’s own help pages, checked in October 2026. Features vary by plan and change often, so check the help pages for your account.

  • Projects keep chats, files and instructions together.Project instructions apply only inside that project and override your general custom instructions, and projects can be shared with your team, so a shared project is the simplest home for your context brief and favourite prompts.Source: OpenAI Help Center, Projects in ChatGPT
  • Custom GPTs are being retired on 11 December 2026.OpenAI is moving them to plugins: a GPT’s instructions become a skill and its connected apps come across as apps. If your team relies on a custom GPT, plan the migration now; custom actions do not transfer automatically.Source: OpenAI Help Center, Custom GPT retirement and migration FAQ
  • Plugins bundle skills and apps for repeat work.A plugin can hold reusable instructions (skills) and connected apps. ChatGPT can use an installed plugin when it is relevant, or you can pick one with an @ mention. Availability depends on your plan and workspace.Source: OpenAI Help Center, Plugins in ChatGPT
  • ChatGPT Work handles longer, multi-step tasks.The older agent mode is no longer available; OpenAI points people to ChatGPT Work for multi-step tasks and finished deliverables. Prompts from the strategy, finance and operations groups make good starting briefs for it.Source: OpenAI Help Center, ChatGPT agent
  • Apps connect ChatGPT to your business tools.What used to be called connectors are now apps, such as Google Drive or Slack. Connecting an app does not give ChatGPT more access than your own account has, and your workspace admin controls which apps are allowed.Source: OpenAI Help Center, Plugins in ChatGPT

Working alone

  • Create one project per area: sales, finance, hiring
  • Put the context brief in the project instructions
  • Upload your price list, past proposals or reports as project files
  • Save answers you reuse as project sources

Working as a team

  • Share a project so everyone starts from the same facts and prompts
  • Turn your best prompts into a skill in a plugin, if your plan allows
  • Agree which apps may be connected, with your admin
  • Keep a short review checklist next to the prompts

For research and big tasks

  • Use deep research for market and competitor questions that need cited sources
  • Use ChatGPT Work for multi-step deliverables such as a plan plus a deck
  • Ask for sources and check them before anything leaves the building

New to projects? Read the step-by-step guide on how to use ChatGPT Projects.

Data safety

What not to paste into ChatGPT, and what to check

Most business prompts ask you to paste real information. That is what makes them useful, and it is also where teams get into trouble. Follow these rules, plus your company’s own AI policy.

Before you paste

  • Know which account you are in. On personal Free, Plus and Pro accounts, “Improve the model for everyone” is on by default; you can turn it off under Settings > Data controls.
  • Use a business plan for company work where possible. OpenAI says it does not train on business data from ChatGPT Business and Enterprise by default.
  • Remove personal data. Strip customer, candidate and employee names, phone numbers, IDs and bank details, or replace them with codes.
  • Respect confidentiality. Do not paste client documents, contracts or unreleased financials your agreements do not allow you to share.
  • Temporary Chat keeps a chat out of your history and model training, but it may still be kept for up to 30 days for safety.

Sources: OpenAI data controls · OpenAI enterprise privacy

Before you use the answer

  • Check every number. ChatGPT can make arithmetic mistakes; recalculate anything that goes into a decision, invoice or report
  • Check every fact about a named company or person before it goes into an email or proposal
  • Watch for invented sources. Ask for links and open them
  • Legal, tax and HR points need a qualified adviser; treat ChatGPT’s answer as a list of questions to ask
  • A person signs off. Hiring, pricing, credit and performance decisions stay with people
For teams

Rolling these prompts out across a team

One person with good prompts saves some time. A team that shares the same context, prompts and review habits saves far more, because the same tasks repeat across people. This is the four-week routine Hitesh’s workshops build with business teams; prompt numbers link to the library above.

WeekWhat the team doesPrompts to start with
1. Pick the workEach person lists the 5 tasks that eat their week; choose 2 or 3 per function to start#110, #96
2. Set up the contextWrite the context brief, create a shared project per team, upload reference filesContext brief above
3. Run it on real workUse the prompts on live tasks: proposals, reports, replies, SOPs. Keep the versions that worked#28, #45, #34, #58
4. Review and shareCompare time taken before and after, tidy the best prompts into a team library, agree the review checklist#52, #47

What makes a rollout stick

  • Start with real tasks, not a tour of features
  • Name one champion per team to collect prompts that work
  • Keep the prompt library in a shared project, not in personal chats
  • Measure minutes saved on 3 tasks, before and after
  • Agree the data rules on day one

When to bring in help

Small teams can run this routine themselves with the prompts on this page. For a larger rollout across departments or locations, with policy, training and measurement, see our comparison of company-wide AI training providers. For one team or a leadership group, Hitesh’s ChatGPT trainer and coaching service works on your own documents; teams in Mumbai can also book onsite ChatGPT training in Mumbai.

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Avoid these

8 mistakes businesses make with ChatGPT prompts

Mistakes in the prompt

  • No context. “Write a sales email” gets an email for nobody; paste who, what and why
  • Asking for facts it cannot know. Market sizes, competitor prices and trends need sources, not memory
  • Too many jobs in one prompt. Split diagnosis, drafting and checking into separate steps
  • One answer only. Ask for 3 options, or ask it to critique its own draft

Mistakes after the answer

  • Sending without a check. Names, numbers, dates and claims must be verified
  • Pasting what you should not. Personal data and client confidential material stay out
  • Keeping good prompts private. Save them in a shared project so the team benefits
  • Following old advice. Custom GPTs retire on 11 December 2026 and agent mode is gone; build new workflows on projects, skills and ChatGPT Work
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Trained200,000+ professionals across 16+ countries
Clients includeGoogle, Microsoft & Tata Group
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AuthorGenerative AI 360°
FacultyVisiting faculty, K J Somaiya Institute of Management
About the author

Written by Hitesh Motwani, AI trainer for business teams

Hitesh trains business teams, founders and CXOs to use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and AI agents in their daily work. He is the author of Generative AI 360° and visiting faculty at K J Somaiya Institute of Management, and he has trained 200,000+ professionals across 16+ countries, for clients including Google, Microsoft and Tata Group.

His sessions rest on one idea: AI pays off only when people use it on the work they already do. Participants bring their own emails, reports, spreadsheets and decks, and leave with prompts and workflows they use the next morning. Across a team, that time saved compounds, so the organisation executes faster. The prompts on this page come from that practice.

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ChatGPT prompts for business: questions answered

The best ones give ChatGPT a role, your real context, one clear task, the audience, the output format and a check step. On this page, start with the business context brief, then the growth diagnosis (#1), the 90-day plan (#6), the follow-up sequence (#25) and the SOP prompt (#45); together they cover planning, selling and running the business.

Use the 6-part formula: role, context, task, audience, format and check. Paste real information instead of describing it, ask for one job at a time, and end with “show your working and flag anything you are assuming”. Then edit the output; treat it as a first draft.

It can speed up the work behind growth: research, planning, proposals, follow-ups, content, reporting and customer replies. It cannot guarantee results, and it does not know your market better than you do. The gains come from using it consistently on real tasks and checking what it produces.

Yes. Every prompt works on the free plan. Paid plans add more usage, longer context, better file analysis and team features such as shared projects in business workspaces, which matter once you use ChatGPT every day.

Be careful. On personal Free, Plus and Pro accounts, conversations can be used to improve OpenAI’s models unless you turn that off in Data controls. OpenAI says it does not train on business data from ChatGPT Business and Enterprise by default. Either way, remove personal data, respect client confidentiality and follow your company’s AI policy.

OpenAI is retiring custom GPTs on 11 December 2026 (with a later date only for approved Enterprise deferrals) and moving them to plugins. A GPT’s instructions become a skill and its connected apps become apps in the plugin. If your business relies on a custom GPT, migrate and test it before the retirement date.

Put your context brief in the instructions of a ChatGPT Project, save your best prompts as project sources, and share the project with your team. For repeat workflows, a skill inside a plugin can hold the instructions, where your plan and workspace allow it.

ChatGPT Work is OpenAI’s option for longer, multi-step tasks and finished deliverables, and it replaced the older agent mode. Use the prompts here as the brief: give it the goal, the context and the format you need, and review the result before you use it.

Yes, through apps (previously called connectors), such as Google Drive or Slack, depending on your plan and what your workspace admin allows. Connecting an app does not give ChatGPT more access than your own account has. Check what data each app can read before you connect it.

Paste the numbers yourself, tell it not to invent figures, ask it to show calculations and mark assumptions, and ask for sources you can open. Then recalculate anything that matters in a spreadsheet. Every prompt on this page includes a version of that instruction.

Yes. The structure (role, context, task, audience, format, check) works in any major AI assistant. Features for saving context differ: Claude and ChatGPT have projects, Gemini has Gems, and Microsoft 365 Copilot works inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.

Start with the small-business group (#100 to #110): the weekly owner’s review, Google Business Profile and review replies, WhatsApp Business templates, a local marketing plan and “what to hand to AI first”. They assume a small team, a small budget and an owner who does everything.

The fastest route is practice on real work with someone who can correct habits early. Hitesh runs hands-on ChatGPT training and coaching for teams and leaders; if you prefer a course, see the best ChatGPT courses in India. You can also book a free call to talk it through.

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