Few-Shot Prompting: Teach by Example
Get consistent output by showing the AI examples instead of describing what you want.
Get the AI to return exactly the format you need — table, JSON, bullets, whatever.
ChatGPT Research Prompts for Deep Work
ChatGPT will hand you a confident paragraph and a made-up statistic with the same tone. Here's why "research this for me" fails, how to make it show its confidence instead of hiding it, and annotated prompts for scoping, sourcing, and fact-checking real research.
ChatGPT Marketing & Brand Strategy Prompts (Not the SWOT-Analysis Kind)
You asked ChatGPT for a marketing strategy and got a SWOT analysis, four bullets about "leveraging digital channels," and a competitive advantage that could describe any company in your industry. Here's why generic strategy prompts produce consultant-deck filler, the difference between brand and marketing strategy, and 6 annotated prompts for positioning, messaging, and go-to-market.
How to Write AI Prompts That Actually Work
You typed a prompt, got mush, added "be more detailed," and got longer mush. The problem isn't your wording — it's that your prompt has no constraints to fail against. Here's the mechanism, and six annotated templates you can paste today.
The AI gives me the right content in the wrong format, and I waste time reformatting. Help me write a prompt that locks the output format. What I want: [DESCRIBE THE CONTENT] The exact format I need: [table / JSON / numbered list / specific structure / word count] Write me a prompt that specifies the format unambiguously — the structure, the fields, length limits, what to include and exclude, and what to do if part of the answer doesn't fit the format. Show the format with a small example in the prompt itself (models follow shown formats better than described ones). Tell me the one instruction that most reliably stops it from adding extra commentary. Give me the finished prompt.