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AI Prompt Library

Free, copy-paste-ready AI prompts for small business owners. Each prompt was extracted from our guides and optimised for real-world use.

109 prompts across 7 categories

Finance

Simulate a Tough Banker Interview With AI Feedback

Use this prompt after reviewing your Q&A prep sheet to simulate a real banker interview. Answer each question as you would in the actual meeting, and the AI will give you specific feedback on what landed well and what sounded weak or vague.

Finance

Rewrite a Loan Brief in Plain Business Language

Use this prompt after reviewing the AI-drafted loan brief if the language feels overly formal or generic. It produces a version that sounds more like you, which is important since you'll be handing it to a loan officer with your name on it.

Finance

Model Alternative Loan Structures for a Weak DSCR

Use this follow-up prompt if your initial DSCR calculation comes back between 1.0 and 1.25. It helps you model alternative loan structures and prepares you to address a weak coverage ratio before the lender raises it.

Finance

Prepare a Full Bank Loan Application Brief

Use this prompt at the start of your bank loan meeting prep session. Paste in your raw financial data — 12 months of revenue, monthly expenses, existing debt payments, loan amount requested, intended use of funds, and business assets — to get a DSCR calculation, a 5 Cs evaluation, a one-page loan brief, and a Q&A prep sheet in one response.

Finance

Analyze Weekly Sales Data and Spot Trends

Use this prompt weekly after exporting sales data from Square, Shopify, or a Google Sheet. Paste the prompt first, then paste your copied sales data directly below it in the same message to get a plain-language weekly sales report.

Finance

Price Increase Letter With Lock-In Offer for Large Increases

Use this prompt when communicating a larger rate increase of 15–20% that requires stronger justification. It includes a lock-in option to give clients an incentive to stay and can help retain clients who might otherwise leave.

Operations

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Operations

Extract Action Items from Recurring Team Meeting Transcripts

Use this enhanced version of the extraction prompt for recurring meetings like weekly standups or client check-ins. The added context line prevents completed tasks from last week from being re-listed as new assignments, and the extra rule biases uncertain decisions toward Unresolved Items.

Operations

Extract Action Items and Decisions from Meeting Transcript

Use this prompt after exporting a speaker-labeled transcript from Zoom, Fathom, or any meeting recording tool. Paste this prompt at the top of a new chat, then paste the full transcript immediately below it to extract structured action items, decisions, and unresolved items.

Operations

Simplify a Job Ad to Grade 8 Reading Level

Use this as an addendum to your job ad prompt if the output still sounds like an HR document after the first attempt. Append it to your original prompt before regenerating.

Operations

Rewrite a Job Ad to Sound Less Corporate

Use this as a follow-up prompt if the AI's initial job ad output still sounds corporate, formal, or filled with HR-style language. Add it to your original prompt and regenerate.

Operations

Write a Job Ad for a Trade or Hourly Role

Use this prompt when you need to write a job ad for a trade or hourly role. Fill in the five bracketed inputs with your specific job details before running it in ChatGPT or Claude.

Operations

Redline an Existing Service Agreement for Scope or Fee Changes

Use this prompt when an existing retainer client's scope or fees have changed significantly and you need to update the SLA. Paste your current agreement into the chat before running this prompt.

Productivity

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Productivity

Reformat Meeting Action Items into a Table

Use this as a follow-up prompt in the same chat after running the meeting transcript extraction prompt. It reformats the action items into a table you can copy directly into Asana, Trello, Notion, or a Google Sheet.

Productivity

Fix Apologetic Tone in a Price Increase Letter

Add this instruction to any of the price increase prompts when the AI output contains apology language or hedging phrases. Use it as an addendum to your original prompt before re-running.

Productivity

Shorten an AI-Generated Price Increase Letter

Add this instruction to any of the price increase prompts when the AI output is too long. Use it as an addendum to your original prompt before re-running.

Productivity

Adjust Tone in a Business Summary Prompt

Add this sentence to the main summary prompt when the default output tone doesn't match how you communicate with your partner — either too stiff or too informal.

Productivity

Fix Generic AI Output by Asking for Specific Details

Use this follow-up prompt if the initial supplier onboarding documents come back too generic — for example, if the AI used vague phrases like 'payment terms as agreed' instead of the specific terms you described in your original prompt.

Productivity

Reuse a Content Brief Template for New Projects

Use this once you have a completed brief you're happy with. Strip out the project-specific details, save the headings as a template, then use this prompt to quickly generate a new brief for future freelance hires.

Marketing

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Marketing

Shorten an Influencer Brief to One Page

Add this line to your influencer brief prompt if the AI returns a draft that is too long or text-heavy. Use it to force a more concise, scannable format that creators are more likely to read fully.

Marketing

Adjust Tone of an Influencer Brief to Sound Conversational

Add this line to your influencer brief prompt if the AI's initial output sounds too formal or corporate. Use it as an additional instruction to adjust the tone of the generated brief.

Marketing

Write an Influencer Brief for a Paid Collaboration

Use this prompt when you need to write a professional influencer brief to send to a content creator for a paid collaboration. Replace the business details, deliverable specs, timeline, and compensation with your own information before sending.

Marketing

Write Three Meta Ad Copy Variations With Hooks

Use this prompt to generate three distinct Meta ad copy variations with platform-compliant headlines and hooks that fit within the visible character limits on Facebook and Instagram feeds.

Marketing

Generate 15 Google RSA Headlines Under 30 Characters

Use this prompt to generate a full set of 15 Google Responsive Search Ad headlines that comply with the 30-character limit and cover diverse angles. Run it in ChatGPT or Claude before loading copy into Google Ads Editor.

Marketing

Practice a Sales Call with AI Role-Play

Use this prompt to let a staff member rehearse their call script with the AI acting as a realistic prospect. Run this before the first real call to identify awkward moments and build confidence.

Customer Service

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Customer Service

Find the Single Most Important Review Insight to Act On

Use this when the analysis output feels overwhelming or contains too many themes to act on. It forces the AI to prioritize and return a single, focused recommendation.

Customer Service

Check If a Specific Pattern Appears in Customer Reviews

Use this when you suspect the AI missed a pattern you already knew about. It prompts the AI to re-examine the pasted reviews through a specific lens you provide.

Customer Service

Get More Specific Quotes and Counts From Review Analysis

Use this when the initial review analysis output feels too vague or general — for example, when reviews were short on detail or the AI returned broad summaries instead of specific findings.

Customer Service

Turn Review Patterns Into Actionable Improvements

Run this as a follow-up after the initial review analysis. It converts the pattern breakdown into a prioritized action list of concrete operational improvements.

Customer Service

Analyze Customer Reviews for Recurring Patterns

Use this prompt after pasting all your collected Google and Facebook reviews into the chat. This is your broad scan to identify recurring themes, complaints, competitor mentions, and seasonal patterns across all reviews at once.

Customer Service

Write a Follow-Up Email to a Feedback Request

Use this prompt to generate the second email in the sequence, sent 4–5 days after the first if the client hasn't responded. It acts as a gentle nudge without repeating the original ask.

Technology

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