47 ChatGPT Prompts for Small Business Owners (By Function)

What I sell: [one sentence]
Price point: [price]
Typical buyer: [role, company size, situation]

Their message:
"""
[paste the enquiry verbatim]
"""

Give me:
1. What they actually want, in one sentence
2. Three signals they are ready to buy, quoting their own words
3. Three signals they are tire-kicking, quoting their own words
4. The single question I should ask next, and why that one
5. A 60-word reply that answers their question and asks mine

Write a follow-up email under 90 words that:
- Adds one piece of value they did not have before (not a discount)
- Does not ask "just checking in" or "circling back"
- Ends with a question they can answer in one line
- Gives them a clean way to say no

Give me three different responses:
1. Reframe against the cost of the alternative
2. Split the price into a per-use or per-month figure
3. A genuine downsell to a smaller option, if I have one

Write a 250-word case study with:
- A headline stating the outcome, not the product
- Before / after, in concrete numbers if I give them to you, otherwise in concrete actions
- The one thing that made the difference
- Their quote, placed where it carries most weight

Produce a proposal outline with:
1. Their problem, in their words
2. What success looks like, in measurable terms
3. Scope: three deliverables, each with a definition of done
4. What is explicitly out of scope
5. Price and payment terms as placeholders
6. Two risks and how we handle each

Give me:
1. The positioning statement my competitors could not credibly copy
2. Three reasons to believe it, that I can actually prove
3. The one customer segment I should stop marketing to
4. A 12-word version for a website headline

Give me seven posts, one per day:
- Each takes a different angle (problem, mistake, behind-the-scenes, customer moment, contrarian take, how-to, offer)
- Each is written for that platform's format, not copy-pasted
- Each ends with something other than "buy now"

Write 10 headline options:
- 3 outcome-first
- 3 problem-first
- 2 audience-first
- 2 contrarian

Give me a sequence of five messages over that period:
- For each: channel, purpose, and the exact copy
- Include one message that is pure value with no ask
- Include one that assumes they will not buy, and still helps them

Diagnose in order of likely impact:
1. Is the offer clear in the first screen?
2. Is there proof, and is it in the right place?
3. What objection is left unanswered?
4. What is the single change with the highest expected lift?

Write 6 FAQ entries:
- 2 that answer the stated objection directly
- 2 that surface objections buyers have but don't say
- 2 that disqualify the wrong buyer

Build an outline where:
- Section 1 states the common belief and why it fails
- Sections 2-4 build the case, each with one piece of evidence
- Section 5 handles the strongest counter-argument honestly
- Section 6 says what to do on Monday

Rewrite it and:
- Remove every instance of "delve," "landscape," "leverage," "robust," "seamless," "it's important to note"
- Break any sentence with more than two clauses
- Replace abstract nouns with concrete ones
- Cut any sentence that only restates the previous one
- Vary sentence length: at least one under 8 words

Turn this into:
1. A blog post title
2. A 400-word answer that goes deeper than what I said
3. Three social posts, each taking one part of the answer
4. One line for the FAQ page

Write 5 opening paragraphs (max 60 words each):
1. Start with a specific scene
2. Start with a number
3. Start with the reader's mistake
4. Start with a short story about me
5. Start with a claim I'll spend the article defending

Edit in three passes and report each separately:
Pass 1 - Structure: does the argument hold? What's out of order?
Pass 2 - Cut: what can go without losing meaning? Target 15% reduction.
Pass 3 - Line: fix rhythm, remove hedging, kill clichés.

Write it as a 300-word story that:
- Opens with the problem, not the solution
- Shows one decision point where it could have failed
- States the result plainly, without inflation
- Ends with what a reader should take from it

Draft a reply that:
- Opens by naming their frustration accurately, in one sentence
- States the facts without defensiveness or apology theatre
- Says what I will do, specifically, with a date
- If I'm wrong, says so plainly
- Under 120 words

Write a reply template that:
- Solves it in the first message for 80% of cases
- Includes the three checks they should do, in order
- Gives them a re-issue path without asking them to explain again
- Takes under 20 seconds to read

Group them by root cause, not by wording.
For each root cause:
1. How many customers it affects (estimate from what I gave you)
2. Whether the fix is copy, process, or product
3. The cheapest fix that removes 80% of the volume
4. What I should stop promising on the sales page

Write two versions:
A - Approve immediately, no friction, no questions
B - Approve but ask one question that helps me improve

For each, write a macro that:
- Answers in the first line
- Fits under 80 words
- Sounds like a person, not a help desk
- Ends with what happens next

Turn this into a checklist where:
- Every step starts with a verb
- Every step has a definition of done
- Steps that can fail have a "if this breaks, do X"
- Total steps under 12

Score each on:
1. Frequency
2. Whether it's identical every time
3. Cost of it going wrong
4. Whether a customer would notice if it broke

Write a brief with:
1. The outcome, stated first
2. Constraints that are non-negotiable vs. preferences
3. Two examples of good work, one of bad
4. Who to ask when stuck, and what counts as stuck
5. What they should not touch

Give me a review structure with 5 questions that:
- Separates activity from outcome
- Identifies the one decision that mattered most
- Names what I avoided doing
- Ends with exactly one thing to change next week

Recommend:
1. One price, or tiers? Justify from what I told you.
2. If tiers: what actually differs between them (not feature padding)
3. The price anchor and where it sits
4. What to remove entirely because it confuses the choice

Write the announcement:
- State the change in the first two lines
- Give the reason without corporate language
- List exactly what they need to do, or say "nothing"
- Include the deadline, in a date not a duration

Calculate:
1. Break-even customers per month
2. Break-even revenue
3. How many sales per week that means
4. The gap between now and break-even, in customers
5. The two levers that close the gap fastest

Calculate:
1. How much volume I can lose at the new price and still break even
2. Whether that volume loss is likely, based on what I told you
3. The three things I should improve before raising it
4. The exact words for announcing it to existing customers

Rewrite my invoice to include:
1. A due date, not a term
2. One line stating what happens after the due date
3. A payment link, above the fold
4. A single sentence that makes paying the path of least resistance

Work backwards:
1. Revenue required
2. Units required per month
3. Hours per unit that this implies
4. Whether that is compatible with the hours I said