Day 3 of 5· 30 min

10 AI workflows you can deploy this week

Specific, business-tested workflows that save 10+ hours per week.

Ten high-leverage uses of AI for any business owner: drafting emails in your voice, summarizing customer-call recordings, writing job descriptions, building a weekly content calendar, analyzing competitor sites, generating outreach lists, drafting proposals, planning meetings, writing job offers, cleaning up financial-data files. Each comes with the exact prompt and which AI to use.

Lesson 16 min

What makes a prompt 'good'

Most people get bad AI output because their prompts are too vague. Compare these two. Bad: 'Write me an email.' Good: 'Write a 3-sentence reply to this customer who's angry that our product arrived damaged. Apologize without making excuses. Offer to replace it. Don't sound corporate.' The second one gets you a usable email on the first try. The first one gets you a generic template. The rule: SPECIFICITY = QUALITY. Tell the AI: who you are, who it's for, the goal, the constraints (length, tone), and what NOT to do. Add an example if you have one. That's the entire skill of prompting. We'll practice with 10 specific prompts you can copy-paste right now.

Key points

→Bad prompts = generic output. Specific prompts = usable output.
→Tell AI: who you are + who it's for + goal + constraints + what to avoid
→Add an example if you have one — biggest quality boost
→Specificity is the entire prompting skill

Lesson 28 min

Prompts 1-3 — handle email + meetings

Three prompts that save 30 min/day. Prompt 1 — Reply to a customer email. Copy this template, paste their email, hit send. Within 10 seconds you have a draft. You edit, you send. Time saved: 5-10 minutes per email. Prompt 2 — Summarize a meeting. If you record meetings (Otter, Fathom, Zoom), paste the transcript. AI returns 5 bullets + action items. Time saved: 15 minutes of re-listening. Prompt 3 — Plan a project. Paste a paragraph describing what you're trying to do. AI returns a 5-step plan with deadlines. Time saved: an entire planning session. These three alone justify the $20/mo subscription, easily.

Key points

→Prompt 1: Customer email reply (saves 5-10 min per email)
→Prompt 2: Meeting summarizer (saves 15 min re-listening)
→Prompt 3: Project planner (replaces planning sessions)
→These 3 alone justify $20/mo subscription

Lesson 38 min

Prompts 4-7 — marketing + content

Four more for marketing and content. Prompt 4 — Generate 5 social media posts in your voice. Show the AI 2-3 of your old posts (samples of your style), ask for 5 new ones on this week's topics. Saves an hour. Prompt 5 — Rewrite to be shorter. Paste anything you wrote. Ask 'cut this to half the length without losing meaning.' Crisp output. Prompt 6 — Generate a landing-page headline. Paste your service description + target customer. Ask for 10 headline options. You pick. Prompt 7 — Draft a follow-up to a stalled lead. Paste your prior email + how long ago. Ask for a polite nudge. Most useful prompt in the bunch for sales-driven businesses.

Key points

→Prompt 4: Social posts in YOUR voice (paste old posts as samples)
→Prompt 5: Cut to half length (rewrite shorter, sharper)
→Prompt 6: 10 landing-page headlines (you pick the best)
→Prompt 7: Follow-up to stalled lead (polite nudge)

Lesson 46 min

Prompts 8-10 — decisions + analysis

Three for thinking clearly. Prompt 8 — Compare two options. Describe two choices you're stuck between. Ask AI to list pros/cons of each + ask you 3 clarifying questions. Often the QUESTIONS unstick you, not the answer. Prompt 9 — Spot what I'm missing. Describe a plan or decision. Ask 'what assumptions am I making that might be wrong?' This is the highest-value prompt in the entire list. AI catches blind spots a friend might miss. Prompt 10 — Role-play as my customer. Describe your customer. Ask AI to act AS them. Pitch them your product. They'll respond with realistic objections. Practice answering. Within 20 minutes you've stress-tested your pitch.

Key points

→Prompt 8: Compare options + ask AI for clarifying questions
→Prompt 9: 'What assumptions am I making that might be wrong?' (catches blind spots)
→Prompt 10: AI role-plays as your customer (stress-test pitches)
→These three are decision tools — use weekly

Lesson 52 min

Practice now

Don't watch this lesson and forget about it. Pick ONE prompt from the 10. Use it on a real task in your business RIGHT NOW. The skill of prompting only develops by doing. Five minutes of practice today beats five hours of watching tutorials. Tomorrow, Day 4: we cover the only real question left for a beginner — do I need a special computer to run AI?

Key points

→Pick ONE prompt from today
→Use it on a REAL task right now
→Practice > tutorials always
→Tomorrow: hardware questions

Try it yourself

10 ready-to-paste prompts

PROMPT 1 — Customer email reply
"Here's an email I received: [PASTE]. Draft a friendly 3-sentence reply. Don't sound corporate. Acknowledge their specific concern, then [your goal: apologize / explain / ask question]."

PROMPT 2 — Meeting summary
"Below is a meeting transcript. Give me: 1) 5 bullet summary, 2) action items with owner, 3) decisions made. Skip filler. Transcript:
[PASTE]"

PROMPT 3 — Project planner
"I want to [describe goal in 1 sentence]. Give me a 5-step plan with: each step name, what it produces, who does it, rough deadline. Be realistic — assume I have [hours/week] to spend on this."

PROMPT 4 — Social posts in your voice
"Here are 3 of my past social posts I like:
[PASTE POST 1]
[PASTE POST 2]
[PASTE POST 3]

Write 5 new posts for this week. Mix: educational, behind-scenes, opinion, customer win, question. Topics on my mind: [LIST 3]. Match my voice exactly."

PROMPT 5 — Cut to half length
"Cut this in half. Same meaning, sharper. Don't sound clipped — sound polished.

[PASTE]"

PROMPT 6 — Landing page headlines
"My service: [DESCRIBE IN 1 SENTENCE]. My target customer: [WHO]. Their biggest pain: [WHAT]. Write 10 landing-page headlines. Mix: question, statement, benefit-driven, contrarian. Each under 12 words."

PROMPT 7 — Lead follow-up
"I sent this email [X days] ago. They haven't replied. Draft a polite 2-sentence follow-up that doesn't sound desperate.

ORIGINAL EMAIL: [PASTE]"

PROMPT 8 — Compare options
"I'm stuck between two choices: [OPTION A] and [OPTION B]. For my situation: [CONTEXT]. List pros/cons of each, then ask me 3 clarifying questions that would help you give a clear recommendation."

PROMPT 9 — Blind spot check
"Here's my plan: [DESCRIBE]. What assumptions am I making that might be wrong? List the 3 biggest risks I'm probably underestimating."

PROMPT 10 — Customer role-play
"Pretend you're [DESCRIBE MY CUSTOMER: their role, what they care about, what they're worried about]. I'm going to pitch you my [PRODUCT/SERVICE]. Respond with realistic objections. Be skeptical, not rude.

MY PITCH: [PASTE]"

Common beginner mistakes

⚠️Being vague ('write me a tweet') — specificity transforms output quality
⚠️Not giving examples of YOUR voice — AI defaults to generic without samples
⚠️Settling for the first answer — tell AI what to improve, regenerate
⚠️Not telling the AI what to AVOID (jargon, length, tone) — adds 5 seconds, saves 10 minutes of editing
⚠️Using AI for tasks where exact accuracy matters (e.g. tax law) without verifying

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Prompts that actually work (vs. why yours don't)

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Mobile vs desktop — where to use AI for what

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