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Research target markets for projects

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

4prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskCreate a task for Sarah to research potential target markets for the new Q3 product launch, due…+
Create a task for Sarah to research potential target markets for the new Q3 product launch, due by next Tuesday. Include a subtask for her to present her findings to the marketing team by Friday.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptBefore Sarah starts her market research, help her focus. Add a note to her task asking her to…+
Before Sarah starts her market research, help her focus. Add a note to her task asking her to prioritize markets with a clear growth potential and competitive gaps, and to consider our existing customer demographics first.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentOur VP of Sales just told me he thinks we're looking at the wrong demographic for the new…+
I just got conflicting feedback on our target market strategy.
Our VP of Sales just told me he thinks we're looking at the wrong demographic for the new product, after the marketing team already started their research based on my initial brief. I'm afraid of wasting Sarah's time and looking indecisive. How do I reconcile this without derailing the launch, and what's the best next step to get clarity?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternMy team frequently spends too much time on broad market research before we've truly defined our…+
My team often spins its wheels on initial market research.
My team frequently spends too much time on broad market research before we've truly defined our ideal customer. This leads to wasted effort and rework. What habit should I change to ensure we narrow our focus earlier and more efficiently, before committing to extensive research?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Asana's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.