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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.

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The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskSet up a new search campaign targeting 'local plumbing services' in Chicago. Use a max CPC bid…+
Set up a new search campaign targeting 'local plumbing services' in Chicago. Use a max CPC bid strategy, a daily budget of $75, and include the provided ad copy and keywords.
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 I launch the new 'local plumbing services' campaign for our Chicago client, ensure it's…+
Before I launch the new 'local plumbing services' campaign for our Chicago client, ensure it's fully optimized for high-quality leads. Double-check that negative keywords are comprehensive, ad extensions are maximized, and the landing page experience is seamless for mobile users, since most of their calls come from phones.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI'm launching the new 'local plumbing services' campaign tomorrow morning, and I'm feeling a…+
I'm about to launch a new campaign for a client, but I'm worried about wasting their budget if it's not set up perfectly.
I'm launching the new 'local plumbing services' campaign tomorrow morning, and I'm feeling a knot in my stomach. Our last new client campaign had a rocky start, burning through budget on irrelevant clicks for the first week. I can't afford to make that mistake again with this client, especially since they're new and watching closely. What are the most common overlooked issues in new campaign setups that lead to wasted spend, and what's the single best thing I can do tonight to prevent it?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI've noticed a recurring problem: every time we launch a new campaign, the first week is a…+
New campaigns often have a rough first week, wasting budget before we optimize them.
I've noticed a recurring problem: every time we launch a new campaign, the first week is a scramble of optimizations, often with some initial budget wasted on poor targeting or irrelevant clicks. This not only costs money but also erodes client confidence. What habit should I change in our pre-launch process to ensure new campaigns hit the ground running more efficiently and effectively from day one?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

Questions people actually ask

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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 Google Ads'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.