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Create new email lists

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 taskCreate a new email list named 'Event Attendees 2024'. Import the contacts from the attached CSV…+
Create a new email list named 'Event Attendees 2024'. Import the contacts from the attached CSV file, making sure to tag them as 'Conference 2024'.
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 create the 'New Product Launch Interest' list, review our past launch campaigns.…+
Before I create the 'New Product Launch Interest' list, review our past launch campaigns. Suggest how to segment this new list effectively based on engagement with previous product announcements, so we can tailor our messaging better and avoid sending irrelevant emails to people who won't buy.
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 just got a list of 500 new leads from our webinar, and I need to add them to our system. My…+
I have a new list of leads from a recent webinar, but I'm unsure how to add them without upsetting existing subscribers.
I just got a list of 500 new leads from our webinar, and I need to add them to our system. My biggest fear is accidentally sending them the same welcome series as our existing subscribers or mixing them into the wrong campaigns. I can't afford to confuse or annoy anyone. What's the best way to integrate these new leads without causing any overlap or issues with our current lists, and what should I prioritize?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternMy email lists have become a jumble of duplicates, unengaged subscribers, and outdated…+
My email lists are a mess of duplicates and outdated contacts, costing me money and credibility.
My email lists have become a jumble of duplicates, unengaged subscribers, and outdated contacts. It's costing me money on every send and making our engagement rates look terrible. I dread cleaning it up. What habit should I change to maintain clean, effective email lists proactively, ensuring I'm only sending to engaged contacts and maximizing our ROI?
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 Mailchimp'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.