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Set up marketing automation flows

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 taskSet up an automated welcome series for new subscribers to the 'Blog Readers' list. It should…+
Set up an automated welcome series for new subscribers to the 'Blog Readers' list. It should send an introductory email immediately, followed by a 'popular posts' email three days later, and a 'join our community' email a week after that.
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 acceptI need to set up an automation for new customers. What kind of messages should I include to…+
I need to set up an automation for new customers. What kind of messages should I include to nurture them and encourage repeat purchases? I want to make sure they feel valued and get useful information without being overwhelmed, and ultimately come back to buy again.
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 set up a welcome automation a month ago for new sign-ups, hoping it would convert them into…+
My current welcome series isn't leading to any sales.
I set up a welcome automation a month ago for new sign-ups, hoping it would convert them into buyers, but we haven't seen any sales come from it. My boss asked about the ROI this morning, and I don't know what to tell her. I'm worried the emails aren't compelling enough, or maybe the timing is off. What's the most likely reason it's failing, and what's the best next step to get it converting?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI keep trying to set up automated email sequences, but they never seem to get the results I'm…+
I struggle to create effective, converting automation flows.
I keep trying to set up automated email sequences, but they never seem to get the results I'm hoping for. I spend a lot of time building them, only to find they don't engage people or lead to sales. What habit should I change to consistently create automation flows that actually move people closer to becoming customers?
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 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.