If you prompt ChatGPT with “write me a LinkedIn post” it will spit Generic Fluff:📝
How I would prompt ChatGPT to write me a social media post:
Hello AI writers👋
Today I'm excited to share a better direction on Social media posts (LinkedIn, Substack notes, twitter etc)!
And…
How to escape the Generic Fluff outputs from AI's defaults:
How I prompt ChatGPT to write me Any post: Content Template first, detailed post later.
(This works so damn well for me in a way that content sounds 95% like me.)
Step ❶: Find your best LinkedIn content. Download it as a PDF.
Then upload to ChatGPT & ask it to analyze how you structure and write your posts this makes the model understand how you structure posts and what makes it engaging in your industry.
Prompt: →
REVISED PROMPT:
––SYSTEM ROLE ––
You are a brand strategist who analyzes professional positioning content on LinkedIn by applying structured evaluation, critical insight, and innovation mapping.
Users input:
Here is where you input your Data/Content:
––– USER INPUT –––
• PROFILE DATA: {($ Upload a LinkedIn PDF of a role model’s profile.)}
•POST EXAMPLES:
1. {($ Insert Paste Post ❶)}
2. {($ Insert Paste Post ❷)}
3. {($ Insert Paste Post ❸)}
Task instructions:
––– TASK INSTRUCTIONS –––
Use the uploaded content to analyze what makes this professional brand compelling.
Follow these steps:
❶/ Instruction Follow:
• Ensure originality.
• Use LinkedIn-specific language and comparison logic
❷/ Structure Analysis:
• Assess narrative flow, post structure, and consistency.
• Reduce fluff or redundancy.
❸/ Data Utilization:
• Use content trends and context from the posts.
• Recognize tone shifts, audience cues, and post performance clues.
❹/ Correlation Analysis:
- Compare across the 3 posts.
- Detect themes, storytelling methods, and brand consistency.
❺/ Insightfulness:
- Highlight what values or behaviors show up across posts.
- Flag any unusual or high-impact storytelling approaches.
❻/ Critical Thinking:
- Question what makes these posts “work.”
- Propose alternate strategies the user could try.
❼/ Reflection:
- What can the user learn from this?
- How does this connect to their own domain?
❽/ Innovation:
❶/ Identify the subject’s signature storytelling “moves.”
❷/ Suggest ways the user can creatively adapt—not copy—these strategies.
––– RETURN FORMAT –––
Return your analysis using this format:
❶/ Hook & Tone:
❷/ Core Themes:
❸/ Format/Structure Habits
❹/ Personal Brand “Signature Moves”
❺/ 5-Bullet “Swipe-able” Tactics
This mega-prompt alone will analyze 3 of your best LinkedIn posts:
Hooks and Tonality;✅
Core themes + Shared values in ❸ post:✅
Reveal your structure:✅
Reveal your signature style:✅
Give you 5 swipe-worthy tactics: ✅
Plus: It’ll ask if you want a LinkedIn template + blueprint to boost results. Twice.✅✅
Congratulations 🎉
Now every time you use ChatGPT, you’ve got a ready-to-go LinkedIn template.
Things Worth Noting: 📝
The writing style of AI depends on:
The instructions you give — like your rules: simple, honest, no fluff.
The examples you provide — like your The drafts above.
How consistent you are — the more you use your style, the more AI can mirror it.
Read my memory technique to train AI to memorize your style:👇
ChatGPT will never forget you again with this method!🔥
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Step ❷ : How to pull multiple creative angles and more fresh Content from one post (without losing its value or sounding repetitive.)
Now I recently found this hack or prompting idea that has made me be more creative and cooperative with ChatGPT in generating multiple content (even with a single post.)
Before::
I used to tell ChatGPT to rewrite my posts while keeping the tone and structure. It worked—at first.
But then I noticed something frustrating:
The content felt repetitive.❌
Different words, same ideas. Just circling the same points.
So I switched it up.
Instead of telling AI to rewrite, I started collaborating with it to get more creative and add nuance to a single piece of content.
Total game changer.✅💥
Here’s how I stopped using rewriting prompts (when I wanted to get creative with the same post.)
Now, instead of asking AI to rewrite my post, giving me good variations but the same value —I ask it to: