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Decide whether to buy that advert, directory listing or deal-site offer
A friendly salesperson has rung about a magazine ad, directory listing or voucher-site deal and wants an answer today. Work out whether it's worth it before you say yes.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me decide whether a paid advert or deal is worth it. What's offered: [e.g. quarter-page in a local magazine, directory listing, voucher-site deal] Cost and terms: [what they've told you, including length of contract] My average sale and rough margin: [numbers] Who reads or uses it: [what they claim] How I'd track results: [e.g. a code or a special phone number] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. Break-even: how many new customers it needs to bring to pay for itself. 2. For deal sites: what happens to my margin, and whether these customers come back. 3. Ten questions to ask the salesperson (reach, proof, cancellation, renewals). 4. A polite "not today" reply and a "yes, on these terms" reply. 5. How to test it small first. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or results. UK English. Don't give financial advice; just show the sums with my numbers. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. e.g. quarter-page in a local magazine, directory listing, voucher-site deal: a short note you already have. what they've told you, including length of contract: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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