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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.
The prompt · Gemini
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 Gemini chat. Leave extensions off, including Gmail and Drive.
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.
You describe the offer, its cost and the terms.
The assistant asks your average sale, your margin and how you'd track results.
You get a break-even check, questions to ask, and a polite reply whether you say yes or no.
What happens
Use Gemini to 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.
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