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Get your first 100 email sign-ups from people who already buy

You know an email list is valuable but yours has twelve people on it. Get simple sign-up ideas for the till, the van and the website, with honest wording.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me get my first 100 email sign-ups from people who already buy from me.

My business: [what you do]
Where I meet customers: [e.g. at the till, at their home, online shop, markets]
What I'd email about: [e.g. new stock, quiet-day offers, seasonal reminders]
How often I'd realistically email: [e.g. monthly]
What I could offer for signing up: [e.g. a small discount, early access, a useful guide, nothing]
The tool I use or might use: [e.g. Mailchimp, Shopify, a notebook]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. Five ways to collect sign-ups that suit how I meet customers, such as a QR card at the till or a line on receipts.
2. The exact words for each: short, honest, and saying what they'll get and how often.
3. A clear consent line and an unsubscribe reminder, and a note to check the ICO's guidance on direct marketing.
4. Wording for a website sign-up box or pop-up.
5. A short welcome email for new subscribers.

No pressure tactics, UK English.

For the ICO's current guidance on email marketing consent, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search.

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. what you do: a short note you already have. e.g. at the till, at their home, online shop, markets: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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