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Answer "can anyone recommend…?" posts in local groups

Someone in the village group asks for a recommendation and you don't know whether to jump in. Get a reply that helps without sounding pushy, and a plan for next time.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Help me use local Facebook groups for my business without being spammy.

My business: [what you do and where]
The group's rules about businesses: [paste them, or "not sure"]
A typical recommendation post I see: [paste an example]
How fast I can usually reply: [e.g. within an hour, evenings only]
Happy customers who might be in the group: [yes / no / not sure]

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

Then:
1. Three short replies I can use when someone asks for what I do: one if I can help soon, one if I'm booked up, and one pointing them to someone else if it isn't my thing.
2. A friendly message to past customers asking if they'd tag me next time they see a post like this.
3. A helpful monthly post that fits the group rules, sharing a useful tip, not an advert.
4. A list of things not to do that would get me removed or annoy people.

Friendly and local, stick to the rules I pasted, UK English.

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 and where: a short note you already have. paste them, or "not sure": a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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