The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when You need the offer, timing and messages for a holiday or seasonal promotion that protects your margin.
- {{business_name}}
- {{occasion}}
- {{products_and_costs}}
- {{past_results}}
- {{goal}}
- {{dates}}
- {{channels}}
- {{budget}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
Plan a seasonal promotion for {{business_name}} around {{occasion}}. I want more sales without giving away the margin I rely on, so the plan should treat a discount as a cost to justify, not a default. What I sell, with prices and my cost for each item: """ {{products_and_costs}} """ Results from past promotions, if any: {{past_results}} Goal for this promotion: {{goal}} Dates I could run it: {{dates}} Where I reach customers: {{channels}} Budget for ads or materials: {{budget}} Give me: 1. Three offer options, such as a percentage off, a bundle, a gift with purchase or a limited edition. For each, the margin per sale before and during the promotion, and how many extra sales it would take to earn the same profit as without it, with the arithmetic on one line. Recommend one and say why. 2. A timeline: what to prepare two weeks before, on launch day, at a midway reminder, on the last day, and the day after. 3. Messages for the recommended offer: an email (subject line and under 120 words), two social posts under 60 words each, and a sign for the counter or website under 20 words. They should sound like the business talking to its regular customers, not like an advertisement. 4. Guardrails that protect margin and stock: an end date, quantity limits or exclusions. 5. How to judge it afterward: two or three numbers to compare with a normal period. Keep the whole plan under 700 words, in numbered sections with bullets. Use only my prices and costs. Do not invent sales forecasts or "typical" results. Do not use false urgency: no countdown that resets, no "only 3 left" unless it is true, and no "was" price unless I have actually charged it, because misleading price claims can break consumer protection rules as well as customers' trust. If a cost or price is missing for an item, leave that item out of the margin arithmetic and say so. If none of the options keeps a reasonable margin, say that plainly and suggest how to promote the season without a discount.
Variables
- {{business_name}}
- Your business name.
- {{occasion}}
- For example Black Friday, back to school, Mother's Day or the start of summer.
- {{products_and_costs}}
- The items you might promote, each with its price and what it costs you.
- {{past_results}}
- What happened last time: the offer, the sales, what you would change. "None" is fine.
- {{goal}}
- For example "clear winter stock", "bring back lapsed customers" or "sell 50 gift sets".
- {{dates}}
- When the promotion could start and end.
- {{channels}}
- For example an email list, Instagram, the shop window or a marketplace.
- {{budget}}
- What you can spend on ads, printing or extra stock. "Nothing" is fine.
Why it works
- What good looks like. Each offer shows how many extra sales it needs to match normal profit, the number that tells you whether a discount is worth running.
- What to avoid. Resetting countdowns, false scarcity and "was" prices you never charged are ruled out, because they cost trust and can break consumer rules.
- If unsure. Items with missing costs stay out of the margin math, and if no option keeps a margin, the plan says so instead of forcing a sale.