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Writing prompts that work
Most AI answers disappoint for one reason: the prompt asked for too little. This course takes you from one-line requests that get generic results to prompts that get you a usable answer first time, for the emails, quotes, job ads and plans you write every week.
- Who it's for
- Owners and managers already typing into an AI tool who want a lot more out of it, no jargon or technical background required
- By the end
- Write a prompt for any recurring job in your business, a customer email, a quote reply, a job ad, a bigger plan, and get back something worth sending on the first go
Last updated 18 July 2026
The lessons
What you'll work through.
- Why your first prompt let you downThe reason your first go at AI produced a wall of generic waffle, and why it's a briefing problem, not a sign the tool is rubbish.
- Briefing the AI like a new starterThe one habit that matters more than any other: giving the AI the context of your business before you ask it for anything.
- Saying exactly what you wantFormat, length, tone, constraints: the second half of a strong prompt, and the everyday jobs where it matters most.
- Show, don't just tellWhy pasting in one real example of your own work beats any amount of describing your tone, and how to use it on the jobs you already have saved.
- Giving it a job, and breaking big jobs downNaming the expertise you want it to draw on, and why one huge request produces a shallow answer where several small ones don't.
- The back-and-forthTreating the first answer as a draft, not a finished job, and letting the AI ask you questions before it guesses.
- Trust, but verifyAI can sound completely certain and still be wrong, especially about prices, dates and regulations. The one habit that stops that costing you.
- Building your prompt libraryTurning everything in this course into a handful of saved templates, so you stop starting from a blank page on jobs you do every week.
When you are ready to apply it
Take the work with you.
Finish the course and put it straight into practice: open the relevant resource, then bring one repeating job to a masterclass and work on it with us.
The masterclass
Half a day at Bedford High School in Leigh, laptops open. Bring one repeating job and work on a first version with guidance. See the event page for current booking details.
Reserve your seatSat 29 August · 11:00–15:00 · Bedford High School, Leigh