If you read my last post about AI fatigue, you already know the why. You know that the women who learn to use these tools now are going to have a real advantage over the ones who wait. You know that AI isn’t here to replace your voice, it’s here to remove the friction between your ideas and your audience.
But knowing the why and actually sitting down to use it are two completely different things.
Here’s where most entrepreneurial moms get stuck: they open ChatGPT, stare at the blank cursor, and think… okay, now what? They know they’re supposed to type something. They just don’t know what.
That’s not a you problem, that’s a prompt problem.
A prompt is simply what you type into the AI to get something useful back. And the good news is, you don’t have to figure out the right words on your own. I did that part for you.
Here are five prompts I use every single week in my own business. Copy and paste them, then make them yours.
Before We Dive In: A Prompt Is Just a Conversation Starter
I want to take one minute to demystify this, because the word “prompt” can sound more technical than it needs to.
A prompt is just you telling AI what you need. Think of it like texting a very fast, very patient assistant who never complains and never checks the clock. The more specific you are about what you’re asking for, the better what comes back is going to be.
And here’s the most important thing I need you to hear before you try these: you are not publishing what AI writes. You are using it to get unstuck, get a first draft, or get ideas. Then you take that output, run it through your own voice, add your story, your experience, your specific clients, and that is what goes out into the world.
AI is a starting place, and you are the runner that gets the writing to the finish line.
The 5 Prompts
Prompt 1: Content Ideas When Your Brain Is Empty
The problem it solves: You’re staring at a blank screen with zero idea what to post this week.
This is the prompt I mentioned at the end of my last post, but I want to go deeper here because there’s a difference between a vague version of this prompt and a version that actually gets you something usable.
The prompt:
“I own a [type of business] and I serve [describe your ideal client in 1 to 2 sentences]. Give me 10 social media content ideas for this week that speak directly to her biggest struggles and desires. Mix educational, personal story, and promotional ideas.”
What to do with the output:
Pick 3 to 5 posts that feel true to you. Then rewrite them in your own voice. Add a personal story or a specific example, or add something only you could say. The raw output is a list of directions, not a finished post.
Here’s the difference: a generic version of this prompt might come back with something like “post about time management tips.” A specific version, where you’ve told AI exactly who your client is and what she’s wrestling with, might come back with “a post about the guilt of checking your phone during pickup line and whether that counts as work.” One of those is shareable, and the other is a snooze.
The more you put in, the more you get back.
Prompt 2: Turning One Piece of Content Into Five
The problem it solves: You wrote a great blog post or recorded a great reel and then that was it. One and done.
This is the prompt that changed how I think about content creation entirely. You are not starting from scratch every time. You are multiplying what you already made.
The prompt:
“Take this blog post and repurpose this into: (1) a 3-email nurture sequence, (2) five Instagram captions of different lengths, (3) a short LinkedIn post, and (4) three story slide ideas. Keep my voice warm, direct, and conversational, not corporate. [Paste blog post here]”
What to do with the output:
This alone can give you two to three weeks of content from a single piece of writing. But here’s the catch: unless you have trained your AI on your voice, AI will flatten your personality. It will take something you wrote that had texture and specificity and smooth it out into something that sounds like everyone else. Your job is to read through the output and put yourself back into it. Add in one personal detail or one specific moment. Add in one line that only you would write.
Use this on a batch content day. Sit down with one piece of strong writing and come out with a month’s worth of starting points.
Prompt 3: Writing a Sales Message That Doesn’t Sound Pushy
The problem it solves: You have an offer, but you hate selling. Every caption you write sounds either desperate or robotic.
Most entrepreneurial moms I work with are good at their thing and bad at talking about it. This is sometimes true for me, too. We all struggle in this department, not because we don’t believe in what we do, but because we were never taught how to sell in a way that feels natural. This prompt gives you a first draft that starts from the right place.
The prompt:
“I’m promoting [describe your offer in 1 to 2 sentences]. My ideal client is [describe her]. She’s hesitant to buy because [her top 2 to 3 objections]. Write a sales caption that speaks to her hesitation, shows her the transformation she’ll experience, and ends with a call to action that invites rather than pressures. Tone: warm, real, like a trusted friend who also happens to know exactly what she needs.”
What to do with the output:
Read it out loud. Ask yourself: does this sound like me? If you’d never actually say a sentence in conversation, take it out. Layer in a personal story or a specific client result if you have one. The best sales content doesn’t feel like selling at all; it feels like someone finally said the thing you’d been thinking. Your job is to get it there.
Prompt 4: Drafting an Email When You Don’t Know What to Say
The problem it solves: Your list is going cold because you keep putting off sending something.
Here’s a hard truth: the longer you wait to email your list, the more you build it up in your head, and the harder it gets to start. This prompt is specifically designed for the re-engagement email, the one you’ve been avoiding writing for three months.
The prompt:
“I need to send an email to my list. I haven’t emailed them in [X weeks/months]. I want to re-engage them without making it weird or over-apologizing. My business is [describe it]. My audience is [describe her]. Write a warm, honest re-engagement email that reminds her who I am, what I do, and gives her something genuinely useful right now. End with a soft invitation to [your current offer or next step].”
What to do with the output:
Re-engagement emails are one of the highest-return things you can send, and they’re also the hardest to start. Take what AI gives you and add one real, specific personal detail in the opening; something that immediately says this came from a human being who actually knows me. That’s the difference between a re-engagement email that gets replies and one that gets ignored.
You can also use a version of this same prompt when you sit down to write your weekly newsletter and your brain is blank. Swap out the re-engagement framing and replace it with whatever is on your mind that week.
Prompt 5: Unsticking a Business Decision You’ve Been Avoiding
The problem it solves: You’ve been sitting on an idea: a new offer, a pricing change, a pivot, and you can’t think straight about it.
This is the most underused way entrepreneurial moms can use AI, and it might also be the most powerful. You are not asking AI to make your decision. You are asking it to ask you better questions.
The prompt:
“I’m trying to decide whether to [describe the decision]. Here’s my situation: [give context: your business, your audience, your goals, and what’s holding you back]. I’m not asking you to make the decision for me. I want you to ask me the five most important questions I should be asking myself right now to get clear.”
What to do with the output:
Read the five questions. Then answer them in writing, just for yourself. Don’t think about what sounds good or what the “right” answer is. Just write. The clarity almost always comes from that process.
I’ve only used this prompt sparingly but when I do, it surfaces something I already knew but hadn’t said out loud yet.
AI as a thinking partner, not a decision-maker, is one of the most underrated use cases in any business, and especially in one where you’re often making decisions alone at 10pm while the kids are finally asleep.
Now Pick One and Try It Today
Don’t try to use all five. Just try one.
If you’re not sure where to start, start with Prompt 1. It’s the lowest stakes, it works for any business, and it gives you something useful in under three minutes. That’s the point.
The goal here is not perfection but momentum. You don’t have to write a perfect post or send a flawless email. You just have to do something. Because something creates evidence that you can do it. And that evidence builds confidence. And that confidence is what keeps you showing up.
If you read my post about AI fatigue, you know I talked about the version of you six months from now who looked back and was glad she didn’t opt out. These five prompts are the bridge. Not from where you are to some impossible destination, but from a blank screen to a starting place.
That’s all this is; a starting place.
Save this post and come back to it on the day you’re stuck.
If you pick one of these prompts and try it this week, I want to hear what happened. Screenshot your favorite one, tag me, and tell me what you made with it. Because that’s the kind of thing that reminds both of us why we’re doing this.
You don’t need to master AI. You just need to start using it. And now you know exactly what to say.