AI Funnel Copywriting: 4 ChatGPT Prompts That Convert

Picture it: It’s Saturday morning on the Sunshine Coast. Your clubs are in the boot and the greens are calling, except the launch-sequence for Monday’s webinar funnel is still blank.

Ten minutes later, ChatGPT has drafted the hero headline, bridge copy, urgency bullets and a five-email follow-up. Your tee-time is safe.

Why This Matters

• Generative-AI users finish marketing tasks 3× faster than non-users (Stanford 2025).

• 85 % of marketers say AI already boosts their productivity.

• Teams that embed AI publish 42 % more content per month.

AI won’t steal your job, it will free up your weekend. The trick is pointing that power at your funnel without sounding like a robot.

The STRENUE 4-Prompt Framework

Copy-paste the prompts below into ChatGPT (or Gemini/Claude) and watch mechanical prose morph into conversion copy:

1. Frame the Mission

   • Prompt: “Act as a Tier-1 direct-response copywriter for [Audience] selling [Offer] that fixes [Pain].”

   • Why it works: Loads domain expertise and persuasive intent into the model.

2. Lock the Voice

   • Prompt: “Write in the tone of [Brand Archetype] – friendly mentor, conversational, one emoji max per paragraph.”

   • Why it works: Preserves the human flavour your list trusts.

3. Specify the Structure

   • Prompt: “Draft a VSL outline using AIDA with 7 CTA moments.”

   • Why it works: Preserves the human flavour your list trusts.

4. Layer the Nuance

   • Prompt: Follow-ups like “Tighten the anxiety hooks” or “Add a case-study micro-story.”

   • Why it works: Turns passable text into pulse-raising persuasion.

Prompt Walk-Through

• Frame the Mission: “Act as a Tier-1 direct-response copywriter for busy online fitness coaches selling a 12-week body-transformation program that fixes plateaus and low energy.”

• Lock the Voice: “Write in the tone of a veteran strength-and-conditioning coach, supportive, plain-spoken, tough-love when needed.”

• Specify the Structure: “Draft a video sales letter using AIDA. Include seven CTA slides.”

• Layer the Nuance: “Shorten the first hook. Add a one-sentence client win after each objection. Finish with a fast-action bonus.”

Why These Prompts Outperform Generic “Write My Funnel” Requests

1. Context = Clarity. The more specific the mission, the tighter ChatGPT matches proven copy frameworks.

2. Voice Guardrails. Constrain tone, emoji count and cadence to keep human fingerprints.

3. Structural Scaffolding. Blueprints first, bricks second.

4. Iterative Nuance. Treat each follow-up prompt like seasoning, adjust until it sings.

Common Roadblocks (and Quick Fixes)

1. Pain point: Model goes off-brand

   • Symptom: Suddenly inserts exclamation-filled hype

   • Quick fix: Re-feed a paragraph of your best copy as a style sample. Add “match this tone exactly.”

2. Pain point: Too long / bloated

   • Symptom: 1,500-word VSL instead of 600

   • Quick fix: Append “aim for 600 words, Grade 7 readability.”

3. Pain point: Fact-check anxiety

   • Symptom: Dates, names, studies feel dubious

   • Quick fix: Add “include citations only from sources published 2023 onward” then verify manually.

Your Next 30 Minutes

1. Open ChatGPT (or your LLM of choice).

2. Paste the four base prompts.

3. Spend 30 seconds filling the brackets.

4. Hit Enter.

5. Grab coffee while it writes.

6. Edit for sparkle - because AI is the intern, you are the creative director.

Your Saturday tee-time is calling. Let the robots handle the word-count while you handle the short game.