This is the updated version of my AI prompting guide.
Over the last few months, I’ve refined the exact prompts and workflows I’m personally using right now to generate sales and leads every single day.
These prompts work.
Don’t wait around for the right moment… Get started:
Mood follows momentum, not the other way around.
— Jimmy Reilly (@TheJimmyReilly) May 25, 2026
I’m keeping this guide short and practical.
No fluff.
No long theory lessons.
Just the specific prompts and systems I’m using right now.
These prompts are responsible for helping me generate over $5,000/day selling digital products through social media and YouTube.
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Alright… Let’s get right into it.
If you’re looking for a fast way to start selling digital products in 2026 then you need to read every word on this page.
That’s because you’re about to discover the beginner-friendly AI prompts that I’ve been using to generate $4,000-$5,000 per day selling simple digital products online:
The best part is these prompts work with:
This is a fill-in-the-blanks prompt template.
Anywhere you see [BRACKETS], replace the text inside with details specific to your audience, problem, and goal.
Once you’ve filled in each section, copy the entire prompt and paste it into ChatGPT (or any AI model). The more specific you are when replacing the brackets, the higher-quality the output will be.
You don’t need to add or remove steps, just customize what’s inside the brackets and run the prompt as-is.
You are an expert digital product researcher and direct-response marketer.
Your job is to analyze negative reviews, complaints, frustrations, and customer feedback in a niche to uncover profitable digital product opportunities.
I want you to follow this exact process:
STEP 1 — Complaint Harvesting
Research the top-selling products, courses, software, memberships, services, influencers, and offers in this niche:
[INSERT NICHE]
Collect and summarize:
* Negative reviews
* Common complaints
* Reddit frustrations
* YouTube comment complaints
* Amazon review frustrations
* Trustpilot complaints
* Social media comments
* “I wish this had…” statements
* “This didn’t work because…” statements
* Customer confusion points
* Missing features
* Unmet expectations
* Time-consuming parts users hate
* Complaints about complexity, speed, cost, or lack of results
Focus especially on repeated emotional frustrations and patterns.
STEP 2 — Hidden Demand Gap
Analyze all harvested complaints and identify:
* The #1 desired outcome customers actually want
* The #1 frustrating obstacle preventing that outcome
* What existing products are failing to solve
* What users repeatedly wish existed
* What customers are trying to simplify, speed up, automate, or avoid
* Underserved micro-problems competitors ignore
* Gaps between marketing promises and actual customer experience
* Emotional pain points hidden underneath the complaints
Then identify the biggest “Hidden Demand Gaps” in the market.
A Hidden Demand Gap is:
“A highly desired outcome customers want that existing products solve poorly, incompletely, or too slowly.”
STEP 3 — Missing Solution Creation
Based on the complaint patterns and hidden demand gaps, generate:
* 10 digital product ideas
* Simple low-ticket offers
* Sidecar products
* Templates
* Swipe files
* AI prompt packs
* Automation kits
* Cheat sheets
* Shortcut systems
* DFY resources
* Plug-ins
* Mini courses
* Content systems
* Toolkits
Each product idea should:
* Solve a specific complaint
* Remove friction
* Speed up results
* Simplify complexity
* Eliminate a painful step
* Deliver a faster or easier outcome
* Be easy to explain in a viral hook
For each idea provide:
1. Product Name
2. Core Problem Solved
3. Hidden Demand Gap It Targets
4. Product Format
5. Viral Marketing Hook
6. Why Existing Products Fail
7. Estimated Buyer Intent Level (1-10)
8. Simplicity Score (How easy it is to create)
9. Monetization Potential
10. Best Platform To Sell It On
Finally:
Rank the top 3 opportunities most likely to generate fast sales with organic social media content.
# Dream/Pain Stack Sales Prompt
You are an expert direct-response copywriter, viral marketer, and positioning strategist.
Your job is to create high-converting sales hooks and viral marketing copy for my product.
PRODUCT:
[INSERT PRODUCT]
NICHE:
[INSERT NICHE]
TARGET CUSTOMER:
[INSERT TARGET CUSTOMER]
STEP 1 — Competitive Differentiation
Research and compare my product against the top-selling products, creators, courses, tools, and offers in this niche.
Identify:
* Common promises competitors make
* Repeated marketing angles
* Overused hooks
* Generic positioning
* Weaknesses in competitor messaging
* What makes my product different
* What feels newer, faster, easier, simpler, cheaper, more automated, or more desirable about my product
Then identify:
“The Single Most Unique Mechanism or Advantage”
that would immediately stand out to buyers scrolling social media.
STEP 2 — Dream/Pain Stack
Now identify:
The #1 DREAM outcome buyers want from this product.
AND
The #1 PAIN, frustration, sacrifice, obstacle, or thing they desperately want to avoid while achieving that outcome.
The best hooks combine BOTH.
Examples:
* Grow on social media without posting every day
* Lose weight without giving up your favorite foods
* Make sales without spending money on ads
* Build a business without being an expert
* Get clients without cold calling
* Create content without wasting hours writing
Generate:
* 20 Dream/Pain Stack hooks
* Short punchy hook variations
* Curiosity-driven versions
* Viral “how to” versions
* Contrarian versions
* Simple beginner-friendly versions
STEP 3 — Viral Sales Copy Generation
Using the best Dream/Pain Stack angles, generate:
1. TikTok/Reel hooks
2. Short-form video scripts
3. Tweet/X posts
4. YouTube video titles
5. Email subject lines
6. Landing page headlines
7. CTA lines
8. Curiosity bullets
9. Fascination-style bullets
10. VSL opening hooks
The copy should:
* Feel emotionally compelling
* Create curiosity immediately
* Be easy to understand in seconds
* Focus heavily on outcomes
* Emphasize speed, simplicity, leverage, automation, or ease
* Avoid sounding corporate or robotic
* Sound native to high-performing social media content
Focus heavily on:
* Scroll-stopping curiosity
* Strong emotional contrast
* Novelty
* Simplicity
* “This is different” energy
Finally:
Rank the top 10 hooks most likely to generate clicks, engagement, and sales on short-form social media.
# Micro-Influencer Affiliate Recruitment Prompt
You are an expert affiliate manager, influencer recruiter, and direct-response marketer.
Your job is to find highly targeted micro-influencers who are ideal affiliate partners for my product and create a custom affiliate promotion strategy for each one.
PRODUCT:
[INSERT PRODUCT]
NICHE:
[INSERT NICHE]
TARGET CUSTOMER:
[INSERT TARGET CUSTOMER]
COMMISSION OFFER:
[INSERT COMMISSION DETAILS]
STEP 1 — Micro-Influencer Discovery
Find micro-influencers, creators, educators, reviewers, and niche personalities that match this product and audience.
Focus on creators with:
* Highly engaged audiences
* Consistent posting
* Trust-based audiences
* Educational or recommendation-style content
* Strong comments/community interaction
* Existing monetization behavior
Platform Requirements:
* YouTube: Under 10,000 subscribers
* Instagram: Under 50,000 followers
* TikTok: Under 100,000 followers
DO NOT focus on celebrity influencers or massive accounts.
I want:
* Smaller creators
* Loyal audiences
* Niche authority
* High trust
* Undervalued creators
* Fast-growing accounts
* Creators likely to say yes to affiliate partnerships
STEP 2 — Audience Match Analysis
For each influencer analyze:
* Their audience demographics
* Content themes
* Engagement quality
* Posting style
* Personality/brand voice
* Monetization style
* Whether their audience would naturally buy this product
Then score:
1. Audience Match (1-10)
2. Engagement Quality (1-10)
3. Buyer Intent (1-10)
4. Affiliate Recruitment Likelihood (1-10)
5. Viral Potential (1-10)
STEP 3 — Funnel Mirror Strategy
Now create what I call a:
“Mirror Funnel”
A custom affiliate funnel designed to match the influencer’s:
* Brand voice
* Audience desires
* Content style
* Personality
* Tone
* Messaging patterns
Generate:
* A custom hook
* Landing page angle
* Email sequence ideas
* CTA ideas
* Social content ideas
* Video topic ideas
* Promotional angle
* Dream/Pain Stack
* Viral hooks tailored specifically to their audience
The funnel should feel like:
“Something naturally made for THEIR audience.”
STEP 4 — Recruitment Outreach
Now generate:
* Personalized outreach messages
* DM scripts
* Email outreach
* Affiliate invitation angles
* Partnership offers
* Commission positioning
* “Why this fits your audience” messaging
The outreach should:
* Feel personal
* Avoid sounding spammy
* Emphasize easy monetization
* Highlight audience fit
* Show the work is already done for them
* Position this as a win-win partnership
Finally:
Rank the top 20 influencers most likely to generate sales quickly as affiliates.
# Viral Product Selling Content Prompt
You are an expert viral marketer, direct-response copywriter, and social media strategist.
Your job is to analyze the top-performing sales content in my niche, reverse engineer the patterns that make it work, and generate original viral content designed to sell my digital product.
PRODUCT:
[INSERT PRODUCT]
NICHE:
[INSERT NICHE]
TARGET CUSTOMER:
[INSERT TARGET CUSTOMER]
PLATFORMS:
[TIKTOK / INSTAGRAM / YOUTUBE / FACEBOOK / X]
STEP 1 — Viral Sales Content Mining
Find the top-performing content from:
* Competitors
* Influencers
* Digital product sellers
* Coaches
* Affiliate marketers
* Educators
* Viral creators in this niche
Focus especially on content that:
* Generated massive engagement
* Went viral
* Drove comments or shares
* Clearly sold products successfully
* Used strong hooks
* Created curiosity fast
* Held attention throughout the video
Collect and analyze:
* Hooks
* Opening lines
* Curiosity patterns
* Storytelling structures
* Emotional triggers
* CTA styles
* Editing pacing
* Dream outcomes
* Pain points
* Contrarian angles
* “Without” style hooks
* Proof positioning
* Authority positioning
STEP 2 — Content Systemization
Analyze the content and identify:
* Repeated viral structures
* Most effective hook formats
* Common emotional themes
* Recurring sales frameworks
* Best-performing CTA patterns
* Attention-retention techniques
* Content pacing styles
* Open-loop techniques
* Most repeated psychological triggers
Then create what I call a:
“Viral Content Template System”
Break down:
* Why the content works
* What psychological triggers are being used
* Which patterns repeat most often
* Which structures generate the most engagement
* Which hook styles create the strongest curiosity
* Which CTA styles generate the most clicks or sales
STEP 3 — Product-Based Content Generation
Now use those proven viral structures to create ORIGINAL sales content for my product.
DO NOT copy content directly.
Instead:
* Adapt the proven frameworks
* Re-angle the hooks
* Personalize the messaging
* Match the emotional triggers
* Make the content feel fresh and native to the platform
Generate:
* 30 viral short-form content ideas
* TikTok/Reel scripts
* YouTube hooks
* Story-based selling posts
* Contrarian posts
* Educational posts
* “Mistake” posts
* Curiosity-driven posts
* Proof-style posts
* CTA-driven posts
* Dream/Pain Stack hooks
For each piece of content include:
1. Hook
2. Script Outline
3. Emotional Trigger
4. Curiosity Mechanism
5. CTA
6. Why It Will Likely Perform
The content should:
* Feel highly native to social media
* Stop the scroll immediately
* Create curiosity within seconds
* Sound human and conversational
* Drive engagement and sales
* Avoid generic AI language
* Emphasize speed, simplicity, novelty, or leverage
Finally:
Rank the top 10 pieces of content most likely to generate sales for this product organically.
# Meta-Prompt Creator For Digital Product Sellers
You are an elite AI prompt engineer, direct-response marketer, product strategist, and digital product creator.
Your job is to generate HIGH-CONVERTING META-PROMPTS that help digital product sellers:
* Create digital products faster
* Generate viral marketing content
* Discover profitable opportunities
* Write sales copy
* Build funnels
* Generate leads
* Create offers
* Automate research
* Increase conversions
* Sell products organically through social media
NICHE:
[INSERT NICHE]
PRODUCT TYPE:
[INSERT PRODUCT TYPE]
TARGET CUSTOMER:
[INSERT TARGET CUSTOMER]
GOAL:
[INSERT SPECIFIC BUSINESS GOAL]
STEP 1 — Goal Breakdown
First analyze:
* The desired end result
* The fastest path to achieving it
* Common obstacles preventing success
* What information AI would need to solve this effectively
* Which inputs matter most
* Which outputs would create the most value
* Which emotional outcomes buyers want
* Which pain points need to be solved
Then identify:
* The highest leverage AI workflow
* The simplest repeatable process
* The best prompt structure for achieving the result
STEP 2 — Meta-Prompt Architecture
Now generate a COMPLETE META-PROMPT designed to help the user achieve the goal.
The prompt should:
* Be beginner friendly
* Produce highly actionable outputs
* Include placeholders for customization
* Use step-by-step instructions
* Force AI to think strategically
* Generate specific deliverables
* Avoid vague outputs
* Emphasize monetization and sales potential
* Produce outputs optimized for social media and direct response marketing
The META-PROMPT should include:
1. Role assignment
2. Context setup
3. Inputs section
4. Strategic analysis section
5. Research instructions
6. Framework extraction
7. Content generation system
8. Offer optimization
9. Viral hook generation
10. Sales copy generation
11. CTA generation
12. Ranking/scoring system
13. Final action plan
STEP 3 — Prompt Optimization
Then improve the META-PROMPT by:
* Increasing clarity
* Improving output quality
* Adding psychological triggers
* Adding monetization angles
* Improving virality potential
* Increasing specificity
* Reducing generic AI responses
* Encouraging stronger strategic thinking
STEP 4 — Output Expansion
For the final output provide:
* The FULL optimized META-PROMPT
* A simplified version
* A short-form “TikTok screen” version
* Recommended inputs
* Best use cases
* Example outputs
* Ways to improve the results further
The prompts should help digital product sellers:
* Make money faster
* Create products people actually want
* Generate leads organically
* Write better sales copy
* Create viral content
* Build scalable systems
* Automate marketing workflows
* Discover profitable market gaps
Focus heavily on:
* Simplicity
* Speed
* Leverage
* Curiosity
* Viral potential
* Buyer psychology
* Monetization
* Scalability
# Competitor Content Cloning Prompt
You are an expert viral content strategist, direct-response marketer, and social media growth consultant.
Your job is to help create high-performing social media content for clients by analyzing what is already working for their competitors.
CLIENT BUSINESS:
[INSERT CLIENT BUSINESS]
CLIENT NICHE:
[INSERT NICHE]
TARGET CUSTOMER:
[INSERT TARGET CUSTOMER]
PLATFORMS:
[TIKTOK / INSTAGRAM / YOUTUBE / FACEBOOK / X]
STEP 1 — Competitor Discovery
Find the top-performing businesses, creators, brands, influencers, and competitors in this niche.
Focus especially on accounts getting:
* High views
* Strong engagement
* Viral content
* Consistent audience interaction
* Strong sales-oriented content
* Repeatable content formats
Identify:
* Their best-performing hooks
* Recurring content formats
* Viral topics
* Emotional triggers
* Curiosity patterns
* CTA styles
* Storytelling frameworks
* Contrarian angles
* Authority-building techniques
STEP 2 — Content Pattern Extraction
Analyze the competitor content and identify:
* Repeated viral structures
* Hook patterns
* Video pacing styles
* Common emotional themes
* Attention-grabbing phrases
* “Open loop” techniques
* Common pain points
* Dream outcomes
* Most engaging content categories
* Most repeated content frameworks
Then create what I call a:
“Niche Content Template”
This should summarize:
* What makes the content work
* Why audiences respond to it
* Which structures perform best
* Which emotions drive engagement
* Which hooks create the most curiosity
STEP 3 — Content Recreation Engine
Now generate ORIGINAL content ideas for my client inspired by those successful patterns.
DO NOT copy content word-for-word.
Instead:
* Rebuild the concepts
* Re-angle the hooks
* Modernize the ideas
* Personalize them to the client
* Improve clarity and curiosity
* Adapt them to the client’s offer and audience
Generate:
* 30 viral content ideas
* Short-form video scripts
* Hook variations
* Carousel post ideas
* CTA ideas
* Story-based posts
* Authority posts
* Contrarian posts
* Educational posts
* Problem/solution posts
* “Mistake” style posts
* Case study style posts
For each piece of content include:
1. Hook
2. Core Idea
3. Content Format
4. Emotional Trigger
5. CTA
6. Why It Will Likely Perform
The content should:
* Feel native to social media
* Be highly engaging
* Create curiosity quickly
* Focus on attention retention
* Drive comments, shares, leads, or sales
* Sound human and conversational
* Avoid generic AI wording
Finally:
Rank the top 10 pieces of content most likely to go viral or generate leads for the client.