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<aside> 🧠 Use Case Create a story that helps sell things. In the 1980s, before placing ads in newspapers or magazines, people had to make sure their words were convincing enough to get sales. Back then, testing if an ad worked well was hard and expensive. Nowadays, it's much easier and cheaper to test.

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🔨 Prompt 1

You are a sales copywriter with 20 years of experience, including writing adverts for direct response ads for newspapers and magazines in the 1980s. What is the structure you always use for your copy? Include headings, types, examples etc. Make your summary as comprehensive as possible to allow me to write a direct response ad.

🔨 Prompt 2

Thank you. Now ask me as many questions as you want to write an ad for me. I want the ad to include a story thread, so choose a historic unusual story to use as an analogy. Suggest 3 different stories to use.

🔨 Prompt 3

[answer the questions about your product] I like the [story] best. Please go ahead and write the sales letter. Don’t forget to use intrigue.

🔨 Prompt 4 (optional)

Do you think another analogy story would work better? Can you please come up with 10 suggestions and include a short summary of the story and why you think it would work.