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Describe our ideal client
Commercial buyers are estates teams, developers, main contractors and public bodies buying through tenders and frameworks. Homeowners are usually triggered by a move, a growing family or a house that no longer works.
The prompt
I work in marketing at a construction firm. Help me describe our ideal client from what we know about real ones. Context: Commercial buyers are estates teams, developers, main contractors and public bodies buying through tenders and frameworks. Homeowners are usually triggered by a move, a growing family or a house that no longer works. Before you start, ask me for anything missing from this list: - Notes on our five best clients, with identifying details removed - Why they came to us - What nearly stopped them Then: 1. Find what the best clients share. 2. Describe the situation that makes someone look for us. 3. List the words they use for their problem. Give me: - A one-page profile - Their questions in their own words - Where to find more people like them Rules: - Use only the facts I give you. Where something is missing, write [detail needed]. Never invent a number, a name, a quote or a source. - Describe building work in general terms only. Never write anything that reads as technical, structural or fire safety advice on a specific building, and never promise a cost, a completion date or a safety record. - Write in plain English, in our voice if I have given you a sample. - Do not tell me what the rules or regulations say. If something may be restricted, flag it and I will check. Finish with a list headed "Check before this goes out". Include these, plus anything else the director who approves marketing or our health, safety and quality lead should see: - That names, addresses and contract values are removed before notes go into any AI tool - Which AI tools are approved for this
Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot. It will ask you for what it needs.
Check before this goes out
- That names, addresses and contract values are removed before notes go into any AI tool
- Which AI tools are approved for this
The prompt gives you a first draft. Someone qualified still approves anything a client will read.
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