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Prepare copy for sign-off
The approver is a compliance officer, a director or a network's promotions team with a queue. A pack they can clear in ten minutes gets marketing out the door.
The prompt
I work in marketing at a financial advice firm. Help me prepare this piece of marketing for sign-off. Context: The approver is a compliance officer, a director or a network's promotions team with a queue. A pack they can clear in ten minutes gets marketing out the door. Before you start, ask me for anything missing from this list: - The final copy - Evidence for each claim - Where and when it will run - Who approves Then: 1. Number every claim and attach its evidence. 2. List what changed since the last version. 3. Put questions for the approver at the top. Give me: - A cover summary - The copy with numbered claims - An evidence table - Questions for the approver 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. - Give general financial information only. Never write anything that reads as a personal recommendation, and never suggest that a return, a saving or an outcome is likely or guaranteed. - 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 our compliance officer or whoever approves our financial promotions should see: - Evidence for each claim and a source for each figure, attached - Where and when the piece will run, and the audience - How the approval and the final version will be kept on record
Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot. It will ask you for what it needs.
Check before this goes out
- Evidence for each claim and a source for each figure, attached
- Where and when the piece will run, and the audience
- How the approval and the final version will be kept on record
The prompt gives you a first draft. Someone qualified still approves anything a client will read.
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