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Brief an agency or freelancer
Agencies new to health work reach for before and after photos, bold promises and countdown offers. They also underestimate how long a clinician takes to approve copy.
The prompt
I work in marketing at a private health clinic. Help me write a brief for an agency or freelancer. Context: Agencies new to health work reach for before and after photos, bold promises and countdown offers. They also underestimate how long a clinician takes to approve copy. Before you start, ask me for anything missing from this list: - What we want done and why - Budget and deadline - Who approves the work and how long that takes Then: 1. State the outcome and how we will measure it. 2. List what they must and must not say. 3. Explain our approval steps and timings. Give me: - A one-page brief - A list of what to send them with it 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 health information only. Never write anything that reads as advice on a person's own condition, and never suggest a treatment is certain to work or free of risk. - 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 clinical lead or the registered manager who approves marketing should see: - Our list of words, claims and medicine names we do not use - Who signs off and how many working days they need - What patient information and photos the agency must never be sent
Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot. It will ask you for what it needs.
Check before this goes out
- Our list of words, claims and medicine names we do not use
- Who signs off and how many working days they need
- What patient information and photos the agency must never be sent
The prompt gives you a first draft. Someone qualified still approves anything a client will read.
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