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#marketing #content #calendar

marketing Advanced

Marketing: Build a Content Calendar Tied to Pipeline, Not Vanity

Help me build a 90-day content calendar that ties to pipeline, not impressions. ...

#writing #journalism #openings

Writing: Write the Lede That Earns the Rest of the Article

My draft article: [PASTE OR SUMMARIZE]. The current opening is fine — meaning no...

#writing #structure #essay

writing Advanced

Restructure an essay that has a great middle but a weak opening and ending

I have an essay where paragraphs 4-8 are doing real work but the opening (paragr...

#education #curriculum #engagement

education Intermediate

Design a one-week intro unit that hooks students before the hard material

I'm teaching a course where the first three weeks of content are necessary but u...

#marketing #content #funnel

marketing Intermediate

Plan content that supports the funnel, not the calendar

I have a content calendar that's currently driven by 'what are we publishing thi...

#creative #writers-block #unsticking

creative Beginner

Unblock yourself when you've stared at the same draft for an hour and stopped seeing it

I'm stuck on [piece]. I've been staring at it [time]. The specific thing I'm stu...

#writing #editing #revision

writing intermediate

Cut a draft by 40 percent without losing the argument or the voice

Act as a developmental editor who has cut a lot of long, well-meaning drafts. I ...

#writing #memo #structure

writing intermediate

Write a memo that survives being read out of order by skim readers

Act as an executive editor at a consulting firm. I am writing a memo that will b...

#writing #op-ed #pitching

writing Advanced

Write an Op-Ed Pitch a Major Outlet Will Open

Help me pitch an op-ed to [OUTLET]. My argument: [ARGUMENT IN ONE SENTENCE]. Why...

#outline #longform #article-structure

Outline a Long Form Article From a Loose Pile of Notes

I have a loose pile of notes for a long-form article and I'm stuck. Notes: [PAST...

#education #curriculum #course-design

education Advanced

Education: Design a Course That Doesn't Lose Half the Class in Week 2

I'm designing a [N]-week course on [TOPIC] for [AUDIENCE]. Help me front-load th...

#design #critique #feedback

design Intermediate

Design: Critique a Design Without Imposing My Personal Taste

Here's a design I'm reviewing: [DESCRIBE/PASTE]. Help me critique it without con...

writing Beginner

Rewrite Corporate Jargon Into Something a Human Would Actually Say

I have a piece of internal corporate writing that's full of phrases like 'levera...

#writing #tone #jargon

#writing #headlines #copywriting

Write a Headline That Doesn't Rely on Curiosity-Gap Clickbait

I need a headline for a piece of writing — could be an article, a section, a lan...

#coding #architecture #abstraction

coding Advanced

Decide Whether to Extract a Shared Module or Just Copy the Code One More Time

I have a piece of logic that now appears in three places across our codebase. I'...

#email #vendor #rejection

email Intermediate

Tell a vendor their proposal lost without burning the relationship

A vendor I respect just lost a bid to a competitor. I want to tell them clearly ...

#re-engagement #email list #sunset

marketing Intermediate

Write a re-engagement email to a list that hasn't opened anything in 6 months

Write a re-engagement email for a list of subscribers who haven't opened anythin...

#coding #estimation #planning

coding intermediate

Estimate an engineering task without falling for your own optimism

Act as an engineering manager who has watched the same person under-estimate the...

#excel #formulas #debugging

excel Advanced

Reverse-engineer a broken Excel formula someone else wrote

I inherited a spreadsheet with a long, nested Excel formula I don't understand a...

coding Intermediate

Write a regex and explain every piece of it

I need a regex for a specific matching task I'll describe. Write it, then break ...

#coding #regex #patterns

#writing #editing #proofreading

Line-Edit My Draft for Clarity and Flow

You are a meticulous line editor. I will paste a draft and you will improve it s...

#coding #learning #education

coding Beginner

Explain This Code Line by Line for a Beginner

You are a patient programming tutor. I will paste a piece of code and you will e...