Prompt

Create an outline for a [Number of Days]-day email course (a “challenge” series) on the topic of [Topic of the email course]. The target audience is [target audience description].

Outline what each day’s email will cover, from Day 1 to Day [Last Day]. For each day, provide a title or main idea (e.g., “Day 1: Introduction to ...”), and a brief description (1-3 sentences) of the content or lesson for that day’s email. Ensure the sequence is logical and builds over the course: start with an introduction or fundamentals on Day 1, progress through teaching or tasks on the intermediate days, and conclude with a summary or next steps on the final day. If it’s a challenge, mention the daily challenge activity or goal in each description.

Keep the tone and approach of the outline encouraging, actionable, and clear, so that it feels motivating for participants. The output should be a list (Day 1, Day 2, …) with each day’s title and summary.

How to Use

1. Define Your Inputs: Decide on the parameters of your email course. How many days will it run? (The prompt uses a placeholder [Number of Days] – for a 5-day challenge, you’d put “5” there. It could be 7 days, 10 days, etc., depending on your plan.) Determine the topic of the course – be as specific as needed (e.g., “Basics of SEO for Beginners” or “5-Day Productivity Challenge”). Identify the target audience and their context (e.g., “freelancers new to SEO” or “busy professionals looking to improve productivity”). This will help tailor the content level and tone. Also, think through the rough idea of what you want to cover each day so you can verify or adjust the AI’s outline. For example, if it’s a 5-day productivity challenge, maybe Day 1 is goal-setting, Day 2 is time management, and so on. Having that in mind will guide any edits later.

2. Customize the Prompt: Fill in the placeholders: put the number of days in [Number of Days] and the specific topic in [Topic of the email course]. Replace [target audience description] with who the participants are (e.g., “small business owners,” “aspiring photographers,” “new customers who signed up for trial,” etc.). The prompt as given already instructs the AI to structure each day with a title and description; you might want to add any particular structure for each day’s email if relevant (for instance, if every email includes a quick exercise, you could mention “include the daily exercise in the description”). Make sure the prompt encourages a motivational tone since it’s a challenge/course. Once you’ve put in the details, remove the bracketed placeholders.

3. Optional Add-ons: You can provide additional guidance if you have a certain framework in mind. For example, you might specify: “Day 1 should be an intro, Days 2-4 are main lessons, Day 5 is a recap and next steps” in the prompt if that’s important. If you want subject lines for each email, you could ask for that (though the title can often serve as a subject). If your course is meant to sell something at the end (common in email courses), you might instruct: “ensure the final day includes a gentle pitch for [Product/Service]” – but only include that if it’s relevant and appropriate for your context. Another tweak: if you want the outline to explicitly mention a “challenge” aspect (like a task per day), emphasize that in the prompt (e.g., “and mention the challenge task for the day”). Tailor these add-ons to fit the style of your course.

4. Run the Prompt: Input the completed prompt into your AI platform and run it. The model will generate a day-by-day outline for the number of days you specified. Because we asked for a list format from Day 1 to the last day, the output should enumerate each day. On GPT-4 or similar, you’ll get a coherent sequence of ideas. Read the output in the session carefully to ensure the model actually followed the number of days exactly (sometimes if not instructed clearly, it might do a different number, but our prompt directly says use that number).

5. Review & Select: Go through each day of the outline the AI provides. Check that the progression makes sense: Day 1 should generally be an introduction or overview, the middle days should each cover a distinct subtopic or skill, and the final day should wrap up or provide a conclusion/next step. Make sure the content aligns with your subject matter expertise – if the AI included something off-topic or too advanced/too basic for your audience, plan to adjust that. The descriptions should be actionable (especially for a challenge series, each day might have an action item). If any day’s description is too vague or too long, you can shorten or clarify it. The tone should be encouraging; if it’s not, you might manually add an encouraging phrase or tweak words (e.g., ensure it’s saying “you can do this” tone). Since this is an outline, you might not need multiple versions; but if the sequence isn’t what you want, you can rerun with slight prompt adjustments or just edit the order yourself.

6. Expected Outcome: The final result is a structured outline for your multi-day email course. It will list each day with a title/topic and a summary of what that email will contain. For instance, for a 5-day challenge on productivity, Day 1 might be “Setting Your Goals – Introduction to the challenge and defining what you want to achieve,” Day 2 might be about a specific technique (with a practice task), etc., up to Day 5 “Reviewing Progress and Next Steps.” This outline is broadly useful – you can create courses on any topic (marketing, personal development, technical training, etc.) and the prompt’s format will ensure you get a logical breakdown. With this outline in hand, you can proceed to actually write each email knowing exactly what each one should cover, maintaining a clear and motivational flow for participants.