AI Prompts for Email Campaigns

I'm sending an email about [topic/offer/announcement].

Audience: [who they are and what they care about]
Email type: [newsletter/promotional/transactional/re-engagement]
Brand voice: [formal/casual/witty/urgent]
Current open rate: [percentage if known]

Generate:
1. 10 subject lines using curiosity gaps
2. 10 subject lines using specificity and numbers
3. 10 subject lines using personalization placeholders
4. 5 subject lines with matching preview text
5. Rank the top 5 overall with reasoning
6. 3 subject lines to AVOID (common mistakes in [industry])

Build a welcome email sequence for new [subscribers/customers/trial users].

Product/service: [what you offer]
Main value proposition: [why they signed up]
Desired end action: [purchase/upgrade/book a call]
Sequence length: [5-7 emails over how many days]

For each email, provide:
1. Send timing (days after signup)
2. Subject line and preview text
3. Full email copy (150-250 words each)
4. The single CTA for each email
5. The psychological principle behind each email's approach
6. Segmentation trigger: what to do if they click vs. don't click

I have [number] subscribers who haven't opened an email in [timeframe].

What they originally signed up for: [lead magnet/offer]
Last email topic they engaged with: [if known]
What's changed since they went cold: [new features, offers, content]

Build a 3-email re-engagement sequence:
1. Email 1: 'We miss you' approach with a compelling reason to return
2. Email 2: Best content/offer roundup of what they've missed
3. Email 3: Final email with clear stay-or-go choice
4. Subject lines for each (optimized for cold subscribers)
5. Win-back incentive recommendations
6. Sunset policy: when to remove unresponsive subscribers and exact criteria

I need an automated drip campaign for [purpose: lead nurture / onboarding / upsell / event].

Trigger event: [what starts the sequence]
Audience segment: [who enters this campaign]
Campaign goal: [desired conversion]
Timeline: [days/weeks the campaign runs]
Existing content assets: [blog posts, case studies, webinars to reference]

Design the complete campaign:
1. Campaign flowchart with decision branches (if opened/clicked vs. didn't)
2. Email copy for each node (subject, body, CTA)
3. Wait times between emails with reasoning
4. Branch logic: what happens at each decision point
5. Exit conditions: when someone leaves the campaign
6. KPIs to track at each stage and benchmarks to aim for

I want to launch a [frequency] newsletter for [audience].

Topics I'll cover: [3-5 content areas]
Tone: [educational/entertaining/curated/opinionated]
Time I can spend per issue: [hours]
Monetization plan: [ads/sponsorships/premium/lead gen/none yet]

Design my newsletter:
1. A name and tagline (5 options with reasoning)
2. A repeatable section structure (e.g. intro, main story, quick hits, CTA)
3. Word count targets for each section
4. A content sourcing system: where to find material each week
5. A sample first issue with full copy
6. Growth strategy for the first 1,000 subscribers

I want to A/B test my emails to improve [open rate/click rate/conversion rate].

Current metrics: [open rate, click rate, list size]
Email platform: [Mailchimp/ConvertKit/ActiveCampaign/etc.]
Send frequency: [how often you email]
Biggest unknown: [what you're most unsure about]

Build a 4-week testing plan:
1. Week 1 test: what to test, hypothesis, and how to measure
2. Week 2 test: building on week 1 results
3. Week 3 test: a more advanced element to test
4. Week 4 test: final optimization
5. Minimum sample size needed per test for statistical significance
6. A testing rules document: when to call a winner and when to keep testing