The quickest ChatGPT prompt for a blog post is this one: Create a blog post about "{blogPostTopic}". Write it in a "{tone}" tone. Use active voice. Write over 1000 words. Add a title for each section. Ensure there are a minimum of 9 sections. Include the following keywords: "{keywords}". Swap the words in braces for your topic, tone and keywords. Nine more prompts follow.
Quick summary
- Ten prompts, each written for a different job: expanding text, outlining, drafting, rewriting for readability and writing in a specific style.
- Every prompt uses placeholders in curly braces. Replace them before you hit enter.
- The prompts are plain text, so they work in most chat-style AI tools, not only ChatGPT.
- Check every fact in the output. ChatGPT can produce confident, incorrect answers.
- More prompts live on the ContentBot ChatGPT Prompts page.
Which 10 prompts are covered here?
Here is the full list in order. Pick the one that matches the job in front of you.
- Expand a short idea into full paragraphs
- Write a beginner’s guide post
- Write a standard blog post
- Improve the readability of existing text
- Write an inspirational story post
- Write an informative article around your keywords
- Generate a blog post outline
- Write a personal story post
- Write a news style post
- Write an FAQ style post
1. Expand a short idea into full paragraphs
Use this when you have a talking point but cannot think of ways to elaborate on it. It is the most popular prompt of the ten.
Prompt:
Take the following text and expand on it. It may be necessary to recreate the text in a more comprehensive manner. Text: {text}.
2. Write a beginner's guide post
Use this when your reader knows nothing about the topic. The prompt is long and detailed on purpose: the more direction you give, the closer the draft lands to what you wanted.
Prompt:
Create a blog post about "{blogPostTopic}" . Write it in a "{tone}" tone. Use transition words. Use active voice. Write over 1000 words. The blog post should be in a beginners guide style. Add title and subtitle for each section. It should have a minimum of 6 sections.Include the following keywords: "{keywords}". Create a good slug for this post and a meta description with a maximum of 100 words and add it to the end of the blog post.
3. Write a standard blog post
Most blog posts follow a similar shape: a clear title, short sections, and the important information near the top. This prompt produces that shape, laid out so a reader can scan it.
Prompt:
Create a blog post about "{blogPostTopic}". Write it in a "{tone}" tone. Use transition words. Use active voice. Write over 1000 words. Use very creative titles for the blog post. Add a title for each section. Ensure there are a minimum of 9 sections. Each section should have a minimum of two paragraphs. Include the following keywords: "{keywords}". Create a good slug for this post and a meta description with a maximum of 100 words and add it to the end of the blog post.
4. Improve the readability of text you already have
Readability affects how long people stay on a page, and it is the detail bloggers skip most often. Paste a dense paragraph in and ask for a simpler version.
Prompt:
Can you make the following text easier to read: {text}
5. Write an inspirational story post
Stories are a way to raise a point, provoke thought and nudge the reader toward an action. This prompt blends a story with a blog post and builds it around a fictional character.
Prompt:
Write a cross-over between a blog post and an inspiration story on "{blogPostTopic}". The story should be on a fictional character. Write it in a "{tone}" tone. Use transition words. Write over 1000 words. Use plain text. Do not use HTML code.Include the following keywords: "{keywords}". Create a good slug for this post and a meta description with a maximum of 100 words. and add it to the end of the blog post.
6. Write an informative article around your keywords
Use this after your keyword research, when you want to point the draft in a specific direction. The prompt keeps the tone objective and asks for tradeoffs rather than a sales pitch.
Prompt:
Write an informative and objective article about {topic}. Your article should provide a comprehensive analysis of the key factors that impact {topic}, including {keywords}. To make your article informative and engaging, be sure to discuss the tradeoffs involved in balancing different factors, and explore the challenges associated with different approaches. Your article should also highlight the importance of considering the impact on when making decisions about {topic}. Finally, your article should be written in an informative and objective tone that is accessible to a general audience. Make sure to include the relevant keywords provided by the user, and tailor the article to their interests and needs.
7. Generate a blog post outline
Start here if you want to keep control of the writing. You get subheadings and an opening line for each section, so you can see the gaps before you write a word.
Prompt:
Generate a blog post outline for the following topic: {topic}. The outline should contain various subheadings and include the starting sentence for each section.
8. Write a personal story post
Personal stories give a post a human element and make it easier to relate to. People respond well to content that sounds like a person rather than a brand.
Prompt:
Write a blog post on "{blogPostTopic}". Write it in a "{tone}" tone. Use transition words. Write over 1000 words. The blog post should be written as a personal story.Include the following keywords: "{keywords}". Create a good slug for this post and a meta description with a maximum of 100 words. and add it to the end of the blog post.
9. Write a news style post
News style suits announcements and business updates. These posts are punchy, informative and usually shorter than long-form content, which is why they are common on marketing blogs.
Prompt:
Write a blog post on "{blogPostTopic}". Write it in a "{tone}" tone. Use transition words. Write over 1000 words. The blog post should be written as a news story. Include the following keywords: "{keywords}". Create a good slug for this post and a meta description with a maximum of 100 words. and add it to the end of the blog post.
10. Write an FAQ style post
When writer’s block hits, answer the questions your audience already asks. Readers like content that gets to the point, and question headings make the answer easy to find.
Prompt:
Create a blog post about "{blogPostTopic}" . Write it in a "{tone}" tone. Use transition words. Use active voice. Write over 1000 words. The blog post should include engaging questions such as frequently asked questions on the topic. Each section should have a question as a title followed by text. Include the following keywords: "{keywords}". Create a good slug for this post and a meta description with a maximum of 100 words. and add it to the end of the blog post.
How do you edit the placeholders in these prompts?
Replace anything inside curly braces with your own details, then delete the braces. There are four placeholders across the ten prompts:
- {blogPostTopic} or {topic}: the subject of the post, as specific as you can make it.
- {tone}: how it should sound, for example conversational, professional or witty.
- {keywords}: the terms from your keyword research, separated by commas.
- {text}: the passage you want expanded or simplified, pasted in full.
You can also stack instructions. Ask for shorter sentences, a word count, a specific audience, or a section you want removed. The response keeps the earlier conversation in mind, so you can refine it turn by turn instead of starting over.
Why use prompts for blogging at all?
Because the slow part of blogging is rarely the typing. Orbit Media’s blogging survey puts the average post at just over 4 hours for roughly 1350 words, and that is before keyword research, audience checks and competitor reading. Prompts cut down the blank-page time.
What they help with:
- Getting past writer’s block.
- Generating ideas and angles you had not considered.
- Saving time on first drafts.
- Setting direction with an outline and subheadings.
- Speeding up early research, which you then verify.
- Making proofreading and editing quicker.
- Expanding a thin section into something readable.
Standing out matters too. WebTribunal counts over 600 million blogs among 1.9 billion websites. A prompt gives you a starting point; your angle, examples and voice are what separate the post from the other 600 million.
What is ChatGPT and how does it work?
ChatGPT is a conversational chatbot from OpenAI, an AI research and development company based in the United States. It launched in November 2022 and made headlines quickly. OpenAI was co-founded in 2015 by Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman and others, and is backed by multiple investors, including Microsoft.
You ask ChatGPT a question and it replies in a human-sounding way. Many users find that clear statements produce better answers than vague questions. It remembers earlier turns in the conversation and adjusts as you add detail.
Under the hood it runs on OpenAI’s GPT models, which have been updated several times since launch. GPT stands for Generative Pre-trained Transformer. The model is trained on large amounts of text and uses natural language processing (NLP) to interpret your input and generate a relevant output.
ChatGPT is one form of Generative AI: software that produces new content from the prompts you provide. The same technology is spreading across industries, including AI in eCommerce, healthcare, food production and fashion.
What are the limits of using ChatGPT for blog posts?
The main limit is accuracy. OpenAI itself says outputs can be factually wrong or biased, so you need to cross-check claims, numbers and names before you publish. Reviews of its reliability make the same point: the model predicts patterns, not facts.
Second, it rarely asks for clarification. Give it an ambiguous request and it guesses at what you meant, then answers with full confidence. Vague prompts produce generic posts.
Third, the draft is a draft. Add your own examples, data and point of view, then edit for voice. Treat the output as raw material, not a finished post.
Next time you open ChatGPT or InstructBot, try one of these prompts. If you do, tell us how it went in the comments.
Written by Lauren Meyer, a Content Marketer who values research and providing value for her readers.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good ChatGPT prompt for a blog post?
A good prompt names the topic, the tone, the length, the structure and the keywords. For example: Create a blog post about "{blogPostTopic}". Write it in a "{tone}" tone. Use active voice. Write over 1000 words. Add a title for each section, with a minimum of 9 sections. Include the following keywords: "{keywords}". Vague prompts produce generic drafts.
Can ChatGPT write a whole blog post on its own?
It can produce a full draft, but not a publishable post without you. OpenAI says outputs can be factually wrong or biased, so you need to verify claims, add your own examples and edit for voice. Use it for outlines, first drafts and rewrites, then do the fact-checking and shaping yourself.
Do these prompts work in other AI writing tools?
Yes. They are plain text instructions with no special syntax, so they work in most chat-style AI tools. Replace the placeholders in curly braces before you send the prompt. Results vary between tools, so expect to adjust the wording, the requested word count or the number of sections.
What do the curly brace placeholders mean?
They are slots you fill in. {blogPostTopic} or {topic} is your subject, {tone} is how the post should sound (conversational, professional, witty), {keywords} is your list of target terms, and {text} is the passage you want expanded or simplified. Delete the braces along with the placeholder text.
Which prompt should I use if I only want an outline?
Use prompt 7: Generate a blog post outline for the following topic: {topic}. The outline should contain various subheadings and include the starting sentence for each section. It gives you the structure and an opening line per section, so you can spot gaps before writing and keep the drafting in your own words.
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