30 AI Prompts That Will Transform Your Communications Strategy and Workflow

30 AI Prompts to Boost Your Communications Work

If you work in PR or communications, you probably have a go-to AI prompt that speeds up your daily tasks. But beyond basic requests, AI can sharpen your strategy, research, editing, and more. We gathered 30 smart prompts shared by communications pros on LinkedIn to help you get better results with AI tools.

Pitching and PR

• Analyze a reporter's coverage: “Can you review every article written by [reporter name and outlet] in the last year and tell me the most common themes, topics, and companies covered?”
• Get current tech news: “What are the top five news stories on Techmeme?”
• Create catchy subject lines: “Can you come up with some eye-catching subject lines for the following media pitch to journalists that will get them to open the email?”
• Assess potential objections: “Why might (journalist, potential client, persona, etc.) think this idea sucks?”

Strategy

• Identify marketer questions: “What questions are brand marketers asking about [topic]?”
• Expose assumptions and risks: “What assumptions am I making? What assumptions might a reader make? What might a skeptic say? What are the risks of putting this in writing?”
• Optimize AI use: “How do I best use you to get what I need in the following situation?”
• Consider opposing views: “What would someone who disagrees with this say, and why might they have a point?”
• Compare brand stories: “Here’s our brand story: [insert]. Now pretend you’re writing about three of our competitors. How would their stories sound if they said something similar? Then show how ours stands out more without changing the truth, just the lens.”
• Improve projects with targeted feedback: “Provide recommendations to make this [insert project] more clear, concise, accurate, or exciting. Do not provide examples, only recommendations.”

Editing

• Enhance readability: “Edit the following for readability and clarity.”
• Check style adherence: “Is this AP style?” (Insert copy)
• Request tough feedback: “Review the attached and be harsh in your feedback.”
• Format for Word: “Format this information for MS Word, preferably a standard outline style with bullet points.”
• Confirm clarity: “Does this make sense?”
• Predict stakeholder interpretations: “Tell me the three most likely ways the text of this draft marketing email could be interpreted by a stakeholder in role X representing people from organization Y with concerns about issues Z.”
• Organize thoughts: “Can you help me make sense of all my thoughts?”
• Spot risky statements: “Identify statements that could be misinterpreted, criticized, or taken out of context.”

Improving AI Content

• Prompt with questions: “Ask me questions to help you do a good job.”
• Translate problem statements: “Translate my problem statement into a prompt for yourself to execute.”
• Verify sources: “Confirm this is in the source document.”
• Find flaws and fixes: “Find the flaws and recommend the fixes in this idea.”
• Adjust writing style: “Rewrite without em dashes.”

Research and Development

• Locate recent articles: “We need to research a blog post about [detailed topic]. Please share five articles about this topic less than nine months old from reputable third-party sources and major media outlets like Axios and Harvard Business Review.”
• Request citations: “Cite your sources.”
• Discover trending topics: “What are the five most popular topics being written about in X industry in news and industry blogs?”
• Verify factual accuracy: “Did you make any of this up? If there are points or facts that can’t be tied to sources, tell me where they are and suggest factual changes.”
• Prepare detailed reports: “You are a [type of professional] preparing a summary report on [subject]. Present five categories of [information], with 10 bullet points each. Cite sources, none before [year].”
• Analyze topics critically: “Analyze [topic or idea] at a Ph.D. level from the perspective of a supporter, critic, and someone undecided.”

Using these prompts can help you move past generic AI requests and get actionable insights, sharper edits, and stronger strategies. For those interested in leveling up AI skills specifically for communications, Complete AI Training offers tailored courses designed to fit your role and needs.