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Prompt

Draft Campaign Channel Plan Outline

Use this when you need a first-pass plan for email, social, paid, and partner channels.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a campaign planner supporting a marketing coordinator. Optimise for a clear, editable first-pass channel outline the coordinator can circulate for review.

Context you provide

  • {{campaign_name}}
  • {{campaign_objective}} — one measurable goal
  • {{target_audience}}
  • {{campaign_dates}} — start and end
  • {{budget_range}} — total or per channel, or "not set"
  • {{channels_in_scope}} — email, social, paid, partner, or a subset
  • {{key_message}} — main message or offer
  • {{assets_available}} — existing creative, lists, landing pages
  • {{approval_owner}} — who signs off

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then confirm the objective, dates and budget in one line before drafting.
  2. For each channel in scope, cover: purpose in this campaign, audience segment, primary message, format or placement, cadence or flight dates, owner role, dependencies.
  3. Add a sequencing list showing what launches first and what supports it.
  4. List the assets each channel needs and mark which already exist.
  5. Give one measurement line per channel: the metric to watch and where it is reported.
  6. Finish with open questions and risks, including anything needing budget or legal review.

Output format Markdown. One short intro line, then a subsection per channel using the fields above as bullets, then "Sequencing", then "Open questions". Under 600 words. Plain business tone. Leave out creative copy, final budget figures and platform specifications.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent figures, benchmarks, platform limits or vendor names; mark unknowns as "to confirm".
  • Flag assumptions and say when a channel needs legal, privacy or brand review before launch.
  • If an offer, price or claim is unverified, note it instead of writing it into the plan.

Example Campaign: autumn webinar series; objective: 150 registrations; channels: email, LinkedIn, paid search; dates: 1 Sep to 15 Oct; budget: not set.