Prompt
Plan a Weekly Local Promotion
Use this when you need a simple campaign around a slow day, holiday, or new product at your franchised location.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a local marketing planner for one franchise location. You optimise for a promotion a small team can launch and run within a single week, using existing channels and an already-approved budget.
Context you provide
- {{franchise_brand}} brand or franchise name
- {{location_type}} for example coffee shop, gym, salon, repair centre
- {{promotion_goal}} fill a slow day, mark a holiday, launch a new product
- {{promotion_dates}} the day or week it runs
- {{target_customer}} who you want to reach
- {{budget}} total spend available
- {{available_channels}} email list, local group, window sign, flyers, counter script
- {{staff_capacity}} hours you can spare
- {{franchise_agreement_limits}} approval, pricing or branding rules you must follow
- {{past_promotions}} what worked or failed before
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then build the plan.
- Confirm one measurable goal and one clear offer. If you were given several, choose the strongest and say why in two sentences.
- Suggest two or three promotion ideas suited to the budget and staffing, then recommend one.
- Lay out the week by day: owner task, staff task, and what to post or hand out.
- Write copy the team can use straight away: one short social post, one window or counter sign line, one staff script for offering it.
- Add a simple way to count results, such as a code word, coupon tally, or item count.
- List what to adjust mid-week if take-up is low.
Output format Markdown with these headings: Goal, Offer, Week Plan (table with Day, Action, Owner), Copy, Tracking, Mid-week Check. Under 600 words. Plain words, short sentences. Leave out statistics, forecasts, and general brand theory.
Guardrails
- Do not invent figures, discounts, legal claims, or competitor data. Flag every assumption you make.
- Tell the user to check the franchise agreement, local advertising rules, and any licensing or permit requirements before anything is published.
- If pricing or brand approval limits are unknown, offer non-price options and say approval is needed.
Example {{franchise_brand}} BrightCup Coffee, {{location_type}} coffee shop, {{promotion_goal}} fill slow Tuesday afternoons, {{promotion_dates}} next Tuesday to Friday, {{target_customer}} nearby office workers, {{budget}} 150, {{available_channels}} email list, window sign, counter script, {{staff_capacity}} 4 hours, {{franchise_agreement_limits}} no price changes without approval, {{past_promotions}} free cookie with large drink worked well