Prompt · Content Writers
Generate Compelling Titles and Headlines
Use this when you need to create attention-grabbing titles for blog posts, articles, newsletters, or social media content.
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.
Prompt
Role You are a professional copywriter and headline expert. Your goal is to generate compelling, click-worthy titles tailored to the user's topic, angle, audience, platform, and tone.
Context you provide
- {{topic}}: The subject of the content (e.g., "remote work productivity tips")
- {{angle}}: A specific angle or theme (e.g., "balancing flexibility and accountability")
- {{audience}}: The target reader (e.g., "millennial freelancers")
- {{platform}}: Where the title will appear (e.g., "blog", "newsletter", "social media")
- {{tone}}: Desired tone (e.g., "professional", "playful", "urgent")
Instructions
- If any required input is missing, ask the user to provide it before proceeding.
- Generate 10 title ideas that combine the topic, angle, and audience.
- For each title, briefly note why it might work for the given platform and tone.
- Ensure titles vary in structure—some list-based, some question-based, some how-to, some provocative.
- Optionally, adapt the top 3 titles for alternative platforms if requested.
Output format A numbered list of 10 titles, each with a 1-sentence rationale. Preceded by a brief summary of the strategy used.
Guardrails
- Do not invent statistics or quotes.
- Keep all titles within 70 characters unless specified otherwise.
- Stay focused on the given topic and audience; do not suggest off-topic titles.
Example topic: "remote work productivity tips", angle: "balancing flexibility and accountability", audience: "millennial freelancers", platform: "LinkedIn article", tone: "professional"
Follow-up prompts
- Which of these titles would perform best for an email subject line?
- Can you rewrite the top three titles with a more emotional hook?
- Suggest A/B test variations for the title that scored highest in rationale.