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The jobs you keep putting off. Handled.

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Today

  • Reply to that 1-star review
  • Chase the Henderson invoice
  • Tell the Parkers the job's running late
  • Post something on Instagram
  • Announce the price increase

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10 prompts for the jobs nobody wants to do

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  1. 1.Reply to a bad review without making it worse
  2. 2.Answer the questions customers ask before they book
  3. 3.Chase an overdue invoice and keep the client
  4. 4.Make your quote stand out from the cheaper one
  5. 5.Tell a customer the job is running late
  6. 6.Handle a refund request fairly
  7. 7.Win back customers who've gone quiet
  8. 8.Turn one finished job into five posts
  9. 9.Deal with a no-show
  10. 10.Announce a price increase without losing people

Each prompt comes with a worked example, including what I had to fix.

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Here's what an issue looks like

Same AI. Same review. Ninety seconds apart.

★★★★★
“Waited 40 minutes for a cut I booked online. The girl at the desk didn't even apologize.”

What you get when you ask for “a professional response”

“We're sorry to hear you left feeling frustrated... we take feedback like this seriously and will review what happened with the team.”

Accepts a 40-minute wait that never happened. Puts your receptionist in the wrong, in public.

What you get when you give it the facts

“We're sorry the visit felt frustrating. We take timekeeping seriously and do want to clarify that the wait from arrival was 14 minutes, and an apology was offered at the time. If you'd like to discuss your visit further, please contact us directly.”

Booking 10:15. Arrived 10:20. Cut started 10:34. Receptionist apologized twice.

That's the whole newsletter: the difference between a reply that says nothing and one that says something true.

How it works

1

One job.

Every Tuesday you get one prompt for one real chore.

2

Tested first.

I run every prompt before it goes out and show you exactly what it produced.

3

The fixes included.

You see the bits I had to correct, because that part matters more than the prompt.

What you won't get

No theory. No “tool of the week”. No “AI will change everything”. One job, one prompt, and proof it works.

Built for the person who runs the business and does the admin

Salons, cafes, plumbers, shops, studios, contractors. If you answer the reviews, chase the invoices and write the posts yourself, this is for you. If you've got a marketing department, it isn't.

Salons·Cafes·Plumbers·Shops·Studios·Contractors

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