Automating the Paperwork
Every business has unavoidable paperwork: proposals, contracts, invoices, job postings, onboarding documents, vendor emails. AI can draft most of these in minutes instead of hours.
Business Proposals
Winning proposals are specific, benefit-focused, and professional. Use this prompt:
Write a business proposal for [client name] for [service/project]. Scope: [brief description]. Timeline: [X weeks/months]. Price: $[amount]. Include: executive summary, scope of work, what's included and excluded, timeline, pricing, and a next-steps call to action. Tone: professional and confident.
Customize the sections and you have a proposal that would take most people 2–3 hours to write, done in 10 minutes.
Job Postings That Attract the Right People
Write a job posting for a [role] at a small [industry] business. Key responsibilities: [list]. Required skills: [list]. What makes this role special: [why someone would want this job]. Tone: honest and inviting, not corporate-speak. Length: under 400 words.
Great job postings attract great candidates. Most job postings read like legal documents. AI can help you write like a human.
Vendor & Partner Emails
Negotiating with suppliers, following up on late deliveries, asking for better pricing — these emails carry real consequences and most people agonize over them:
Write an email to my [supplier/vendor] requesting [outcome: better pricing / faster delivery / resolve an issue]. Context: [situation]. I've been a customer for [X years/months]. Tone: professional and direct. Don't be aggressive but be clear about what I need.
The SOP Template
If your business has processes that need to be repeatable, AI can write the Standard Operating Procedure:
Write a simple SOP for [process]. The person doing this will be new to the role. Break it down into numbered steps. Include what to do if something goes wrong at each step.
Practice
Identify one piece of business paperwork you dread writing. Write an AI prompt that would produce a solid first draft — specific enough that the output would actually be usable.