5 Easy Ways to Boost ChatGPT Prompt Results 10x (Scientists Say)
Even if you’ve been using ChatGPT for a while, you probably make mistakes. Enough people to do. Falling into the common pitfalls of prompts, generating content that sounds way too ChatGPT, or ignoring the essential components of the perfect prompt; Even for the smartest entrepreneurs it doesn’t always work out. Get back to basics with these five simple tips for maximum output in minimum time.
Research paper Plan-and-Solve Prompting: Improving Zero-Shot Chain-of-Thought Reasoning by Large Language Models was created by multiple academics from Singapore Management University and others. In addition to specific prompt additions that create super prompts, the paper shares five simple tips that no one should overlook.
By applying these tips, large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini can tackle multi-step reasoning tasks more effectively so entrepreneurs can use them more effectively.
ChatGPT Tips for Better Results with Prompts: 5 Evidence-Based Methods
Customize prompts for different tasks
Just as you would instruct different members of your team in different ways depending on the task at hand, you should tailor your directions to different tasks by adjusting the level of detail and specific instructions. You wouldn’t pick someone up with a Loom to discuss a critical and urgent business decision. You wouldn’t call a meeting for a simple accounting question. Apply the same thinking to asking ChatGPT.
You don’t need a super prompt for every request. Customize the prompt to fit the specific business task at hand. Don’t make it too complicated if it isn’t necessary. For example, if you want ChatGPT to critique your landing page, include best practices, explain your audience, ask them to play a role, and specify the feedback you want. However, for a simple “find a synonym” task, a one-line instruction may be sufficient.
Include real world examples
ChatGPT does not live in the real world. It processes more than 300 billion words in its training data to make predictions, and sometimes goes wrong. Give your enthusiastic AI co-star a helping hand. Use real-world business scenarios in your prompts to make answers more relevant and practical. Help him understand what you are trying to achieve.
Use real-world examples to illustrate the problem so that ChatGPT gets the vibe you’re going for, whatever the question. Add square brackets with the context it needs to know, such as ‘my business offers’ [explain your offer] for [explain your audience] and I face challenges including [describe them].” Get closer to the perfect answer the first time.
Break down tasks
You wouldn’t give a human team member a bunch of messy instructions for their week without any context or sense of priority. You wouldn’t ask them to do everything at once. Apply the same thinking to ChatGPT. Instead of sending a giant prompt with many sections and complicated instructions, you can take it step by step. Ask for the first outcome, then take the output and ask for more.
By dividing complex tasks into smaller phases, each with its own instructions and goals, ChatGPT can manage them better. For example, if you’re asking for a blog post, ask about the headline options first, before choosing the best one and asking for a summary. Provide your summary edits before asking for section titles, and refine them before asking him to write each section. This is better than asking for a blog post all at once, and means you have more control over the output.
Combine human and ChatGPT efforts
Contrary to what the AI hype will tell you, ChatGPT cannot solve all your problems. At least not yet. It hallucinates, it exaggerates. It comes with some random things that are not yet ready for the customer and would do more harm than good to your business. Don’t forget the human touch. Use ChatGPT for the first steps and let people review and validate the final results. This combines the best of both worlds.
The article recommends that you generate an initial solution and have it reviewed by a human expert. Don’t go from prompt to publish without this step. Publishing ChatGPT generated content without proper research will damage your brand. Understand the giveaway signs, examine each word carefully, and only include phrases that you would actually say. Fact check, sense check and maintain your integrity.
Keep improving
The newspaper acknowledges that ChatGPT is constantly evolving. Even between model numbers, results will vary wildly just a few weeks apart. Keep learning as the platform progresses. Read the studies, be highly critical of the outcomes, and continually refine your directions based on feedback and performance.
Get the best results from ChatGPT with the same approach you take for business. What once worked like a charm can now be way off the mark. Experiment, learn, repeat, improve. Even try the same directions with alternate LLMs. Don’t settle for your tried and true directions; review them regularly.
Back to basics with ChatGPT: fast improvements for better results
By following these simple tips, entrepreneurs can achieve better results with ChatGPT, especially for complex tasks. Adjust the directions depending on the desired outcome, include real-world examples, divide tasks, combine machines and people and keep improving. Simple steps to help ChatGPT understand and solve problems more accurately, for smarter decisions and better business results. Stop wasting time with suboptimal directions. Develop this skill and keep improving. You’ll need it.