Generate Converting Email Subject Lines With ChatGPT: 7 Prompt Templates

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Email marketing is a powerhouse, boasting an impressive $38 ROI for every dollar spent. With 81% of small-to-medium-sized businesses relying on it as their primary customer acquisition channel, it’s a must-have strategy.

But if email marketing feels like a labyrinth. This blog post can help you navigate the twists and turns with ChatGPT. Together, we’ll craft compelling email content that resonates with your audience’s emotions, paving the way to success.

Even though we strongly recommend you proofread your emails, ChatGPT can provide a helping hand in improving your email marketing efforts. For example, ask if your email draft contains any spam words or does your cold email target the right sentiment.

ChatGPT Prompts For Email Subject Lines

Subject lines make or break your email in most cases. If you targeted your customer’s pain points and got them to click your email, you’ve done half the job already.

And when you fuse your audience insights with ChatGPT’s productivity prowess, the subject lines this computer friend of ours comes up with can be nothing short of jaw-dropping.

Now, let’s give ChatGPT a task to generate subject email lines for us based on some copywriting formulas or real-life scenarios.

1. Weird Mechanism + Desired Benefit

Prompt Template: “Create an email subject line that combines a weird or unconventional mechanism, such as [blank], with a desired benefit for the recipient, like [blank].”

2. Problem + Hint At Solution

Prompt Template: “Craft an email subject line that highlights a common problem faced by the target audience, like [blank], and hints at a solution, such as [blank], inside the email.”

3. The Question Subject Line

Prompt Template: “Compose an email subject line in the form of a question related to [blank] that piques the recipient’s curiosity and encourages them to open the email.”

4. The “How-to” Subject Line

Prompt Template: “Write an email subject line that starts with ‘How to’ and outlines a valuable skill or technique, such as [blank], the recipient can learn by opening the email.”

5. A Newsletter Subject To Hook Founders & Entrepreneurs

Prompt Template: “Develop an enticing email subject line for a newsletter specifically targeting founders and entrepreneurs, focusing on a topic like [blank] that would grab their attention.”

6. An Email Subject to Hook Bootstrapped SaaS Founders

Prompt Template: “Create a compelling email subject line that appeals to bootstrapped SaaS founders, addressing a challenge or opportunity, like [blank], unique to their situation.”

7. A Cold Email Subject Line to Sell a SaaS Product

Prompt Template: “Craft a persuasive subject line for a cold email aimed at selling a SaaS product, such as [blank], to potential customers, making sure it grabs their attention and encourages them to learn more.”

Save These Prompts In A Click

These prompts will push ChatGPT to give you the best answers in the form of enticing and exciting subject lines for your emails. But before you go, here’s the cherry on top.

To ensure you always retain these precious prompts, we’ve got something for you: the Prompt Manager Chrome extension. Prompt Manager allows you to save, organize, and access your favorite prompts anytime, anywhere with a single click.

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