How to Get More Out of ChatGPT: 7 Tips

BoudewijnJul 12, 20243 min read

ChatGPT can be utilized in many ways. Certainly if your looking for good content for your vacation rental website or blog.

ChatGPT is a friend to many entrepreneurs. It's a handy tool for quickly looking up information, writing a blog, or choosing an original slogan for your business. You can simply type something, and ChatGPT will understand it. But there are ways to get better and more interesting results from this AI tool. We have 7 tips for you. Here they are.

1. Write in the Style of Your Favorite Author

Do you use ChatGPT to write blogs? Is there an author whose writing style you love? Give ChatGPT a few hints, such as a link to an article by your favorite columnist from *Volkskrant*. You'll see that the bot moves away from its dull, businesslike, standard tone. Your blog won't reach the genius of the real author, but it will take a good example from them. Letting ChatGPT emulate other writers is a smart way to get more creative output.

2. Play a Role-Playing Game

Just as ChatGPT can mimic the style of certain authors, it can also play a role. Like an elderly customer of 80 years old, a frustrated customer, or a very satisfied customer. This is useful if you want to test how different people might respond to the new communication style of your customer service.

3. Limit the Answers You Get

Sometimes, you get a lot of output when you give ChatGPT a task. But sometimes, a short, clear answer is enough. Tell the bot to limit the answers to a certain number of words or paragraphs. Or specifically ask for a summary with 5 bullet points. Whatever you want. The bot can even write the perfect title tag. Just indicate how many characters it can use. If ChatGPT doesn’t follow your instructions well, you can adjust or improve the task. Then the bot will try again.

4. Provide Examples to Work With

Another way to improve the answers you get from ChatGPT is to give the tool some information before you ask your question. Don't know how your next team outing should look? Tell ChatGPT which activities you enjoy, and you’ll get new ideas based on that.

There’s no magical combination of words you can use here. Always type in natural language, and ChatGPT will understand what you mean. Indicate at the beginning of your question that you want to provide examples. And tell the bot that you want an answer with those examples in mind.

5. Ask for Feedback

Of course, you don't always have to ask ChatGPT to write texts from scratch. You can also ask for feedback on your own writing. Whether it’s emails you send to customers or a social post you write for new products in your webshop. Ask for tips on spelling, grammar, tone, readability, or anything else you want to improve. Really handy, so try it out today.

6. Give ChatGPT a Starting Point

Are you working on coming up with a new product name or new recipes but stuck? No problem. If you’ve started something, you can let ChatGPT finish it. It looks at what you’ve already written and builds on that. Give ChatGPT the ideas you’ve already thought of for the new product name or the ingredients you definitely want in a quiche recipe. You'll see the bot come up with surprising output that you might never have thought of yourself.

7. Hear Multiple Sides of a Debate

You've probably noticed how online arguments have tended towards the binary in recent years. This means someone feels either male or female. ChatGPT can help you look at the gray area too. The bot can explain different sides of an argument if you ask for it, with pros and cons. This way, you can understand difficult issues from multiple perspectives. For example, whether gender-neutral toilets are needed in your office.

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