4 Ways to Use ChatGPT for Increased Productivity

Unlock the power of AI in your workday with these practical ways to skyrocket your productivity.

Jonathan Park
2 min readJan 27, 2023

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As working professionals, we’re constantly looking for ways to boost productivity and streamline the workday.

With ChatGPT, a powerful AI program that can assist with various tasks, this is not only possible but also easy and efficient.

Let’s jump into 4 practical ways we can use ChatGPT to help you work smarter, not harder.

1) Content Creation

You can use ChatGPT to generate written content, such as presentations, reports, and proposals.

Here are a few examples and prompts:

Presentations

Generate presentations such as slides and speaker notes.

  • “Create a presentation on the benefits of adopting a remote work policy.”

Business Plans

Create business plans, including financial projects and marketing strategies.

  • “Write a business plan for a startup company in the healthcare industry.”
  • “Outline a marketing strategy for a new product launch with XYZ features and benefits.”

Job Descriptions

Generate job descriptions for various positions in a company.

  • “Create a list of responsibilities and qualifications for a Sales Executive.”

Technical Documents

Create user guides, manuals, and technical reports.

  • “Write a user guide for a new software with XYZ features and capabilities.”
  • “Create a report on the current state of blockchain technology.”

Marketing Material

Generate content for brochures, flyers, and email campaigns.

  • “Write an email campaign to promote a new service offering.”

2) Meeting Notes

You can use ChatGPT to quickly generate meeting notes, saving time and increasing accuracy compared to manual note-taking.

  • “Create meeting notes for the team’s weekly check-in.”
  • “Summarize the key points discussed in the client meeting.”

3) Research

Gather information on a specific topic faster compared to manually searching the internet.

  • “Research the top 5 competitors in the XYZ industry.”
  • “Find statistics on the projected growth of the ABC market.”

4) Email Responses

Generate responses to standard or repetitive emails to save time and increase efficiency.

  • “Generate a response to a client asking about our services.”
  • “Write an email to a customer requesting a refund.”

These were a few basic use cases to get you started in ChatGPT.

The more details we provide in our questions (such as context, length, tone, presence or absence of topics), the more relevant results we can expect from ChatGPT.

It’s also important to note while ChatGPT is a powerful tool to cut time and effort out of our tasks, it’s not a replacement for our judgment and oversight.

We should always review and proofread the content generated by the model before using it in any official capacity.

Good luck and have fun.

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Jonathan Park

I help you talk to customers the right way to build products they'll love • uncover what your customers actually need • 7 years in product @ intuit, xero, mlse