10 Best ChatGPT Prompts To Make Money Online

Everyone keeps telling you ChatGPT is a money-making machine. But nobody hands you the actual prompts. You end up staring at a blank input box, typing generic questions, and getting generic answers that help nobody — including you. That is the real problem with 90% of ChatGPT advice online.

In this video Alston walks through the 10 best ChatGPT prompts for making money online, showing each one live inside ChatGPT using the fitness niche as a working example. Every prompt is designed to push the tool past surface-level output so you get research you can actually use for content, courses, affiliate offers, and email sequences. By the end you will know exactly what to type — and why it works.

What You’ll Walk Out With

The exact “Act As” framing that upgrades every ChatGPT output from generic to expert-level
A prompt for pulling your audience’s real pain points so your content sells before you even ask
How to use ChatGPT to design bundled product offers that close skeptical buyers
A competitive analysis prompt that identifies what your rivals are missing
The AIDA prompt that converts into emails, landing pages, and sales funnels in minutes
A topic-cluster prompt that generates weeks of content and a ready-to-send email sequence
Social media idea prompts and lead magnet generators built for affiliate marketers and coaches
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Why Most People Get Bad Results from ChatGPT

ChatGPT is not psychic. When you type a vague question, it returns a vague answer. The tool mirrors the quality of your input. Most people type one-line questions and then complain the output is unusable. The fix is not a better AI — it is a better prompt. Every prompt in this list is designed around one core principle: the more context and specificity you give the model, the more targeted and useful the output becomes.

Alston demonstrates this live. He types “list five fitness tips” and gets a predictable, basic list. Then he adds the “Act As” frame you will read below and the first sentence of the output already reads differently — more precise, more authoritative. Same underlying model. Completely different result. That pattern holds across all 10 prompts.

Prompt 1: Act As an Expert

The foundational move for every ChatGPT session is to set a role before you ask a question. Instead of asking “list five fitness tips,” you type: Act as an expert in fitness and wellness. List five fitness tips.

When ChatGPT is role-locked to an expert persona, its outputs shift. The response Alston gets opens with “make exercise a priority” rather than the generic “make exercise a habit” — a small but real difference in authority and specificity. Apply this framing to whatever niche you are in: Act as an expert in [your field] and then ask your actual question. Every subsequent prompt in this list benefits from this opener.

Prompt 2: Get Tips for Using ChatGPT in Your Specific Context

Before you run a major research session, ask ChatGPT how to use itself effectively for your situation. The prompt is: What are some tips for getting the most out of ChatGPT for social media marketing as a fitness coach?

The response Alston pulls gives him a prioritized checklist: identify your target audience, use natural language, be specific with your questions, use ChatGPT as a supplement to your expertise, engage with your audience. That last point matters. ChatGPT tells you it should be a supplement — not the whole strategy. This prompt is essentially asking the tool to teach you how to prompt it better, which makes every session after this one more productive.

Prompt 3: Uncover Audience Pain Points

If you can speak directly to what your audience is struggling with, they buy. This prompt surfaces those struggles: What are the common pain points that someone might have who is looking to purchase an online fitness program?

ChatGPT returns a list that includes lack of accountability, limited access to equipment, and unclear instruction. Each one of those is a content angle. Lack of accountability becomes a YouTube video about accountability systems. Limited access to equipment becomes a course module on home workouts with no gear. Unclear instruction becomes a step-by-step guide that outcompetes vague competitors. Alston specifically points out that this prompt can also shape a course structure — if the AI tells you buyers feel alone in the process, you build community into your offer. Same prompt, two payoffs: content ideas and product design.

Prompt 4: Design a Bundled Product Offer

One of the hardest parts of affiliate marketing and online coaching is convincing someone to buy. Most buyers hesitate because they feel like they will be left alone after the purchase. This prompt directly solves that: Develop a bundled product offering to the fitness niche that prioritizes the customer experience for working moms, address potential challenges and provide exceptional support and after sales service.

The output Alston gets suggests adding nutritional coaching check-ins, online fitness classes, a community support group like a Facebook group, and personalized support channels. That is a complete offer stack built in 30 seconds. If you are an affiliate, you are not just sharing a link anymore — you are adding bonuses (workout plan, nutrition coaching, private community) that make your version of the offer worth buying from you specifically. If you are a coach, you now have a premium tier you can actually deliver. This prompt works for any industry; swap “fitness” and “working moms” for whatever market you are in.

Prompt 5: Pull the Key Elements of a Topic

This prompt generates the building blocks of any piece of content, sales page, or video script: What are the key elements of fitness for men over 40?

ChatGPT breaks the topic into strength training, cardiovascular exercise, flexibility, and mobility — each with age-specific nuance. Alston notes you can take this list and go three different directions: drop it into a sales funnel that speaks to the specific concerns of your demographic, build a YouTube script around each element, or use it as the outline for an Instagram carousel. The more specific your audience descriptor (men over 40 rather than just men), the more targeted the key elements the tool returns.

Prompt 6: Analyze Marketing Strategies in Your Industry

This prompt helps you understand not just what to market but how to market it differently: What are the key elements of the marketing strategies in the fitness for men over 40 industry and how could we improve our own approach?

The output covers targeting the right audience, personalizing your approach for age-specific health concerns, emphasizing health and wellness outcomes, and offering convenience and flexibility. Alston runs this prompt twice — first with just “fitness industry,” then with “fitness for men over 40” — and the second version comes back more specific and more usable. The lesson is simple: the more detail you add to the target, the more targeted the strategy advice you receive. You can use this output to differentiate your content angle from competitors who are marketing to a broad audience.

Prompt 7: Competitive Analysis and Differentiation

If you want to stand out in a crowded market, you first need to know what the competition is doing. This prompt starts that process: I am looking to analyze my competition in the fitness for men over 40 industry. Can you help me identify their strengths and weaknesses and come up with a strategy to differentiate my business?

ChatGPT returns a structured process: identify your competitors, map their strengths and weaknesses, communicate your unique value proposition, and develop a differentiation strategy. Alston takes it a step further by following up with “list top competitors” and then naming one — Equinox — to get specific brand-level branding analysis. The follow-up prompt pattern matters here. ChatGPT is conversational. Each message builds on the last, so once you have the framework, you can drill into specific players and ask what makes each one weak in a particular area. That is your content angle.

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Prompt 8: Build an AIDA Email or Sales Copy

AIDA stands for Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action. It is one of the most proven copywriting frameworks in direct response marketing. This prompt generates a ready-to-adapt AIDA structure for any audience: Create an AIDA model for fitness for men over 40.

Once ChatGPT builds the AIDA framework, Alston immediately follows up with “convert into an email” and gets back a full email with a subject line: “Are you a man over 40 looking to prioritize your health?” That subject line is doing real work — it speaks directly to the person and positions the email as relevant before they even open it. Alston’s point is that this email is a starting point, not a finished product. Read it, adjust the tone to match your voice, fact-check anything that sounds off, and then send it. The prompt cuts the blank-page problem down to a single editing pass.

This same AIDA prompt applies to landing page copy, video sales letters, social media captions, and sales funnel pages. The format is universal; you just swap the niche and the audience.

Prompt 9: Create a Topic Cluster and Email Sequence

Content planning is one of the biggest bottlenecks for affiliate marketers and online coaches. This prompt eliminates it: Create a topic cluster for fitness for men over 40.

The output is a structured map of related topics your audience cares about: benefits of fitness for men over 40, strength training methods, flexibility and mobility routines, nutrition principles, and more. Each cluster item is a standalone content piece — a TikTok, a YouTube video, a blog post, an Instagram carousel. Alston demonstrates how to immediately convert the topic cluster into something even more useful by following up: Convert this into a five-day email sequence.

Day one becomes “Benefits of Fitness for Men Over 40.” Day two becomes “Strength Training.” Each day covers a different cluster topic in email form, building familiarity with the audience across a week of touchpoints. That is an entire email nurture sequence generated from one two-step prompt chain. If you are building an email list and have not been consistent with content, this is how you fill the gap quickly.

Prompt 10: Generate Social Media Content Ideas

When you are out of content ideas or want to bulk-plan a month of posts, this prompt delivers fast: Create a list of TikTok video ideas for affiliate marketers promoting weight loss products to men over 40.

The output Alston gets back is immediately usable: before-and-after transformation videos, short recipe videos, workout demonstration clips, product reviews, testimonials, challenge videos, and educational content. Each category is a proven format on short-form video. Before-and-afters and product reviews are especially strong for affiliate marketers because they naturally lead to a call to action. Alston notes you can add a CTA like a free checklist offer to any of these formats to start building your email list at the same time you build your following.

Bonus Prompt: Lead Magnet Ideas

The last prompt in the session is a bonus that rounds out the list: Lead magnet ideas for men over 40 looking to lose weight.

Because Alston has been talking about fitness for men over 40 throughout the session, ChatGPT already has context. The prompt is short but the output is specific because of the prior conversation. This is an important principle: later prompts in a session benefit from all the context set in earlier prompts. You are not starting from zero each time. The model holds the conversation thread, so stacking specific prompts on top of each other produces increasingly targeted results.

Lead magnet ideas for this audience could include a five-day meal plan, a beginner strength training guide, a mobility routine PDF, or an accountability tracker. Any of these gives you a reason to collect an email address, and the email list becomes the asset you market to for years.

How to Run These Prompts Like a System

The 10 prompts above are not meant to be used once and forgotten. They form a repeatable workflow for any niche or offer. Here is how to chain them in sequence:

Start every session with the “Act As” framing to set the model’s role.
Ask for tips on getting the most out of ChatGPT for your specific use case.
Pull your audience’s pain points and use them to shape your content and product angles.
Design a bundled offer or bonus stack that addresses the top pain points.
Use the key elements prompt to outline your main content pieces.
Run the marketing strategy and competitive analysis prompts to identify your differentiation angle.
Build your email copy using the AIDA prompt and refine it manually.
Generate a topic cluster and convert it into an email sequence or content calendar.
Use the social media ideas prompt to fill your short-form content schedule.
Close the loop with a lead magnet prompt to create the offer that grows your list.

Honest Drawbacks

ChatGPT is fast but it is not finished content. Alston is direct about this in the video: do not copy and paste the output straight into an email or a sales page. The model does not know your voice, your specific audience, or your actual track record. Every output needs a review pass where you add your own experience, correct anything that sounds generic, and strip out phrases that don’t match how you actually talk.

The tool also does not replace the work of building an audience. It can generate 50 TikTok ideas but it cannot post them, build trust with viewers, or show up consistently for six months. The prompts accelerate the research and ideation phase; the execution still belongs to you.

One more honest note: ChatGPT can produce confident-sounding output that is factually wrong. Any statistics, case studies, or specific claims it generates should be verified before you publish them. Use the tool for structure, angles, and frameworks — not as your fact source.

Find Your X

ChatGPT can help you execute in any niche — but only after you know which niche is the right fit for you. If you are still figuring out what to sell, who to serve, or which income stream matches your actual situation, that is the first question to answer. Head to finder.platformproof.com and run through the finder. It takes your skills, schedule, and starting point and matches you to the path that makes sense for where you actually are right now.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a paid ChatGPT plan to use these prompts?

No. All 10 prompts in this video work on the free version of ChatGPT. The paid GPT-4 tier gives you more detailed and nuanced responses, but the core prompt structure works regardless of which plan you are using. Start with the free version, test the prompts, and upgrade if you find yourself hitting daily limits.

Can I use these prompts for niches outside of fitness?

Yes, and that is the whole point. Alston uses fitness as a live example because it is easy to follow, but every prompt is written as a template. Swap “fitness for men over 40” for “personal finance for recent graduates” or “home organization for busy parents” and the logic holds. The structure of the prompt matters more than the specific niche you plug into it.

How many prompts should I run in a single ChatGPT session?

There is no hard cap, but sessions work better when they stay focused on a single goal. If you are doing audience research, run prompts 1 through 3 together. If you are building an email sequence, chain the AIDA and topic cluster prompts. Jumping between unrelated tasks in one session dilutes the context the model is working with, which tends to produce more generic outputs.

Is the output from these prompts good enough to publish directly?

No. Alston specifically says not to copy and paste ChatGPT output straight into your content. Every output needs a manual pass to add your voice, verify any factual claims, and cut anything that sounds like generic AI filler. Think of the output as a first draft that is 60% of the way there — your job is the final 40%.

What is the AIDA model and why does it matter for making money online?

AIDA stands for Attention, Interest, Desire, and Action. It is a direct response copywriting framework that has been used in advertising for over a century. Attention grabs the reader. Interest builds on the hook. Desire makes the reader want what you are offering. Action tells them what to do next. Almost every effective sales email, landing page, and video sales letter follows this structure. Using ChatGPT to generate an AIDA framework gives you a skeleton you can flesh out with your own voice and specific proof points.

What is a topic cluster and how do I use one for content marketing?

A topic cluster is a group of related content pieces organized around a central theme. For “fitness for men over 40,” the cluster might include strength training, cardiovascular health, nutrition, flexibility, and mental wellness. Each cluster item is a standalone piece of content — a blog post, a video, a podcast episode — that links back to a central pillar page or offer. Topic clusters help you build authority on a specific subject over time, which is how you rank in search and build a loyal audience that trusts your recommendations.

How do I use ChatGPT for affiliate marketing specifically?

The most direct applications from this video are: pain point research (prompt 3) to align your content with what buyers are already worried about, bundle design (prompt 4) to add value on top of the affiliate offer you are promoting, competitive analysis (prompt 7) to find gaps in how competitors are positioning the same products, and social media ideation (prompt 10) to keep a consistent content schedule without burning out on ideas. Together, these prompts help you show up as the most helpful resource in your niche rather than just another person dropping affiliate links.

Is ChatGPT a replacement for learning copywriting and marketing?

No. ChatGPT accelerates the output but it does not replace the underlying understanding. If you do not know what AIDA means, ChatGPT can generate an AIDA email, but you will not know why it works or how to improve it. The marketers who get the most from these tools are the ones who already understand the frameworks the prompts are built on. Use the prompts to move faster — not to skip the learning that makes the output actually good.

Sources

Alston Godbolt, “10 Best ChatGPT Prompts To Make Money Online,” YouTube, alstongodbolt.com
OpenAI ChatGPT, chat.openai.com
AIDA marketing model, foundational direct response copywriting framework
Topic cluster content strategy, established SEO and content marketing methodology