Social Media God Prompt
Use this prompt to receive a custom in-depth PDF guide to help you go viral on social media.
Use This When
General business and marketing workflows.
Inputs Needed
Goal, context, audience, constraints, examples, desired output, deadline.
Expected Output
Clear structured answer with assumptions, recommendations, examples, and next steps.
The Workflow Prompt
You are a senior consultant. Objective: Social Media God Prompt Context: Use this prompt to receive a custom in-depth PDF guide to help you go viral on social media. Original task: You are a world-class content strategist who specializes in creating content that spreads exponentially across social platforms. You've engineered viral content systems for e-com companies that generated millions of impressions and became industry authorities. Your task is to design a complete content system that makes my content naturally go viral. I operate in the [kid's science toy space, targeting parents of 5 - 12 year olds, and my core message is science is fun and rewarding for children]. Design a comprehensive viral content system: **Psychology of Virality Framework:** Start by explaining the exact psychological principles that make content spread. Detail why people share content (social currency, emotion, narrative, triggering, practicality, stories). For each principle, create specific content angles that leverage that psychology. Provide 15-20 specific content ideas for my niche that tap into these psychological triggers. Explain why each dea will spread and who will spread it. **Content Pillars & Themes:** Establish 4-5 evergreen content pillars that align with your message but are designed for maximum sharing. Each pillar should have 5-10 specific angle variations. Create a content calendar framework that rotates through these pillars in a strategic sequence. Show how each piece of content sets up the next piece to create momentum. **Platform-Specific Engineering:** Design distinct strategies for each platform (LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, etc.) because virality mechanics differ dramatically. For each platform, specify: optimal posting times, format preferences, caption strategy, hashtag approach, and engagement tactics. Create platform-specific hooks that stop the scroll. Develop platform-specific content variations from the same core idea. **Engagement Acceleration Tactics:** Design a system to accelerate initial momentum, since social algorithms reward early engagement. Create a specific playbook for: who to tag, which communities to post in, how to encourage early comments, what questions to ask to drive discussion, how to leverage your existing audience. Include email list strategy to drive initial traffic. Show how to create internal momentum before organic reach kicks in. **Authority & Trust Architecture:** Explain how to position yourself as an expert through content. Detail what makes someone credible in your niche. Create a system for demonstrating expertise progressively (beginner content → intermediate → expert level). Show how to use data, case studies, and contrarian takes to build authority. Develop a strategy for getting cited and shared by other authorities. **Metrics & Iteration System:** Establish the exact metrics that matter (viral coefficient, share rate, reach per follower, engagement rate by content type). Create a tracking methodology. Design a weekly review process to identify what's working and rapidly iterate. Show how to A/B test content angles, headlines, and CTAs. Establish decision rules for when to double down on winning content and when to kill failing approaches. **Content Production Framework:** Design a system for actually producing this content at scale without burning out. Show how to batch record/write content. Create templates for rapid iteration. Detail what tools automate the process. Show how to repurpose single pieces of content into 10+ formats. Deliver a complete viral content system with specific content ideas, platform strategies, psychological frameworks, and a 90-day content roadmap that's ready to execute immediately. Inputs I may provide: Goal, context, audience, constraints, examples, desired output, deadline. Operating instructions: - First, restate the objective in one clear sentence. - If critical information is missing, ask up to 5 focused questions. If there is enough information to proceed, make practical assumptions and label them. - Use a Concise response style. - Be specific to the business, audience, channel, and constraints provided. - Avoid generic AI advice. Give concrete recommendations, examples, templates, copy, or steps I can use. - When current facts, competitors, laws, prices, policies, or market claims matter, use current research and cite sources. - Do not expose hidden chain-of-thought. Provide a concise rationale or decision summary instead. - End with a short QA checklist that helps me verify the output. Required output: Clear structured answer with assumptions, recommendations, examples, and next steps. Caution: Avoid generic output; require concrete examples, assumptions, and next steps.
QA Follow-Up Checklist
After the AI returns its output, verify against:
- Output is specific to the provided business/context.
- Assumptions are clearly labeled.
- No unsupported claims without source checks.
- Next actions are clear and usable.
Follow-Up Prompt
Now turn the result for 'Social Media God Prompt' into a client-ready version: tighten wording, remove fluff, add missing assumptions, and provide the next 3 actions.
Avoid / Cautions
Avoid generic output; require concrete examples, assumptions, and next steps.
How Different Verticals Use This Workflow
Restaurant & Hospitality
A natural wine bar in Brooklyn with 2,400 IG followers feeds in their niche ('teach 25-35 yo NYC women about natural wine without snobbery'), three competitor accounts (Wildair, Frankly Wines), and TikTok as primary platform. Output is a content system with 50 hook ideas, a 'natural wine myth-busting' pillar, and a weekly TikTok cadence that gets them to 18K followers in 6 months and Tuesday seatings fully booked.
Retail & E-commerce
A clean fragrance brand with $400K ARR feeds in their niche ('teach scent layering to women 28-45 who burned out on Le Labo'), three creator accounts already winning (Funmi Monet, Jeremy Fragrance), and Instagram + TikTok dual focus. Output is 30 content ideas mapped to Berger's STEPPS, a creator-style carousel template, and a launch plan that drives a sold-out drop in 11 days.
Professional Services & B2B
A fractional CFO targeting Series A founders feeds in their niche ('teach non-finance founders how to read their P&L without sounding condescending'), three LinkedIn accounts winning in this space, and LinkedIn as primary. Output is a content system with 20 carousel ideas, a hook bank tested against the algorithm, and a posting cadence that takes them from 2K to 14K followers and 9 inbound retainer inquiries in 4 months.
Beauty & Personal Care
A solo lash artist in Calgary with 800 IG followers feeds in her niche ('teach lash care to women 30-50 who hate the over-fluffy aesthetic'), three local competitor accounts winning on Reels, and Instagram only. Output is 30 Reel ideas focused on a 'natural lash' content pillar, a hook bank rejecting the trend toward maximalist looks, and a 90-day cadence that 6x's her followers and books her out 6 weeks ahead.
Local & Trade Services
A residential painter in Toronto with 1,200 IG followers feeds in his niche ('show old-house owners in East Toronto why hand-painting cabinets beats spraying'), three contractor accounts winning on TikTok (chrislovesjulia, mr.kate's contractors), and Instagram + TikTok. Output is a 'paint nerd' pillar with 40 hook ideas around technique, a transformation-video template, and a 60-day plan that drives 22 quote requests from organic alone.
Frequently Asked
What inputs actually move the needle for a viral content system vs a generic content plan?
Three things: your niche stated as a verb-noun ('teach parents how to make science fun for ages 5-12,' not 'kids' science'), the platform you're optimizing for (TikTok algo differs from Reels differs from LinkedIn), and three accounts already winning in your niche with their best post pasted in. Without competitor examples, the model invents virality theory that sounds smart but doesn't match what actually spreads on your platform in 2026. With them, it reverse-engineers patterns.
Is this safe to use on client work?
Yes for ideation. No for direct publishing. The output gives you 50 hooks and content ideas — those are starting points, not finished posts. Anything published needs your judgment on legal claims, brand voice fit, and current cultural context (something funny on Tuesday is offensive by Thursday in 2026). Run it, take the 20% that's genuinely good, throw out the rest. The model will produce things that sound viral but will get a brand torched on X — your job is editorial.
How do I stop the output from sounding like every 'viral hooks' Substack?
Force the model to write 30 hook variations and then pick the 5 it predicts will fail and explain why. The act of generating bad examples raises the quality of the good ones because the model has to articulate what makes something work. Also ban the words 'unhinged,' 'this changed my life,' 'POV,' and 'no one is talking about' from the output. Those four phrases are the AI virality tells, and seasoned creators will clock you instantly.
What does a great output look like specifically?
A psychological framework (Berger's 6 STEPPS), 20 content ideas mapped to each principle with the platform format specified (Reel, carousel, thread, post), a hook bank of 30 lines, three content pillars with a 30-day calendar, a distribution plan beyond just posting (DM strategy, comment baiting, community seeding), and a metric to track per pillar. If the output is just 'post consistently and engage,' it's a Forbes article, not a system.