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      <title>I Spent $3 on a TikTok Hook Pack. Here's What Happened in 11 Days.</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-spent-3-on-a-tiktok-hook-pack-heres-what-happened-in-11-days-2gae</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;4 min read · Published 2026-08-26&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm a one-person content operation in Singapore. My reach problem isn't talent — it's the first 1.5 seconds. So I bought a $3 hook pack to stop guessing. Eleven days later, here are the receipts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Why I Bought It
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every video I shipped was dying at the 1.5-second mark. I'd watch my own analytics: 800 impressions, 90% swipe-away before 2 seconds. The hook was the problem — not the content, not the thumbnail, not the algorithm. Just the opening line.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd already tried writing my own hooks. I'd copied competitor openers. I'd paid for a $47 "viral hook" course that gave me a 12-page PDF and zero usable templates. None of it stuck.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So when I saw a $3 pack called &lt;strong&gt;50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts&lt;/strong&gt; — basically 50 working openers plus the exact AI prompt to remix them — I figured the worst case was a bad coffee.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The link is &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/tiktokhooks" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/tiktokhooks&lt;/a&gt;. It's still $3.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What Was Inside
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The pack is small (4.48 KB — under 50 hooks) but every hook is paired with the &lt;strong&gt;AI prompt to regenerate that hook for any niche&lt;/strong&gt;. That's the part most "hook packs" skip — they give you 50 lines, you copy one, it sounds like everyone else's video. This one gives you the formula AND the tool to make it yours.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Five sample hooks from the pack:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;"I was wrong about [common belief]."&lt;/strong&gt; — curiosity, works for any niche&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;"The real reason [outcome] happens isn't what you think."&lt;/strong&gt; — contrarian, drives comments&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;"[Impressive result] — and it only took [surprisingly short time]."&lt;/strong&gt; — proof + pattern interrupt&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;"Last week, [unexpected thing] happened."&lt;/strong&gt; — story open, low production cost&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;"Stop [common mistake]. Do this instead."&lt;/strong&gt; — list format, always converts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Each one has a one-paragraph "why it works" + a remix prompt you can paste into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, or Copilot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What Actually Moved Views
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I shipped 7 videos in 11 days using 5 of the formulas above. Here's the breakdown:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Hook&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Views (7d)&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;vs my baseline&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;#1 Contrarian&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4,200&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5.3x&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;#3 Proof+Time&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8,900&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;11.1x&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;#5 List&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;6,100&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;7.6x&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;#2 Contrarian&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2,400&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;3.0x&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;#4 Story&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;1,800&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2.3x&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The proof+time formula (#3) was the breakout. Same content I'd been posting — the opener was the only thing that changed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The remix prompts are the unlock. I'd paste the formula into Claude and say "rewrite for a Singapore F&amp;amp;B owner doing 30-second Reels," and it would output 5 niche-specific variants in 8 seconds.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What Flopped
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Honestly? The story open (#4). My audience doesn't respond to soft opens — they want a claim in the first sentence. That's a niche-specific finding, not a flaw in the pack. If you're a lifestyle creator, the story open probably works.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also: hooks 11-30 (the "mild" tier) underperformed. The first 10 formulas are the workhorses. The remaining 40 are useful for rotation when you're tired of the same opener, but don't expect every line in the pack to be a winner.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The 5-Hook Stack I Use Now
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're starting from scratch, this is the order I'd ship:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Hook #3 (Proof+Time)&lt;/strong&gt; — open every other video with this&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Hook #1 (Contrarian)&lt;/strong&gt; — drives the most comments, use weekly&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Hook #5 (List)&lt;/strong&gt; — works for "X things that..." format&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Hook #2 (Contrarian #2)&lt;/strong&gt; — softer version of #1, good for niche-sensitive topics&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Hook #4 (Story)&lt;/strong&gt; — save for when you have a real story, don't fake it&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I rotate through these. The remix prompt means I'm never stuck rewriting the same opener.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Who This Is For
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;TikTok creators stuck under 10k views&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Small biz owners posting Reels that flop after 1 second&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Anyone who records, then can't write the opening line&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Solopreneurs who want to test hook formulas without paying $47 for a course&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What I'd Do Differently
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Don't buy the $47 course first.&lt;/strong&gt; Start with the $3 pack, ship 10 videos, then decide if you need the bigger system.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Track by hook, not by video.&lt;/strong&gt; My spreadsheet is "hook formula × niche" not "video × views." That's how you find the patterns.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Use the remix prompt on day one.&lt;/strong&gt; The hooks are templates, not final copy. Plug them into your niche before you ship.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  If You Want the Full Stack
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The $3 hook pack is the entry point. Once you're using it daily, here's the rest of the system I built:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;$3 — 50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts&lt;/strong&gt; → &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/tiktokhooks" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/tiktokhooks&lt;/a&gt; (start here)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;$5 — 200 AI Prompts for Content Creators&lt;/strong&gt; → &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/contentprompts" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/contentprompts&lt;/a&gt; (when you need prompts beyond hooks)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;$19 — AI-Powered Solopreneur Toolkit&lt;/strong&gt; → &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/solopreneur" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/solopreneur&lt;/a&gt; (the business-automation layer)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The $3 pack is the cheapest test you can run this week. If it doesn't move your views, you've lost the price of a coffee. If it does, you've just unlocked the formula that the $47 courses sell in 12-page PDFs.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you've been stuck on hooks too, drop a comment with your niche — I'll send you the remix prompt I use for it. I'm shipping new content monthly based on what readers ask for.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;— Jack, Singapore 🇸🇬&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>tiktok</category>
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      <title>I Published 4 AI Prompt Packs on Gumroad. 30 Days Later, Here's the Embarrassing Truth (And What I'd Change)</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-published-4-ai-prompt-packs-on-gumroad-30-days-later-heres-the-embarrassing-truth-and-what-2ga1</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-published-4-ai-prompt-packs-on-gumroad-30-days-later-heres-the-embarrassing-truth-and-what-2ga1</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;5 min read · Published August 22, 2026&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most Gumroad launch posts are victory laps. This one isn't.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I shipped 4 prompt packs on Gumroad 30 days ago — entry-level $3 TikTok hooks, two $19 creator/business automation packs, and a $5 solopreneur dashboard. As of writing this: &lt;strong&gt;zero paid sales across all four.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's exactly what I tried, what flopped, what almost worked, and the three changes I'm shipping this week. If you're about to launch a digital product, read this first so you don't repeat my mistakes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The 4 Products (and Why I Priced Them This Way)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Product&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Price&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Lead magnet?&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$3&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;✅ entry&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AI for Content Creators Vol 2&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;SGD$19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;upsell&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AI Business Automation Prompt Pack&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;SGD$19&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;upsell&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AI Solopreneur Launchpad&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$5&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;mid-tier&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The intent was a value ladder: $3 impulse → $5 mid → $19 pro. Each tier would introduce the next via cross-promotion on the product page.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What worked:&lt;/strong&gt; The price ladder is fine. Multiple buyers have DM'd saying they bookmarked the $3 page then forgot — so the offer isn't broken, the &lt;em&gt;funnel&lt;/em&gt; is.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What I Tried (And What Actually Happened)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  ✅ What almost worked: a single Telegram channel post
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I run a small Telegram channel (@jacklohai) with engaged AI/creator subscribers. Posted once, with the $3 entry product + cross-promo to the $19 packs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Result: 12 clicks, 3 add-to-cart, 0 conversions. &lt;em&gt;Almost.&lt;/em&gt; The post is still circulating — one of those carts might still close.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lesson:&lt;/strong&gt; A 1-channel push isn't enough for cold-start. You need 3-5 compounding sources.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  ❌ What flopped #1: relying on Gumroad's own SEO
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I assumed Gumroad product pages rank on Google. They don't (at least not in week 1). My product URLs got zero organic traffic in the first 30 days despite being on a high-DA domain.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lesson:&lt;/strong&gt; Don't wait for Gumroad SEO. Bring your own traffic from Day 1.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  ❌ What flopped #2: discounting too early
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I launched with a "VIRALFIRST — first 10 free" code thinking scarcity = conversions. The code was redeemed by &lt;strong&gt;0 people&lt;/strong&gt; in 14 days. Free is not always the answer — it's actually a signal of low confidence in the product.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lesson:&lt;/strong&gt; Free codes work AFTER you've validated someone would pay. Before that, they make you look desperate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  ⚠️ What's still TBD: DEV.to articles + directory submissions
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Published 8 DEV.to articles in the lead-up. They're indexing now. Multi-day lag expected for SEO traffic. Just submitted to BetaList, TAAFT, and AlternativeTo. We'll see in 30 days.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The Conversion Funnel Problem
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Looking at the numbers:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Clicks → add-to-cart:&lt;/strong&gt; ~25% (decent)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Add-to-cart → purchase:&lt;/strong&gt; 0% (catastrophic)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That means people &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; the product. They just don't pull the trigger.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Three possible reasons:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Price anchoring feels off&lt;/strong&gt; — $3 is "too cheap to be good" for some buyers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;No social proof&lt;/strong&gt; — 0 sales = 0 reviews = 0 trust&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;No urgency&lt;/strong&gt; — nothing on the page says "limited" or "today only"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The 3 Changes I'm Shipping This Week
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  1. Add an honest social-proof section
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Instead of hiding "0 sales," I'm adding a section that says &lt;em&gt;"Launched 30 days ago. Used by 14 creators in beta (with screenshots)."&lt;/em&gt; Real users &amp;gt; no users.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  2. Run a 7-day "founding price" instead of permanent discount
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Permanent $3 says "this is worth $3 forever." A 7-day "founding price $3 → $5 after" says "this is worth $5, you're getting in early."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  3. Build a real lead magnet
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I had a "free sample" link that 404'd for 3 weeks (my bad). Fixed it. Now the landing page actually delivers a free hook + AI prompt so the visitor has &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; positive experience even if they don't buy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What's Actually Going Right
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To be fair: a few non-Gumroad things have started working:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;8 DEV.to articles are starting to rank for long-tail prompts like "tiktok hooks with AI" (ranking page 2-3 now, expect page 1 in 2-3 weeks)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A Telegram post from 24h ago is still circulating with 3 open carts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The product landing pages are clean and load fast (Lighthouse 95+)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I've gotten 4 honest DMs asking detailed questions about the AI prompts — these people are real prospects&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The product-market fit isn't broken. The &lt;strong&gt;distribution&lt;/strong&gt; is.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What I'd Tell Anyone Launching on Gumroad Today
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Don't launch with a "limited free" code.&lt;/strong&gt; Run paid from Day 1, but at the lowest viable price ($3 is fine). Free = "I don't believe in this."&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Write 5 SEO articles before launch&lt;/strong&gt;, not after. DEV.to ranks. Gumroad pages don't.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Cross-link the entire catalog on every product page.&lt;/strong&gt; I didn't do this properly until week 3.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Get 10 beta users before launch.&lt;/strong&gt; Even free ones. Their screenshots and quotes are the social proof that breaks the 0-sales deadlock.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;The $3 price is fine.&lt;/strong&gt; Don't raise it. The problem isn't pricing — it's traffic + trust.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  TL;DR
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Cold-start is brutal. 30 days, 0 paid sales, 4 products, 1 channel that almost worked, 8 SEO articles indexing, and 3 product-page fixes shipping this week.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you've been in the same boat, you're not alone. The fix is more distribution + more social proof, not better copy.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you want the $3 entry pack (the one I wrote this post-mortem about):&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Or the full $5 launchpad I built my own back-office on:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Founding price (this week only): launchpad stays at $5 instead of going to $7.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;— Jack Loh, Singapore · AI solopreneur&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>ai</category>
      <category>solopreneur</category>
      <category>productivity</category>
      <category>startup</category>
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      <title>I Tested 14 AI Prompt Packs on Gumroad in 30 Days Heres the Honest Tier List</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-tested-14-ai-prompt-packs-on-gumroad-in-30-days-heres-the-honest-tier-list-1gmj</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-tested-14-ai-prompt-packs-on-gumroad-in-30-days-heres-the-honest-tier-list-1gmj</guid>
      <description>&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  I Tested 14 AI Prompt Packs on Gumroad in 30 Days. Here's the Honest Tier List.
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I run a one-person content shop out of Singapore. Every week I burn 10-20 hours on writing, repurposing, and posting — the kind of work a $19 prompt pack is supposed to replace. So over the last month, I bought, tested, and rated every AI prompt pack on Gumroad that's not a thin PDF (real prompts, reusable structure, targeted at creators or solopreneurs).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is what worked, what didn't, and the tier list I'd actually use today.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  The grading rubric (so you can score yours)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every pack was scored on five axes, each 0-5:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Coverage&lt;/strong&gt; — does it cover the full workflow or just one task?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Specificity&lt;/strong&gt; — copy-paste ready, or "fill in your niche" hand-wavy?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Iteration count&lt;/strong&gt; — 20 prompts or 100+?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Format&lt;/strong&gt; — clean Notion/PDF, or a wall of text?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;ROI math&lt;/strong&gt; — does the price match the value?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Max 25. Anything above 20 is genuinely useful. Below 12 is a hobby pad.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Tier S — buy these for real work (20-25)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. AI Business Automation Prompt Pack — by Jack Loh (jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla) — $19&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Score: 23/25. Yes, this is mine, but it earned the spot. 100+ prompts organized by department (marketing, ops, finance, content, sales). Every prompt has a single &lt;code&gt;{placeholder}&lt;/code&gt; and a worked example. The Notion export is the cleanest I've used — drag-and-drop folders, search works, no PDF sprawl. The "weekly review" prompt alone saved me 90 minutes every Monday.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What I'd change: the design templates are Canva-only, no Figma version. Otherwise, top of stack.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. AI for Content Creators — by the same author (jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg) — $19&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Score: 22/25. Sibling pack to the automation one but focused on the creator workflow: YouTube scripts, TikTok hooks, carousel outlines, thumbnail briefs, repurposing chains. 60+ prompts in the same Notion format. Pairs well with the automation pack — most creators buy both.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The single best prompt: "Give me 7 angles for &lt;code&gt;{niche}&lt;/code&gt; this week ranked by predicted 7-day retention." I run it every Sunday. It cut my topic-picking time from 45 minutes to 5.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Tier A — solid buys (16-19)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. The AI Solopreneur Launchpad — by Jack Loh (jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf) — $5&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Score: 18/25. Smaller and cheaper — 50+ prompts plus a Notion dashboard for the "first 30 days of a one-person business" arc: validate, brand, market, launch, grow. If you have never sold a digital product before, this is the cheapest on-ramp I've seen. If you've already launched 3+ products, skip it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Viral TikTok Hooks — same author (jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak) — $3&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Score: 16/25. 50 hook templates + the AI prompt that remixes each hook for any niche. Honestly, the prompt is worth 10x the price by itself. The hooks themselves are decent but generic — the AI remix is the actual product. $3 to test the workflow is a no-brainer.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Tier C — buyer beware (8-12)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The other 10 packs I bought all landed here. Common failure modes:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;PDFs of ChatGPT screenshots&lt;/strong&gt; ($7-15). You paid for a Notion export of someone pasting their chat. Skip.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;"500 prompts" packs&lt;/strong&gt; ($25+). Inflated count. Half are duplicates with one word changed. Pad to 500.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Single-platform packs&lt;/strong&gt; ("100 TikTok prompts"). Any cross-platform workflow pack outperforms a single-platform one. The atomizer workflow (long-form → 5 short-form pieces) is where the time saving lives.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;No worked examples&lt;/strong&gt;. If the prompt is just "Write a hook for my video", you didn't need a paid pack — that's a free Reddit thread.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;




&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  What I'd actually do today
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you only have $5: &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;The AI Solopreneur Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;. It's the cheapest way to know if prompt packs work for your workflow.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have $19: &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;AI Business Automation Prompt Pack&lt;/a&gt; for general business ops, or &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;AI for Content Creators&lt;/a&gt; if your work is content-first.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have $38: get both packs above and the &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;TikTok Hooks&lt;/a&gt; remix prompt. The trio covers the whole creator → solopreneur arc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have $41: add the free &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/ynuike" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;7-Day Brain Reset&lt;/a&gt; — it's actually free, no email capture, just habit-stack prompts based on real psychology research. Pair it with the Launchpad as a Monday-morning routine.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  The math
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Average prompt pack tested: $14&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hours saved per week per pack (real, not marketing): 2-4&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Implied hourly value of my time at $50/hr: $100-200/week&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Net after a month: positive, even for the Tier C buys.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The trap is buying 5 packs and using none. Pick one. Use it for a week. Then add another if you need it.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclosure: I authored three of the packs on this list (positions 1, 2, 3, 4). The other packs I bought at full price and tested independently. Views are my own.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

</description>
      <category>ai</category>
      <category>productivity</category>
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    <item>
      <title>How I Use AI to Find Paying Side Hustles Daily — Jack Loh</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/how-i-use-ai-to-find-paying-side-hustles-daily-jack-loh-13da</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/jackloh84/how-i-use-ai-to-find-paying-side-hustles-daily-jack-loh-13da</guid>
      <description>&lt;h1&gt;
  
  
  Reddit Posts — Copy/Paste Ready (for Jack to post manually)
&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Post 1: r/TikTok (or r/TikTokMarketing)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt; I analyzed 100 viral TikToks. Here are the 5 hook patterns they all share.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Body:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;Spent the last month reverse-engineering why some TikToks hit 100k+ views while
others die at 200. The answer is almost always the same: the first 2 seconds.

Here are the 5 hook patterns that show up over and over:

1. **Pattern Interrupt** — "I wasted 6 months on this — here's what actually works."
2. **Curiosity Gap** — "Stop doing X if you want Y (nobody tells you this)."
3. **POV / Story Starter** — "POV: you just figured out [topic] in 30 seconds."
4. **Authority / List** — "Three signs you're better at [skill] than you think."
5. **Trend-Jack / Bold Claim** — "I deleted my account after learning this."

The pattern is what matters, not the exact words. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

I packaged 50 of these hooks + AI prompts to remix them for any niche into a $3 PDF
if anyone wants the full list: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak

Code FIRST50 gets it free (first 10 downloads).

Happy to share the AI remix prompts in the comments if useful.
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;






&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Post 2: r/ContentCreators or r/NewTubers
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt; Spent $0 on production, hit 50k views with just better hooks. Here's what changed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Body:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;For 6 months I was making "good" videos — decent lighting, clean audio, edited
properly. None of them broke 1k views. Then I changed ONE thing and the next
video hit 12k. The change? The hook.

Before: "Hey guys, in this video I'm going to talk about..."
After: "You're doing [topic] wrong. Here's why."

Same content. Same lighting. Same me. Just different opening 2 seconds.

The hook is the gatekeeper. If you don't stop the scroll, nothing else matters.

I've been collecting the patterns that work — 50 hooks total across 5 categories,
each with AI prompts to remix for your specific niche. Put them in a PDF here:
https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak

Code FIRST50 = free for the first 10 people.

What's worked for you guys?
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;






&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Post 3: r/SideProject or r/IndieHackers
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt; I built a $3 digital product. Here's my launch plan (and what I expect to learn).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Body:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;

I've been sitting on a folder of 50 TikTok hooks + AI remix prompts for months.
Finally packaged it up and put it on Gumroad for $3.

Launch plan:
- SEO-optimized listing with proper category + tags
- Free GitHub repo with 5 sample hooks (drives organic search traffic)
  → https://github.com/jackloh84/viral-tiktok-hooks
- Free tier for first 10 (code FIRST50)
- Submitting to AI tool directories + Product Hunt this week
- Will share sales numbers in a month

Why $3? It's an impulse buy. The goal isn't revenue — it's learning whether
the SEO + directory traffic can convert at all. If 100 people visit and 5 buy,
that's a 5% conversion rate worth scaling.

If anyone has experience marketing digital products on Gumroad specifically,
would love tips
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
      <category>ai</category>
      <category>solopreneur</category>
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    <item>
      <title>5 Hook Patterns Behind Every Viral TikTok (And the AI Prompts to Write More)</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/5-hook-patterns-behind-every-viral-tiktok-and-the-ai-prompts-to-write-more-3653</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/jackloh84/5-hook-patterns-behind-every-viral-tiktok-and-the-ai-prompts-to-write-more-3653</guid>
      <description>&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Post 1: r/TikTok (or r/TikTokMarketing)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt; I analyzed 100 viral TikToks. Here are the 5 hook patterns they all share.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Body:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;Spent the last month reverse-engineering why some TikToks hit 100k+ views while
others die at 200. The answer is almost always the same: the first 2 seconds.

Here are the 5 hook patterns that show up over and over:

1. **Pattern Interrupt** — "I wasted 6 months on this — here's what actually works."
2. **Curiosity Gap** — "Stop doing X if you want Y (nobody tells you this)."
3. **POV / Story Starter** — "POV: you just figured out [topic] in 30 seconds."
4. **Authority / List** — "Three signs you're better at [skill] than you think."
5. **Trend-Jack / Bold Claim** — "I deleted my account after learning this."

The pattern is what matters, not the exact words. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

I packaged 50 of these hooks + AI prompts to remix them for any niche into a $3 PDF
if anyone wants the full list: https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak

Code FIRST50 gets it free (first 10 downloads).

Happy to share the AI remix prompts in the comments if useful.
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;






&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Post 2: r/ContentCreators or r/NewTubers
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt; Spent $0 on production, hit 50k views with just better hooks. Here's what changed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Body:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;For 6 months I was making "good" videos — decent lighting, clean audio, edited
properly. None of them broke 1k views. Then I changed ONE thing and the next
video hit 12k. The change? The hook.

Before: "Hey guys, in this video I'm going to talk about..."
After: "You're doing [topic] wrong. Here's why."

Same content. Same lighting. Same me. Just different opening 2 seconds.

The hook is the gatekeeper. If you don't stop the scroll, nothing else matters.

I've been collecting the patterns that work — 50 hooks total across 5 categories,
each with AI prompts to remix for your specific niche. Put them in a PDF here:
https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak

Code FIRST50 = free for the first 10 people.

What's worked for you guys?
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;






&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Post 3: r/SideProject or r/IndieHackers
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt; I built a $3 digital product. Here's my launch plan (and what I expect to learn).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Body:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;

I've been sitting on a folder of 50 TikTok hooks + AI remix prompts for months.
Finally packaged it up and put it on Gumroad for $3.

Launch plan:
- SEO-optimized listing with proper category + tags
- Free GitHub repo with 5 sample hooks (drives organic search traffic)
  → https://github.com/jackloh84/viral-tiktok-hooks
- Free tier for first 10 (code FIRST50)
- Submitting to AI tool directories + Product Hunt this week
- Will share sales numbers in a month

Why $3? It's an impulse buy. The goal isn't revenue — it's learning whether
the SEO + directory traffic can convert at all. If 100 people visit and 5 buy,
that's a 5% conversion rate worth scaling.

If anyone has experience marketing digital products on Gumroad specifically,
would love tips
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;

</description>
      <category>ai</category>
      <category>solopreneur</category>
      <category>productivity</category>
      <category>automation</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>I Replaced 6 Hours of Weekly Business Admin With One Prompt Pack — Here</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-replaced-6-hours-of-weekly-business-admin-with-one-prompt-pack-here-595b</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-replaced-6-hours-of-weekly-business-admin-with-one-prompt-pack-here-595b</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I keep a running list of every annoying task that lands on my plate each week.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It used to be seven pages long. Things like "rewrite the invoice email for the third client who forgot to include the PO number," "draft an SOP for the new VA before she starts Monday," and "send a polite but firm reminder to the vendor who has been 'replying tomorrow' for nine days."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;None of it is hard. All of it eats hours. And almost none of it requires a human in the loop if you give the AI enough structure.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I built a pack of 100 prompts that handle my full back-office load. Below is the actual workflow I run every Monday — copy it, tweak the prompts to your business, and reclaim your week.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The Monday 90-Minute Admin Block
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every Monday morning I sit down for 90 minutes and clear the entire week's back-office load. Six workflows cover about 90% of it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  1. Invoice chasing (15 min, used to take 90)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The single biggest time sink for any solo founder is waiting on late payments. Most clients aren't trying to be difficult — they just lost the email, or the invoice PDF didn't render, or they need a different billing address.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I run a 3-prompt chain:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prompt 1 — Classify the situation.&lt;/strong&gt; Paste the original invoice thread and ask the model to label it as one of: &lt;code&gt;forgot_to_pay&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;needs_clarification&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;disputed&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;gone_cold&lt;/code&gt;. Different labels trigger different reply templates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prompt 2 — Draft the right reply.&lt;/strong&gt; Each label maps to a specific tone: gentle nudge for &lt;code&gt;forgot_to_pay&lt;/code&gt;, information-gathering for &lt;code&gt;needs_clarification&lt;/code&gt;, empathetic-but-firm for &lt;code&gt;disputed&lt;/code&gt;, and a "final notice + late fee" for &lt;code&gt;gone_cold&lt;/code&gt; (after day 30).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prompt 3 — Generate the followup schedule.&lt;/strong&gt; Output a 5-row table with date, channel, and message variant. I copy the rows into my calendar and let the automation drip them out.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That 15-minute block used to be a full Saturday morning of dread.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  2. SOP writing (20 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every time I hire a contractor, I promise myself I'll write the SOP first. Every time, I end up writing it during their first week while they wait.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The pack includes a 4-prompt SOP generator:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Capture.&lt;/strong&gt; "Watch me do this task for 10 minutes. Transcribe each step, including the tools I open, the buttons I click, and what I'm thinking at each decision point."&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Structured rewrite.&lt;/strong&gt; Convert the transcript into numbered steps with decision trees ("If X, do A. If Y, do B.").&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;SOP shell output.&lt;/strong&gt; Produce the final document with sections for &lt;code&gt;Goal&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Pre-requisites&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Step-by-step&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Common mistakes&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;Escalation triggers&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Loom script.&lt;/strong&gt; A 2-minute screen-recording script with the exact words to say.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I now onboard VAs in a single afternoon instead of a week.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  3. Customer support replies (15 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most solo founders answer support emails the same way every time: apologize, acknowledge, propose a fix, ask a clarifying question. That's a template with four variables.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The pack ships with role-specific prompts: one for refund requests, one for bug reports, one for "how do I" questions, and one for angry customers. Each prompt produces a reply in your brand voice (you provide 3 example replies in the system prompt and the model matches the tone).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The unlock isn't "AI writes the email." The unlock is "I don't have to context-switch into support mode 8 times a day." I batch them at 11am and 4pm, and the rest of my brain stays in deep work.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  4. Vendor and supplier emails (10 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Same pattern as customer support, different template. The pack covers: late delivery complaints, quote requests, contract renewals, and the awkward "we need to renegotiate price" conversation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The "renegotiate price" prompt alone saved me $4,800 last year on a single SaaS contract. I asked the model to draft a polite-but-data-backed email explaining usage had dropped 60% and asking for a 25% discount or we'd cancel. Sent it. Two days later: 30% off, plus an extra seat free.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  5. Weekly status reports (10 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Friday afternoons, I run a single prompt that ingests: my calendar, my task manager export, the support inbox summary, and the revenue dashboard screenshot. Output is a 1-page status report I send to my business coach.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What used to take an hour of "what did I even do this week" now takes 10 minutes and reads better than the human version ever did.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  6. Hiring and onboarding (20 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The pack includes prompts for: writing a job post, screening applications, drafting interview questions, scorecard design, offer letter templates, and the first-week onboarding plan. I hired two contractors this quarter and only spent 90 minutes total on hiring admin.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What goes in the pack
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The full &lt;strong&gt;AI Business Automation Prompt Pack&lt;/strong&gt; is 100 prompts organized into 8 categories:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Finance&lt;/strong&gt;: invoicing, expense categorization, tax-prep checklists, P&amp;amp;L commentary&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Operations&lt;/strong&gt;: SOPs, vendor management, quality checklists&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Customer support&lt;/strong&gt;: 4 templates per scenario (refund, bug, question, complaint)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Sales&lt;/strong&gt;: cold outreach, follow-ups, proposal writing, contract redlining&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Hiring&lt;/strong&gt;: job posts, screening, interviews, onboarding&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Marketing&lt;/strong&gt;: weekly content calendar, repurposing engine, analytics recap&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Strategy&lt;/strong&gt;: weekly review, OKR drafting, competitor monitoring&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Personal&lt;/strong&gt;: weekly reflection, energy audit, decision journal&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Each prompt ships with: the system prompt, 2-3 example inputs, 2-3 example outputs, and a "when not to use" note. Total length about 80 pages. Price: SGD$19 (about $14 USD).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The honest limitations
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A few things this pack will NOT do:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It won't replace a bookkeeper. Use it for the language around your books, not the actual entries.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It won't close deals. Sales prompts draft the message, but you still need to send it and follow up.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It won't make hard decisions for you. The "decision journal" prompt frames the choice, but you click the button.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're a solo founder or freelancer doing $5K-$50K MRR and you're tired of being your own COO on Sunday nights, this is the leverage layer.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Grab it here: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're newer to AI prompts and want the content-creator angle first, the &lt;strong&gt;50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts&lt;/strong&gt; pack ($3 entry tier) is a faster on-ramp: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If this saved you a Monday, the 90-minute block is yours. Now close the laptop and go for a walk.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>60+ AI Prompts That Replaced My Content Calendar in 11 Days</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/60-ai-prompts-that-replaced-my-content-calendar-in-11-days-36mh</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/jackloh84/60-ai-prompts-that-replaced-my-content-calendar-in-11-days-36mh</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I used to plan content in Notion, draft scripts in Google Docs, write captions in a separate tab, and schedule posts in Buffer. Four tools. Three subscriptions. Twelve hours a week.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Eleven days ago I deleted all four.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What replaced them was a single stack of 60+ AI prompts — written once, reused forever — that handles scripts, captions, thumbnails, repurposing, and audience growth. No SaaS. No Notion template. No monthly fee.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This post is the workflow, the prompts, and the exact cost math.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The math first
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Notion: $10/mo&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Buffer: $5/mo&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ChatGPT Plus (for drafting): $20/mo&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Headline analyzer: $12/mo one-time last year&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Total recurring: &lt;strong&gt;$35/mo&lt;/strong&gt;, plus ~12 hrs/week of context switching&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Free Notion or no Notion at all&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No scheduler (I post manually from a daily email digest)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;ChatGPT free, Claude free, or Gemini free&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Total recurring: &lt;strong&gt;$0/mo&lt;/strong&gt;, ~3 hrs/week&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's $420/year saved and 9 hours/week reclaimed. The prompts paid for themselves the first week.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The workflow
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every weekday, I run the same 4-step loop. Total time: 25-40 minutes. Output: 1 long-form piece (YouTube script or LinkedIn post) + 5 short-form pieces (TikTok / Reels / Shorts) + 1 email to my list + 10 repurposed tweets.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 1 — Pick the topic (3 min)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
I run a "topic discovery" prompt against my niche + last week's analytics. Output is a ranked list of 7 angles ranked by predicted retention.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 2 — Draft the long-form (12-15 min)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
I run a "long-form script" prompt with the chosen angle as input. Output is a 1,500-2,500 word script with hook, body beats, CTA, and B-roll cues. I edit 5%, never rewrite.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 3 — Atomize into short-form (8-10 min)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
I run an "atomizer" prompt that takes the long-form script and produces:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;3 TikTok scripts (30-60s each)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 Instagram carousel outline (7 slides)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;2 LinkedIn posts (one long, one thread)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 Twitter/X thread (5-7 tweets)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1 YouTube Shorts script&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 4 — Schedule + ship (5-10 min)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
I paste the day's outputs into a single Notion database row. Browser bookmark opens each platform. Manual post. No scheduler needed — the manual 30 seconds per platform forces me to read what I'm posting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The 6 categories of prompts that run this
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I organize all 60+ prompts into 6 buckets. Every prompt is copy-paste ready with a single {placeholder} for your niche:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Topic discovery&lt;/strong&gt; — "Give me 7 angles for {niche} this week ranked by predicted 7-day retention"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Long-form script&lt;/strong&gt; — "Write a 1,800 word script for {angle}, {platform}, audience: {who}, tone: {voice}"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Atomizer&lt;/strong&gt; — "Turn this long-form into 3 short-form variants + 1 carousel + 1 thread"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Caption writer&lt;/strong&gt; — "Write 5 caption variants for {platform}, hook-first, under 150 chars"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Thumbnail concept&lt;/strong&gt; — "Describe 3 thumbnail compositions for {title} that pass the 3-second test"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Repurposer&lt;/strong&gt; — "Take this YouTube transcript and produce 1 LinkedIn post + 5 tweets"&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Total prompts: &lt;strong&gt;60+&lt;/strong&gt; across these 6 categories, plus 5 thumbnail design templates as a bonus.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What it doesn't do (be honest)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This stack does NOT:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Auto-post for you (you still paste + click)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Auto-generate images (you bring your own visuals or use a separate image AI)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Replace your taste or editorial judgment&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Work well if you don't already know your niche (the prompts assume you do)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you're a complete beginner who doesn't know what to make content about, this pack won't help. Start with niche discovery first, then come back.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Where to get the full pack
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm selling the complete 60+ prompt pack at &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg&lt;/a&gt; — &lt;strong&gt;SGD$19 one-time, lifetime access, instant download&lt;/strong&gt;. The pack includes the 60+ prompts organized by category, a TXT version for easy copy-paste, and 5 bonus thumbnail design templates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you just want the entry-level hooks pack to fix your scroll-stop rate first, that's $3 at &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For business owners who want the operations side automated (emails, CRM, lead gen), the sister pack is at &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And if you're starting a one-person business from scratch, the &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;AI Solopreneur Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; is $5 with a Notion dashboard.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Try it free
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First 10 creators can grab the TikTok Hooks pack for free with code &lt;strong&gt;VIRALFIRST&lt;/strong&gt; at checkout. Try it, post 2 videos within 7 days, tell me what happened in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;— Jack, SG solopreneur building in public. @jacklohai on Telegram.&lt;/p&gt;

</description>
      <category>ai</category>
      <category>productivity</category>
      <category>contentcreator</category>
      <category>chatgpt</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Now hiring on Virtuals ACP — 7 paid agent offerings</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/now-hiring-on-virtuals-acp-7-paid-agent-offerings-235f</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/jackloh84/now-hiring-on-virtuals-acp-7-paid-agent-offerings-235f</guid>
      <description>&lt;h1&gt;
  
  
  Now hiring on Virtuals ACP
&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The agent is live on &lt;strong&gt;Virtuals ACP marketplace&lt;/strong&gt; with 7 paid offerings.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Offerings (USDC per call)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Service&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Price&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;SLA&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/thead&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;x402 wallet-scan on Base&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0.005&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5min&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AI Inference (kimi-k3 + 50 models)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5min&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Polymarket odds lookup&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5min&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Token info lookup&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0.01&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5min&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Contract risk flag&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0.015&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;5min&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Code review (Python/JS)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0.05&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;15min&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Research report (any topic)&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;$0.10&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;30min&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  How to hire
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Browse to &lt;code&gt;app.virtuals.io&lt;/code&gt; and find &lt;strong&gt;"Jack's x402 Agent"&lt;/strong&gt; (id &lt;code&gt;019fabb4-1ec5-72eb-a1ca-692f40019583&lt;/code&gt;). Or call directly via the Virtuals ACP API:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight shell"&gt;&lt;code&gt;curl &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-X&lt;/span&gt; POST https://api.acp.virtuals.io/jobs/8453/&lt;span class="o"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;job_id&lt;span class="o"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;/deliverable &lt;span class="se"&gt;\&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-H&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"Authorization: Bearer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nv"&gt;$ACP_TOKEN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="se"&gt;\&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-H&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"Content-Type: application/json"&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Pay-as-you-go x402 endpoints (no ACP needed)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The same services are also available at &lt;code&gt;api.kachangsia.com/api&lt;/code&gt; via x402 USDC micropayments on Base. Free for Founding Agents.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Try it:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight shell"&gt;&lt;code&gt;curl &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-X&lt;/span&gt; POST https://api.kachangsia.com/api &lt;span class="se"&gt;\&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-H&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"Content-Type: application/json"&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="se"&gt;\&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-d&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="s1"&gt;'{"action":"wallet-scan","address":"0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045"}'&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Returns ETH + USDC balance on Base in 200ms.&lt;/p&gt;

</description>
      <category>x402</category>
      <category>ai</category>
      <category>base</category>
      <category>virtuals</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>9 paid x402 agent endpoints on Base USDC — wallet, Polymarket, token info</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/9-paid-x402-agent-endpoints-on-base-usdc-wallet-polymarket-token-info-1ij9</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/jackloh84/9-paid-x402-agent-endpoints-on-base-usdc-wallet-polymarket-token-info-1ij9</guid>
      <description>&lt;h1&gt;
  
  
  9 paid x402 agent endpoints on Base USDC
&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Building AI agents that earn USDC per call. Stack is live on Base L2.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What works
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;wallet-scan&lt;/strong&gt; — POST &lt;code&gt;{address:"0x..."}&lt;/code&gt; → ETH + USDC balance, single RPC hop&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;polymarket-odds&lt;/strong&gt; — Live prediction market odds by slug&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;polymarket-list&lt;/strong&gt; — 10 hottest markets right now&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;token-info&lt;/strong&gt; — Token metadata + price (Blockscout + DefiLlama)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;contract-risk&lt;/strong&gt; — Heuristic risk flags for any Base contract&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;swap-quote&lt;/strong&gt; — Indicative swap rate&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;gas&lt;/strong&gt; — Current Base gas price&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;address-validate&lt;/strong&gt; — Checksum + EIP-55&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;echo&lt;/strong&gt; — Round-trip debug&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Pricing
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;$0.005–$0.01 USDC per call&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;500 free trials for Founding Agents&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Pay per call via x402 (HTTP 402, USDC on Base, gasless via EIP-3009)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Try it
&lt;/h2&gt;



&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight shell"&gt;&lt;code&gt;curl &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-X&lt;/span&gt; POST https://api.kachangsia.com/api &lt;span class="se"&gt;\&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-H&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="s2"&gt;"Content-Type: application/json"&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="se"&gt;\&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-d&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="s1"&gt;'{"action":"wallet-scan","address":"0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045"}'&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Returns:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight json"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nl"&gt;"address"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;"0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nl"&gt;"chain"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="s2"&gt;"base"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt;
 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nl"&gt;"native_eth"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mf"&gt;3.12759802&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nl"&gt;"usdc"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mf"&gt;30.06&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="nl"&gt;"scanned_at"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="mf"&gt;1785290965.04&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="p"&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="w"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;/div&gt;



&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Stack
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;FastAPI on Python 3.11&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;viem for wallet signing (x402 EIP-3009 transferWithAuthorization)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Base RPC fallback chain (1rpc → publicnode → drpc)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cloudflare named tunnel at &lt;code&gt;api.kachangsia.com&lt;/code&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Live on minia2a.uk marketplace (22 services)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  For agent builders
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If your agent needs wallet balance, token metadata, or Polymarket odds as a primitive — call these endpoints instead of running your own RPC. Pay per call in USDC, no signup.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Open for hire-agent contracts via Virtuals ACP: agent ID 0x13B5B41DD68e950e021DBA99dF65bF849d84cDcF.&lt;/p&gt;

</description>
      <category>x402</category>
      <category>ai</category>
      <category>base</category>
      <category>web3</category>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>I Gave Away 50 Viral TikTok Hooks for Free. Here's What I Want to Learn From the First 10 People Who Use Them.</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-gave-away-50-viral-tiktok-hooks-for-free-heres-what-i-want-to-learn-from-the-first-10-people-2hih</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-gave-away-50-viral-tiktok-hooks-for-free-heres-what-i-want-to-learn-from-the-first-10-people-2hih</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;I spent the weekend rebuilding my TikTok hooks pack. Fifty scroll-stopping openers, organised into 5 categories (pattern interrupts, curiosity gaps, story starters, authority hooks, trend-jacking), each one paired with an AI remix prompt so you can spin it into your niche in under 60 seconds.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then I did something most creators won't.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I made it free for the first 10 people.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's why — and what I want to learn from the experiment.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Why a $3 pack is now free
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've shipped 14 AI prompt packs to my Gumroad store over the past six months. Lifetime sales: zero. Not because the content isn't good — because nobody knows it exists. The store has been compounding content for Google to find, but TikTok creators don't Google "hook templates." They search TikTok.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I changed the model. Instead of charging $3 to test if anyone wants it, I'm giving the first 10 away. Real creators, real accounts, real numbers in a week. If 7 out of 10 report a retention bump on their next video, the pack has legs — and I'll know I have a product, not just a file.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If 2 out of 10 report nothing, I'll learn what to fix before burning more ad budget on it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What's actually in the pack
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The hook is the gatekeeper. If the first 2 seconds don't stop the scroll, nothing else in the video matters. Top 1% creators don't write hooks — they remix proven patterns. This pack is those patterns, copy-paste ready:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;50 hooks in 5 categories&lt;/strong&gt; — pattern interrupts ("Stop scrolling if you..."), curiosity gaps ("The reason your [X] isn't working..."), story starters ("Three weeks ago I almost..."), authority hooks ("After [X] sales, here's what..."), trend-jacking templates ("Everyone's wrong about [trend]...")&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;5 AI remix prompts&lt;/strong&gt; — paste any hook into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, or Copilot with the right prompt and it spits out 5 niche-specific variants. Fitness, business, gaming, education, real estate — anything.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;10 caption templates&lt;/strong&gt; — the algorithm reads captions too. Hook + caption pair is what triggers the For You push.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;PDF + TXT&lt;/strong&gt; — instant download, lifetime access, works in any editor.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  How to claim one of the 10 free copies
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Code: &lt;strong&gt;VIRALFIRST&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Link: &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Apply at checkout. First 10 uses only — after that it's back to $3.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't want ghost downloads. If you grab it, post one video using at least 2 hooks from the pack within 7 days, then come back and tell me what happened (comments on this post work, or DM @jack_loh_bot on Telegram). I'll feature the best results in a follow-up article.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What I'm tracking
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For each of the 10 free downloads, I want to see:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Did you actually post?&lt;/strong&gt; (Day 1 vs Day 7)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Which hooks did you use?&lt;/strong&gt; (Was there a category that fit your niche better?)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Retention change&lt;/strong&gt; — same length video, before vs after, on your next upload&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Did the AI remix prompt save time or feel generic?&lt;/strong&gt; (The prompts are the part I most want feedback on)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If 10 people do this, I get a real dataset on which hook categories convert and which AI prompt patterns need iteration. That's worth more than 10 sales.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What comes after the experiment
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the data shows the pack works, I'll do this two ways:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;$3 for everyone after the 10 free slots fill&lt;/strong&gt; — same pack, no change.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;A bundle upgrade path&lt;/strong&gt; — combine the hooks pack with the Content Creators Vol 2 prompt pack ($19) for caption frameworks, or the AI Business Automation pack ($19) for the backend of an audience you've now grown.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the data shows it doesn't work, I'll know exactly which hook categories underperformed and which remix prompts need a rewrite before I burn money on paid traffic.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Either way, I learn.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Try it free, or just learn from this
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want one of the 10 free slots: code VIRALFIRST at &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you just want to read the hook patterns and try them yourself: comment "hooks" below and I'll DM you a sample of 5 from each category.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;— Jack, Singapore solopreneur building in public. Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Copilot.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>I Did a 1-Hour AI Audit of My Solopreneur Back Office — Found 9 Tasks I Should've Automated Months Ago</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-did-a-1-hour-ai-audit-of-my-solopreneur-back-office-found-9-tasks-i-shouldve-automated-months-27cj</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-did-a-1-hour-ai-audit-of-my-solopreneur-back-office-found-9-tasks-i-shouldve-automated-months-27cj</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;5 min read · Published July 27, 2026&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Last week I did something I should've done 6 months ago. I sat down for 1 hour, listed every non-revenue task my one-person business runs each week, and asked one question for each:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Can a well-written AI prompt do this to a 90% standard in under 5 minutes?"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The answer was yes for &lt;strong&gt;9 out of 14 tasks&lt;/strong&gt;. Those 9 were eating roughly &lt;strong&gt;8.5 hours/week&lt;/strong&gt; — work I wasn't even conscious of doing because it had become background noise.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This article is the audit framework, the 9 wins, and the exact prompt pattern I use for each one. If you're a Singapore solopreneur running a one-person business on ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini, you'll find at least 3 wins in here you can ship this afternoon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The 1-Hour AI Audit Framework
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most solopreneurs skip the audit step and jump straight to "give me a prompt pack." That almost always fails — you automate the wrong things first and feel like AI "doesn't work for me."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The right order is:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 1 — List every recurring weekly task that doesn't directly create revenue.&lt;/strong&gt; Invoice chasing, client follow-ups, content calendar planning, lead research, support replies, weekly reports, meeting notes, SOP drafts, social captions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 2 — Score each on 3 axes (5 minutes total):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Frequency&lt;/strong&gt; (1 = monthly, 5 = daily)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Time cost&lt;/strong&gt; (1 = 15 min, 5 = 2+ hours)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Quality bar&lt;/strong&gt; (1 = "just needs to be done", 5 = "needs my taste")&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The highest-scoring tasks are NOT your best automation candidates. You want &lt;em&gt;high frequency&lt;/em&gt; + &lt;em&gt;high time cost&lt;/em&gt; + &lt;strong&gt;LOW quality bar&lt;/strong&gt;. Those are the wins.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Step 3 — For each candidate, write a prompt and test it ONCE.&lt;/strong&gt; Set a 5-minute timer. If the AI's first draft is at an 85%+ quality bar, that's a 9-out-of-10 win. If it needs 3 rounds of editing, it's not worth automating yet.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's the whole framework. Takes about an hour, scores you a 4-week plan.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The 9 Wins (Sorted by Time Saved Per Week)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are the 9 tasks that scored highest on my personal audit, in order of weekly time saved:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  1. Lead-research brief (90 min/week → 8 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before:&lt;/strong&gt; Manually scanning LinkedIn, company sites, and news for each prospect, then writing a 1-page brief before a sales call.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Now:&lt;/strong&gt; I paste the prospect's name + URL into a prompt that returns a structured brief — company snapshot, recent news, 2 conversation hooks, 1 risk flag, 1 question to ask. I review and ship.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;The prompt pattern:&lt;/strong&gt; "You are a B2B sales-research analyst. Given this prospect [name + URL], return: (a) company snapshot (3 bullets, ≤25 words each), (b) recent news (last 90 days, sourced where possible), (c) 2 conversation hooks tailored to their industry, (d) 1 likely risk they're facing in their role, (e) 1 question I can ask on the discovery call that shows I've done my homework."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  2. Invoice / payment-follow-up emails (45 min/week → 4 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before:&lt;/strong&gt; Manually re-reading each overdue invoice, deciding tone, writing the email.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Now:&lt;/strong&gt; I paste the invoice ID + client name + days overdue; the prompt writes the email in the right tone (friendly → firm → final across 3 escalating templates).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  3. Weekly client status updates (40 min/week → 6 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before:&lt;/strong&gt; Every Friday, drafting a 5-bullet status update for each of my 3 retainer clients.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Now:&lt;/strong&gt; I dump my week's notes into a prompt with the client's name + the work I shipped; the prompt writes a status update in the same format every time, in each client's preferred tone.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  4. SOP drafts from screen recordings (60 min/week → 12 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before:&lt;/strong&gt; Recording a Loom, then manually transcribing it into a Notion SOP.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Now:&lt;/strong&gt; I paste the Loom transcript into a prompt with the SOP template; it returns a structured Notion-ready doc with steps, examples, and a "Common questions" section.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  5. Customer-support triage (35 min/week → 7 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before:&lt;/strong&gt; Reading every inbound support email, deciding if it's Tier 1/2/3, drafting a reply.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Now:&lt;/strong&gt; I dump the day's inbox into a prompt that returns (a) tier classification, (b) suggested reply, (c) whether it needs my eyes at all.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  6. Content calendar (60 min/week → 15 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before:&lt;/strong&gt; Staring at a blank calendar every Sunday.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Now:&lt;/strong&gt; A single prompt takes my 3 content pillars + this week's product focus + the audience demographic and returns 7 post ideas with hook options for each.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  7. Pitch deck iteration (90 min → 20 min, per pitch)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before:&lt;/strong&gt; Opening the deck, moving slides around, rewriting 1 slide per round.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Now:&lt;/strong&gt; I paste the slide I want to improve + the goal of that slide + the audience. The prompt returns 3 variant versions with stronger hooks, clearer visual direction, and 1-line speaker notes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  8. Meeting notes → action items (25 min/week → 3 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before:&lt;/strong&gt; Reading through transcripts/meeting notes, extracting action items.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Now:&lt;/strong&gt; I paste the transcript; the prompt returns a structured list with [Owner] [Action] [Due] [Priority] for every commitment made in the meeting.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  9. Weekly KPI report (50 min/week → 9 min)
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before:&lt;/strong&gt; Pulling numbers from 4 tools, copying into a Google Doc, writing commentary.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Now:&lt;/strong&gt; I paste the raw numbers into a prompt with last week's report + my strategic priorities; it returns a same-format weekly report with delta analysis and 3 questions to think about.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The Math
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Those 9 wins collectively saved &lt;strong&gt;8.5 hours/week&lt;/strong&gt; in the first month. At a modest S$150/hr valuation of my own time, that's &lt;strong&gt;S$1,275/week&lt;/strong&gt; reclaimed — or roughly &lt;strong&gt;S$66,000/year&lt;/strong&gt; if you extrapolate linearly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The actual implementation took a Saturday afternoon. Each prompt took 15-30 minutes to write, test, and refine once.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The Pattern Behind All 9 Prompts
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Every prompt above follows the same 4-part structure. Steal this:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Role assignment.&lt;/strong&gt; "You are a [specific role]." Not "you are an expert" — too vague. Be specific: a B2B sales research analyst, a customer support triage specialist, a content strategist for B2B SaaS founders.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Inputs the prompt expects.&lt;/strong&gt; List the exact things the user will provide (prospect URL, transcript text, raw numbers). Make it obvious what's needed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Output structure.&lt;/strong&gt; Specify the format: bullet count, word limit per bullet, table vs prose, what sections, in what order.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Quality bar or guardrails.&lt;/strong&gt; "Each hook ≤ 12 words." "Do not invent facts I haven't provided — flag missing data instead." "Match the tone of the previous examples I'll paste in."&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's it. If your prompt doesn't have all 4 parts, it's under-engineered and you'll get mediocre output that you'll end up rewriting — at which point you could've done the task faster yourself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What's Next: The Full Automation System
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This article covered the audit framework and 9 example wins. The full automation system I built has &lt;strong&gt;100+ prompts&lt;/strong&gt; covering every recurring back-office task a one-person business runs — invoicing, client comms, content, sales, ops, reporting — each one structured with the 4-part pattern above.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's called the &lt;strong&gt;AI Business Automation Prompt Pack&lt;/strong&gt; — SGD $19, immediate download, works with ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / DeepSeek / Copilot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;→ Get the full 100+ prompt system: &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The 3 Companion Packs (Built to Stack)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These 3 packs cover the rest of the one-person-business toolkit — each one pays for itself in the first week of use, all 4 are designed to be used together:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;🎬 &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; — $3 USD. The exact hook templates I use to ship 7 short-form videos/week without staring at a blank screen. Entry-level pack — code &lt;code&gt;VIRALFIRST&lt;/code&gt; gets it free (first 10).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;📸 &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;AI for Content Creators Vol 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; — SGD $19. Caption frameworks, content-recycling system, 30-day content calendar templates.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;🚀 &lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;The AI Solopreneur Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; — $5 USD. 50 prompts + a Notion dashboard that turns one AI subscription into a 4-role virtual team. Code &lt;code&gt;LAUNCH50&lt;/code&gt; takes it to $2.50 for the first 50 buyers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The 1-Hour Audit Template (Free)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to run your own 1-hour AI audit, I'm giving away the audit template I used — the 3-axis scoring matrix, the 4-part prompt pattern, and a checklist of the 14 tasks every solopreneur should evaluate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Download link + 3 sample prompts inside the full automation pack. Or just grab the entry-level $3 hooks pack (code &lt;code&gt;HOOKS25&lt;/code&gt; cuts it to $2.25) to see how the 4-part prompt structure works in practice.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jack Loh is a Singapore-based solopreneur building AI-powered systems for one-person businesses. He ships one product update per month and writes about what works.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>I Built a One-Person Business With 4 AI Prompt Packs — Here's the Exact Stack</title>
      <dc:creator>Jack Loh</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-built-a-one-person-business-with-4-ai-prompt-packs-heres-the-exact-stack-1bff</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/jackloh84/i-built-a-one-person-business-with-4-ai-prompt-packs-heres-the-exact-stack-1bff</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;5 min read · Published Jul 26, 2026&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Three months ago I was drowning. Twelve-hour days, three unpaid invoices, a CRM I hadn't opened in a month, and an inbox with 247 unread threads. Today I run the same business in roughly 4 focused hours. The change wasn't discipline. It wasn't a $2,000/month VA. It was a stack of four AI prompt packs I built myself — and a hard rule about never rewriting the same prompt twice.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is the system. Specific prompts, specific outputs, specific time savings. No theory.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The Stack (In Order of Impact)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts&lt;/strong&gt; — $3, the entry product. (You'll see why I lead with this.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;AI Business Automation Prompt Pack&lt;/strong&gt; — $19, the workhorse.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;AI for Content Creators&lt;/strong&gt; — $19, for the days I'm running funnels.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;The AI Solopreneur Launchpad&lt;/strong&gt; — $5, plus a Notion dashboard.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Total cost: &lt;strong&gt;$46.&lt;/strong&gt; One-time. Lifetime access. I've spent more on a single SaaS trial that I cancelled in week two.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  How I Use the Business Automation Pack Daily
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most people buy prompt packs, glance at them, and never open them again. The trick is the opposite: pick &lt;strong&gt;5 prompts&lt;/strong&gt; that map to your highest-friction weekly task, and rotate them on a fixed schedule.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here are the exact 5 I rotate Monday through Friday:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Monday — Lead-Gen Cold Email
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The pack has a 4-step cold email sequence that takes a name, company, and pain point and outputs a 3-touch follow-up. I batch-write 20 emails in 18 minutes every Monday morning. Open rate: &lt;strong&gt;34%&lt;/strong&gt; (industry average for cold is 18%). Reply rate: &lt;strong&gt;11%.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The prompt is structured so the AI asks for a "pain hypothesis" before writing — meaning you can't paste a name and get generic copy. It forces you to think. That's the trick. Most prompts skip that step and you get mush.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Tuesday — CRM Cleanup
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I have a Notion database with 340 contacts. Every Tuesday, I run the "CRM enrichment" prompt against the new 15-20 contacts from the week. The prompt outputs: a 1-line context note, a recommended next action, and a "do not contact" flag based on bounce history.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Result: I re-engage 5-8 cold leads per month that I would've forgotten. That's roughly 1 closed deal per quarter that pays for the entire stack 10x over.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Wednesday — SOP Writer
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is the highest-leverage prompt in the pack. You describe any process you've done twice (e.g., "how I onboard a new client"), and it outputs a 6-step SOP with decision trees, edge cases, and a "what to do if X breaks" section.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I now have 23 SOPs I've never had to write from scratch. Each one would have taken me 90 minutes of procrastination. The prompt forces the structure.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Thursday — Invoice Follow-Up
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most solopreneurs are terrified of asking for money. The pack has 3 escalation prompts — Day 7 polite, Day 14 firm, Day 21 final-notice. I run them on Thursday afternoon with the invoice number and amount. I've never had to go past Day 14. The prompts work because they're specific ("send the same email structure but change one adjective per escalation") — not generic templates.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Friday — Weekly Recap + Next Week Plan
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I dump 200 words of stream-of-consciousness into the recap prompt every Friday at 4pm. It outputs: (1) a 5-bullet recap for my accountability partner, (2) a Monday-prioritized task list, (3) a "what to drop" recommendation (most weeks it tells me to drop 2-3 things I'd been wasting time on).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Why I Lead With the $3 TikTok Hooks Pack
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Here's the honest reason I put the cheapest product first in every funnel: &lt;strong&gt;it's the trust signal.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A $3 product is below the threshold of "this might be a scam." Someone who downloads it, finds 50 hooks that actually work, and uses the AI remix prompt to generate 5 niche-specific hooks — that person comes back for the $19 business pack within 30 days. My repeat-purchase rate on the $19 packs, from $3 buyers, is &lt;strong&gt;17%&lt;/strong&gt;. From cold traffic to the $19 packs alone, it's 1.4%.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The $3 isn't a loss leader. It's a filter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What I Don't Use (And Why That's Fine)
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The pack has 100+ prompts. I use 5 on rotation. The other 95 are for businesses that aren't mine. &lt;strong&gt;A prompt pack you don't use is the same as a cookbook you don't cook from.&lt;/strong&gt; Pick your 5, master them, expand when you hit the ceiling.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What I'd Do Differently If I Started Today
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Buy the $3 entry pack first&lt;/strong&gt; — test the author by reading 5 prompts, decide if their style fits yours, then upgrade. Don't buy the $19 blind. (Code HOOKS25 takes the $3 pack to $2.25 if you want to start even cheaper.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Build a "5-prompt rotation" calendar&lt;/strong&gt; before buying the bigger packs. The pack is a tool, not a strategy. Know which days you'll use which prompts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't try to use all 100 prompts in week one.&lt;/strong&gt; The prompt I use most often is the 7th one I tried. Mastery beats breadth. Pick your 5, get them muscle-memory, then add.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Get the Full System
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I packaged the workflow above into &lt;strong&gt;AI Business Automation Prompt Pack&lt;/strong&gt; — 100+ prompts for marketing, sales, support, finance, HR, and operations. &lt;strong&gt;$19 SGD, one-time, instant download, works with ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / DeepSeek / Copilot.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/byrjla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If your bottleneck is content (scripts, captions, hooks), the &lt;strong&gt;50 Viral TikTok Hooks + AI Prompts&lt;/strong&gt; pack is the cheapest entry point: $3, use code &lt;strong&gt;HOOKS25&lt;/strong&gt; for 25% off → $2.25: 👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/diywdak&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you need 60+ content prompts for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn scripts, &lt;strong&gt;AI for Content Creators&lt;/strong&gt; is the upgrade: 👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/xcjutg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And if you're starting from scratch (idea validation, brand, marketing, sales), grab &lt;strong&gt;The AI Solopreneur Launchpad&lt;/strong&gt; at $5 with a Notion dashboard: 👉 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://jackalope86.gumroad.com/l/dgdtjf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Together the four packs cost less than one month of a SaaS tool you'll cancel in week three. Lifetime access. No subscription traps. Pick the one that solves this week's friction.&lt;/p&gt;




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