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Is your business ready for SEO help? This AI prompt will help you decide

How do you decide whether your business needs SEO assistance? I’ve got a prompt for that.

One of the problems when dealing something that is described as ‘dark arts’ is knowing whether your business needs it or not.

Does your business need SEO assistance?

Here is a simple prompt that will help you decide if you need external assistance to improve online visibility – head to your favourite AI chatbot – such as ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini – and paste this in, replacing everything in square brackets with details relevant to you:


𝘐 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢 [𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘦𝘵𝘤, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦] 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘌𝘖 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦:

  1. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦’𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩.
  2. 𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘚𝘌𝘖 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤, 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘌𝘖 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺.
  3. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘌𝘖 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵.
  4. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘌𝘖 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘴.
  5. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘌𝘖 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 [𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺].

𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘌𝘖 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.


Hopefully you’ll find this prompt helpful in assessing your website’s SEO needs. If it sparks any ideas for taking your online presence to the next level, feel free to reach out on LinkedIn for a friendly chat!