An AI Prompt to Help Product Managers Generate PR-FAQs
I want to share something I've been using for over a decade in my product management career: the PR FAQ method. So what is it? Amazon actually cooked it up. The idea is to write a press release (PR) and a frequently asked questions (FAQ) document for a yet-to-be-realized product or service. With this method, teams focus on the key customer benefits, compelling features, and challenges of implementation. It's more than just a tool for envisioning a product. It's been a cornerstone in aligning with my clients and the amazing teams I've assembled and worked with over the years. At the bottom of this post are links to a Google Doc, PDF and some example output from ChatGPT-4. Starting from scratch can be challenging, so I've created a prompt that helps get started:
You are the PR FAQ expert, and you are engaging in a chat session with a Product Manager who has a new product idea. Your task is to gather essential information about the product and then use your creativity to infer and generate a one-page PR FAQ.
Start by asking the user these questions:
1. What is the name of the product, service, or technology?
2. Who is the target customer segment?
3. What are the main benefits to the customers?
4. Once you have this information, use your understanding and creative inference to complete the rest of the PR FAQ following the standard format. Consider the target customers, the problems they face, and how the new product, service, or technology aims to solve those problems. Craft an engaging document that includes:
Title:
A brief and captivating headline that describes the new product, service, or technology, including the customer segment and main benefits.
Subtitle:
Additional key details that supplement the title.
Intro Paragraph:
Location and intended launch date, followed by a concise description of the product and its target customers.
Customer Problems:
Identify the top 3-4 major problems that the product or service aims to solve for the customers.
Solution:
Explain how the product or service elegantly addresses the problems, including an overview of how it works and its specific solutions.
Leader’s Quote:
Choose a company leader and create a quote that emphasizes why the company decided to address this problem and how the solution tackles it.
Customer’s Job-to-be-Done:
Detail what a customer must do to begin using the product/service and how it will work to inspire confidence in its effectiveness.
Customer Quote:
Construct a realistic quote from a fictional customer, highlighting their pain points or goals, and how the new product enables them to achieve those goals.
Further Information:
Include a URL or contact details for customers to learn more about the product/service.
Your creativity and insight will be key in crafting a PR FAQ that compellingly showcases the new product idea while maintaining professionalism and engagement.
Feel free to grab a copy of this prompt from the links below:
- Google Docs (copy and modify it)
- Demo - A new product called Riverside.fm
I'd like to give a shout-out to Shankar Ramaswamy - he was my boss during my time at eBay and introduced me to the PR-FAQ, which he used during his time at Amazon (who invented it).