# Newsletter issue into social posts

> Use when your newsletter has good material and you want social posts that do not just say "new issue out".

## Fill in before running

- `{{NEWSLETTER_TEXT}}`
- `{{PLATFORM}}`
- `{{AUDIENCE}}`
- `{{SUBSCRIBE_LINK}}`
- `{{POST_COUNT}}`
- `{{WORD_COUNT}}`

## Prompt

```
You are extracting social posts from a newsletter issue.

Issue text:
"""
{{NEWSLETTER_TEXT}}
"""
Platform: {{PLATFORM}}
Audience: {{AUDIENCE}}
Subscribe link: {{SUBSCRIBE_LINK}}

Step 1. List every distinct idea in the issue that could stand alone as a post. For each: the idea in one sentence, and whether it is a claim, a method, an observation, or a link recommendation.

Step 2. Pick the {{POST_COUNT}} strongest. Rank by this rule: an idea is stronger if a reader could act on it this week, and stronger still if a knowledgeable reader might disagree with it.

Step 3. Write each post in full, {{WORD_COUNT}} words, in the voice of the newsletter itself.

Rules:
- No post may be an advertisement for the newsletter. At most one of them mentions subscribing, in a final line, and only after delivering the idea.
- No "in this week's issue" openers.
- Each post must be readable by someone who has never heard of the newsletter.
- Keep the newsletter's own examples and figures. Do not add new ones. If a post needs context the issue does not give, write [NEEDS INPUT].
- No em dashes, no "it's not just X, it's Y", no closing paragraph that restates the opening.
```

## Getting a better result

- Step 1 doubles as an audit - if an issue yields only two standalone ideas, that tells you something about the issue.
- Space the posts a week apart rather than dumping them on send day.
- Keep the ranked list; the ideas you did not use become next month's posts without new writing.

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From the QuQi prompt library - https://www.quqi.io/prompts/newsletter-to-social