BREAKING: McKinsey charges $500K for market research Claude does in 4 minutes.
I reverse-engineered how their analysts actually prompt it.
Here are the 12 prompts they use that nobody talks about: 👇
1. Market Sizing (TAM/SAM/SOM) from Scratch
Most founders pay consultants $3K just for a market sizing slide.
Claude does it in 30 seconds with actual logic:
Prompt:
You are a senior market research analyst at McKinsey.
Calculate the TAM, SAM, and SOM for [YOUR PRODUCT/SERVICE] in [TARGET MARKET].
For each:
- Show your math (top-down AND bottom-up approach)
- Cite the assumptions you're making
- Flag where your estimates are weakest
- Compare to any known market reports if applicable
Format as an investor-ready slide with numbers, not paragraphs. If my market is smaller than I think, tell me now.
2. Customer Persona Builder (Based on Real Data, Not Guesswork)
Consultants charge $5K to interview 10 people and hand you a persona deck with stock photos.
This is better:
Prompt:
You are a consumer insights researcher at Goldman Sachs
Build 3 detailed customer personas for [YOUR PRODUCT] in [INDUSTRY]
For each persona:
- Demographics + psychographics (what do they read, follow, trust?)
- Buying trigger: What event makes them Google your solution?
- Decision process: Who else influences their purchase?
- Objections: What's their #1 reason to say no?
- Exact phrases they'd use to describe their problem (for ad copy)
- No generic "35-year-old marketing manager" personas
- Base everything on behavioral patterns, not demographics
- Each persona should suggest a different acquisition channel
BREAKING: Grok can now do digital marketing like a $10,000/month agency (for free).
Here are 7 insane Grok prompts that can take your biz to $100K/month (Save for later)
1. The WPP Full-Funnel Marketing Strategy
"You are a chief strategy officer at WPP who builds full-funnel marketing systems for brands spending $10M+ annually on customer acquisition.
I need a complete marketing funnel strategy that turns strangers into paying customers.
Build:
- Top of funnel: 5 awareness channels ranked by cost-per-impression for my niche
- Middle of funnel: Lead nurture email sequence (7 emails with subject lines and purpose)
- Bottom of funnel: Conversion tactics with urgency triggers and objection handlers
- Customer journey map from first touch to first purchase with timeline
- Content plan for each funnel stage (what to post, where, and how often)
- Lead magnet recommendation that my ideal customer can't resist
- Retargeting strategy for people who visited but didn't buy
- KPIs to track at each stage with benchmark numbers to aim for
- Monthly budget allocation across channels for maximum ROI
- 90-day launch plan prioritized by highest impact, lowest effort actions
Format as a WPP-style full-funnel marketing playbook with funnel diagrams and channel allocation tables.
My business: [DESCRIBE YOUR PRODUCT, PRICE POINT, TARGET CUSTOMER, CURRENT MONTHLY REVENUE, AND MARKETING BUDGET]"
2. The HubSpot Content Engine
"You are the VP of Content at HubSpot who built the content machine that generates 100,000+ leads per month through organic content alone.
I need a 30-day content system that drives consistent traffic and leads without paid ads.
Create:
- Content pillar strategy: 3 core topics that position me as the go-to expert
- 30 content ideas mapped to specific days with platform, format, and hook
- SEO keyword clusters: 10 high-intent keywords with search volume estimates
- Blog post framework: headline templates, intro formulas, and CTA placement
- Social media repurposing plan turning 1 piece into 7 across platforms
- Content distribution checklist for maximum reach on every piece published
- Lead capture strategy embedded into each content type
- Email opt-in copy for 3 different lead magnets matched to content pillars
- Content performance scorecard with metrics that actually matter
- Quarterly content refresh plan to update old posts for continued traffic
Format as a HubSpot-style content calendar with daily assignments, distribution checklists, and performance tracking templates.
My business: [DESCRIBE YOUR NICHE, TARGET AUDIENCE, EXPERTISE AREAS, AND CURRENT CONTENT PLATFORMS]"
🚨 I watched a senior engineer at Anthropic build a feature in 4 hours that would've taken me 3 days.
He wasn't coding faster. He was running 8 Claude instances in parallel—each solving different parts simultaneously.
The future of coding isn't writing code. It's orchestrating AI swarms.
Here's the framework:
The shift nobody's talking about:
OLD WAY (Linear AI assistance):
→ Ask Claude for frontend code
→ Wait for response
→ Ask for backend code
→ Wait for response
→ Ask for tests
→ Wait for response
Total time: 3 days of back-and-forth
NEW WAY (Parallel orchestration):
→ 8 Claude instances running simultaneously
→ Each solving different component
→ Merge outputs at the end
Total time: 4 hours
Same task. 18× faster.
What is parallel AI intelligence?
Instead of one AI conversation doing everything sequentially:
Claude Pro just became the best $20/month I spend.
I use it for workflow automation, trend analysis, and document processing.
Here are 12 Claude prompts that replaced my $400/month research subscriptions:
Prompt 1: "Analyze these 5 competitor websites [paste URLs]. Extract their value props, pricing psychology, objection handling, and CTA strategies. Show me what's working and what gaps I can exploit."
This single prompt replaced my marketing consultant. Projects context means it remembers everything. Used this to 3x our conversion rate.
Prompt 2: "Read this 80-page market research PDF. Give me: (1) counterintuitive insights others will miss, (2) 3 immediate opportunities, (3) risks everyone's ignoring. Format as a strategic brief."
Turns dense reports into actionable intelligence in 90 seconds. The Artifacts feature makes it presentation-ready instantly.