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Hey rebel solopreneurs 🦸♀️🦸♂️
A solopreneur spends Sunday writing a 1,200-word article. Posts it. Gets a handful of views.
Then sits down Monday morning and stares at a blank screen.
Trying to think of something to post on LinkedIn.
The article is right there. Full of ideas. Proven, finished, ready.
But the blank screen wins anyway.
⛳️ Here's the scenario
Meet David.
Seven years in corporate finance. Finally out on his own.
He built a small newsletter helping mid-career professionals manage money without a financial advisor. Good content. Consistent publishing. A growing list.
Every week he'd write a long newsletter post — deep, detailed, packed with useful stuff.
Then he'd try to post on LinkedIn to drive people back to the newsletter.
And every time, he'd start from scratch.
New idea. New angle. New everything.
Three hours writing a newsletter. Another hour staring at LinkedIn wondering what to say.
The problem was obvious — he just couldn't see it.
He had a full library of proven content and was treating every social post like a blank page.
One Saturday, he was at a golf driving range — hitting balls badly, thinking about the week ahead.
The guy in the next bay kept glancing over.
Quiet. Relaxed. Methodical with every swing.
Turned out he'd spent 20 years helping media companies get more posts out of less writing. USA Today. The Atlantic. A handful of major podcasts. (David nearly sliced the next ball straight into the netting.)
He glanced at David's phone — a half-finished LinkedIn post going nowhere.
"What did you write this week?" he said.
David explained the newsletter. The finance tips. The LinkedIn problem.
The man nodded.
"You're writing twice when you should be writing once."
He pulled a scorecard from his back pocket and sketched out two prompts.
Before he explained them, he showed David exactly what was sitting inside his last newsletter post.
❌ What David had: "Monday LinkedIn post: ideas for this week... [blank]"
✅ What it became: "Most people think budgeting means tracking every dollar.
It doesn't.
Here's what actually moves the needle:
• Know your 3 biggest spending categories • Cut one thing you won't miss • Automate the difference into savings
You don't need a spreadsheet. You need one decision."
Same newsletter. Zero new writing.
David stared at the scorecard.
"You didn't write anything new. That was all in the newsletter."
The man smiled.
"That's the point."
He explained two things — slowly, like he was talking to someone who had never thought about content this way before.
💡 "First — every article you've already written is a stack of ideas waiting to be pulled apart.
Each one becomes its own post. The thinking is done. You're just changing the format."
💡 "Second — your best long-form content already has the shape of a social post buried inside it.
The sub-headers are your bullets. The intro is your hook. The conclusion is your call to action. You're not writing new content — you're uncovering what's already there."
Then he handed over the scorecard.
"Two prompts. Run them back to back. Ten posts, ten minutes."
Here's what each prompt does:
▶️ Prompt 1 — Pull the skeleton: Reads your article and maps out every key idea and sub-point — so your AI sidekick knows exactly what it has to work with.
▶️ Prompt 2 — Build the posts: Takes that skeleton and writes 10 ready-to-post pieces — using both the "whole article" and "single idea" methods.
David opened his AI sidekick and got to work.
🎯 Step 1: Pull the skeleton from your article
⏱️ 3 minutes
This prompt reads your article and maps every idea, sub-point, and key takeaway into a clean outline — so your AI sidekick knows exactly what it has to work with before writing a single post.
Here is an article I've already written:
{Paste your full article here}
Please read it carefully and extract the following:
1. The main headline or central idea of the article (1 sentence)
2. Every sub-header or main section title (as a numbered list)
3. Under each sub-header, list 2-3 specific supporting points,
examples, or insights from that section
4. One "big takeaway" sentence — the single most useful thing
the reader gets from this article
Format the output as a clean outline. No prose. No filler.
Just the skeleton.
Here's what changed:
❌ Before: "Article: 7 Money Habits That Changed My Financial Life [A 1,200-word newsletter sitting in a Google Doc, never touched again]"
✅ After: "Main idea: Most people overcomplicate personal finance — these 7 habits make it automatic.
Sections:
Pay yourself first • Automate a transfer the day your paycheck lands • Even $50/month builds the habit before the amount matters • Your brain stops seeing it as optional"
[David's AI sidekick filled in the remaining sections...]
David read through the skeleton.
Every idea he'd spent hours researching — laid out in thirty seconds.
He'd written that newsletter three months ago. He'd forgotten half of what was in it.
But a clean skeleton isn't ten posts yet. That's Step 2.
🔍 Step 2: Turn the skeleton into 10 ready posts
⏱️ 7 minutes
This prompt takes the skeleton from Step 1 and writes 10 complete social posts — each with a hook, a body, and a clear takeaway.
Here is a content skeleton from an article I've already written:
{Paste the skeleton output from Prompt 1 here}
Write 10 short-form social posts based on this skeleton.
Use these two methods — create at least 4 of each:
Method A — Whole article compressed:
Use the full list of sections as bullets in one post.
Hook = the main idea. Bullets = the section titles.
Ending = the big takeaway.
Method B — Single idea expanded:
Pick one section. Use its sub-points as bullets in one post.
Hook = the section title rewritten as a specific question
or bold claim. Bullets = the supporting points.
Ending = one punchy sentence.
Rules for every post:
- Hook must be 10-12 words — specific, not vague
- Use one of these hook formats:
• [Number] things about X most people get wrong
• Stop doing X. Start doing Y instead.
• Most people think X. The truth is Y.
• One of the biggest mistakes I see: X
• How to X without Y
- Body: 3-5 short bullets, each under 15 words
- Ending: one sentence that makes the reader want to save the post
- No jargon. Write like a human talking to another human.
- Be specific — vague is useless.
Output all 10 posts, numbered, with a blank line between each.
Here's what changed:
❌ Before: "Most people overcomplicate their finances. Here are some tips to simplify. Follow for more personal finance content."
✅ After: "Most people think budgeting requires tracking every single dollar.
It doesn't. Here's what actually works:
• Know your 3 biggest spending categories • Cut the one you'd miss least • Automate the difference into savings
You don't need a spreadsheet. You need one decision."
David had been posting on LinkedIn for three months.
This was the first time he'd written ten posts in one sitting.
Every single one came from a newsletter he'd already published.
🏆 David's results
Before:
Three hours writing a newsletter — then staring at a blank LinkedIn screen every week
One social post per week, written from scratch, starting with nothing
A library of 12 newsletters sitting untouched, doing zero work
After:
10 complete social posts from one newsletter — hook, body, takeaway, ready to go
Entire content calendar filled from one article in under 10 minutes
12 newsletters = 120 posts waiting. He'll never start from scratch again.
Total time: 10 minutes. Not another Sunday morning lost.
His AI sidekick pulled the skeleton, wrote the posts, and handed them over finished. David picked the best ones and hit publish. BAM.
Every newsletter you've written is a content library you haven't opened yet.
Two prompts unlock it.
Ten posts, ten minutes, nothing written from scratch.
That's it, my fellow outliers!
Yours 'helping you build freedom, not just a business' Vijay Peduru 🦸♂️