3 ChatGPT Prompts Every Aussie Tradie Should Steal Today | Chad Scales
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3 ChatGPT prompts every Aussie tradie should steal today.

Three prompts pulled straight out of our new AI Handbook. Knock out admin, write a month of social posts, and get found on Google without paying for ads. Copy them, tweak the brackets, run them now.

By Noah Kemp Chad Scales Free preview 5 min read
The quick version

Each one's been tested on real businesses. The full Handbook is 100+ prompts across 8 chapters, and it's free this week as a launch offer. Reply PLAYBOOK to the email or hit the button at the bottom of this page and I'll send it through.

  • Each prompt uses the RICE framework. Paste, tweak, run.
  • These three cover the biggest time-sinks: admin, social, Google search
  • Full Handbook (97 more prompts) is free this week

Most tradies and businesses I talk to think AI is either a gimmick or "for tech blokes." It's not. It's a tool. Same as a multimeter or a press-fit. You don't need to understand how it works to use it properly. You just need to know which buttons to press.

Here's three prompts pulled straight out of the Handbook. Copy them. Tweak the bits in brackets. Hit enter.

Knock out the after-dinner admin pile.

Quoting, invoicing, customer comms.

You know that 90 minutes you spend at the kitchen table writing up quotes, chasing payments, and replying to "are you available next Tuesday" emails. This prompt eats it.

Drop in the rough notes from your day, voice-to-text from your phone is fine, and Claude or ChatGPT spits out a clean, professional quote you can send straight to the customer.

Real example. Site visit at a house in Glen Iris. Replaced switchboard, installed 3 GPOs in kitchen, fixed a downlight in the hallway. Full day plus, materials about 600 bucks. Paste that into the prompt below and you'll have a properly itemised quote with scope, exclusions and payment terms in 30 seconds.

prompt_01_admin.txt
You are an experienced Australian tradie's admin assistant.
I'm a [TRADE: sparkie / plumber / chippie / landscaper]
based in [SUBURB, STATE].
Below are my rough notes from a job today.
Turn them into a professional, itemised customer quote.
Notes: [PASTE YOUR DOT POINTS / VOICE-TO-TEXT HERE]
Format the quote with:
- A short scope of works (3-5 lines, plain English)
- Itemised line items (labour and materials separated)
- Estimated total in AUD inc. GST
- What's NOT included (exclusions)
- Payment terms: 50% deposit, balance on completion
- A friendly closing line
Tone: confident, straight-to-the-point

A month of social posts in 10 minutes.

Marketing, Facebook, Instagram.

Every tradie and business knows they should be posting on Facebook and Instagram. Almost none do it consistently. At 7pm after a 12-hour day, the last thing you want to do is build a content calendar.

This prompt builds it for you. Give it a few details about your business and it'll generate a month of post ideas with captions written in your voice, not corporate marketing-speak.

What you get back. 20+ post ideas split across "show your work," "educate the customer," "behind the scenes," and "social proof." Each one comes with a caption, hashtags suited to local search, and a suggested photo to take on site.

prompt_02_social.txt
You're a social media manager who specialises in
Australian trades businesses.
My business: [BUSINESS NAME]
Trade or Industry: [SPARKIE / PLUMBER / CHIPPIE / ETC]
Service area: [SUBURBS YOU COVER]
Ideal customer: [HOMEOWNERS / SMALL COMMERCIAL / STRATA]
What makes us different:
[e.g. always on time, family run for 15 years, specialise in older homes]
Build me a 4-week social content plan for Facebook
and Instagram. I post 3 times a week.
For each post give me:
1. Post type (before/after, tip, FAQ, behind-the-scenes)
2. Caption (3-5 lines max, plain Aussie English)
3. 5 local hashtags I should use
4. What photo or video to film on-site
Mix the post types. Don't make every post a sales pitch.
Most should be useful or human.

Get found on Google without paying for ads.

Local SEO, Google Business Profile, 90-day plan.

Paid Google ads work. They also cost $80 to $150 per click in some industries. There's a free version. It's called showing up on Google when someone searches "plumber near me" without paying a cent. That's local SEO.

This prompt gives you a 90-day local SEO action plan. What to fix on your Google Business Profile, which suburbs to target, what blog posts to write, and which review sites to claim. Built for tradies, not for marketing agencies.

What this kicks off. A prioritised checklist. Week 1: fix your Google Business Profile. Week 2: get your first 5 reviews. Week 3: claim your directory listings. Week 4: publish your first suburb-specific blog post. Compounds fast.

prompt_03_google.txt
Act as a local SEO consultant for Australian tradies.
My business: [BUSINESS NAME]
Trade and main services:
[e.g. electrician, switchboards, EV chargers, smoke alarms]
Primary suburb: [MAIN SUBURB]
Other suburbs I service: [LIST 3-5]
Current Google reviews: [NUMBER, even if it's 0]
Website (if any): [URL or "none yet"]
Build me a 90-day local SEO plan to rank in the
Google Map Pack for my main services in my primary
suburb, without spending money on Google Ads.
Break it into 12 weeks. For each week give me:
- The ONE main task (no more)
- Why it matters in plain English
- Exactly what to do (step by step, not vague)
- An estimate of how long it'll take me
Cover: Google Business Profile optimisation, review
generation system, local directory citations (Aussie
ones: True Local, Yellow Pages, Hipages, Service
Seeking), suburb-specific landing pages, and blog
topics that match what customers actually Google.
Plain English. No marketing jargon.
8 chapters · 100+ prompts · Free this week

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You've seen 3. There are 97 more. Quoting, invoicing, follow-ups, debt chasing, social posts, Google reviews, customer comms, local SEO, hiring, onboarding, SOPs, automations to run in the backend and more. Every prompt has the use case, the prompt, and an example output.

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