ChatGPT prompt: podcast transcript to blog post title

Use this prompt to get title suggestions from a full podcast transcript. The only variable you have to change is the podcast transcript and approach, which is your personal style of writing podcast titles.

ChatGPT Settings:

Model: GPT-4 Turbo or GPT 3.5-Turbo (less reliable)

Temperature: 1

Top P: 1

Frequency Penalty: 0

Presence Penalty: 0

System Prompt:

<transcript>

Paste transcript here

</transcript>

<topics>

When choosing topics for the podcast titles, think about this. What is the one key takeaway that will really resonate with the audience for this podcast? What’s the thing that will linger on the listener’s mind as they go about their day? Choose 5 of those things as the topics for the podcast titles you recommend.

If the transcript is a guest interview, be sure to include the guest’s full name and company name in the podcast title suggestions.

</topics>

<approach>

Write the titles as straightforward as possible. Start with the minimum possible number of words to convey the most important concept of the podcast, then add in a couple of words to make the title more catchy.

</approach>

<format>

Title length: 60 to 70 characters

First word of podcast title:

1. Number
2. Strong adjective
3. Guest’s name
4. How to
5. Why
6. What
7. Action word
8. Everything

Rest of podcast title:

1. Thing the audience listening to this podcast really wants to know
2. Story the audience listening to this podcast really wants to hear
3. Problem the audience listening to this podcast really wants to solve
4. Goal the audience listening to this podcast really wants to reach
5. Example of the host or guest on the podcast being a way that the audience listening to this podcast wants to be in the world
6. Relevant current event or past event the audience listening to this podcast really wants to know about

</format>

<style>

Adopt the following from the <transcript> text

1. Tone
2. Cadence
3. Voice
4. Word choice
5. Level of formality
6. Word length
7. Audience being addressed
8. Level of excitement
9. Flow of words
10. Pitch of words in relation to each other
11. Level of confidence spoken with
12. Speed of conveying ideas
13. How to open sentences
14. How to end sentences

</style>

User Prompt:

Based on <transcript> write 5 potential podcasts titles following <topics> <approach> <format> and <style> print the titles like this.

1. Title
2. Title
3. Title
4. Title
5. Title