Custom GPTs: Make AI Work For You

CHATGPT AND CUSTOMGPTs: EVERYTHING YOU SHOULD KNOW

Today, we’re going to discuss 3 things:

• The foundational knowledge you need to know about ChatGPT

• How to create a CustomGPT (plus tips!), and a

• Few great CustomGPT examples.

TALKING TO CHATGPT: GET THE FOUNDATION RIGHT

Think of CustomGPT as building a house. You gotta arrange the bricks first, right? The same goes for getting a hang of ChatGPT before having it act and work exactly as you want it to.

It's like getting the lowdown on your chatbot's powers and limitations. So, when you customize your own GPT, mold and polish it so it aligns with your objectives.

HERE IS OUR 5-STEP PROCESS TO DESIGN POWERFUL CHATGPT PROMPTS

1. Set ChatGPT’s Role: It’s not enough to tell ChatGPT it’s supposed to do something. Be more specific and tell it how.

Suppose you want to create a chatbot that explains marketing concepts to fresh graduates like an approachable teacher. Instead of writing, “Explain marketing concepts like a marketing professor,”

Write:

“Explain marketing concepts like an experienced (your profession, for ex. a marketing professor) in a friendly, conversational tone, focusing on actionable tips rather than just information.” 

The latter will help the chatbot provide more suitable results to fresh graduates in line with your goal.

2. Give Context: Provide background details that enable ChatGPT to understand your situation or setting. In the case of the marketing professor, you could write: 

“Act as a marketing professor who has experience running Facebook ad campaigns with a budget of $1000+.”

3. State The Task/Question: Give ChatGPT a clear target. For example, write:

“Explain every marketing concept using 1 engaging short story, 1 definition, and 1 example,” instead of writing, “Explain every marketing concept engagingly.”

4. Set Constraints/Limitations: This means setting limits in terms of the output ChatGPT is expected to provide. It could also mean setting character, language, or word limits. For example, write:

“Explain marketing concepts in an engaging storytelling style within 280 characters.”

5. Offer Additional Support: Provide instructions on style or formatting to refine ChatGPT’s output. For example, write:

“Use bullet points to explain marketing concepts engagingly” instead of “Explain marketing concepts engagingly.”

Now that you have the process with you, go ahead and explore how ChatGPT, the fastest-growing consumer Internet app of all time, can be your ally in streamlining your tasks. With over 100 million weekly users in less than a year, it's not just about staying up-to-date. Rather, it's about creating more space in your life for what truly matters to you.

P.S. If ChatGPT doesn’t “get” what you want in one go, feed it examples or add details to prompts. Remember, ChatGPT can’t do complete jobs, and an overload of information may be confusing for it. Give it time.

Alright, buckle up! Let's take things up a notch and talk about how you can create a CustomGPT. 

ELEVATE YOUR CHATBOT: CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOMGPT

Does the process of creating a CustomGPT seem daunting? Don’t worry-I’ve broken it down for you.

Note: You MUST have a ChatPlus or Enterprise subscription to create a CustomGPT.

1. Initiate The Process: Search for the “Explore” tab in your ChatGPT Plus Interface. Click on the “+” sign and choose a domain/use case for your GPT.

2. Configure And Add Custom/Specialized Instructions: Use the “Configure” tab to give your CustomGPT a name and logo. In the custom instructions box, add instructions up to 8000 characters. Examples of custom instructions include simplifying concepts and elaborating on real-life applications of concepts.  

3. Use Clarifying Questions: After you’ve added your custom instructions, ask ChatGPT to ask any clarifying questions that can help it better respond to input. 

4. Update ChatGPT’s Knowledge Base: Currently, you can upload up to 10 documents up to 100,000 words each. Based on them, ChatGPT can extract responses to prompts.

5. Utilise Conversation Starters: Select conversation starters as sample prompts users can use to obtain responses.

TIPS:

1. Search for new CustomGPT features that may enhance your chatbot’s functionality.

2. Analyze CustomGPTs made by others, their knowledge base, and custom instructions to improve yours. Head over to the GPT Store to discover GPTs. In the coming months, it is expected that CustomGPT creators will be able to earn revenue based on their GPTs.

3. Use websites like Kaggle.com to access public databases if you don’t have your own.

4. Consider creating learning experiences like quizzes to engage users through your CustomGPT.

5. Motivate models like ChatGPT to perform their best, just like you’d encourage a human! Research by Cornell University shows that models like GPT-4 can be improved through positive appeals combined with psychological theories. Use phrases like “You can do it.”

Speaking of CustomGPTs, we’ve created a list of a few you can check out. It’s time to get inspired.

PREBUILT CUSTOMGPTs TO CHECK OUT

• PlainSpeak: Tired of analyzing corporate jargon? With PlainSpeak, simplify terms like “circle back” or “deep dive”. Not only does it help you write professional documents like emails, but it also helps you communicate with colleagues and clients.

• Blog Expert: The GPT utilizes SEO practices to create blogs on diverse topics while keeping keyword research in mind. It creates content based on your chosen writing style.

• Calendar GPT: Integrating with Zapier, Calendar GPT helps you quickly check your meetings for any day and the hours during which you are free.

• The Negotiator: Whether you need help negotiating in your personal or professional relationships, this GPT can help. Role-play scenarios and ask for situation-specific tips.

• Game Time: Don’t know how to play a game but are eager to learn? Don’t worry—this GPT can teach you. Just enter the name of the game and ask for instructions.

• GPT Finder: Searching for more CustomGPTs? This GPT can help. Just enter the keyword, and it’ll generate a list of GPTs.

Did you know that a quarter of American companies saved money using ChatGPT? By exploring CustomGPTs and leveraging advanced AI features, you may have more savings coming your way.

In a world where ChatGPT and CustomGPTs are now becoming common, what can you do? Be the glitch, my friends! 

HOW TO BE A GLITCH

🔥 Ensure Your CustomGPT Is Unique: Always have a differentiating factor. Maybe your CustomGPT has knowledge no one else has. Maybe it has been given unique instructions. Remember, uniqueness will set you apart.

🔥 Know When To Create A CustomGPT: Don’t create a CustomGPT for the sake of it. It takes time to enter information, knowledge, and prompts. If an existing AI tool helps achieve your objectives, that’s enough. 

🔥 Don’t Forget About Feedback: Creating a CustomGPT is cool, but so is improving it. Ask users for feedback to make necessary improvements. Don’t think of a CustomGPT as a one-time task.

Curious to know more about CustomGPTs? You’ll love these resources.

RESOURCES

• Watch: Check out this video to learn how to embed CustomGPT into your website.

• Learn: Know how training a custom GPT-4 model can cost millions.

• Know: Watch this video to understand how to create a sitemap using Google search results.

What are the AI tools we have in store for you this week? Take a look.

AI TOOLKIT

• MURF.AI: This tool converts text to speech, voice-overs, and dictations. Its library has over 100 AI voices from 15 languages.

• SpellBox: Using prompts, SpellBox generates code and even explains it to you! You can save code snippets to retrieve later. 

• Krisp: Annoyed by background noise or echoes during meetings? Krisp can cancel them out. It also creates automatic meeting transcriptions and summaries.

• DEEPBRAIN AI: You don’t always need a human to speak a script. With this tool, input your text, choose an AI avatar, and select a video template. Your video will be ready!

• Kustomer: The service platform suggests customer responses from past data, employs tone detection for sentiment analysis, predicts wait times, and deploys customized bots.

• AUTORESPONDER.ai: With this app, you can automatically respond to customers on social media platforms. Set custom rules for messages, connect to ChatGPT / GPT-4 or Dialogflow AI, and trigger custom actions.

• Namelix: Use Namelix to generate short, catchy business names. Set criteria like name length, having a specific keyword, or a particular domain extension. 

• LyricStudio: This tool makes songwriting a breeze, with a library of genres and topics for inspiration, lyric suggestions, rhyme and metaphor suggestions, and collaboration opportunities with other writers.

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Are you all set to make CustomGPTs your friend? I’d love to know. Please let us know in the comment section.

Your friend,

Ash