Train ChatGPT Like a VA

Train ChatGPT like a VA: What to Feed It (and What to Skip)
Ever feel like ChatGPT gives you random or off-brand responses?
It’s not that AI can’t help - it’s that you’re not giving it enough of the right information.

Think of AI like a new VA:
If you want great results, you have to onboard it with context, goals, and expectations.

Today, I’ll show you what to feed ChatGPT to make it your most reliable content assistant - and what details to leave out so you don’t waste time or confuse the output.

✅ Why Context Is Everything

AI doesn’t know you, your brand, or your audience until you share it.

Your job?
Feed it the same things you’d teach a new hire - so your outputs come back clear, on-brand, and strategic.

✅ What to Feed Your AI for Better Results

✔️ Your Role & Audience
Example:

“I’m a social media manager helping service-based business owners show up consistently.”

✔️ Your Goals for the Content
What’s the purpose?
→ Educate? Build trust? Promote?

✔️ Your Tone & Voice
Describe how you speak.
→ Friendly, casual, professional, witty?

✔️ Key Messages or Values
What core ideas or beliefs do you want every post to reinforce?

✔️ Examples of Your Writing
Include 1-2 past captions or emails that sound exactly like you.

✔️ Specific Details for Each Task
→ What platform?
→ Post length?
→ Any keywords, offers, or topics you want included?

✅ What to Skip Feeding AI (It’s Just Noise)

❌ Overly long, unstructured brain dumps
❌ Multiple, unrelated ideas in one prompt
❌ Confidential or sensitive data (AI tools aren’t always private)
❌ Vague requests like “just make it sound good”

✅ The Mini-AI Onboarding Prompt

Here’s a simple way to “train” ChatGPT every time you start a new chat:

💬 AI VA Training Prompt:

“I want you to act as my social media VA.
About me: [describe your role, audience, tone, and core message].
My goal is to create content that [describe your goal: educates, engages, sells, etc.].

Here’s an example of my writing:
[paste a caption or email].

I’ll be sending you ideas - please respond in my voice, keep the content strategic, and suggest improvements when needed.”

This is exactly how I brief AI with clients - so they stop wasting time tweaking irrelevant outputs.

🔧 Tool of the Day

ChatGPT Custom Instructions - A free feature in ChatGPT that lets you save your preferences so you don’t have to repeat your brand details in every chat.

📣 Want Me to Set Up Your AI for You?

I help business owners train ChatGPT to write content that sounds like them - not like everyone else. If you want plug-and-play prompts and outputs you barely have to edit, I can help.  📩  Let’s work together