Episode 43: Narrowing The Band -Limiting ChatGPT’s Focus For Better Results

In this episode of The ChatGPT Experiment, Cary Weston reflects on insights gained during a marketing conference, where he led a breakout session about using ChatGPT. He focuses on the concept of “narrowing the band” to make ChatGPT more effective by customizing its focus and inputs, thus delivering better results for various practical tasks. Whether you’re a complete beginner or someone already familiar with ChatGPT, this episode offers simple strategies to refine how you use the tool.

Main Topics Covered:

  • Narrowing the Band: How to limit ChatGPT’s focus for more effective output.
  • Using ChatGPT as a Specialist: How to give it a specific role or persona.
  • The Three Phases of a Project: Planning, doing, and fine-tuning your work with ChatGPT’s help.

Key Insights:

  1. Customization is Key: Narrow ChatGPT’s focus by feeding it relevant information and giving it specific instructions, making its outputs more accurate and personalized.
  2. Role-playing Improves Results: Define a clear role or persona for ChatGPT, like an ordinance expert or content writer, to better guide its responses.
  3. Maximize Time on Strategy and Editing: With ChatGPT handling repetitive tasks, you can focus more on the strategic and finalization phases of projects.

Episode Index:

  • [00:00] Introduction and reflections from the MaineStay conference.
  • [03:00] Explanation of the “Narrow the Band” concept.
  • [05:00] Real-world application: Using ChatGPT to update municipal ordinances.
  • [09:00] Personalizing ChatGPT: Feeding it your own documents and instructions.
  • [13:00] The three phases of project work and where ChatGPT adds the most value.
  • [18:00] Upcoming episodes teaser: Custom GPTs for educators and content creators.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cary is a seasoned marketing professional and partner in the Bangor, Maine-based advertising and marketing firm Sutherland Weston.
He is a certified “They Ask You Answer” coach – a sales and marketing framework developed by Marcus Sheridan designed to help companies stand out as the voice of authority in their industry and drive measurable sales results.
His specialties lie in developing practical and tactical strategies to help businesses overcome sales and marketing challenges.
Cary is available for coaching, consulting, and strategy engagement with businesses and not-for-profit organizations.
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MUSIC CREDITS

The instrumental music used in this podcast is called “Curious” by Podington Bear.
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