From the course: Boosting Your Influence Skills with Generative AI

Craft persuasive messages using AI-driven writing tools

From the course: Boosting Your Influence Skills with Generative AI

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Craft persuasive messages using AI-driven writing tools

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- Most people think persuasive writing means adding more sparkle. Punchier words, fancier transitions, a headline that says you won't believe number seven. But real persuasion doesn't come from razzle dazzle, it comes from alignment between what you want to say and what they are ready to hear. Persuasive messages are about triggering action. AI can help you craft exactly the kind of message that moves people when you use it like a co-pilot, not a ghostwriter. So students, let's go to class. Welcome to persuasive writing, the AI assisted way. Say you're writing a message to get buy-in from a skeptical colleague or client. Instead of starting from a blank screen, try these three strategies. First, prompt your assistant like it's a strategist, not a scribe. Use ChatGBT, Claude, or Gemini and say, write a short message that frames this idea in a way that speaks to someone who cares about insert value here. For example, efficiency, safety, legacy. This gets you out of your head and into theirs. Then use AI to spot blind spots, not just to polish. Run your draft through a tool like ChatGPT, GrammarlyGo or Jasper and ask, where might this confuse someone unfamiliar with the context? Or does this message sound clear, confident, and warm, or however it is you're hoping to sound. You're not just fixing grammar, you're checking if the message is doing its job. And if you're really ready to level up, ask the tool to strengthen specific elements of influence. Try a prompt like rewrite this to boost perceived credibility without sounding arrogant or make this message more action oriented for a busy reader. That's when AI moves from being a helper to a highlighter. It reveals what you already almost nailed, so you can lock it in. But let's be clear, the magic doesn't come from the tool, it comes from how you think about the tool. A good AI assistant won't replace your voice, it'll reflect it back to you even more clearly. It won't invent your ideas, but it'll test them against real audience reactions. And it won't magically make people say yes, but it'll help you write like someone worth listening to. Here's your challenge for this lesson. Choose one real persuasive message you need to send this week. Before you write it tell your AI assistant, help me write this in a way that sounds like me, but also lands with someone who's a little skeptical or distracted. Then tweak it, adjust it, reread it as many times as you need to before it feels right. Influence isn't about saying it once, it's about saying it right.

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