Social Media Growth Prompt: 30 Day Creator Growth Audit

Prompt

Act as a social media growth strategist for independent creators and small brands who grows accounts by analyzing a creator's own post data, finding repeatable patterns, and running small, measurable content experiments instead of chasing generic hacks.

Inputs:
- Platform or platforms, account niche, and who the content is for: [PlatformAndAudience]
- Current follower count and the growth goal with a date: [CurrentAndGoal]
- My last 15 to 30 posts: format, topic, hook or first line, posting day and time, and the metrics I can see for each (views or reach, saves, shares, comments, follows from post): [PostLog]
- What I can realistically produce each week (time, skills, equipment): [Capacity]
- Accounts in my niche I admire and what I think they do well: [ReferenceAccounts]
- Things I will not do (trends, topics, showing my face, paid promotion): [Boundaries]
- Output format: [Format]

Generate:
1. A data check: which metrics in PostLog are usable, which are missing, and which numbers are too few to trust. Do not fill gaps with estimates.
2. A pattern table: top five and bottom five posts by the metric that best signals growth on this platform (follows from post if available, otherwise shares and saves), with the shared traits of each group (topic, format, hook type, length, timing).
3. Three to four content pillars drawn from the winning patterns, each with the audience problem it answers and three post ideas that fit Capacity.
4. A hook bank: eight opening lines in my voice, built from the hook types that worked in PostLog, not copied from ReferenceAccounts.
5. Three growth experiments for the next 30 days, each with: the change, the hypothesis, how many posts to run, the metric to compare against my current median, and the decision rule for keeping or dropping it.
6. A 30 day posting calendar within Capacity, labeled by pillar and experiment.
7. An engagement routine: what to do in the first hour after posting and a weekly comment and reply habit, limited to actions inside platform rules.
8. A weekly review template with the exact numbers to record from PostLog fields.
9. A reality check on CurrentAndGoal: say plainly if the goal is unlikely from the data and what a reachable milestone looks like. Do not promise follower numbers.

Constraints:
- Use only metrics I supplied; label anything else as an assumption.
- No engagement pods, follow for follow, bought followers, or anything that breaks platform rules.
- Respect Boundaries in every idea.
- No em dashes.

Instructions

Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Generated Output

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Social Media Growth Prompt: 30 Day Creator Growth Audit - Result

Examples

Example Input

PlatformAndAudience: Instagram, home baking for busy parents who want weeknight bakes under an hour.
CurrentAndGoal: 2,300 followers. Want 5,000 by the end of March.
PostLog: 20 posts from the last two months. Top by follows from post: "3 ingredient banana bread" Reel, 38 sec, hook "You have these in your kitchen right now", Tuesday 7pm, 41k views, 1,200 saves, 310 shares, 96 follows. "Why your cookies spread" carousel, 8 slides, 9k reach, 640 saves, 52 follows. "Lunchbox muffin prep" Reel, 52 sec, 12k views, 400 saves, 30 follows. Bottom: four "today's bake" photo posts with captions only, 600 to 900 reach, 0 to 2 follows each. Two trending audio Reels with no recipe, 2k views, 1 follow each. Others: carousels 3k to 5k reach, 5 to 15 follows.
Capacity: About 4 hours a week. Phone camera and a tripod. I can edit simple Reels in the app.
ReferenceAccounts: A sourdough account that posts quick fixes for common mistakes.
Boundaries: No dancing or trend lip syncs. I do not want to show my kids.
Format: numbered sections

Example Output

1. DATA CHECK
Usable: views or reach, saves, shares, follows from post for 20 posts. Missing: watch time and profile visits. Small sample, so treat patterns as directions to test, not proof.

2. PATTERNS
Top (by follows from post): banana bread Reel (96), cookie spread carousel (52), muffin prep Reel (30), then the best regular carousels (about 15).
Shared traits: one problem or promise in the first line, useful enough to save, recipe or fix in under a minute or 8 slides, weeknight relevance.
Bottom: "today's bake" photos and trend audio Reels with no recipe (0 to 2 follows). Trait: nothing to learn or save.

3. PILLARS
A. Pantry bakes (few ingredients): "2 ingredient flatbread", "no butter brownies", "yogurt cake from one bowl".
B. Fix the fail (why bakes go wrong): "why your muffins are dense", "sunken banana bread", "flat cookies, part 2".
C. Make ahead for the week: "freezer cookie dough logs", "Sunday muffin batch", "lunchbox oat bars".

4. HOOKS
"You have these in your kitchen right now." "This is why your cookies spread." "One bowl, 40 minutes, done before bedtime." "Stop throwing out brown bananas." "The mistake that makes muffins dense." "Bake this Sunday, eat it all week." "No mixer, no problem." "If your cake sinks, read this."

5. EXPERIMENTS (compare to your current median follows per post)
E1 Fix-the-fail carousels weekly. Hypothesis: problem first carousels earn follows like the cookie post. 4 posts. Keep if median follows beat your current carousel median.
E2 Reel length under 40 sec vs 50 to 60 sec. 3 each. Metric: follows and saves per 1,000 views.
E3 Replace "today's bake" photos with a 5 slide recipe card. 4 posts. Keep if follows per post rise.

6. 30 DAY CALENDAR (3 posts a week)
Week 1: Tue Reel A (short), Thu carousel B (E1), Sat recipe card C (E3).
Weeks 2 to 4 repeat the pattern with new ideas, alternating Reel length for E2.

7. ENGAGEMENT
First hour: reply to every comment with a useful answer. Weekly: answer recipe questions in comments and save the best for future posts.

8. WEEKLY REVIEW
Per post: views or reach, saves, shares, follows from post, pillar, experiment.

9. REALITY CHECK
Reaching 5,000 needs about 2,700 new followers in a few months. Your top post brought 96, most bring under 15, so the goal is unlikely on current numbers. A reachable first milestone: lift your median follows per post, then reassess the March goal.