Act as a senior email marketer. Generate subject lines for the campaign below across three distinct strategic angles: curiosity, value, urgency. Produce 3-4 variations under each angle. After the variations, write one line per angle naming the click-driver (what specifically makes someone open).
Constraints:
- Each subject line under 50 characters.
- No emoji.
- No 'Last chance' / 'Don't miss out' / 'Hurry' unless the deadline is real.
- No exclamation marks.
The campaign:
{{campaign_description}}
Email subject lines (3 angles, 10 variations)
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Example output
Curiosity angle (3 lines):
- The Postgres trick we almost missed
- One graph changed how we price
- We were wrong about cold outreach
Value angle (3 lines):
- 12 minutes saved per stand-up
- Subject lines that beat ours by 40%
- The doc template our investors actually read
Urgency angle (4 lines):
- Pricing changes Friday (read first)
- Last 47 founder seats at $59
- Closing the beta at midnight Tuesday
- 24 hours before this goes private
Click-driver per angle: curiosity = unanswered question; value = quantified outcome; urgency = real deadline (never fake).
Common mistakes
Don't mix angles in a single subject line ('The pricing trick that closes Friday' is curiosity + urgency and dilutes both). Pick one. Also: never invent fake urgency. The model will produce 'last chance' lines for you - if the deadline isn't real, your list will catch on within two campaigns and your open rate will collapse. The whole prompt assumes you'll run multiple campaigns; treat each one as a test, not a finished artifact.
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Why it works
Subject lines fail when they describe the email instead of selling the open. Most ChatGPT subject-line prompts return ten variations of the same sentence with slightly different words. This prompt forces three distinct strategic angles - curiosity, value, urgency - and asks for the click-driver hypothesis per angle. You learn which angle resonates with your list, not just which sentence sounds best. Run this on every campaign and note the winner over time. Within a quarter you will have a cheat sheet of which angle works for which audience segment, which is more valuable than any single subject line.