10 prompts every freelance consultant should have
The 10 prompts solo consultants reach for every week — proposals, SOWs, invoice nudges, niche-down brainstorms. Copy-paste-ready.
Solo consultants live and die on the comms layer. The prompts below are the ones that get reused weekly — proposals, SOWs, invoice nudges, weekly client updates, and the harder ones like pricing-conversation scripts.
Each prompt is a starting point. The Lumenari Solopreneur Toolkit ships sharper versions with full templates; these are the simpler form you can paste into any AI today.
Prompts 1-5: the business-side basics
1. Proposal generator: 'Draft a client proposal for [project description] with three pricing tiers (good/better/best). Each tier should include scope, timeline, deliverables, and exclusions.'
2. SOW expansion: 'Turn this proposal into a statement of work. Add scope, deliverables, milestones, payment terms, and a change-request clause.'
3. Discovery questions: 'Generate 10 discovery questions for an intake call about [project type]. Half should surface scope, half should surface budget and decision criteria.'
4. Weekly client update: 'Draft this week's client update. Last week: [tasks]. This week: [tasks]. Risks: [risks]. Keep it under 200 words.'
5. Polite niche-down: 'Help me politely decline this scope request because it's outside my niche. Project: [description]. Refer the client to [type of specialist].'
Prompts 6-10: the harder ones
6. Late-invoice nudge (day 7): 'Write a professional but firm reminder for a 7-day-overdue invoice. Client: [name]. Invoice number: [n]. Amount: [$]. Make it warm, not threatening.'
7. Late-invoice nudge (day 30): 'Write the firm-but-friendly final notice for a 30-day overdue invoice before I escalate. Same client details.'
8. Pricing conversation: 'A client is pushing back on my $[X]/hour rate, asking for $[Y]. Help me hold the line without losing the relationship. Project value: $[Z].'
9. Visibility post: 'Write a LinkedIn post about [topic] that positions me as a [specific niche] consultant. Don't be self-promotional. Lead with insight.'
10. Out-of-office: 'Write an out-of-office auto-responder for [dates]. Mention I'll be back on [date]. Include a clean 'reach out then' line and a 'for urgent stuff, contact X' line.'
Why save them in a kit instead of a notes app
Notes apps lose prompts the day after you write them. A SKILL.md or Custom GPT lives inside the AI tool itself — every new conversation starts informed, no copy-paste step.
If you're running more than two client engagements at once, the Solopreneur Toolkit consolidates these (and dozens more) into a single drop-in kit. $14 CAD, lifetime access.
These ten cover maybe 60% of the comms a solo consultant ships every week. The full Solopreneur Toolkit covers the rest — including the harder cases like niche-down brainstorms, lapsed-client re-engagement, and the LinkedIn cadence that brings the next client.