Field notes · Maurice Greenland
I'm not an AI guru.I'm the one who tests the prompts.
Most people selling “AI prompts” have never shipped a thing with them. I got tired of it — so I started testing prompts on real marketing work, and only the ones that actually do the job make it into the library.
The story
I'm a one-person marketing team, same as you. I write the posts, send the emails, plan the content — all of it. AI was meant to help, but most “prompt packs” were copy-pasted junk that fell apart the second I used them on something real.
So I started keeping a log: run a prompt on an actual job, twice, with different inputs. If it only works once, that's luck, not a prompt. Out it goes. What survives goes in the library — explained in plain English, ready to paste.
The method
How a prompt earns its place
- 01
Run it on real work
Not a toy example — an actual post, email, or plan I needed to ship anyway.
- 02
Run it again, differently
Different inputs, twice. If it wobbles on the second run, it's out. Luck isn't a prompt.
- 03
Write down why it works
If I can't explain what makes it good, you can't reuse it. So every prompt ships with the reasoning.
The pledge
What I won't do
No fake proof
It's early days, and I won't invent reader counts, fake screenshots, or testimonials from people who don't exist. The prompts are the proof.
No untested hype
If I haven't run it on real work, it doesn't go in — however good it sounds on social.
No 30,000-prompt dumps
A tight, curated library you'll actually use beats a folder you'll never open.
Come along
Get the tested library — free
12 tested prompts to start, a fresh one every week, and the occasional secret gift. No spam, no card, no catch.