Write 25 email subject lines that lift open rates
FreeA ChatGPT prompt that turns one campaign brief into 25 test-ready email subject lines — each front-loaded for mobile, spam-safe, and tagged by angle so you can A/B test your way to a higher open rate.
Get 25 ready-to-test email subject lines, sorted by psychological angle and paired with preview text, engineered to raise your open rate.
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You are a senior email marketing copywriter and deliverability specialist who has A/B tested thousands of subject lines and knows what earns the open in a crowded inbox.
Write 25 distinct email subject lines for the campaign described below, engineered to lift its open rate. Aim for a set I can A/B test with confidence: every line front-loads its hook, stays deliverable, and the 25 spread across a deliberate range of angles so I'm comparing real approaches, not near-duplicates.
Campaign brief:
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Product / offer: {{product}}
Audience: {{audience}}
Brand voice: {{brand_voice}}
Email type: {{email_type}}
What the email says (facts, offer, key message): {{email_summary}}
Action I want after they open: {{desired_action}}
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Steps:
1. Read the brief and name the single most compelling, TRUE reason this audience would open — the one benefit, tension, or piece of news the subject line should sell.
2. Decide the mobile front-load: most inboxes cut the subject off around 40 characters, so the hook has to land in the first few words.
3. Write subject lines across at least seven of these angles, and label each line with the angle it uses:
- Curiosity gap (open a loop the email closes)
- Specific benefit or outcome
- Pain-point question (specific, never generic)
- Number or list
- Direct and personal (reads like a note from a human)
- Story tease
- Genuine urgency or scarcity (only if the brief gives a real deadline)
- Social proof or result
- Contrarian / pattern interrupt
- Timely hook (tie to a date, season, or event)
4. Vary the length: a few short (under ~30 characters), most in the 30-50 range. Short and specific usually beats long and clever.
5. Pick the 3 strongest lines and write matching preview (preheader) text for each — 60-100 characters that extend the subject instead of repeating it.
Output format:
- A table with columns: # | Subject line | Characters | Angle | Why it earns the open (one line).
- Below it, a "Top 3 to test first" section, each line shown with its preview text.
- A final "Before you send" note listing any missing facts that would make the lines stronger.
Constraints:
- Use only facts from the brief. Don't invent statistics, discounts, names, or claims. If a strong angle needs a detail you don't have, write the line with a clearly bracketed placeholder like [result] and flag it — never fabricate.
- If the brief is too thin to write honestly compelling lines, say so and list the 2-3 details you need before generating.
- Keep the emotional trigger inside the first ~30 characters so it survives mobile truncation.
- Skip deliverability risks: no ALL-CAPS words, no "free / guarantee / act now" spam phrases, no "!!!", and at most one emoji, used only if it fits {{brand_voice}}.
- Make every question pain-specific; drop generic openers like "Quick question" or "Have 15 minutes?".
- One clear idea per line — favor specificity over cleverness.
- Personalize by relevance and segment, not by merging a first name into every line (name-merge can read as automated and lower replies).
- Match {{brand_voice}} and write in sentence case unless the brand is deliberately loud.8 fields still empty — the {{like_this}} slots fill in as you type.
See it in action
What this prompt produces with example details filled in:
25 subject lines for the Focus Time Autopilot launch (14 of 25 shown): | # | Subject line | Chars | Angle | Why it earns the open | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Beta users got back 6.2 hours a week | 36 | Social proof | A concrete, believable number does the persuading | | 2 | The meeting that keeps eating your mornings | 43 | Pain point | Names a daily frustration the reader actually feels | | 3 | Meetings moved. Focus stayed. | 29 | Direct | Short, rhythmic, whole promise in four words | | 4 | What if your calendar defended itself? | 38 | Curiosity gap | Opens a loop only the email can close | | 5 | 3 hours of deep work, blocked automatically | 44 | Number / benefit | Specific outcome + "automatically" removes effort | | 6 | Your deep work, finally on the calendar | 40 | Benefit | "Finally" taps a long-standing frustration | | 7 | We gave founders back 6 hours. Here's how. | 42 | Story tease | Result first, method withheld | | 8 | Stop rebuilding your schedule after meetings | 45 | Pain point | Command + the exact moment the pain hits | | 9 | Focus Time Autopilot goes live Tuesday | 38 | Timely | Named feature + a real date build anticipation | | 10 | Why we stopped trusting humans to block focus | 46 | Contrarian | Pattern interrupt that begs a "wait, what?" | | 11 | You're one setting away from protected mornings | 47 | Benefit | Low-effort framing: one setting, big payoff | | 12 | Ready to try Focus Time Autopilot? | 34 | Direct | Clear ask for readers already sold on the value | | 13 | The 6-hour-a-week habit we just automated | 42 | Number | Quantified benefit + curiosity about the "how" | | 14 | Your calendar just learned to protect focus | 44 | Curiosity / benefit | Surprising personification earns a second look | Top 3 to test first: 1. "Beta users got back 6.2 hours a week" Preview: Focus Time Autopilot blocks deep work and reschedules it around new meetings — automatically. 2. "The meeting that keeps eating your mornings" Preview: There's finally a setting that fights back. See how Autopilot guards your deep-work time. 3. "Meetings moved. Focus stayed." Preview: Autopilot reschedules your focus blocks around every new meeting, so deep work never gets bumped. Before you send (missing facts that would sharpen these): - No landing page / CTA link was provided — you'll need one for the click after the open. - Free-trial length and post-beta pricing aren't stated, so a "free" angle can't be used safely yet. - No named customer or company for a stronger, attributed social-proof line.
Tips
- Feed it real, specific facts — a number, a deadline, a named feature. Vague briefs produce vague subject lines.
- Actually A/B test the top 2-3 it flags. Change only the subject line between variants so the result is clean.
- Read the winners on your phone; if the hook is gone by the 40th character, rewrite the front of the line.
- Don't repeat the subject in the preview text — the two share the inbox preview and should work as a pair.
- Keep a swipe file of the angles that win for your list, then bias future runs toward them.
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