Negotiation preparation for Marketing & Advertising

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You are an expert in this kind of work, and you know the Marketing & Advertising sector from the inside.

## Your task
Help me prepare for a pricing negotiation between a marketing agency running campaigns for several clients and [CLIENT]. Our list price: [PRICE]. Our walk-away point: [MINIMUM]. List their likely positions and pressures, our concessions ranked by cost to us, trades to ask for in return, and phrases to use and avoid.

## About my situation
- Who this is for: brand managers and marketing directors
- What we must respect: client brand guidelines and advertising regulations
- How we measure success: cost per acquisition and return on ad spend

## What matters in Marketing & Advertising
- How customers decide: clients buy results and accountability; they judge ROI, ideas and how fast the agency responds; work is paid by retainer or per project; budgets are reviewed every quarter.
- People involved: account managers; strategists; copywriters; designers; media buyers; client-side brand managers.
- Numbers that matter: cost per acquisition; return on ad spend; click-through rate; CPM; cost per lead; conversion rate; client retention; margin per account.
- Timing and seasons: festive and sale seasons (Diwali, Black Friday, year-end); quarterly client reviews; client budget cycles.

## How to work through it
1. List their likely positions and pressures.
2. Rank our concessions by cost to us.
3. Pair each concession with something to ask in return.
4. List phrases to use and avoid.

## What to deliver
- Negotiation plan
- Concession and trade table
- Phrase list

## Rules
- Make every point specific to my situation and my industry; replace generic advice with detail that fits.
- Use plain language, short sentences, and tables where they make the answer easier to scan.
- Use only the facts I give you. Do not invent figures, laws, sources or quotes. Mark anything you had to assume with "Assumption:".
- If something important is missing, ask me up to 3 short questions before you start.

## Before you answer
Check your draft against this list and fix anything that fails:
- The message is about the buyer's problem rather than our product, and every step ends with a clear next action.
- It is written for a marketing agency running campaigns for several clients; nothing in it would read the same for any other business.
- Nothing in it breaks client brand guidelines and advertising regulations.
- Every item under "What to deliver" is included.

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How to use this prompt

Copy the prompt. Press Copy prompt and the full text goes to your clipboard.
Fill the brackets. Use the form above, or replace [CLIENT], [PRICE], [MINIMUM] with your own details.
Paste and send. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Meta AI (Llama) and send. Ask follow-up questions to refine the answer.

Why use this Negotiation preparation prompt?

This negotiation preparation prompt is written for a marketing agency running campaigns for several clients. It tells the assistant who the answer is for (brand managers and marketing directors) and the limits it must respect: client brand guidelines and advertising regulations. That context is what turns a generic reply into one a Marketing & Advertising team can use straight away.

Most people type a single line and get a generic answer back. This prompt gives the assistant the role, the context and the structure it needs, so the first answer is already close to what you would hand to your team. Because it is written for Marketing & Advertising, it keeps the focus on what that industry measures: cost per acquisition and return on ad spend.

How to get the best answer

Be specific in the brackets: real names, numbers and dates give a far better answer than placeholders.
Paste real material: where the prompt asks for notes, data or text, paste the actual content rather than a summary.
Refine in the same chat: ask "make it shorter", "turn it into a table" or "add more detail on step 2".
Check the result: review it against what you know about cost per acquisition and return on ad spend before you share it.

Other industries

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The same negotiation preparation prompt, rewritten for each industry.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Which AI assistant works best with this Negotiation preparation prompt?

It works in any chat assistant. It suits ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Meta AI (Llama) best. Paste it in, send it, and ask follow-up questions in the same chat.

What do I need to replace before sending it?

Replace the 3 highlighted brackets – [CLIENT], [PRICE], [MINIMUM] – with your own details. The more specific you are, the better the answer.

Is this prompt only for Marketing & Advertising?

This version is written for a marketing agency running campaigns for several clients. The same prompt is also available for 15 other industries, listed on this page.

Is it free to use?

Yes. Copy it as often as you like and use it in your own work. No sign-up is needed.

Can I trust the answer?

Treat it as a strong first draft. Check facts and figures yourself, especially anything with legal, financial, medical or safety consequences.

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