Nerdy Hacks (page 10)

Small business owner finds ChatGPT finally useful once each prompt gives it a role and real context, from monthly posts to complaint replies

A small business owner who never knew what to type into ChatGPT shared the prompts that finally worked, such as a social media manager role for monthly posts and a calm, under-150-word reply to a pasted customer complaint, and another owner added that feeding it real events from the week works even better.

Spotted on u/Godslay333

Local SEO consultant has Claude Cowork read the top three rival Google profiles

A local SEO agency owner gives Claude Cowork access to Chrome, has it pull the top three Google Maps results for a service and city, and runs six audit prompts covering review pace, activity, categories, attributes, descriptions and posts.

Spotted on Sarvesh Shrivastava

SEO consultant builds local business sites in Lovable and spells out titles, H1s and page structure in the prompts

A local SEO consultant moved all their site building to an AI website builder and found that sites rank only when the prompts spell out meta titles, H1s with service and city, and page structure.

Spotted on @CalebTrevinoSEO

Culinary arts teacher uses NotebookLM to make a Kitchen Math infographic for students

A culinary arts teacher used NotebookLM to create a Kitchen Math infographic that helps students master recipe reading and measurement skills before they step into the lab.

Spotted on @MerazMiss

Podcaster transcribes episodes and makes captions for free with Whisper

A podcaster runs Whisper on their own computer to turn episodes into timestamped transcripts and caption files in one pass.

Spotted on u/Suitable-Ad-4299

Newsletter writer keeps voice, audience and Notes skills in one folder that works across Claude and ChatGPT

The writer behind a 13,000-subscriber AI newsletter writes their own drafts, then polishes them with skills that hold their voice, audience, business context and revision habits, all stored in one folder that works in Claude Code, Cowork, ChatGPT and Codex.

Spotted on Daria Cupareanu (AI Blew My Mind)

Tire shop owner sets up a Chatling bot for the questions customers keep asking

A tire shop owner set up a Chatling chatbot, picked because a friend used it, to answer repetitive customer questions, and says it has saved time.

Spotted on u/Informal_Wrap2297

Creator runs release notes through NotebookLM and posts the generated video summary on YouTube

Instead of writing up a set of AI model release notes, a creator added them to NotebookLM, generated a short video overview and shared it on YouTube for people who wanted a faster summary.

Spotted on vinhnx

Parent cooking for seven plans almost every dinner from a ChatGPT project that knows their pantry

A parent tells ChatGPT what's thawed, what's in the fridge and when dinner must be ready, and gets a full cooking plan. A project holding their pantry list and a cooking guide it researched now runs nearly every family dinner.

Monthly food costs more than halved · their claim

Spotted on u/mcburgs

Owner has Claude check an agency's surprise invoice

A business owner had Claude compare an agency's invoices, contract, hours and emails, and the agency dropped the extra bill.

Saved US$19,000 · their claim

Spotted on @marshal

Video maker replaces their own narration with a different voice using ElevenLabs speech-to-speech

Not wanting their own voice on a video, a creator ran the recording through ElevenLabs speech-to-speech instead of text-to-speech, which kept their natural pauses and broken sentences in the new voice.

Spotted on monkeydust

Researcher uses NotebookLM to turn a recent paper on human cooperation into an explainer video for the public

To share their science with a general audience, a researcher uploaded one of their recent papers on human cooperation to NotebookLM and had it create an explainer video.

Spotted on @ErdemPulcu

Shopify owner with no coding background fixes store data with ChatGPT

An ecommerce owner used ChatGPT's coding agent to clean up their analytics, email segments and site code, about 150 hours over three weeks.

Spotted on u/Chinaski14

Renewable energy installer automates reports and proposals with Claude

A small renewable energy installer in their sixties used Claude to connect an old database to HubSpot, auto-generate weekly ad reports and build one-click client proposals.

More than US$50K since the start of the year · their claim

Spotted on u/gregogarrison

Self-described late adopter gets Copilot to help with a simple Excel spreadsheet, but can't explain the formula it wrote

An entry-level AI user had Copilot help with a simple Excel spreadsheet and says it did the job very well, but warns they couldn't explain the formula it produced, a risk in any important setting.

Spotted on @ZA_TheRealMe

Facing a packed teller line, a bank customer asks Gemini for a workaround and deposits cash at a partner store cashier instead

With the teller line at their bank branch packed, a customer asked Gemini for a workaround and learned they could generate a partner deposit barcode in the bank's app and pay the cash in at a partner supermarket cashier, with funds arriving instantly and no fees.

Spotted on @heisredminded

Student builds a portfolio website in about 10 minutes by having ChatGPT write the prompt for Lovable

A med student built a personal portfolio site without paying for an AI subscription by gathering their info, having ChatGPT turn it into a detailed build prompt, and handing that prompt plus a folder of photos to Lovable.

Spotted on @Farahnaz133

Online seller drops 126 refund emails into Claude and finds one product photo behind 41 refunds

An online seller pasted every refund email into Claude and asked what customers thought they were buying; 41 gave the same answer, that they thought it would be bigger, which traced back to one photo where a tiny coffee cup made the product look huge.

Spotted on @xnagare

Photographer lets Aftershoot cut hard, then adds favorites back

A photographer sets Aftershoot's automated cull to its strictest level, adds back the shots she wants, and says the tool learns her picks over time.

Hours or days of manual culling · their claim

Spotted on Rachel Traxler

Teen author and podcaster turns their own book manuscript into hour-long NotebookLM audio episodes and videos for teenage listeners

A young author who also runs a podcast uploaded their book manuscript and cover to NotebookLM, had Gemini and Grok write prompts for its Audio Overview and video tools, and within about 30 minutes had several hour-long episodes and videos aimed at teenagers.

Spotted on @BDCourtney07

Tattoo studio owner uses ChatGPT Voice to translate in real time with visiting Russian artists

When Russian-speaking tattoo artists guested at their studio for a week, the owner used ChatGPT Voice as a live interpreter and was impressed by how fast and accurate the translations were.

Spotted on @arthak_ttt

Freelance writer uses Claude to find client prospects

A B2B freelance writer wrote a Claude prompt that screens for good-fit SaaS companies to pitch and leaves out giants that hire in-house.

Spotted on B2BFreelanceWriter

Kimono maker uses a HeyGen avatar made from one photo to keep posting educational shorts while unwell

Not feeling well enough to dress in kimono for their regular educational shorts, the owner of an accessible kimono brand made a HeyGen AI avatar from a photo of themselves, wrote a script and produced the video instead, after several attempts.

Spotted on @sunshower_atlr

Using Gemini Live's camera to get walked through bike and car repairs

With the phone on a tripod and the camera on, Gemini Live points out and highlights the specific screws and parts on a bike or car and talks you through the repair step by step.

Spotted on thewebguyd