Claude Can Replace Your $30,000 Strategy Consultant
All 6 prompts + the context template that makes them work.
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The carousel showed you 5 of the 6 prompts. This guide gives you all 6, including the one I held back — Offer Strength Test. It also gives you something more important: the business context template that turns these from generic AI advice into specific strategy for your business.
A prompt without context is a consultant who skipped the briefing. These prompts work. They work 10x better with your actual data loaded first.
Business Context Template
Paste this before any of the 6 prompts
```Copy the template below. Fill in your details. Paste it into Claude before running any prompt. This is the difference between "increase your marketing budget" and "your CAC is 3x your LTV — fix retention before acquisition."
Why this matters
Fill in every field honestly. The more specific your data, the more specific Claude's output. Vague inputs produce vague strategy. Real numbers produce real diagnoses. Paste this context first, then run any of the 6 prompts below.
The 6 Strategy Prompts
Copy each one. Paste after your business context.
Brutal Business Diagnosis
Analyze my business (described above) and diagnose the real problems hurting growth or profitability.
Ignore surface-level symptoms. Identify root causes I might be blind to.
Structure your response as:
1. The real problem
2. Why I'm blind to it
3. What to fix first
Best for: First diagnosis. Run this before any other prompt.
Founder Blind Spot Finder
Review my business and identify the biggest blind spots.
Think like a senior advisor who has seen hundreds of businesses fail.
Point out:
- Flawed assumptions I'm operating on
- Strategic misjudgments
- Decisions that feel right but damage long-term growth
Best for: Catching what you can't see because you're too close to it.
Growth Bottleneck Finder
Identify the single biggest bottleneck preventing faster growth.
Examine:
- Offer and positioning
- Audience targeting
- Distribution channels
- Messaging and pricing
- Funnel structure
Tell me which ONE area to fix first and why it blocks everything downstream.
Best for: Prioritization. Knowing where to focus limited time and budget.
Market Reality Check
Evaluate my business through the lens of real market demand.
Diagnose whether:
- The problem is truly painful
- The solution is compelling
- The positioning is differentiated
- People would actually pay this price
Be brutally honest about product-market fit.
Best for: Before launching a new offer or entering a new market.
Strategic Weakness Audit
Perform a strategic audit of my business.
Evaluate:
- Competitive positioning
- Value proposition clarity
- Defensibility
- Scalability
Identify the weakest areas that competitors could exploit.
Best for: Competitive strategy. Finding where you're exposed.
Offer Strength Test
Analyze my product or service offer with ruthless objectivity.
Determine whether the value proposition is strong enough to drive real demand. Evaluate:
- Is the outcome specific and measurable?
- Is the price justified by the transformation?
- Would a smart buyer choose this over alternatives?
- What objections would kill the sale?
- What's missing that would make this irresistible?
Give me a strength score out of 10 and tell me exactly what to change to reach a 9.
Best for: Before pricing, launching, or pitching. The most actionable of all 6.
How to use these
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Fill in the context template
Every field. Honestly. Vague data produces vague advice.
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Paste the context into Claude
Start a new conversation. Paste your filled-in template first.
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Run Prompt 1 first
Brutal Business Diagnosis gives you the foundation. Run the others after.
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Run the rest in the same session
Each prompt builds on the previous answers. Keep the conversation going — Claude remembers what it found.
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Pro tip
Run all 6 prompts in one session, then ask Claude: "Based on everything you've found across all 6 analyses, give me a prioritised action plan. What are the 3 highest-leverage changes I can make in the next 30 days?" That synthesis prompt turns 6 separate analyses into one strategic roadmap. It's the 7th prompt nobody talks about.
Coming next
How I use Claude to audit my content strategy every month
The exact process. The metrics I load.
What Claude catches that I miss.
If you run these, reply with what Claude found. I read every response.
— Mike
✦ Mike Means Business · @mikemeansbusiness_ai