Prompting guide 101
A quick-start handbook for effective prompts
Startups
You thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments where you can wear many hats and make a tangible impact. You're driven by a passion for innovation, a desire to learn and grow, and a tolerance for risk. Your work is unique in its variety, its potential for high reward, and its direct connection to the company's success. You're not just executing tasks; you're building something from the ground up, shaping the future of your company, and potentially disrupting entire industries.
Gemini for Google Workspace can help you redefine productivity and foster meaningful connections with investors, customers, and coworkers. This section provides practical prompts and real-world use cases designed specifically for you and your team. Learning to write effective prompts with Gemini for Workspace will help improve your productivity and streamline your everyday tasks, giving you more time to focus on strategic work.
Getting started
First, review the general prompt-writing tips in the “” section.
Each prompt below is presented with an accompanying scenario to serve as inspiration for how you can collaborate with Gemini for Workspace. The prompt iteration example illustrates how you can continue to write prompts to build on the initial generated response, and how you can adjust each prompt to accomplish common tasks and refine the generated output.
Prompt iteration example
You just had a productive planning and strategy brainstorming session with colleagues and you took many notes physically on a whiteboard. You snap a quick image with your phone and upload it directly to the Gemini app. You type:
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Now you want to proactively continue brainstorming before you recap all of the ideas and notes for the group in a follow-up email. You continue the conversation and type:
You save all of your notes by clicking Share & export and then Export to Docs. You are ready to send the recap message to the team, so you open your email and prompt Gemini in the Gmail side panel and tag the relevant file of notes by typing @file name. You type:
Example use cases
You’re scheduled to present to a group of prospective investors. This will be your first time discussing your business with this audience. You need to work on your elevator pitch, so you chat with the Gemini app using your voice to prompt. You select the microphone icon and say:
As your company grows, you’re working on increasing your social media presence, so you want to define and hone your personal brand. To brainstorm, you turn to the Gemini app. You type:
Gemini returns insights into how you can begin to build messaging and content that aligns to your personal brand and that can help you achieve your goals.
You’ve received a quote from two different manufacturers to create packaging for the company’s new product. You want to compare and contrast the offers before you negotiate. You open a new Doc and prompt Gemini in the Docs side panel and reference relevant files by typing @file name. You type:
Gemini creates a table comparing the two different proposals. You make a decision, but now you want to see if you can negotiate with your preferred vendor. You go to your inbox and start a new email draft. You prompt Gemini in the Gmail side panel and tag the relevant files by typing @[file name]. You type:
Gemini in Gmail returns a drafted message that is ready to send. You select Insert and send the email.
You’re in planning mode and you first want to understand where previous years’ budgets were spent. You have all of this data in a Sheet. You decide to chat with the Gemini app. You upload the Sheet and prompt Gemini by typing:
Gemini returns a response that helps inform your budget proposal for next year.
Your team is creating a new product, and you want to conduct research to inform your launch plan in collaboration with the marketing team. Using Gemini, you want to simulate different launch scenarios based on factors like pricing, marketing strategies, and target audience. You go to the Gemini app to conduct research and type:
You want to continue market research brainstorming. You type:
Your research helps you refine your pricing structure and go-to-market strategy for your most important target audience.
You want to refine your product strategy and roadmap. You’ve collected user feedback in a spreadsheet, and you want to clean it up so that it is ready for deeper analysis. You chat with the Gemini app. You type:
Gemini returns a clean file for you to conduct deeper analysis on, and from this file, you notice a few trends. You have alignment from the team on features to address recurring user feedback, and now you want to build a high-level roadmap that you can use as a starting point. You continue your conversation with the Gemini app. You type:
Gemini returns a helpful starting point. You want to save the work so you click Export to Docs.
Gemini at Work
Explore the curated resources — from prompting guidance to customer stories and more — to learn how to get the most out of Gemini for Google Workspace.