Prompt In. Prompt Out.
Why Everyone’s Brand Pitch Is Starting to Sound the Same thanks to ChatGPT branding prompts.
There’s a certain kind of pitch we see a lot now.
It arrives in a tidy PDF. The fonts are friendly. The tone is “bold, modern, warm, human.” The messaging includes some form of the word empower, intentional, or storytelling. The brand values? Authenticity, connection, and something about disrupting the norm.
You scroll down. You’ve seen it before.
So have we. Five times this week.
The GPT-Era Copycat Effect – ChatGPT branding prompts
This isn’t about whether AI is good or bad. It’s here, it’s powerful, and it’s not going anywhere.
But let’s be honest:
The same prompts are producing the same pitches.
And people are presenting them like they’re original.
Here’s How It Usually Plays Out
Someone shows us their brand framework. The headline reads something like:
“Empowering modern consumers with meaningful connection.”
Underneath? Voice pillars:
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Bold
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Human
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Confident
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Relatable
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Story-Driven
Then comes the mission:
“To inspire authenticity through a brand that feels real.”
We nod politely. And then we quietly count how many times we’ve seen this exact structure — not just the sentiment, but the phrasing, the sequencing, even the same “Who we are” vs. “Who we’re not” table.
It’s not just derivative. It’s identical.
And in most cases?
The founder used ChatGPT — and assumed the result was unique.
It’s Not the Tool’s Fault. It’s the Prompt’s Ceiling.
ChatGPT is a mirror. If you ask it what a “confident, modern brand targeting women aged 25–45” should sound like, you’ll get what the internet already thinks that sounds like.
It’s great for speed.
It’s great for structure.
But it’s not great at being the first to say something.
What’s Worth Paying For?
What’s free:
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Generic tone of voice frameworks
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Safe, agreeable mission statements
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Copy that’s fine, inoffensive, and forgettable
What’s worth paying for:
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The one sentence your audience actually remembers
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Strategic positioning that doesn’t sound like the last guy’s LinkedIn bio
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Brand messaging that sounds like you, not “the category”
And if you’re a professional — founder, marketer, strategist — your job isn’t just to write.
It’s to decide what deserves to be said. AI can help shape that. But it won’t dig deep enough to find the line that changes how someone sees you.
For Professionals: AI Can Draft It. But You Still Have to Mean It.
Use ChatGPT to sketch. To build scaffolding. To test tone. But don’t stop there. Because originality is rarely efficient, and your brand will never sound like a category leader if it’s using off-the-shelf language.
The professionals who win in this new world?
They’re the ones who know when the prompt ends — and the real thinking begins.
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We build tone, strategy, and messaging that actually reflects your edge. The part of your brand a prompt can’t reach.
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