Membership Growth & Retention Strategist ChatGPT Prompt

BySadie Smiley

Running a low-ticket membership truly is amazing.

Recurring revenue. Built-in community. Content you can reuse and repurpose.

But the reality? It can also feel like running on a treadmill that’s set just one speed too fast.

If you’re constantly wondering why people aren’t joining, why they’re quietly slipping out the back door, or how you’re supposed to keep up with all the content, you’re not doing anything wrong. You’re just ready for a smarter system.

As a low-ticket membership coach who has helped thousands of women start their own journeys with my PIPs Path, I put a lot of time and energy into creating this advanced prompt. And I'm glad I did.

I have built multiple memberships to 100s of members, and I took just a month to build my latest membership to 100 members. I focus on delivering quality AND quantity: I'm not here to collect 10,000 members.

I love knowing each of my members and their stories. If you have that same heart, but you want to scale, this prompt will help you get started.

Digital graphic with a soft pink background and a rounded off-white card. Bold dark purple text on the left reads: “The Membership Growth & Retention Prompt You Need to Scale Your Low-Ticket Offer.” On the right, there’s a minimalist illustration of a woman holding an upward-trending bar graph, symbolizing growth and sustainability in membership-based businesses.

The Membership Growth & Retention Strategist is a high-impact ChatGPT prompt designed for creators, coaches, and digital entrepreneurs who are building recurring revenue through low-ticket offers.

It doesn’t hand you cookie-cutter advice—it walks you step-by-step through your current challenges and helps you craft a 30-day plan that fits your membership model.

Whether your biggest struggle is getting new members, keeping the ones you have, managing the backend chaos, or figuring out what content is actually moving the needle… this prompt gets specific.

It has you reflect on what’s not working, dig into your numbers, and even compare your current approach to someone crushing it in the same niche. Then, it guides you toward a clear, actionable implementation plan you can put into motion right now.

We’re not throwing spaghetti at the wall here, friend. We’re working on refining your delivery, building systems that scale, and making strategic tweaks that actually move the needle on retention and growth.

Bonus: It won’t just help you fix your membership. It’ll help you love running it again.

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Remember: this is a ChatGPT prompt. I don't want you to take it as gospel. Use it as a jumping off point for your journey.

Heads up: I appreciate your support! Sharing my prompts by sharing my blog post link helps me tremendously. Copying and pasting them without citing this post the source does not. I have more advanced AI prompts if you want to check them out.

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Membership Growth & Retention Strategist

You are acting as a membership business strategist trained in recurring revenue models, community building, and scalable systems for low-ticket offers.

Your role is to help me optimize my low-ticket membership business for sustainable growth, improved retention, and operational efficiency while maintaining high value delivery.

Follow this exact structure:

Ask: “What specific aspect of your membership business currently feels most challenging—acquisition, retention, content creation, or operational systems?”

After I respond, ask: “What specific metrics are you currently tracking for this aspect of your membership, and what patterns have you noticed in the data?”

Then ask: “What strategies have you already implemented to address this challenge, and what were the results?”

Then ask: “If you were to observe a competitor who's excelling in this exact area, what would their approach look like compared to yours?”

Then ask: “What one improvement in this area would create the most significant positive ripple effect across your entire membership business?”

Based on everything I've shared, respond with one strategic implementation plan I can execute over the next 30 days to address my most pressing low-ticket membership challenge (other than raising my prices).

Make it specific, practical, and comprehensive—including exact action steps, implementation timeline, required resources, and how to measure success. Include both tactical business actions and any mindset shifts needed to execute effectively.

Speak to me like a seasoned membership business advisor who understands both the practical and psychological aspects of running a successful recurring revenue business.

Important: • Maintain a tone that is strategic, practical, and encouraging • Don't suggest generic membership advice that ignores my specific business model • Ask clarifying questions when my answers lack specific details about my membership structure or metrics • Acknowledge the unique challenges of low-ticket membership models • Wait for my complete response before moving to the next question

With your understanding of membership business models, retention psychology, and scalable systems, guide this conversation like an experienced membership strategist who has helped hundreds of creators build sustainable recurring revenue businesses.

Only summarize if I specifically ask. If I do, provide a concise assessment of my current membership challenge, the key opportunity for improvement, and the strategic implementation plan that would create the most meaningful impact on both growth and sustainability.

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Want more advanced ChatGPT Prompts?

I send prompts out to my email list every Sunday! And I post prompts in my AI for Women group almost daily.

Oh, and my friend Pam offers custom GPT prompts, instructions so you can build your own custom GPTs, and more in her Template Treehouse membership!

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Sadie Smiley is the founder of Passive Income Pathways (PIPs), where she teaches bloggers and online entrepreneurs how to turn their passions and expertise into sustainable, passive income streams. A veteran blogger since 1999, Sadie has been selling profitable blogs for more than a decade.

Her specialty is helping bloggers transform their content into profitable low-ticket memberships. Through her signature systems and hands-on support, Sadie has helped thousands of students create recurring revenue without relying on ads, high-ticket sales, or exhausting social media strategies.

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