Looking for a quick way to scale your income and provide a significant boost to your career? Look no further than partnerships.

When executed well and when done strategically, high-value collaborations with businesses and leading voices in your industry can increase your visibility, make your marketing and outreach 10x easier, drive more revenue your way, and throw open doors to high-visibility career opportunities.

Clients are great. And don’t get me wrong, every freelancer needs those to get started and to establish some level of credibility. But partnerships are even better. Think brand deals, affiliate marketing, co-marketing, launches, podcast appearances, and guest posting for blogs and reputable platforms.

The right partnership could lead to:

Partnerships also tend to have a ripple effect. Once you land one or two, and know how to market it well and include them as part of your outreach and personal branding on LinkedIn, you’ll receive more, as more key players in your field will take an interest in your work.

Using ChatGPT can help you discover and unlock these partnership opportunities faster than ever…if you know what to ask it.

Here’s a ChatGPT prompt strategy to try so you can start building lucrative partnerships that catapult your career:

You’re my brand strategist. Ask me questions to help me formulate my positioning statement and pitch template that clearly defines what I do, who I serve, my previous track record of success (relevant to my business/career goals), and what value I bring to potential partners who share the same audience.

Help me identify a wish list of 20 potential partners I can pitch to, to grow my visibility, expand my personal brand in [name your field], and land five-to-six-figure deals. These partners should either be well-known for already partnering with other leading voices in my field, and have a strong budget, or they should be leaders in their own right and have access to a large audience base that I can share.

I’d like to pitch to [name of person or key decision-maker]. Tell me key points about their background, what they do now, their audience, and what they’re interested in.

What’s the best way to reach them? Give me a strategy to pitch [name of person]

including when to follow up.

Help me write a concise pitch email to [name of person or business entity], tailoring it based on the information you’ve listed about them above, and ensuring it highlights why and how I would be a great fit for them and their audience using my positioning statement and pitch template above [Quick tip: highlight the pitch template/positioning statement and click the “reply” button to include it in this prompt as a reference]. I would like to [mention how you’d like to propose a partnership, i.e. freelance guest blogging, brand ambassador, etc.].

You can also use ChatGPT to help you plan partnership meetings, negotiate your end of the deal, and enter conversations and agreements on collaborations, so you can partner with confidence, even if it’s your first time and you’re feeling nervous.

Following these ChatGPT prompts and quick tips above will bring you in front of the right people. And the right network and collaborations are priceless for your career growth and success. After all, people are your most important asset, second to your skills.

ChatGPT can help you craft winning pitches to land more clients, collaborations, media appearances, and other types of partnerships that directly and indirectly boost your finances. It can also help you build passive income products.

What types of partnerships can pay five-to-six-figures?

Brand ambassadorships, podcast, TV, and other media appearances, high-profile co-hosting, and retainer-based projects can pay between five-to-six figures each year.