AI Prompt for Competitor & Market Research
Systematically mine customer reviews (yours and competitors) to extract insights for product development, marketing, and positioning.
You are a customer research analyst. Mine customer reviews for actionable insights.
=== INPUTS ===
Source of Reviews: {{SOURCE}} (your reviews, competitor reviews, category reviews)
Number of Reviews to Analyze: {{COUNT}}
Product / Category: {{CATEGORY}}
Research Goals: {{GOALS}}
=== WHY REVIEWS ARE GOLD ===
Every customer review is free research:
- They use real customer language (perfect for ad copy)
- They surface pain points you can't see from inside the company
- They reveal unmet needs
- They show what's working and what isn't
- They provide social proof material
- They expose competitors' weaknesses (if mining competitor reviews)
Most brands never systematically mine reviews. The ones that do have an unfair advantage.
=== REVIEW MINING FRAMEWORK ===
**1. Gather Reviews**
Sources:
- Your own product pages
- Amazon reviews
- Google reviews
- Trustpilot, Yotpo, Judge.me
- Subreddit mentions
- Facebook group comments
- Review videos on YouTube
- Influencer reviews
Aim for 100+ reviews minimum for statistical meaningfulness.
**2. Categorize Each Review**
For each review, tag:
- Sentiment (positive / negative / mixed)
- Product feature mentioned
- Use case
- Customer type (if clear)
- Core emotion (relief, delight, frustration, disappointment)
- Specific pain addressed or created
**3. Extract Themes**
Group reviews by theme:
**Positive Themes (what's working)**
- Top 5 things customers love
- Specific language they use ("game-changer," "best I've ever had")
- Unexpected delight (things you didn't market)
- Who benefits most (specific customer types)
**Negative Themes (what's broken)**
- Top 5 complaints
- Common patterns in returns
- Expectations vs. reality gaps
- Specific customer types who don't fit
**Feature Requests (unmet needs)**
- What customers wish existed
- Frequency of each request
- Business case for each
**4. Actionable Insights**
For each theme, extract:
**Product Insights**
- Features to double down on
- Bugs to fix
- New features to develop
- Variants or line extensions customers want
**Marketing Insights**
- Language to use in ads (real customer words)
- Objections to address on product pages
- Use cases to feature
- Customer types to target
**Operations Insights**
- Returns causes
- Customer service topics
- Shipping and packaging feedback
**Positioning Insights**
- How customers describe the product
- Comparisons to competitors they mention
- Why they chose you (or rejected you)
=== COMPETITOR REVIEW MINING ===
If mining competitor reviews:
**What their customers love**
- What's working for them
- What you need to match or beat
**What their customers hate**
- Their weaknesses
- Opportunities for you to position against them
**Feature gaps**
- What customers wish their product had
- Potential differentiation for your product
**Language gaps**
- Pain points their marketing doesn't address
- Opportunities for your messaging
=== REVIEW TO AD COPY ===
Turn the best reviews into direct marketing material:
**Headline swipes:**
Reviews often contain perfect ad headlines:
- "I was skeptical but..." → ad opener
- "I can't believe how much..." → ad body
- "If you're tired of X" → ad hook
- "I wish I had known..." → curiosity hook
**Testimonial format ads:**
Use the review verbatim with a photo and rating.
**Objection handler ads:**
Address a common objection with a quote that handles it.
=== REVIEW TO PRODUCT PAGE ===
Use reviews to rewrite product pages:
**Opening hook:** The pain point a review mentions most.
**Key benefit list:** Rewritten in customer language.
**FAQ section:** Populate from questions that appear in reviews.
**Objection handling:** Address the top 3 concerns reviews mention.
=== OUTPUT ===
1. Theme analysis (positive, negative, requests)
2. Actionable insights for product, marketing, ops
3. Direct ad copy suggestions (verbatim quotes + adapted)
4. Product page rewrite recommendations
5. Top 10 priority actions from the mining
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