Lead story
Turn 40 customer emails into one reply library
One afternoon of setup. After that, a first draft for most customer emails in under a minute, in your own voice.
Issue 31 · Deep-dive lands Sunday, 7 a.m.
Lead story
Put AI to work in your business, twenty minutes at a time.
A newsletter and app that teaches you to hand real business tasks to AI tools. One deep-dive each Sunday. A searchable archive. Quick tips for the days between.
Lead story
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Sample · as it lands in the app
Sunday's lead story, first section in full.
No summary. This is the opening of the piece you get on Sunday, word for word.
Turn 40 customer emails into one reply library
Open your sent folder. Search the last 30 days for replies longer than three lines. You will find the same five or six explanations written again and again: shipping times, how to reschedule, what the deposit covers, why a refund takes a week.
Copy 40 of those replies into one document. Remove names, order numbers and anything private. This takes about 15 minutes, and it is the only boring part.
If you've typed it three times, the fourth time belongs to a template.
Now paste the document into the AI assistant you already use, with the prompt below. You are not asking it to write for you yet. You are asking it to sort what you already wrote.
Copy this prompt
"Below are 40 replies I sent to customers. Group them by topic. For each topic, write one reply template in my tone, short sentences, no exclamation marks. Mark with [ ] every spot where a detail must change."
You should get back six to nine templates. Check each one against two real emails. Fix the tone once, by hand. Save the result as your reply library.
The full piece continues with: a tone sheet so drafts sound like you, a 10-email test before you trust it, and three kinds of email AI should never answer for you. 2,100 words · 14 minutes · 3 prompts.
The method
The Switch-On Method: one task, four steps, seven days.
You work on one business task per week. About 45 minutes in total, split into four short sittings.
- 01
Name one repeat task
Monday · 5 minUse the task finder in the app. It lists 30 common jobs by desk. You choose the one that costs you the most time this week.
- 02
Learn it in the deep-dive
Sunday piece · 14–20 minOpen the matching deep-dive, new or from the archive. Each one gives you the prompt, a worked example and the checks to run.
- 03
Run it on live work
Midweek · 20 minUse the prompt on a real task, not a practice one. A short checklist tells you what to verify before anything goes to a customer.
- 04
File the prompt that worked
Friday · 5 minSave your final version to your own folder in the app. Next week's task starts from it.
Why it works
- One task means you finish it. Nothing piles up.
- Live work means the result is useful the same day.
- Filing means week ten starts where week nine stopped.
How the parts fit
- The deep-dive teaches the task, start to finish.
- Quick tips arrive Tuesday and Thursday: one line, one fix, under a minute.
- The archive holds 142 pieces, sorted by desk, so any task has a guide.
The archive
Six of 142 pieces, open to you on day one.
Each card is a full guide with prompts you can copy. Times are real reading times.
Sales9 min
Write a quote follow-up that doesn't sound pushy
Three prompt versions for the day-3, day-7 and day-14 nudge, plus the one line you should always write yourself.
Admin11 min
Clean a messy spreadsheet in one pass
Paste 200 rows, get duplicates flagged and names fixed. Then a two-minute check so you can trust the output.
Marketing13 min
A month of social posts from one customer story
Turn one job you finished into twelve posts in three formats, without inventing details the customer never said.
Money8 min
Sort three months of receipts into categories
A prompt that groups expenses the way your bookkeeper asks for them, and the fields to remove first.
Customers10 min
Turn 50 reviews into three fixes
Paste your public reviews, get the three most repeated complaints, each with a first step for this week.
Safety7 min
What never goes into a chatbot
A one-page checklist for client data, passwords and contracts, and a safe way to share examples without them.
Categories
Six desks. Browse by the job in front of you.
Every piece sits on one desk. Open a desk, sort by time, start.
Sales24pieces
Admin31pieces
Marketing27pieces
Money18pieces
Customers22pieces
Safety & privacy20pieces
Quick tip · Tuesday · 60 seconds
End any long prompt with: "Before you start, ask me three things you need to know." The first draft gets closer to what you meant.
All six desks open during your free trial
60% off your first billing period
Trial first. Then 60% off the first bill.
Every plan includes the Sunday deep-dive, the full archive and the quick tips.
Intro price holds for 10:00 on this page.
Each plan opens with a free trial: 3 days on Monthly, 7 days on Quarterly and Yearly, with nothing billed during it. When the trial ends, your card is charged the intro amount: $2.39 for the first month, $6.59 for the first 3 months or $22.99 for the first year. After that first period the plan renews automatically at $5.99 a month, $16.49 every 3 months or $57.49 a year. Cancel in the app settings before a renewal date, or by email to support — [email protected]
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The trial costs nothing. If the first charge goes through and Porchlight is not useful to you, write to support within 21 days of that charge. You get the full amount back, and your access ends that day.
Fine print
Billing, tools and time, cleared up.
Do I need to code?
No. Every piece uses plain prompts you copy and paste into a chat window. If you can write an email, you can follow it.
Which AI tools does it use?
Any general AI assistant you already use. Prompts are written to work on free tiers, and each piece notes when a paid feature helps.
When does billing start, and how do I stop it?
Billing starts when the trial ends: day 3 on Monthly, day 7 on Quarterly and Yearly. Cancel in settings before then and you pay nothing. Cancel later and the plan stops at its next renewal date.