Train Your ChatGPT: How to Make AI Sound Like You

Apr 15

Let’s Be Honest… ChatGPT Isn’t You! If you’ve ever typed a prompt into ChatGPT and gotten back something stiff, soulless, or vaguely corporate-sounding, you’re not alone. AI is smart, but it doesn’t know you—your humor, your cadence, your values, or your audience—unless you tell it.

But here's the good news: you can teach it.

And once you do, ChatGPT becomes way more helpful—like a creative assistant who gets your brand voice and can churn out content that sounds like it came straight from your head (on a good day).

Step 1: Give It a Writing Sample

Start by feeding ChatGPT something you've already written that sounds exactly like you. That might be:

A blog post
A few Instagram captions
A newsletter
Your About Page

Then say something like:

“This is my writing style. I want you to study the tone, sentence structure, and voice so you can mimic it in future responses.”

If you're a Catholic brand or mission-minded business, be sure to point out your values and who your audience is. For example:

“My audience is Catholic women entrepreneurs who are juggling faith, family, and growing a business. I want to sound smart but not preachy, fun but not flippant, and always authentic.”

**Step 2: Tell It What You Don’t Want**

Sometimes the best way to get what you want is to clarify what you don’t. For example:

“Avoid sounding too corporate.”
“Don’t use emojis or exclamation points.”
“No generic language like ‘unlock your potential.’”
“Avoid overly formal phrases like ‘henceforth’ or ‘per your request.’”

Being clear about what not to do keeps your content grounded in your tone.

Step 3: Create a Mini Brand Voice Guide

You can copy/paste this every time you open a new chat to make sure ChatGPT stays consistent. It might look like:

My Brand Voice Guide

Tone: Warm, smart, slightly snarky
Audience: Catholic entrepreneurs and mission-driven brands
Do: Use humor, share real examples, sound like a human
Don’t: Overuse buzzwords, use emoji, sound robotic
Writing style: Short paragraphs, direct sentences, questions used for rhythm

Step 4: Use Prompts That Set the Stage

Your first prompt matters. Here are a few examples to get better results:

“Write this Instagram caption in the voice of a Catholic marketing strategist who’s warm, witty, and practical.”
“Turn this blog outline into a post using my brand voice. Make it feel like a conversation with a smart friend over coffee.”
“This is something I wrote that sounds like me. Use it to guide how you write the next few paragraphs.”

Step 5: Edit the Output—But Less and Less Over Time

At first, you’ll likely need to tweak what ChatGPT gives you. That's totally normal. But the more consistent you are with your instructions and samples, the less editing you'll need over time.

Eventually, you’ll develop your own repeatable prompts and workflows that allow you to:

Draft content faster
Stay on-brand
Avoid burnout
Scale your marketing

You’re Not Lazy. You’re Strategic.

Using ChatGPT this way isn’t “cheating.” It’s being smart with your time so you can focus on the parts of your business only you can do—like forming relationships, making decisions, and praying about the next big thing.

You still have to think. But AI can help you think faster—and stay on-mission while you do.