ChatGPT has changed the game again by releasing “ChatGPT Tasks”.

I stumbled upon this new feature while building some bonus custom GPTs for my Profitable Part-Time Blogging students. Within 10 minutes, I had 20 new Tasks set up and a list of others I can’t wait to try to implement.

Before the ADHD hyperfixation could fully take hold, I wanted to share this epic new tool with y’all!

I know bloggers struggle juggling a million tasks, especially now that we need to diversify our traffic and income streams more than ever. It gets overwhelming so quickly!

That’s where ChatGPT Tasks can step in and erase “stress out over everything” from your to do list, by automating and reminding you of what you actually need to do.

This is a new tool in Beta, so I expect it to get even better over time. But it’s already pretty epic, so I recommend implementing a few things ASAP.

What are “ChatGPT Tasks”?

Think of ChatGPT Tasks like an AI assistant.

Instead of keeping mental notes or relying on scattered reminders, you can set up specific tasks that run automatically.

Currently it has some limitations:

• it can only send you reminders on Desktop and via email
• it doesn’t work on the mobile app (which is where I could see myself using it the most)
• it is currently only available for paid ChatGPT plans
• it can’t run a full automation on its own perfectly if it’s too complex

But it can access ChatGPT Search and normal ChatGPT 4o functions. I even got it to make an image for me!

How to Use ChatGPT Tasks: Step by Step

Step 1: Select the Tasks Model

Log in to ChatGPT and navigate to the drop down list of Models at the top of the webpage.

It usually says “ChatGPT 4o” to start.

Select “GPT-4o with scheduled tasks” (it’s second on the list for me).

Step 2: Use the Chat Box to Select a Task

Message ChatGPT using the chat box where you’d usually enter a prompt.

Anything you tell it to do, it will set a reminder for.

For example, I asked it to “check for trending news topics about SEO”.

Rather than searching for those, it set a “task” to search for these topics weekly. It seems to default to Monday at 9am for every task unless you specify.

Step 3: Edit Your Task

Ask ChatGPT to change the frequency or instructions of your task at any time.

You can either do this in the chat, or by selecting the 3 dots beside the “task”. Click on “edit” and a “task” box will pop up.

Here you can edit the name, instructions, and schedule for the task.

If you want to pause it (for example, while you’re on vacation), you can do it here. You can also delete the task if you don’t need it anymore.

Currently, the options for the reminders are:

• Doesn’t repeat
• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly
• Annually
• Custom (for this one, you need to update it in the chat window)

Step 5: Keep Track of Your Tasks

Check all of the tasks you create in one of two ways.

Either, you can click on the 3 dots beside a task you made in a chat. Select “View All Tasks” and you’ll be taken to the task page.

Or you can click on your profile picture in the upper righthand corner of the screen. “Tasks” is the first in the dropdown now:

This will navigate to chatgpt.com/tasks.

You can edit, pause, or delete any tasks here. Or just check out all the cool things you’ve automated and reminded yourself of.

Example Notification

Here’s what it looks like when you get a reminder notification from ChatGPT.

This is the “task” from ChatGPT:

Here is the email it sent me:

I couldn’t get it to send me a desktop notification, no matter what settings I adjusted. Once I accomplish that, I’ll add an example here.

10 Ways Bloggers Can Use ChatGPT Tasks

1. Set Reminders

The most basic ways can often be the best!

I love using ChatGPT tasks to set reminders for regular things that I don’t really want bogging down my calendar.

Here are some of the reminders I set / plan to set that I recommend you try:

• When to send email follow ups to brands for sponsorship/collabs
• Content audit 1x per year
• Themed days (i.e. “work on your newsletters for the month today”)
• Time blocking (i.e. “work on newsletters for 20 minutes”)
• Daily goal setting reminders or affirmations
• Daily tips to help inspire me for the day
• Publishing deadlines
• Alerts to post on social media in real time
• Business date / analytics check in prompts
• Reminders to implement the random ideas I have at inconvenient times
• Revenue / profit check reminders
• Tasks you mention in passing, but haven’t written down to do
• Networking touch points
• Reminders of when to stop doing things – like a daily reminder to log off
• Step by step tasks. I can tell it the order I plan to do things in, and once I finish one task it can remind me to start the next and give me a deadline for it

2. Draft New Blog Posts Automatically

Once you get the hang of SEO and keyword research, you’ll likely have hundreds if not thousands of blog post ideas.

But blank page syndrome can make it hard to complete any of them.

You can start off your blog writing days by having ChatGPT go through a list of keywords you’ve given it and write a draft of a blog post that morning for you, and then do the next one on the list on your next writing day.

It’s not going to be perfect, as the system can’t really get complex prompts in yet (I can’t wait until you can sync these “tasks” with custom GPTs you’ve pre-built so it’ll actually write a great blog post it’s first attempt!).

3. Repurpose Blog Posts Automatically

Want to repurpose your blog posts for social media automatically?

That was one of the first tasks I tested with ChatGPT Tasks.

I asked it to check my sitemap URL one day per week and give me 10 unique ideas for Facebook group posts. I then defined what I thought of as a “good” post.

The outputs weren’t great by any means. I think it has a ways to go to get really good there, but it gave me a pretty good baseline to start with.

I was able to take those 10 post ideas and links, and plug them into my custom GPT that is properly trained on writing great posts for Facebook groups. It gave me 10 that I could schedule with basically no edits!

I recommend using a separate task per social media platform so you can explain in more detail to it what works for each platform.

I do like my Zapier / Make system better because it can publish them. Maybe one day ChatGPT can do that too!

4. Create New Social Media Scripts Weekly

Some social media, like Youtube Shorts and Instagram Reels, need videos. I wouldn’t trust ChatGPT Tasks to make those for you yet.

Instead, you can get it to make some scripts each week or day based on new content you’ve published on your blog or based on your while sitemap.

I found it better at coming up with ideas than complete scripts automatically, but I loved the ideas and was able to turn them into scripts with a custom GPT.

5. Set Weekly Content Promotion Plans

Now that you have heaps of social content written for you, it’s time to actually create and promote it.

You can set a weekly prompt to outline your promotion strategy, and then set action tasks based on your strategy.

For example, I can block out an hour to work on Canva graphics for Instagram carousels on Monday if I know I need to publish them Thursday.

6. Trending Topic Research

ChatGPT Tasks can access ChatGPT Search automatically for you to check for new or trending topics.

I love my trending topic formula (I used it to write this post!), but it can be hard to always keep up with everything that’s happening in the world or in our industries.

You can set a reminder weekly, daily, or monthly (I’d do weekly) to check for trending topics that are relevant to your blog and audience so you can create trending blog posts or social media content.

I don’t think this will replace being present in your community and finding unique things no one else has discovered yet (because it has to pull from pre-discovered ideas), but it’s a good passive way to get started.

7. Suggest 3 Instagram Story Ideas Daily

Instagram Stories don’t have to be a last-minute scramble (or so my social media manager tells me).

ChatGPT Tasks can provide three fresh story ideas every morning.

And it can then set reminders to actually post those stories at specific times of day.

You can pre train it with story ideas or with your sitemap so it’s more on brand, or let it have fun with some random ones.

8. Generate Pin Descriptions for New Posts Weekly

This one is the most temperamental so far.

I asked ChatGPT to check my sitemap each week for new blog posts and to write 10 pin descriptions for each one it finds.

I tested this one an empty domain I have in 1 hour increments, and it would often not be able to find the new posts vs. old.

But it did write pretty solid pin descriptions! So I’ll take it as a win for now.

9. Summarize Industry News

I love news, but I never have time to go through it all.

Get a quick preview from ChatGPT Tasks by setting an automatic summary system.

I ask it to pull the URLs so I can read up on anything I want to learn more about.

Some stuff I just want a one sentence description of, but others I want to deep dive.

In the day I’ve been playing with it, I’ve read way more news than I otherwise would. I think this could be a cool new traffic source for bloggers if we can get our audience to set reminders to check out our content – or shared batches of our content and others’.

10. Monthly Roundup Draft

Many people send emails with round ups of their content, but it can suck to gather it all.

Ask ChatGPT to do it for you!

Get it to go through all of the content you made (it’s best at blog posts right now, but it seemed to pull Youtube decently well and Instagram 50% of the time).

If you’ve been creating content with it, I’m sure it’ll be more accurate.

Ask the GPT to put together the round up with a summary so you can send an engaging email that will encourage clicks.

Has ChatGPT Replaced Assistants?

Short answer: no.

I don’t think ChatGPT is coming for VAs anytime soon.

My VA definitely can’t be replaced by an automated system like this because she does so much more.

It also is currently limited to actions within the ChatGPT window. So it can’t send emails for you, make judgement calls (I definitely wouldn’t trust it to!), or create graphics.

I think ChatGPT is coming for assistant programs like Siri and Alexa, since it can do more than just send a quick reminder.

This “agentic AI”, as I’ve seen it called, has a ton of potential to replace rote tasks that most bloggers are likely to just skip because they have no time. Over time, I’m sure it’ll be able to do more outside of ChatGPT and probably will replace VAs whose only job is to compile research or write basic social media captions.

But mostly, I think it will empower VAs and entrepreneurs who can’t afford to outsource yet to speed up their workflows so they can spend their time and energy creating even better content.

What do you think? I’d love to hear your opinions! Share them in my free Facebook Group and we can start brainstorming other ways bloggers can use this to improve their work.