DeepSeek is an AI chatbot launched by Chinese investors to compete with ChatGPT and its expensive o1 pro model. 

DeepSeek R1 is an AI platform built to help businesses make smarter decisions. It uses advanced data analytics and machine learning to analyze both structured and unstructured data, uncovering key patterns and trends. With its powerful algorithms, it helps teams anticipate market shifts, tackle complex challenges, and refine strategies effectively. 

In some scenarios, R1's reasoning capability is better than ChatGPT's. Apart from being completely free to all users, it is a powerful generative AI model that can help you solve complex problems and boost efficiency. 

This tutorial will show you how to use the Deepseek R1 model to streamline workflows with generative AI. 

By the end of this tutorial, you’ll be able to:

• Analyze business functions and pain points
• Build step-by-step solutions
• Conduct deep research

Let’s get right into it!

Analyze business functions and pain points

Go to Deepseek.com. Log in to an account or create a new one. It’s completely free for everyone. Start by clicking the DeepThink R1 button at the bottom left of the prompt box. 

You can start by providing a query. For example, we will ask Deepseek to highlight pain points across departments and suggest AI-driven solutions to streamline repetitive tasks.  

Prompt:

You are an expert business analyst identifying daily tasks across departments (e.g., marketing, sales, operations, coding). Highlight pain points and propose AI-driven solutions to streamline repetitive tasks.

After analyzing the query, it delivers a clear, department-by-department snapshot of tasks, challenges, and tailored AI fixes. 

Marketing

• Tasks: Content creation, scheduling, campaign tracking
• Pain Points: Manual data work, tedious scheduling
• Solutions: AI tools for audience targeting and real-time analytics

‍Sales

• Tasks: Lead vetting, CRM updates
• Pain Points: Endless data entry, follow-up overload
• Solutions: Automated lead scoring and smart outreach

‍Operations

• Tasks: Supply chain checks, inventory management
• Pain Points: Slow reporting, outdated insights
• Solutions: AI-powered supply chain predictions and dynamic forecasting

Let’s ask Deepthink R1 to solve a problem in the production operations department. 

Prompt:

We are in [describe the business function], which creates a problem, especially [describe pain points in detail] 

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Now, that’s what I call being smart. Deepthink R1 nailed the issues and addressed each pain point with targeted solutions. 

Let’s move on to pain points in the sales process. Use the following prompt to describe the pain points. 

Prompt:

Can you provide a streamlined workflow for [describe your business function] struggling with [ describe pain points in the sales process]? The goal is to reduce [specific pain points like follow-up overload].

 DeepThink R1 broke down the sales process and identified the pain points. It then suggested specific solutions tailored to each pain point. 

Build step-by-step solutions

Addressing the issues and proposing a solution is one thing, but suggesting a step-by-step solution is like providing a sequence of actions you can take to solve a problem. 

Ask DeepThink R1 for step-by-step instructions for implementing AI tools tailored to each business function. It helps you by proposing a list of steps to solve the problem. 

Prompt:

Please provide a step-by-step instruction on using AI for natural language generation to create social media posts for the [describe business function]. We need help with [describe the specific actions for the social media posts].

DeepThink gave us a list of step-by-step actions we can take to streamline our social media posts and market our products. That was impressive. 

Similarly, you can craft a prompt for DeepThink R1 to streamline your sales workflow. 

Prompt

Please provide a step-by-step instruction on how to [explain the sales workflow]. We want to [provide details on what you want to achieve in the sales workflow].

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That’s pretty impressive if you ask us. It created a step-by-step instruction on connecting our CRM to an AI-based scoring tool and automating lead prioritization based on engagement metrics. It also gave us a list of tools we can use and their associated costs. 

Conduct deep research

You can also conduct deep research about a step you couldn’t follow. DeepThink R1 is a pro for doing deep research. For example, you can ask it to provide details about behavioral data, like the number of pages viewed and the time spent viewing pages. 

Prompt:

We have a Facebook page that sells sturdy nails, screws, and related hardware. Our data shows that users spent approximately 40 seconds on the Facebook page and clicked the close button. Out of 1000 visitors, only 5% stay on the page for 2-4 minutes. Only 2% view the products page, and about 95% abandon items in the cart. Suggest a solution to increase page views and retain customers so they can spend more time. Also, suggest how we can possibly lower the cart abandonment rates. 

It researched the facts we provided and suggested precise solutions to the problem. We also gave it access to our data page for a deeper dive. The solutions were reasonable, and we plan to follow them to increase sales. 

That’s it, folks. Experiment with prompts and use the model to supercharge content creation, sharpen your strategy, tackle complex challenges, or dive deep into research. Tailor its workflows to match your specific business needs or dive into heavy-duty tasks like building statistical models or breaking down PhD-level research projects.