Research a Prospect and Land a Client Before Lunch
The biggest time sink in freelance client acquisition isn't the pitch — it's the research. Perplexity can research any company in 5 minutes and surface the insights that make outreach genuinely personal, not template-personal. Which means you can do the research and send the pitch before lunch.
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Try this starter prompt
Copy and paste this into ChatGPT or Claude with your details filled in. It's a simplified version — the full prompt chain is in the app.
Help me research a prospect and write personalized outreach. Target company: [COMPANY NAME + URL] My service: [WHAT I DO + WHO I HELP] Step 1 — Perplexity research query: Write me a Perplexity search query to find: the company's recent announcements, likely pain points for my service, and any news that creates a natural opening for outreach. Step 2 — Outreach email draft: Once I have the research, write a 5-sentence email to their [DECISION MAKER ROLE]: - Opening: one specific, researched detail about them (not generic flattery) - Bridge: how that detail connects to a problem I help with - Proof: one concrete result I've delivered for someone similar - Soft ask: a question, not a meeting request → Get the full 30-minute prospect-to-pitch workflow in AI School
How it works
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Run the Perplexity research query to find 3 usable personalization angles
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Choose the strongest angle and draft the outreach email in ChatGPT
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Send the email and follow up once 3 days later if no reply
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Build a weekly habit: 3 new researched prospects every Monday morning
What you'll build in the app
Get the full 30-minute prospect-to-pitch workflow — research prompts, outreach templates, and follow-up sequence — inside AI School.
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Research a Prospect and Land a Client Before Lunch
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