Perplexity undercuts $200 tools with zero cost

Hey AI Enthusiast,

Perplexity just made Comet browser free globally - eliminating premium browser barriers while launching "background assistant" for Max subscribers that handles multiple tasks simultaneously across your computer.

The system runs email drafting, price comparisons, flight searches, and meeting scheduling in parallel while you work on other things, meaning businesses get agentic capabilities without the $200/month previously required for browser access.

Let me break down today's power prompt and marketing strategy first (then show how this cost-efficient reasoning changes AI adoption for smaller businesses completely...)

🔥 Prompt of the Day 🔥

Google Review Request

Create One Review-Generating Local Ask: Use ChatGPT or Claude
Act as a local marketing specialist. Create one effective Google review request for [LOCAL BUSINESS].

Essential Details:

• Business Type: [What you do]

• Customer Experience: [Service provided]

• Time Since Visit: [When they came]

• Review Impact: [Why it matters]

• Incentive: [If offered]

• Direct Link: [Review URL]

Create one review request including:

1. Personal Greeting

2. Experience Reference

3. Review Importance Explanation

4. Simple Instructions

5. Direct Review Link

6. Appreciation Statement

Instruction:
Make reviewing effortless.
Keep under 125 words total.

✅ Marketing Monday ✅

Re-engagement Campaign Systems

Treating inactive subscribers like permanent losses wastes potential revenue sitting in your database.

Most businesses ignore dormant contacts while competitors reactivate those same people through strategic win-back sequences that address why engagement stopped initially.

Re-engagement campaigns work when messaging meets subscriber psychology strategically.

Target within context while interest remains recoverable automatically.

Perfect for converting disengagement into renewed participation efficiently.

Send initial "we miss you" messages with genuine value propositions instantly.

Offer exclusive comeback incentives that acknowledge absence without guilt-tripping naturally.

Build systematic win-back flows showing what subscribers missed during inactive periods consistently.

Monitor which recovery messages generate opens versus actual re-engagement reliably.

Never assume single win-back emails solve disengagement - sequences perform better universally.

Smart businesses treat dormant subscribers like relationship investments within retention strategies.

Disengagement indicates changing needs rather than permanent rejection fundamentally.

Message timing research shows immediate win-back attempts beat delayed outreach significantly.

Subscriber behavior tracking reveals why people disengage at specific lifecycle stages consistently.

Properly timed re-engagement campaigns recover 10-15% of inactive subscribers regularly.

Incentive escalation creates urgency without appearing desperate or devaluing brand permanently.

Balance automated sequences with personal acknowledgment naturally within win-back communications.

Customer engagement patterns require different re-activation approaches based on disengagement reasons effectively.

Recovery optimization succeeds through consistent testing and message refinement processes systematically.

🤔 Did You Know? 🤔

Fashion designers are using AI to predict which colors will trend two years in advance by analyzing social media moods, economic indicators, and cultural events worldwide.

🗞️ Breaking AI News 🗞️

Perplexity just handed everyone free browser automation that costs competitors $200 monthly.

Comet launched globally without paywalls while Max subscribers get "background assistant" running multiple tasks simultaneously across their computers.

Here's what actually shifted:

• Free sidecar assistant answers questions about active web pages summarizing content and navigating sites for anyone worldwide instead of limiting features to premium tiers

• Parallel task execution lets Max users delegate simultaneously - email drafting happens while price comparisons run and flight searches complete without switching between tools manually

• Integrated toolset includes personalized news, project management, shopping automation, travel planning, finance tracking, sports updates - consolidated functions previously requiring separate subscriptions

• Email automation handles tone-matched drafting, inbox organization, meeting scheduling - premium feature reducing administrative overhead for paying subscribers

• Central dashboard displays background task progress - users monitor multiple operations and intervene when needed rather than waiting for completion notifications

Browser economics changed fundamentally.

Startups previously avoided advanced browser tools because $200 monthly subscriptions multiplied across teams created prohibitive costs.

Perplexity's free tier removes that barrier by providing core AI browsing capabilities without subscription requirements at all.

The background assistant demonstrates what becomes possible when AI handles parallel workflows instead of forcing sequential task completion through manual switching.

This proves browser-native intelligence works for actual productivity improvements rather than just theoretical demonstrations.

Companies adopting early gain workflow advantages while competitors continue paying premium prices for less capable browser extensions.

Over to You...

Which browser tasks take up most of your day that you'd automate first with background assistants?

Hit reply and tell me where you're losing the most time.

To parallel workflows,

Jeff J. Hunter & Valentin Molina
Founders, AI Persona Method | World's Largest AI Community (3.4M)