How to prompt
PERPLEXITY
for LinkedIn
Perplexity is the
best AI to search.
And yes, it’s better
than ChatGPT.
That’s how I
prompt it to pick
up trends before
you do.
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01
To find
Perplexity a trendy
+ topic...
YouTube.
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
Prompt: “Find the top 5 most YouTube videos
to learn “How to write a thesis with AI”. For
each: channel, publish date, why it’s credible,
& exact timestamp for the valuable 2 mins.”
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02
To find
Perplexity a trendy
+ topic...
Reddit.
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
Prompt: “Extract the top 10 user pain points
about [PRODUCT/CATEGORY] from Reddit
posts since 2024-01-01. Quote snippets, link
threads, and group into themes.”
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03
To find
Perplexity a trendy
+ topic...
Discover.
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
Curate your feed: Go to ‘Discover’ > ‘For You’
Choose your interests. Trendy topics, updated
every day. Like a better Google News!
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04
To find
Perplexity a trendy
+ topic...
Papers.
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
Prompt: “List the 7 most cited papers since
2021 on “Prompt Engineering to avoid
hallucinations”. Provide BibTeX, open-
access/preprint links, and a 2-line takeaway
per paper.”
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05
To find
Perplexity a trendy
+ topic...
Research.
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
Prompt: "I need [specific fact/criteria] about
[subject] as of [date/today/timeframe]. Give
the answer, key caveats, and what to
double-check."
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06
To find
Perplexity a trendy
+ Labs. topic...
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
Click on the bulb button to access labs.
Prompt: “Act as {role}. Task: {task}. Context:
{brief_context}. Sources: {links_or_data}.
Constraints: {rules_deadlines}. Output:
{deliverable_and_format}. Style: {tone}.”
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06
To find
Perplexity a trendy
+ Labs. topic...
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
Click on the bulb button to access labs.
Prompt: Create a [task] for [your industry].
Research the top 5 companies, extract their
latest [task, features]. Build an interactive
[outcome], create a downloadable CSV.
Here’s an
example of a
post made
with
Perplexity
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01
To
Go find
to a trendy
Perplexity topic...
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
Prompt: “I want to write about [topic]
because [reasons]. My controversial take on
it is that [take] because people must [advice]
and not [avoid this]”
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02
To
Go find
to a trendy
[Link] topic...
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
Copy Perplexity’s answer in ‘Topic’ with added
insights and Generate 2-3 posts
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03
To
Nowfind a trendy
Generate an topic...
Image
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
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04
To find
Pick youra trendy
favorite topic...
quote
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
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To find
Preview. a trendy
Edit. topic...
Post.
Type your niche, like “SEO”.
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