Collect local business leads from Google Places automatically

Runs your search terms through Google Places every day and saves each business's contact details to a sheet.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each search term.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Lead Generation & ProspectingSEO & Search OptimizationSpreadsheet & Database OpsWeb Scraping & Data Collection
Connects
Google SheetsDumpling AI

The problem it solves

Finding local businesses that match your criteria means running the same Google Places search over and over, then manually copying names, phone numbers, and websites into a spreadsheet.

Who it fits

Lead generation specialists, digital marketers, or virtual assistants who need lists of local businesses.

How it works

  1. Runs automatically once a day
  2. Reads your list of search terms from Google Sheets, like "dentists in Dallas"
  3. Searches Google Places for each term
  4. Splits the results into individual business listings
  5. Saves each business's name, address, rating, category, phone number, and website to Google Sheets
What you get

Local leads delivered without you searching

You get a daily spreadsheet of local business leads and contact details for any search term.

What you get

A daily-updated Google Sheet full of local business leads with contact details.

What you need

A Google Workspace account and a Dumpling AI API key.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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