Find qualified Instagram leads automatically from hashtags

Scans posts under your chosen hashtags and builds a spreadsheet of qualified leads based on follower count.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each target hashtag.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13)

flowchart TD trig(("user starts lead search")):::human s0[("load target hashtags")]:::store s1[["scan posts per hashtag"]]:::mi s2["filter by caption relevance"]:::task s3["check follower counts"]:::task s4[("save qualified leads")]:::store trig --> s0 s0 -->|"one per each target hashtag"| s1 s1 --> s2 s2 --> s3 s3 --> s4 out[/"spreadsheet of qualified leads"/]:::out pay{{"hours saved on manual prospecting"}}:::pay s4 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
A stepRuns once per itemA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
Lead Generation & ProspectingSocial Media ManagementSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
ApifyGoogle SheetsInstagram

The problem it solves

Searching Instagram hashtags for potential customers, checking each profile's follower count and relevance, then copying details into a list by hand takes hours and is easy to lose track of.

Who it fits

Social media marketers or sales teams doing outreach on Instagram.

How it works

  1. A list of target hashtags is pulled from Google Sheets
  2. Posts under each hashtag are scanned automatically
  3. Captions are checked for language and relevance
  4. Usernames are collected, deduplicated, and checked for follower count
  5. Qualified leads are saved to a spreadsheet
What you get

Qualified accounts found without scrolling hashtags

You get a spreadsheet of qualified Instagram accounts worth reaching out to.

What you get

A spreadsheet of qualified Instagram leads ready for outreach.

What you need

An Apify account and a Google account with Sheets.

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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