Find local leads and run AI cold email outreach automatically

The system finds local businesses on Google Maps, pulls their emails, and sends AI-written outreach with automatic follow-ups.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each business found.

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

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Starts itAn outside serviceRuns once per itemResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
Email AutomationSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
Google MapsGoogle SheetsGmail

The problem it solves

Finding new local businesses to reach out to, tracking down a real email address, and writing a personalized message for each one takes real time, especially if you're doing it by hand every week. Follow-ups get forgotten and prospects go cold before you ever hear back.

Who it fits

Agencies, consultants, and founders who prospect local businesses for new clients.

How it works

  1. The system reads a list of zip codes and business categories from Google Sheets
  2. It searches Google Maps for matching local businesses
  3. It visits each business website to find a public email address
  4. AI writes a personalized intro email and two follow-ups
  5. Emails are sent through Gmail on a schedule, skipping duplicates automatically
What you get

New prospects you reach who never heard from you before

You get a steady flow of personalized outreach emails sent to local businesses that match exactly who you want as clients.

What you get

A growing spreadsheet of qualified leads and a running email outreach campaign with automatic follow-ups.

What you need

A Google Maps API key, a Google Workspace account, and an AI API key such as Gemini or OpenAI.

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.

Let's Talk Strategy

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