What This Workflow Does
This automation solves the time-consuming process of manually finding and qualifying business leads from Google Maps. Traditional prospecting requires hours of searching, copying data, and verifying contact information - tasks that are perfect for automation.
The workflow automatically discovers businesses matching your criteria on Google Maps, extracts their details, enriches the data with Perplexity AI insights, and verifies email addresses before saving everything to Google Sheets. This creates a ready-to-use lead list with validated contact information, saving sales teams countless hours of manual research.
How It Works
Step 1: Google Maps business search
The workflow starts by searching Google Maps for businesses based on your specified location, industry keywords, and other filters. It extracts key details like business name, address, phone number, and website.
Step 2: Data enrichment with Perplexity AI
Each business profile gets analyzed by Perplexity AI to extract additional insights. The AI identifies key services, customer review trends, and other valuable information to help personalize your outreach.
Step 3: Email discovery and verification
The system attempts to find contact emails through website scraping or pattern matching. All discovered emails then go through a verification process to confirm they're active and deliverable.
Step 4: Organized lead storage
Verified leads with all enriched data get saved to Google Sheets in a structured format. The sheet includes columns for original data, AI insights, verification status, and timestamps.
Who This Is For
This workflow benefits any business or agency that needs to consistently find and qualify new leads. It's particularly valuable for:
- B2B service providers targeting local businesses
- Marketing agencies running outreach campaigns
- SaaS companies prospecting specific industries
- Freelancers looking to build their client base
What You'll Need
- An n8n account (cloud or self-hosted)
- Google Maps API key
- Perplexity AI API access
- Email verification service API (like Hunter or NeverBounce)
- Google Sheets account for output
Quick Setup Guide
- Download the JSON template file
- Import into your n8n workspace
- Configure your Google Maps search parameters
- Connect your API credentials for all services
- Set up your Google Sheets destination
- Test with a small batch before full execution
Key Benefits
80% time savings: Automating lead research eliminates hours of manual work per campaign, letting your team focus on selling rather than searching.
Higher quality leads: AI enrichment and email verification ensure you're working with accurate, actionable contact information.
Scalable prospecting: The system can process hundreds of leads daily without additional effort, perfect for growing campaigns.
Better outreach results: Verified emails see 2-3x higher open rates, while AI insights enable more personalized messaging.