Automation library · Lead generation

Build local no-website lead lists from Google Maps with Apify

Started by a clock, and works across Apify, Google Sheets and Slack. 10 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

10 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 3

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Every Monday morningSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Optional: only genuinely established placesFilterLogic
  3. 3Optional: only leads you have not seen beforeRemove DuplicatesLogic
  4. 4Optional: post new leads to SlackSlackService
  5. 5Set the searches and the areaSetLogic
  6. 6Search Google MapsApifyService
  7. 7Keep the ones with no websiteFilterLogic
  8. 8Shape each businessCodeLogic
  9. 9Best established firstSortLogic
  10. 10Append the leadsGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
10
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Apify, Google Sheets, Slack
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Apify, Google Sheets and Slack accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 10 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.