🏪 Small business & side hustles
Build a list of local leads and approve every email
A workflow finds businesses in your niche and area, researches each one and drafts a personal email. Nothing goes out until you approve it.
What the bot does
- Finds businesses by type and location.
- Identifies the decision maker and a public contact.
- Researches each business and drafts a personal note.
- Saves everything to a spreadsheet for you to review.
- Sends only approved emails, slowly.
What you end up with
A spreadsheet of researched leads with drafted, approved outreach.
Copy-paste prompt
Fill in the [brackets]. Then paste it into any tool below.
Find [20] [type of business] in [city] that might need [your service]. For each: name, website, decision maker if public, one specific detail about them, and a 3-sentence personal email draft. Put it all in a sheet. Do not send anything.
Tools that can do it today
- automationn8nFree to self-host; paid cloud plans
- automationMakeFree plan; paid plans add more
- automationZapierFree plan; paid plans add more
- agentGrok Bot (personal agents)Check plan requirements in xAI's docs
Plans and limits change; check each tool's page.
Watch out
- Follow anti-spam law (in the U.S., CAN-SPAM) and each platform's rules.
- Never send in bulk without reading each message.
Questions people ask
Which AI tools can do this?
n8n, Make, Zapier or Grok Bot (personal agents) can do this today. Paste the copy-paste prompt on this page into any of them and fill in the [brackets].
How hard is it to set up?
It's rated Advanced. Start with the steps under “What the bot does”.
What should I watch out for?
Follow anti-spam law (in the U.S., CAN-SPAM) and each platform's rules.
Sources
Last checked Oct 20, 2026. Self-reported results from posts are the poster's own claims.