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How to Use the Prospecting Tool to Analyze and Convert Leads

The Prospecting Tool helps you find local businesses, generate marketing audit reports, automatically create contacts, and trigger workflows to convert prospects into opportunities.

Updated over 2 months ago

Who This Is For / When to Use

This article is for sales teams, marketers, and agencies who want to proactively find new leads, assess their online presence, and automate outreach using audits and workflows.

Use this when you want to:

  • Discover new local businesses by keyword and location

  • Generate and share marketing audit reports

  • Automatically create contacts from prospects

  • Trigger workflows based on prospect data


Step 1: Search for Local Prospects

Navigate to Prospecting > Lead Finder.

You can search for businesses using the fields at the top of the screen.

Available Search Options

Keyword or Business Name

  • Enter a business type (example: Roofing Contractor, Dentist, Real Estate Agent).

  • Enter a specific business or brand name to find exact matches.

Location

  • Enter a city, postal code, or full address.

  • Select a location directly on the map.

  • Type near me to use your IP-based location automatically.

Radius

  • Select a search radius from the chosen location (up to the available maximum shown in the dropdown).

Click Search to load matching businesses on the map and in the results table.


Step 2: Generate a Marketing Audit Report

From the results list:

  1. Select one or more businesses.

  2. Click View or generate a Marketing Audit Report.

The system begins analyzing the prospect’s online presence.

While the report is generating, you may see a Contact creation in progress message. This is expected.


Step 3: Automatic Contact Creation

Every prospect generated through the Prospecting Tool is automatically added as a contact in your account.

  • No manual contact creation is required.

  • Contacts appear in CRM & Contacts once processing completes.

  • Newly created contacts are automatically tagged.

Example tag applied:

  • new-prospect-received

This applies to prospects created:

  • Manually from Lead Finder

  • From in-app prospecting

  • From AI or widget-based prospecting


Step 4: Trigger Workflows for New Prospects

You can automate follow-up actions using workflows triggered by prospect creation.

Create a Prospect-Based Workflow

  1. Go to Automations > Workflows.

  2. Create a new workflow.

  3. Select the trigger Prospect Generated.

Optional Filters You Can Apply

  • Prospect Conversion Score (example: greater than 60)

  • Prospect Source (AI, In-App, Widget)

  • Other available prospect attributes

These filters allow workflows to run only for specific prospect types.


Step 5: Use Prospect Fields in Emails and Actions

When building workflow actions (such as emails), you can insert prospect-specific fields.

Examples include:

  • Prospect business name

  • Prospect contact first name

  • Prospect email

  • Prospect web audit report link

Use the field picker and search for prospect to insert available values.

This allows fully personalized outreach based on audit data.


Step 6: Share the Marketing Audit Report with the Prospect

Once the audit report is generated:

  1. Open the Marketing Audit Report.

  2. Click Share Report in the top-right corner.

  3. Choose how to send the report:

    • Email

    • SMS

    • Share link

  4. Customize:

    • From email

    • Subject line

    • Message content

  5. Send the report directly to the prospect.

The report highlights gaps and opportunities you can use to start a sales conversation.


Common Issues and Fixes

Contact shows “creation in progress”

Cause: The system is still enriching prospect data.
Fix: Wait a few moments and refresh the Contacts section.

Workflow did not trigger

Cause: Workflow filters did not match the prospect data.
Fix: Verify the trigger is Prospect Generated and review all filter conditions.

Missing email or phone data

Cause: The prospect’s business listing does not expose contact details publicly.
Fix: Use the audit report link and manual follow-up, or enrich data through additional outreach.

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