Finding high-quality leads is one of the toughest challenges for entrepreneurs, marketers, and business owners. The traditional way of hunting for contacts manually on Google Maps or directories takes hours — sometimes even weeks — and still doesn’t guarantee results.

But what if you could get 1,000+ business emails in just minutes?
That’s exactly what I did using AI tools combined with Google Maps scraping — and in this blog, I’ll show you the step-by-step process.

Why Traditional Lead Generation Fails

• Time-consuming: Manually checking businesses, copying emails, and verifying them can eat up days of your time.

• Error-prone: Copy-pasting leads increases the chance of mistakes.

• Limited scale: Even if you’re efficient, you can only gather a few dozen leads in a session.

This is where AI + automation changes everything.

Step 1: Manual Method (The Old Way)

If you go to Google Maps and search for, say, “Asian grocery stores in Florida”, you’ll see hundreds of listings.

For each store, you could:

1. Copy the phone number

2. Visit their website

3. Hunt for the email address (often buried in a “Contact Us” page or hidden in a Facebook profile)

4. Save it to a spreadsheet

This works, but it’s slow and exhausting.

Step 2: Automating with AI Tools

Instead of doing it manually, I used an AI-powered scraping tool called Apify.

Here’s what I did:

1. Logged into my free Apify account.

2. Selected the Google Maps Scraper actor.

3. Entered my search term: “Asian grocery stores in Florida.”

4. Chose filters (like “only show results with websites” so I can find emails).

5. Ran the scraper — and within minutes, I had hundreds of business records including names, websites, phone numbers, and more.

Cost? Just a few dollars for thousands of entries.

Step 3: Exporting the Leads

Once the scraper finished, I downloaded the results into a CSV file.

The file included:

• Business name

• Address

• Phone number

• Website

• Links to their profiles

This was the raw gold mine of leads that I needed.

Step 4: Finding and Validating Emails

Most businesses don’t list their emails directly on Google Maps. That’s why the next step is to:

• Visit their websites (scraper already provides links).

• Extract emails automatically with AI tools.

• Validate emails so they don’t bounce.

For this, I used Apollo.io — a cold email tool that helps clean, enrich, and verify data.

Step 5: Cold Email Campaign

With my verified list in Apollo.io, I:

1. Created a new email sequence (value-based emails, not spam).

2. Uploaded my contacts.

3. Scheduled automated emails to go out over the next few weeks.

Now instead of sending one email at a time, my sequence sends hundreds of personalized cold emails every day.

Why This Method Works

• Scalability: What used to take 30 days of manual work now takes 30 minutes.

• Accuracy: Google Maps data is up-to-date, and Apollo.io verifies emails.

• Automation: AI tools handle the grunt work so you can focus on closing deals.

This is how I got 1,000+ business emails in minutes — without manual work.

Key Tools You’ll Need

• Apify Google Maps Scraper → to extract business details

• Apollo.io → to verify emails and run campaigns

• Google Maps → as your data source

Here is the 15 Min video tutorial

Final Thoughts

Cold emailing is a long game. You won’t close deals overnight, but if you consistently build lists and run campaigns, your pipeline will fill up with opportunities.

The AI lead generation system I shared here saves time, reduces effort, and helps you scale your outreach without hiring a large team.

Start small, run your first scrape, upload your first campaign, and watch how quickly AI transforms your lead generation.

Want me to set up this exact system for your business? Book a discovery call with me