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Get your first leads

CallHQ finds leads by scraping a niche × city combination, not by handing you a rented list. This walks through pulling your first batch.

1. Define a sourcing run

Go to Sourcing Studio (/sourcing, admin-only) and fill in "Define a new run":

  • Niche — e.g. plumbers
  • Geo — e.g. London
  • Brand — which of your brands this run belongs to
  • Track — the compliance track for this run

Click Start sourcing run. This fires a signed intent to n8n's source-google-maps workflow, which drives a real scraper session against Google Maps (with OpenStreetMap/Companies House/Shopify as additional sources). The run shows as pendingrunning while it works.

note

If n8n is still in mock mode for your environment, the intent is logged but no real scrape happens — check Tools (/tools) for n8n's live/mocked status before assuming a run is stuck.

2. Watch it land

The Sourcing Studio page auto-refreshes every 5 seconds while a run is pending/running. When it finishes, the businesses it found appear as new rows in Lead Factory (/leads) — deduped against anything you've already sourced, so re-running the same niche/city never hands you a duplicate.

3. Review what you got

Open Lead Factory and filter by brand/track/niche to see this run's leads. Each row shows what's known so far: business name, contact info (if found), legal form, and enrichment status.

Next

Leads land with an email status of "unverified" — move on to Verify + push to campaign before you send anything.