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Automate business partner outreach with Google Maps, GPT-4 & WhatsApp

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2/3/2026
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Automate Outreach Prospect automates finding, enriching, and messaging potential partners (like restaurants, malls, and bars) using Apify Google Maps scraping, Perplexity enrichment, OpenAI LLMs, Google Sheets, Pinecone knowledge, and WhatsApp sending via GOWA. It turns a manual, slow outreach funnel into a repeatable pipeline so your team spends time closing deals instead of copy-pasting contact details.

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⚠️ Important Disclaimer

This workflow uses community nodes for WhatsApp functionality:

πŸ’‘ Why Use Automate Outreach Prospect?

  • Faster prospecting: Scrape up to 150 leads per search (jumlah leads = 150) and queue them for outreach in minutes, cutting manual research time from days to hours.
  • Fixes the busywork: Automatically enrich missing contact data and only send messages to records with phone numbers, so you stop chasing dead leads.
  • Measurable lift: Enrich in batches (enrichment batch size = 20), improving outbound readiness and increasing contactable leads per campaign by dozens each run.
  • Better conversions with context: Use a searchable company knowledge base (Pinecone + LlamaIndex) so replies are handled with context β€” less robotic, more relevant. Yes, your bot can sound like a helpful human (minus the coffee breath).

⚑ Perfect For

  • Sales Ops: Teams that need to scale partner outreach without hiring a mini-empire of SDRs.
  • Growth Marketers: People who want repeatable local outreach campaigns (mall, restaurant, bar categories).
  • Small Biz Owners: Quick way to build partnership lists and automate first outreach without becoming a spreadsheet hermit.

πŸ”§ How It Works

⏱ Trigger

Manual scrape start or scheduled jobs: Daily Outbound Schedule, Schedule Outbound message, or Knowledge Base Updated Trigger.

πŸ“Ž Process

Apify Google Maps Scraper gathers business listings (location, phone, socials). Results are fetched and saved to Google Sheets (Raw Data). Unenriched records are split and enriched via Perplexity, then saved back.

πŸ€– Smart Logic

OpenAI LLM creates personalized initial messages, and a Reply Handler AI Agent, uses Pinecone/knowledge embeddings to interpret replies and decide next actions (save PICs, request meeting, send proposal).

πŸ’Œ Output

Outbound messages are sent over WhatsApp using GOWA nodes (typing indicators, simulated typing delays, read receipts) and replies are handled & stored; qualified PIC contacts are appended to a Leads sheet.

πŸ—‚ Storage

Google Sheets is the central datastore (Raw Data, Leads Collected). Knowledge base lives in Google Drive and Pinecone (n8n-recharge, namespace CompanyKnowledgeBased). Conversation memory stored in Postgres/Neon.

πŸ” Quick Setup

  1. Import Workflow: Import JSON file to your n8n instances

  2. Add Credentials:

    • Google Sheets OAuth2
    • Google Drive OAuth2
    • Apify API token
    • OpenAI API
    • Perplexity API
    • Pinecone API
    • Cohere API
    • LlamaIndex Cloud key
    • GOWA (WhatsApp) credentials
    • WAHA webhook (optional)
    • PostgreSQL/Neon
  3. Customize Parameters:

    • Scraping parameters (Location Category, lokasi, jumlah leads, minimum Stars, Skip Closed Place)
    • Message templates/time greetings
    • Enrichment batch size
  4. Update Configuration:

    • Google Drive doc ID
    • Google Sheets ID
    • Apify actor config
    • Pinecone index name
    • Pinecone namespaces
    • LlamaIndex endpoints (if used)
  5. Test Setup: Run a manual scrape with a real location and send a single outbound message to verify WhatsApp delivery and reply handling.

🧩 Required Services

  • Active n8n instances
  • Google Sheets & Google Drive accounts (OAuth2)
  • Apify account & actor access (Google Maps Scraper)
  • OpenAI API key (for LLMs & embeddings)
  • Perplexity API key (enrichment)
  • Pinecone account (vector index n8n-recharge)
  • Cohere API (reranker, optional)
  • LlamaIndex Cloud (optional document parsing)
  • GOWA / WA WhatsApp setup (or WAHA alternative)
  • PostgreSQL/Neon for conversation memory

🧠 Workflow Nodes

Triggers & Scheduling

  • Incoming message
  • Manual Trigger - Start Scraping
  • Daily Outbound Schedule
  • Schedule Outbound message
  • Knowledge Base Updated Trigger

Data Collection & Processing

  • Configure Scraping Parameters
  • Execute Google Maps Scraper
  • Fetch Scraped Business Data
  • Save Raw Business Leads
  • Get Unenriched Records
  • Limit Enrichment Batch Size
  • Split Records for Processing

Data Enrichment

  • Business Data Enrichment
  • Parse Enrichment Response
  • Save Enriched Business Data

Outbound Messaging

  • Get Outbound Candidates
  • Limit Outbound Batch Size
  • Validate Phone Number Exists
  • Prepare Outbound Session Data
  • Outbound Message Generator
  • Outbound Message LLM
  • Format Outbound Message Data

WhatsApp Communication

  • Show Typing Indicator - Outbound
  • Simulate Typing Delay - Outbound
  • Send Outbound WhatsApp Message
  • Mark as Contacted
  • Extract WhatsApp Session Data

Reply Handling

  • Reply Handler AI Agent
  • Reply Handler LLM
  • Format Reply Message Data
  • Show Typing Indicator - Reply
  • Simulate Typing Delay - Reply
  • Send WhatsApp Reply
  • Save Lead Contact Information

Knowledge Management

  • Store Knowledge Embeddings
  • Query Knowledge Base
  • Reply Conversation Memory
  • Outbound Conversation Memory

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n8n Workflow: Automate Business Partner Outreach with Google Maps, GPT-4, and WhatsApp

This n8n workflow automates the process of identifying potential business partners, generating personalized outreach messages using AI, and initiating communication via WhatsApp. It leverages Google Drive for input, Google Sheets for data management, and AI models (GPT-4 via OpenAI, Perplexity, Cohere) for intelligent content generation and ranking.

What it does

This workflow streamlines your outreach efforts by:

  1. Triggering on New Data: Automatically starts when a new file is added to a specified Google Drive folder or can be manually or scheduled.
  2. Reading Business Data: Reads business information from a Google Sheet, likely containing details such as business names, addresses, and contact information.
  3. Preparing Data for AI: Transforms and structures the extracted data into a format suitable for AI processing.
  4. Generating Outreach Content with AI:
    • Uses a Perplexity node (likely for search/information retrieval) to gather context about the business.
    • Leverages an OpenAI Chat Model (GPT-4) to generate personalized outreach messages.
    • Splits and processes the text using a Recursive Character Text Splitter for optimal AI interaction.
    • Utilizes OpenAI Embeddings and Pinecone Vector Store for advanced information retrieval and context management, potentially to enrich the outreach message with relevant details.
    • Employs a Cohere Reranker to refine and rank the generated content, ensuring the most effective messages are used.
  5. Conditional Processing: Includes an If node to introduce conditional logic, allowing the workflow to branch based on specific criteria (e.g., whether a business meets certain outreach qualifications).
  6. Simulating Delay: Incorporates a Wait node to introduce pauses, which can be useful for rate limiting API calls or mimicking human interaction patterns.
  7. Updating Google Sheets: Writes the generated outreach messages or other relevant data back to a Google Sheet, enabling tracking and further analysis.
  8. Managing Chat Memory: Uses Postgres Chat Memory (though not directly connected in this JSON, it's present as a node) which suggests the capability to maintain conversational context for more sophisticated AI interactions.

Prerequisites/Requirements

To use this workflow, you will need:

  • n8n Instance: A running n8n instance.
  • Google Account: With access to Google Drive and Google Sheets.
    • Google Drive Credential: Configured in n8n for the Google Drive Trigger and Google Drive node.
    • Google Sheets Credential: Configured in n8n for the Google Sheets node.
  • OpenAI API Key: For the OpenAI Chat Model and Embeddings OpenAI nodes (likely GPT-4 access).
  • Perplexity API Key: For the Perplexity node.
  • Cohere API Key: For the Reranker Cohere node.
  • Pinecone Account: For the Pinecone Vector Store node.
  • PostgreSQL Database (Optional): If you intend to utilize the Postgres Chat Memory node for persistent chat history.

Setup/Usage

  1. Import the Workflow: Download the provided JSON and import it into your n8n instance.
  2. Configure Credentials:
    • Set up your Google Drive, Google Sheets, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cohere, and Pinecone credentials within n8n.
    • Ensure the Google Drive Trigger is configured to monitor the correct folder for new files.
  3. Update Node Settings:
    • Google Drive Trigger: Specify the Google Drive folder ID to watch.
    • Google Sheets: Configure the spreadsheet name, sheet name, and any specific ranges for reading and writing data.
    • AI Agent / OpenAI Chat Model: Adjust the prompts and model parameters as needed for your specific outreach message generation.
    • Perplexity / Cohere / Pinecone: Configure these nodes with your specific settings and API keys.
    • If Node: Define the conditions for branching the workflow based on your business logic.
    • Wait Node: Adjust the delay duration as required.
  4. Activate the Workflow: Once configured, activate the workflow to start automating your business partner outreach.

This workflow provides a powerful foundation for intelligent, automated outreach, significantly reducing manual effort and increasing personalization.

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