Generate ideal customer profile leads & personalized pitches with GPT-4o-mini, Perplexity and Apify
# n8n Workflow: Automated Lead Generation & Personalized Outreach
## Overview
This n8n workflow automates the entire lead generation and personalized email creation process for businesses. It analyzes a company's profile, identifies ideal customer profiles (ICP), finds matching leads, and generates customized outreach emails.
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## Workflow Components
### 1. JotForm Trigger
**Purpose:** Form Submission Entry Point
- Captures business information through JotForm (Form ID: 252802732808054)
- Initiates the automation workflow when form is submitted
- Collects company website and business details
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### 2. Perplexity API Integration
**Purpose:** Company Analysis
- **Method:** POST request to Perplexity AI Search API
- **Function:** Performs detailed research on the submitted company website
- **Output:** Comprehensive business intelligence and market positioning data
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### 3. ICP Finder (OpenAI GPT-4o-mini)
**Purpose:** Ideal Customer Profile Creation
- **Model:** GPT-4o-mini
- **Role:** Expert client acquisition manager
- **Task:** Analyzes company details and generates best-fit customer profile
- **Input:** Company snippet from Perplexity research
- **Output:** Detailed ICP description
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### 4. Edit Fields
**Purpose:** Data Transformation
- Extracts and formats the ICP output
- Prepares data for next workflow stage
- Ensures clean data flow between nodes
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### 5. ICP Industry Finder (OpenAI GPT-4o-mini)
**Purpose:** Industry Classification
- **Model:** GPT-4o-mini
- **Role:** Expert ICP analyzer
- **Task:** Identifies specific business sector matching the ICP
- **Rules:**
- Returns single industry sector only
- Uses professional terminology (e.g., "healthcare", "call centre", "plumber")
- Excludes all SaaS-related companies
- Avoids generic terms like "technology industry"
- **Output:** Single industry sector name
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### 6. Leads Generator (Apify API)
**Purpose:** Lead Discovery
- **API:** Local Business Lead Generator by james.logantech
- **Method:** Synchronous run with dataset items retrieval
- **Configuration:**
- Location: United States
- Maximum Results: 5 leads
- Business Types: Based on ICP industry output
- **Output:** List of qualified business leads
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### 7. Loop Over Items
**Purpose:** Batch Processing
- Processes leads individually
- Enables personalized email creation for each lead
- Controls workflow iteration
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### 8. Personalized Emails (Apify API)
**Purpose:** Custom Email Generation
- **API:** Pitches Pro by onescales
- **Method:** Synchronous run with dataset items retrieval
- **Configuration:**
- **Promoting:** Automation services
- **Benefits:** "Save 10+ hours per week by automating manual tasks"
- **Goal:** Partnership
- **Tone:** Professional yet approachable, confident but not pushy
- **Language:** English
- **Additional Notes:** Focus on time-saving, avoid technical jargon, include soft CTA
- **Output:** Personalized email for each lead
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## Data Flow
```
JotForm → Perplexity Analysis → ICP Generation → Field Formatting →
Industry Classification → Lead Discovery → Batch Processing → Email Personalization
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## Key Features
✅ **Fully Automated:** No manual intervention required
✅ **AI-Powered:** Uses GPT-4o-mini for intelligent ICP analysis
✅ **Personalized:** Custom emails for each prospect
✅ **Scalable:** Processes multiple leads in batches
✅ **Time-Saving:** Automates 10+ hours of manual work per week
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## Requirements
- **APIs Required:**
- Perplexity AI (with Authorization token)
- OpenAI (GPT-4o-mini access)
- Apify (2 actors: Local Business Lead Generator & Pitches Pro)
- **Form Platform:** JotForm account
- **n8n Instance:** Self-hosted or cloud
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