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

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1. Workflow Overview

Automate Outreach Prospect automates finding, enriching, and messaging potential partners (like restaurants, malls, and bars) using Apify Google Maps scraping, Perplexity enrichment, OpenAI LLMs, G...

Best for

  • AI Chatbot automation workflows
  • Multimodal AI automation workflows
  • advanced n8n builders looking for reusable templates

Tools used

n8n-nodes-base.stickynote, @devlikeapro/n8n-nodes-waha.wahatrigger, n8n-nodes-base.manualtrigger, n8n-nodes-base.scheduletrigger, n8n-nodes-base.googledrivetrigger, n8n-nodes-base.set, @apify/n8n-nodes-apify.apify, n8n-nodes-base.httprequest

Source and attribution

This workflow is cataloged by N8N Workflows and links back to its original n8n.io source page by Khairul Muhtadin.

Original n8n.io source

1.1 Workflow description

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

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.

⚠️ Important Disclaimer

This workflow uses community nodes for WhatsApp functionality:

💡 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 — 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.

🔧 How It Works

⏱ Trigger

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

📎 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.

🤖 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).

💌 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.

🗂 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.

🔐 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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1.2 Logical Blocks

This catalog entry is organized from the workflow JSON. The node-level section below shows the executable blocks available for review before importing the template.

2. Block-by-Block Analysis

Block 1 - Sticky Note

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 2 - Sticky Note1

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 3 - Sticky Note6

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 4 - Sticky Note7

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 5 - Sticky Note2

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 6 - Sticky Note4

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 7 - Sticky Note3

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.stickyNote - stickyNote
Config choices
Version 1

Block 8 - Incoming message

Type / Role
@devlikeapro/n8n-nodes-waha.wahaTrigger - wahaTrigger
Config choices
Version 202502

Block 9 - Manual Trigger - Start Scraping

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger - manualTrigger
Config choices
Version 1

Block 10 - Daily Outbound Schedule

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - scheduleTrigger
Config choices
Version 1.2

Block 11 - Schedule Outbound message

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - scheduleTrigger
Config choices
Version 1.2

Block 12 - Knowledge Base Updated Trigger

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.googleDriveTrigger - googleDriveTrigger
Config choices
Version 1

Block 13 - Configure Scraping Parameters

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.set - set
Config choices
Version 3.4

Block 14 - Extract WhatsApp Session Data

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.set - set
Config choices
Version 3.4

Block 15 - Prepare Outbound Session Data

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.set - set
Config choices
Version 3.4

Block 16 - Format Reply Message Data

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.set - set
Config choices
Version 3.4

Block 17 - Format Outbound Message Data

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.set - set
Config choices
Version 3.4

Block 18 - Execute Google Maps Scraper

Type / Role
@apify/n8n-nodes-apify.apify - apify
Config choices
Version 1

Block 19 - Fetch Scraped Business Data

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest - httpRequest
Config choices
Version 4.2

Block 20 - Save Raw Business Leads

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - googleSheets
Config choices
Version 4.6

Block 21 - Get Outbound Candidates

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - googleSheets
Config choices
Version 4.7

Block 22 - Get Unenriched Records

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets - googleSheets
Config choices
Version 4.7

Block 23 - Limit Outbound Batch Size

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.limit - limit
Config choices
Version 1

Block 24 - Limit Enrichment Batch Size

Type / Role
n8n-nodes-base.limit - limit
Config choices
Version 1

Showing the first 24 of 64 workflow blocks. Download the JSON for the full node graph.

3. Summary Table

Workflow Automate business partner outreach with Google Maps, GPT-4 & WhatsApp
Complexity advanced
Nodes 64
Categories AI Chatbot, Multimodal AI
Author Khairul Muhtadin
Published 23 Aug 2025

4. Reproducing the Workflow from Scratch

  1. 1. Download the workflow JSON

    Use the JSON export at /data/workflows/7763/7763.json as the source template for this automation.

  2. 2. Import the template into n8n

    Open n8n, import the downloaded JSON, and review each node before activating the workflow.

  3. 3. Configure credentials and variables

    Replace placeholder credentials, API keys, webhook URLs, account IDs, and environment-specific values with your own settings.

  4. 4. Test with sample data

    Run the workflow manually or in a staging workspace, inspect node output, and confirm downstream systems receive the expected data.

  5. 5. Activate and monitor

    Enable the workflow only after testing, then monitor executions, errors, and rate limits during the first production runs.

5. General Notes & Resources

Review imported nodes carefully before activation. This catalog entry is intended to help you inspect the workflow structure, understand required services, and find related templates faster.

Node names, credentials, schedules, webhook paths, and external service limits may need adjustment for your workspace.

Frequently asked questions

What does Automate business partner outreach with Google Maps, GPT-4 & WhatsApp do?

Automate Outreach Prospect automates finding, enriching, and messaging potential partners (like restaurants, malls, and bars) using Apify Google Maps scraping, Perplexity enrichment, OpenAI LLMs, G...

What do I need before importing this workflow?

Review the workflow JSON, configure any required credentials in n8n, and test the automation in a safe workspace before using it in production.

Can I customize this workflow?

Yes. Use the block-by-block analysis and the downloadable JSON to inspect each node, then adjust credentials, prompts, schedules, filters, or destinations for your AI Chatbot, Multimodal AI use case.