Find Clients With Claude and Google Maps (Free Setup)

You can find clients with Claude and Google Maps. Claude spots local businesses with outdated websites, rebuilds a site for each one from a template, and gives you a free preview link to send the owner. It needs Google Maps and a Vercel account. One catch to read first: Vercel's free plan is for non-commercial use.

How do you find clients with Claude and Google Maps?

Search Google Maps for one trade in one town, then have Claude open the listings that have a website. It scores each site and writes one plain sentence on what looks old: tiny text, clashing colors, no way to book.

Keep each run small. One trade, one town, for example "roofers in Tampa". If a site will not load, skip it. Claude should say so, not guess.

Start with the five lowest scores. The weakest sites have the most to gain, and five is a batch you can check by hand.

How does Claude rebuild a website from a template?

Claude copies a template folder and fills it with the real details from the old site: name, phone, address, hours, services and three customer reviews. Starting from a template means it spends fewer tokens on each site.

Tell it to use only facts it found, and to write "missing" when something isn't there. Then ask it to open each finished site and screenshot it at phone width and desktop width. That is how you catch a broken layout before the owner does.

The exact prompts for every stage are in our free guide, Find clients with Claude and Google Maps.

How do you send the preview link?

Deploy each site to Vercel as a preview. A deploy from the CLI without the --prod flag becomes a preview deployment with its own generated URL. A brand-new project's first deployment is always production, so your first run will look different from the rest.

1. Deploy each site as its own project.
2. Open every link in a private window, so you see what the owner sees.
3. Have Claude open the old site and find the contact form.
4. Draft a note under 70 words: a line showing you looked at their business, the preview link, and an easy way to say no.
5. Read every draft yourself, then send it.

Write the note in the language your town speaks, or in your own. Fewer people pitch that way, so yours stands out.

Is this allowed?

Check two things before you send a single note. The first is the rules on cold messages. The FTC says CAN-SPAM makes no exception for business-to-business email. It asks for a valid postal address and an opt-out you honor within 10 business days. Whether a contact-form note counts depends on where you live, so look up your own rules.

The second is the plan. Vercel says the Hobby plan is free but limited to non-commercial, personal use. Once this turns into paid work, read their terms and expect to need Pro.

Send a few notes a day, never hundreds. Think of it as testing an idea, not running a campaign. Pick one town this week and run Stage 1 of the guide on it.