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Scaling content without scaling headaches. The problem: Manual content creation doesn't scale. You're bottlenecked by time. The solution: Automation workflows that handle the repetitive work so you can focus on strategy. I've helped teams go from 50 pieces/month to 500+ through intelligent automation. Same team size. Same budget. Different approach. Ready to scale smarter, not harder? Let's talk about your workflow.
Most teams don't realize how much time they waste on manual repetitive tasks. Automation isn't about replacing people—it's about freeing them up to do the strategic work that actually moves the needle. That's where the real value lives.
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Automated B2B Lead Gen Engine from LinkedIn Jobs (n8n + Apify + Apollo + Gemini)
Project Overview
Hiring intent is the highest-converting B2B buying signal. When a company posts an open role on LinkedIn, they have an active pain point, immediate budget, and executive mandate to solve that problem.
This automated production engine runs every morning without manual intervention. It scrapes fresh LinkedIn job postings via Apify, filters out non-target companies, queries Apollo.io to identify the exact decision-maker (Founder, CEO, VP, or Head of Department) with their verified work email, and uses Google Gemini to write hyper-personalized outbound pitch drafts directly into Google Sheets.
Visual Showcase & Live Architecture
1. Verified Leads Database & AI Outbound Drafts (Google Sheets)
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Automated output storing company data, verified decision-maker email, LinkedIn profile URL, hiring intent triggers, and ready-to-send AI cold email copy.
2. End-to-End n8n Engine Blueprint
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Full production pipeline orchestrating Apify actor execution, domain validation, Apollo personnel search, Gemini structured output parsing, and real-time sheet sync.
Technical Workflow Architecture
Targeted Job Extraction (Apify): Triggers an automated actor scraping LinkedIn job postings based on target titles, geographic focus, and date posted.
Data Sanitization & Strict Gatekeeping: Filters dataset entries by company size (< 250 headcount), eliminates recruitment agencies and HR service providers, and verifies live web domain resolution.
Personnel Enrichment & Email Validation (Apollo.io): Targets executive personas matching the hiring team, executes verification checks against corporate MX records, and retrieves direct work emails and LinkedIn URLs.
Context-Aware Email Drafting (Google Gemini): Analyzes job descriptions, extracts company pain points, and drafts personalized 3-sentence email openers with high deliverability scores.
Centralized Data Lake (Google Sheets / CRM Sync): Logs verified contact records, generated copy, and campaign statuses, ready for direct one-click import into Smartlead, Instantly, or Clay.
Key Performance Metrics
Runtime Execution: 2 minutes per batch run (50–100 validated leads).
Email Deliverability: 98%+ valid deliverability via Apollo API verification.
Workflow Efficiency: Replaces 10–15 hours per week of manual SDR prospecting.
Data Quality: 100% deduplicated against previous pipeline runs.
Deliverables Included
Complete standalone n8n workflow JSON blueprint ready for self-hosted or n8n cloud instances.
Pre-configured Apify scraper actor setup and Apollo.io API integration.
Custom Google Sheets outbound tracking dashboard with schema validation.
Gemini prompt engineering optimized for high cold-outreach open and reply rates.
1-on-1 Loom video walkthrough and handover documentatio
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