Context
Cold outreach starts with a list. For SMB-focused sellers, Google Maps is the richest free source of local businesses — but copy-pasting details one entry at a time is the bottleneck that kills most lead-gen efforts before they start.
The Challenge
- Google Maps data is visible but not easily bulk-exportable
- Paid scrapers exist, but charge monthly fees for work that should be a button press
- Most free tools are abandoned, broken, or collect user data as their real business model
Approach
Release a clean, free Chrome extension that does exactly one job and gets out of the way. No login. No usage cap. No data collection.
What I Built
- Chrome extension that runs on any Google Maps search result page
- Location API integration for reliable business data pulls — name, address, category, contact details where available
- One-click export to a format that drops straight into outreach tools (spreadsheets, n8n, Make.com)
- No account required — install, search, extract
Outcome
- Shipped publicly, free forever — no paywall, no login wall
- Works out of the box for any Google Maps search — keyword + location
- Doubles as a portfolio piece — shows the automation side of my work without needing a client reference