Building a targeted list of local business prospects used to be a half-day job. You'd search Google, copy names and numbers into a spreadsheet, find missing phone numbers, remove duplicates, and format everything for your CRM. By the time you were ready to start calling, most of the morning was gone. With GrabNear, that same list takes under an hour — including saving it to your CRM and sending the first outreach messages.
Install GrabNear from the Edge Add-ons store or Chrome Web Store. Sign in with your GrabNear account. Done in under two minutes.
Search Google Maps for your primary target type in your city. For example: "IT services companies in Kuala Lumpur". Save all results — typically 50 to 80 businesses — to GrabNear with one click.
Zoom into specific districts on the map and repeat. Use "Load More" to capture businesses further down the list. Save each batch to GrabNear as you go. By the end of this step, you'll typically have 100 to 200 contacts saved across the city.
Open your GrabNear dashboard, review the saved contacts, add tags, and remove any that don't fit your ideal customer profile.
Use the WhatsApp button on high-priority contacts to send your first message using a saved GrabNear template. Or export to CSV and import into your email tool.
The shift isn't just about speed — it's about how many markets you can realistically cover. When building a list takes an hour instead of a day, you can prospect five cities a week instead of one.
Be specific with your search terms. "Restaurants in London" returns thousands of results. "Italian restaurants in Shoreditch London" returns the 20 to 30 most relevant. Start narrow and expand.
Use the Load More button. Google Maps only shows a limited number of results at a time. Clicking Load More in GrabNear pulls additional listings from the current map view without losing your selection.
Prioritise businesses with phone numbers. GrabNear shows you how many contacts in the current view have phone numbers — start with those for immediate outreach, and handle no-phone contacts separately through email or website contact forms.
Work city by city. Save one city per session and tag it — this keeps your CRM organised and makes follow-up tracking clean when you come back to a market.
Install GrabNear and run the 60-minute workflow for your target market. The first session will show you exactly how much time you've been leaving on the table.
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