ProspectLens Company Research
This workflow integrates Google Sheets with the ProspectLens API to automate the research and data updating of business information. Users can quickly obtain the latest background information on potential clients, reducing errors and inefficiencies associated with manual searching and data entry. By calling the API to retrieve detailed company profiles and synchronizing updates to the spreadsheet, it ensures the real-time accuracy of data, significantly enhancing work efficiency in areas such as sales, marketing, investment, and research.
Workflow Name
ProspectLens Company Research
Key Features and Highlights
This workflow integrates Google Sheets with the ProspectLens API to automate company information research and data updates. It filters unprocessed rows, invokes ProspectLens’s comprehensive company data endpoints, and automatically synchronizes detailed corporate profiles—such as company name, description, funding status, traffic data, founding date, and more—back into Google Sheets, ensuring data timeliness and completeness.
Core Problems Addressed
Traditional company research relies heavily on manual searching and data entry, which is inefficient and prone to errors. This workflow automates API calls to resolve issues related to cumbersome data collection, difficult maintenance, and untimely information updates, significantly improving the efficiency and accuracy of corporate research.
Use Cases
- Sales and marketing teams needing rapid access to up-to-date background information on prospects.
- Investment analysts conducting industry and company due diligence requiring multidimensional corporate data integration.
- Business researchers regularly updating corporate databases to maintain information currency.
- Any business scenario that depends on structured company information for decision-making.
Main Process Steps
- Manually trigger the workflow to start.
- Retrieve all company domain records from the specified Google Sheets.
- Filter out entries that have not been processed yet (where the processed_at field is empty).
- Query detailed company information from the ProspectLens API for each entry.
- Map and organize the returned API data, then update the corresponding rows in Google Sheets.
- Mark the processed timestamp to prevent duplicate processing.
Involved Systems or Services
- Google Sheets: Serves as the data storage and display platform, managing the list of company information.
- ProspectLens API: Provides corporate research data endpoints, including company basics, funding details, traffic analysis, and more.
- n8n Automation Platform: Handles workflow orchestration, conditional filtering, batch processing, and API calls.
Target Users and Value
This workflow is ideal for professionals and teams in sales, marketing, investment, and research, helping them efficiently and accurately collect and update key information on prospects and target companies. By leveraging automated data processing, users save substantial manual research time, reduce operational risks, and achieve data-driven business growth with enhanced insight and faster decision-making.