How ProspectPilot Built a 50,000+ SMB Lead Pipeline Using Presto Maps Scraper

Discover how ProspectPilot, a B2B lead generation agency, scaled their outreach by building a 50,000-contact pipeline of small businesses. Learn how they used Presto Maps Scraper to automate local lead sourcing, improve data quality, and accelerate client acquisition for SaaS platforms targeting local markets.

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1. How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot B2B Growth Conference 2025 June 2025 Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 1 / 12
2. About ProspectPilot ProspectPilot is a lead-generation agency focused on helping B2B SaaS companies target local businesses. Clients include email marketing platforms, point-of-sale software, and logistics firms. Needed a scalable, up-to-date lead sourcing engine for small businesses. Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 2 / 12
3. The Problem Local business data is fragmented — scattered across websites, directories, and reviews. Manual collection is slow, error-prone, and expensive. Public APIs (like Google Places) have strict quotas and require billing. Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 3 / 12
4. The Solution: Presto Map Lead Extractor Chrome extension that extracts business listings from Google Bing Maps. Outputs high-quality structured data: names, phones, websites, categories, locations, etc. Works visually: open Google Maps, search, let Presto do the rest. Website: presto-maps-scraper.com Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 4 / 12
5. Key Feature: Auto Search Beta feature: Automatically pans and zooms the map to uncover more leads. Great for big cities, rural areas, or wide geographic targeting. Reduced human input to *1 click*. Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 5 / 12
6. Scraper Pipeline Overview VA team runs Presto across target regions (by niche + geo) Daily exports downloaded as Excel files Python scripts clean, deduplicate, and enrich data Leads synced to CRMs like HubSpot and Pipedrive Result: Scalable, repeatable, fully-digital prospecting engine Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 6 / 12
7. Sample Output { "name": "Joe's Auto Garage", "phone_number": "+1 312-555-0192", "address": "4881 W Armitage Ave, Chicago, IL", "categories": ["Auto Repair", "Mechanic"], "rating": 4.6, "website": "http://joesgarage.com" } Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 7 / 12
8. Pipeline Results 50,000 unique small business records collected in 3 months 0.004perleadacquisitioncost(vs0.30 with other tools) 37 Direct integration with 4 client CRMs Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 8 / 12
9. Why Presto Worked Real-time scraping — no reliance on stale lead databases Flexibility: any category, any location, any language Clean exports: 22+ fields in CSV or Excel Freemium = test before scale Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 9 / 12
10. Comparison vs Alternatives Presto: Real-time, map-native, Excel-ready, OSM support Competitors: Often outdated, UI-heavy, API-restricted VA method: Accurate but slow, 10x costlier Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 10 / 12
11. Lessons Learned Scraping works best when paired with human review Data validation is critical: garbage in = garbage out Marketing teams need lead velocity *and* quality Presto filled a real gap at just the right time Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 11 / 12
12. QA Thank You! alex@prospectpilot.com presto-maps-scraper.com Alex Grant, CTO, ProspectPilot (B2B Growth Conference 2025) How ProspectPilot Used Presto to Build a 50,000-Contact SMB Lead Pipeline June 2025 12 / 12