Hello all, As some of us know, a few weeks back Apollo decided a cease and desist on the Apollo Apify Scraper, making our precious Apollo Scraper disapear. The best alternative is currently AmpleLeads (as it's from the same creators as the Apify Scraper), but currently Apollo is also causing issues for them. AmpleLeads' API is currently NOT WORKING. I talked to the customer service and they admit there's is a problem, that they're working on to solve. They told me they would contact me once it's solved, but I don't have my hopes very high on this... Let's all cross our fingers! Hope I could help some of you with this post.

Last month, I wrapped up a project for a client in the construction coaching space — helping supervisors, foremen, and site leaders step into real leadership. Here’s what we built (and why it worked): The Challenge: Construction leaders are great with technical skills but often lack confidence, clarity, and people-leadership. My client wanted to: - Sell a DIY Leadership Excellence Course ($997) - Upsell 1:1 Mentoring ($8.8k) - Position themselves for Corporate B2B Retainers ($10k) But… they had no system to capture, nurture, and convert leads. The Solution (Built in GoHighLevel): - Designed a CRM pipeline from new lead → DIY buyer → Strategy call → Corporate retainer - Automated tagging + email sequences (free course → DIY course → upsell call → mentorship) - Created 3 funnels: - Built a universal tagging system (DIY Buyer, Course Incomplete, Attended Call, Corporate Interest, etc.) The Results: - Client now has a clear sales pipeline that shows exactly where every lead is (no more spreadsheets) - Automated nurture flows that keep both B2C site leaders and B2B executives moving forward - A scalable foundation for monthly retainer clients (the real LTV driver) Project Value: - Setup & Strategy: $1,500 - Monthly Retainer: $297 Why I’m sharing this: So many coaches & experts are sitting on high-value offers but don’t have the systems to consistently bring in and convert leads. This project shows what’s possible when strategy + automation align.

Hello all, Downtime is over, AmpleLeads is back online, but I'm experiencing a problem. Talked to their customer service and they say the scraper will always start from page 1 on Apollo.io, meaning that let's say you have scraped 500 leads yesterday, and today you want 1.000 more *new* leads, you would need to scrape 1.500 - using 1.500 credits - to get those 1.000 new ones... This is a big big problem... Imagine you have been scraping 20.000 leads over the last month, for a certain search URL, and you want 100 more new leads. You would NEED TO USE 20.100 CREDITS, to get those 100 leads!!! Any idea on how to solve this?

My AI agency is growing, and I’m looking for an extra pair of hands. We help recruitment agencies integrate AI — from audits to fully automated workflows that save hours every week. What you’ll do: - Build AI tools, automations, and custom agents (think: recruiter flows, screening bots, CRM automations) - Take ownership of projects end-to-end - Communicate directly with clients and translate their needs into working solutions How we’ll work together: - You’ll be paid per project - Bonuses for 5/5 client ratings - You’ll ‘own’ certain clients and can propose new automation ideas - I handle sales and onboarding; you focus on delivery and client succes Ideal profile: - Strong experience with tools like n8n, Make, GPTs, API integrations - Experience with creating apps using Lovable, Google AI studio or similar tools - Clear communicator and self-starter - Curious, fast learner, and obsessed with solving problems through automation 📩 Interested? Send me a short intro + examples of your work or tools you’ve built on ingo@studioraya.nl or send me a message on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingo-van-hezel/

Emergency call: "Our OCR provider shut down. 12,000 insurance forms due by 8 AM. We're dead." Medical billing company. Forms worth $2.4M in insurance claims. No backup plan. THE DISASTER SCOPE - Primary OCR vendor: Bankrupt overnight - Backup system: Doesn't exist - Manual processing time: 16 hours minimum - Insurance deadline: 5 hours away - Forms completed: 0 of 12,000 4 AM DESPERATION BUILD Every OCR service tested failed on their complex medical forms. Built emergency hybrid system: THE EMERGENCY n8n WORKFLOW (19 nodes) Zone-based processing approach: Header processing (Nodes 1-3): - Patient info extraction via pattern matching - Insurance ID number recognition - Date field validation Form sections (Nodes 4-8): - Checkbox detection and binary reading - Printed text via enhanced OCR - Handwritten sections via AI processing - Table structure preservation - Signature area validation Quality control (Nodes 9-12): - Confidence scoring per zone - Cross-field validation - Error flagging and correction - Manual review queue Output generation (Nodes 13-19): - Insurance format compilation - Batch processing and validation - Direct submission to insurance APIs - Confirmation tracking - Error reporting THE MORNING MIRACLE 6:30 AM: Emergency system operational 7:00 AM: Processing 400 forms/hour 7:45 AM: 11,200 forms submitted successfully 8:00 AM: Final 800 forms completed Total processed: 12,000 forms in 90 minutes Accuracy: 94.8% (acceptable for emergency submission) Insurance acceptance rate: 97.2% CEO reaction: Tears of relief. Literally. CRISIS BECOMES OPPORTUNITY Emergency solution worked so well: - Signed 3-year exclusive contract: $6,800/month - Eliminated dependency on external OCR vendors - Referred me to 6 other medical billing companies Current medical emergency processing revenue: $22,400/month across 5 companies THE VENDOR INDEPENDENCE STRATEGY Built redundant processing capabilities: - Primary: Enhanced parsing for complex documents - Backup 1: Standard OCR for clean documents