Discover Local Prospects with Automated Company Scrapes in Slack

What It Does

• The Local Company Scrape workflow helps you uncover nearby businesses similar to your target accounts—automatically.

• Whenever a new meeting is created, AskElephant gathers the company name and domain, performs a web search, and identifies up to five similar companies located within 100 miles and in the same industry.

It also:

• Validates company locations before listing them

• Excludes any organizations that already exist as customers in your CRM (HubSpot or Salesforce)

• Delivers the final list of companies directly to Slack, threaded neatly under one message to avoid clutter
  
  

This workflow runs automatically for your selected team members, giving you quick, location-based prospect insights without manual research.

Purpose

The goal: help your sales and marketing teams find nearby opportunities faster.

With automatic local discovery:

• Reps instantly see similar companies in their territory

• Teams identify new prospects while avoiding current customers

• Everyone saves time on research and focuses on high-value outreach

If your team wants to build more territory awareness or expand within specific regions, the Local Company Scrape workflow keeps your pipeline fresh with minimal effort.

Set It Up

1. Go to Workflows → New Workflow from Recipe.
   
   

2. Search for “Local Company Scrape.”
   
   

3. Choose your CRM version: HubSpot or Salesforce.
   
   

4. In the New Meeting trigger, set it to run for the correct people or teams.
   
   

5. Review the company search parameters (distance, industry, exclusions).
   
   

6. Decide how you want the output delivered — Slack DM, Slack channel, or email.
   
   

7. The workflow will thread messages automatically so your Slack stays organized.
   
   

8. Click the three dots in the top right and select Activate Workflow.
   
   

Your local company scrapes will now run automatically, giving your team regional insights before every meeting.

Need Help? Reach out anytime via the in-app chat or at [email protected]. Our team is happy to help you get set up.