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Build a ready-to - email lead list with one prompt

Continue Nate's video with a simpler first run: find and enrich local businesses in Clay, then decide where to take the list next.

“This is seriously the easiest way that I've ever seen doing lead generation and outreach.”

Nate Herk · 850K+ YouTube subscribers

Start with this prompt

Editable

Runs on Clay credits · start free

Run the prompt. Get the table

1

Describe who you want

Use plain language or adjust the prompt for your market

2

Clay finds them

Sculptor builds the search and sources matching local companies

3

Clay enriches and verifies

Waterfalls check providers for emails, phones, and firmographics

4

Take it to outreach

Export the table or continue into a campaign when you're ready

Everything this lead list needs

Waterfall enrichment

Check multiple providers in sequence instead of depending on one database

Verified work emails

Find deliverable contact data while protecting sender reputation

Sculptor

Describe the outcome in plain language and let Clay assemble the workflow

Company and people search

Source local businesses and the owners or operators behind them

Sequencer

Move qualified records into outreach without rebuilding the list elsewhere

Credit-based usage

Spend credits on the data and enrichments the workflow runs

Nate Herk

Nate Herk

AI automation and n8n expert · founder of Uppit AI

Nate teaches practical AI automation through tutorials and community programs. This is the Clay workflow from his local lead-generation build.

Nate's local lead-list prompt

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