Learn how modern lead generation works, why scraping leads is faster, and how BrowserAct helps you collect and analyze leads with ease.

Today, it is not that easy to acquire new customers in the online world. It is no longer that easy to send out flyers or cold calls. Companies require smarter, quicker, and more effective means of reaching out to people who are actually interested in the products that they can offer. That is where lead generation begins. It is quite simply all about locating people (or "leads") most likely to become your customers—and accomplishing this with cost and time savings.

But how do you that now? Let's examine the manner in which things have evolved, and the manner in which AI-based platforms such as BrowserAct are facilitating lead generation to an extent previously unseen.

Old School vs New School Lead Generation

Let's examine the manner in which things were done before and the manner in which they can be done now.

Old Methods of Finding Leads

• Cold calling: You dial numbers from a list hoping they are interested in your service.
• Print ads, mailers, or posters: Putting print ads, mailers, or even posters in public places.
• Face-to-face networking: Attending trade shows or meetups to speak with people face to face.
• Manual online search: Searching companies or emails manually one by one.

These methods work in some situations but are expensive, time-intensive, and hard to scale. You can spend hours trying to find 10 people who are at least interested.

New Techniques: Smart, Automated, and Effective

With web tools and artificial intelligence, businesses can:

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• Auto-scrape contact information from websites
• Develop lead lists from job boards, LinkedIn, or business directories
• Filter contacts by title, industry, or geography
• Score to identify the most likely convert

With these instruments, it's minutes, not weeks, to find hundreds—or thousands—of prospective leads.

How to Scrape Leads Online (With BrowserAct as an Example)

Web scraping means having a program navigate websites and extract valuable information automatically, including email addresses, business names, or job titles. This is perfect for generating lead lists, and browsers such as BrowserAct make it quite simple.

Let us say you want to find new customers for your marketing firm. You can utilize BrowserAct to:

1. Search a business directory like Yelp or Yellow Pages for "New York real estate companies."
2. Ask BrowserAct to pull in company names, emails, and websites.
3. Filter out old or incomplete listings.
4. Export and start contacting with your offer.

BrowserAct never makes you learn any code. You just write out straightforward instructions, like:

"Go to Yelp. Search for New York real estate agents. Get their names, numbers, and sites. Export the result as a spreadsheet."

And BrowserAct will do all that for you.

You can scrape leads from:

• LinkedIn company listings
• Job boards like Indeed or Glassdoor
• Local business directories
• Niche sites
• Startup lists like Crunchbase

Why BrowserAct is Different in Lead Generation

There are several tools to scrape, but BrowserAct offers features that actually make lead generation stand out:

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1. No-Code Setup

No coding is required. Just write in plain English what you want to capture. It's perfect for sales reps, marketers, and freelancers looking for fast results.

2. Global Residential IPs

Need to scrape US, Canadian, or European data without getting blocked? BrowserAct uses residential IPs to avoid detection or banning—so you can get region-specific leads even if you're somewhere else.

3. Real-Time Monitoring

Need to know when a new business is available in your segment? Set up monitoring. BrowserAct can monitor your target pages daily and alert you when new leads appear.

4. Human-like Actions

Websites will block bots. But BrowserAct is human-like—scrolling, clicking, waiting—so it can bypass CAPTCHAs and anti-bot filtering.

5. Custom Instructions

If you only wish for leads whose email addresses conclude in "@gmail.com" or companies with more than 10 employees, you can freely customize your filters.

Part 4: What Else Can You Do With BrowserAct for Lead Generation

BrowserAct doesn't just capture names. There is so much more you can do to qualify and know about your leads.

6. Analyze Salaries

Do you want to know what companies pay good money for a certain service or role? BrowserAct can fetch salary data from job postings or company review sites like Glassdoor. This helps you charge more opportunistically or find clients with good budgets.

7. Analyze Job Requirements

Trying to pitch a recruitment solution? You can scrape job ads to see what types of skills employers are looking for. Use that to craft your pitch:

"Hi, I see you're looking to hire an SEO and paid-ad experienced digital marketer. Our solution allows hiring teams like yours to cut hiring by 50%."

8. Examine Competition

Scrape your competitors' customer lists, ad spending, or social media fans. Then, capture the leads they might have missed—or poach them with a better deal.

9. Monitor New Opportunities

Say you sell accounting software. Set BrowserAct to scrape business registration websites weekly for new businesses. Beat your competitors to the punch.

FAQ: Lead Generation with BrowserAct

Q1: Is online lead scraping legal?

Yes, as long as you're gathering data that's public and you're complying with fair use practices. Avoid gathering personal data that's behind logins or marked private.

Q2: Can we utilize BrowserAct to scrape leads off of LinkedIn?

Yes. You can set up BrowserAct to scrape company websites or job listings, and harvest key information such as contact names, industries, and web sites.

Q3: What does it cost?

BrowserAct uses a credit model. Each task you run uses credits based on complexity. Small tasks use fewer credits; large scraping projects use more. You can monitor costs from your control panel.

Q4: What are the results in?

Results are exportable as spreadsheets (CSV or Excel), so you can upload them into your CRM or email system immediately.

Q5: What if the agent gets stuck?

You can watch the process live and jump in to take it over manually. Fix issues, type in a CAPTCHA, or log in, and have the agent take over where you dropped off.

Conclusion: Let AI Do the Hard Work of Lead Generation

If we required new leads in the past, research and guessing consumed hours. With tools such as BrowserAct today, you can turn sites into goldmines of opportunity—scraping contacts, looking at job postings, checking salaries, and more.

Whether you're an individual freelancer, a fast-growing startup, or an enterprise sales team, smart lead generation saves you time, amplifies your outreach, and allows you to reach out to people who already look for what you offer.

So don't wait any longer. Run your next lead-gen campaign using BrowserAct—and let the AI handle the heavy lifting while you seal the deal.