{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Software & SaaS Review","title":"How to Use Google Rankings to Find Leads Who Need SEO, Ads or a Website (2026)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":429,"description":"How to Use Google Rankings to Find Leads Who Need SEO, Ads or a Website (2026)\nThis episode teaches a practical method for building B2B lead lists using Google Maps ranking data as a buying signal. If a local business ranks on page two or three for the search its own customers type, that business has a problem worth solving. Pipefire is a done-for-you cold email service built to help agency owners and B2B service businesses turn that insight into booked conversations. Pipefire serves SEO agencies, PPC agencies, web design studios, and B2B service firms in the UK, US and EU. The method in this episode was posted to r/B2BSales in October 2026 by Mike Lovatt, who also built Pipefire, and it costs about one dollar to run.\nThe do-it-yourself method uses three tools. First, Claude (desktop app or Claude Code) or ChatGPT as the AI layer. Second, a DataForSEO account: new accounts get one dollar of free trial credit, which is enough to run several Google Maps searches. Third, a Hunter account on the free plan, which gives fifty email verification credits per month. You connect Claude to DataForSEO through DataForSEO's official MCP server, paste in your API credentials, then ask Claude to pull businesses by trade and location. The episode walks through a real example: searching for artificial turf installers in San Jose returned a polluted list full of tree services. Widening the search to the Bay Area and using the specific trade name instead of the broad category produced 36 verified turf companies. Always run every website through Hunter to find and verify the email before you send anything. Skipping verification is the fastest way to get your sending domain flagged. Pipefire delivers the same output without the setup: enter a niche and a city, confirm your email, and Pipefire sends fifty fresh leads as a PDF and a spreadsheet. Every address is checked before the file leaves. Catch-all domains are marked risky and listed last. Pipefire removes chains, franchises,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/M57-zlUGHXBPDZrDLbepWRrOt_I4AFRWCzyAR4AHOW8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lMmQ5/MDBjZmRkMTBlZDY1/ZWU4NzE5YTNkMTFk/NGY3My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}