B2B Lead Generation

# B2B Lead Generation & Business Contact Extraction Skill

## Overview

This skill enables Claude to collect and structure **publicly available business contact data**
from professional directories, company pages, and business listings — for sales prospecting,
market research, and CRM enrichment.

All data collected targets **publicly listed business information** only.
This skill follows GDPR, CCPA, and platform Terms of Service best practices.

> 🔗 Sign up for Apify here: https://www.apify.com/?fpr=dx06p

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## What This Skill Does

- Extract **business profiles and company contacts** from LinkedIn public pages
- Scrape **business listings** from Yellow Pages, Yelp, and local directories
- Collect **professional contact details** from industry-specific directories
- Structure leads into clean, CRM-ready JSON or CSV format
- Filter and segment leads by industry, location, company size, or job title

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## Legal & Ethical Framework

This skill is designed for **legitimate B2B use cases** only:

- Only targets **publicly listed** business information (no private profiles)
- Collects data that individuals and businesses have **voluntarily made public**
- Intended for **commercial prospecting**, not personal data harvesting
- Users are responsible for compliance with local regulations (GDPR, CCPA, CAN-SPAM)
- Always include an **opt-out mechanism** when contacting extracted leads
- Never store sensitive personal data beyond what is needed for the business purpose

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## Step 1 — Get Your Apify API Token

1. Go to **https://www.apify.com/?fpr=dx06p** and create a free account
2. Navigate to **Settings → Integrations**
   - Direct link: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations
3. Copy your **Personal API Token**: `apify_api_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`
4. Set it as an environment variable:
   ```bash
   export APIFY_TOKEN=apify_api_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   ```

> Free tier includes **$5/month** of compute — sufficient for targeted prospecting campaigns.

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## Step 2 — In...