Find businesses that need a website

Lesson 1 of 6 · About 3 minutes

Search one town and one business type, then choose the owners whose customers can't find what they need online.

Open Lead finder in your account and search one town and one business type at a time. Choose business types whose customers look them up before they call or visit.

Read each finding

Lead finder shows what a customer runs into today. That's your reason to get in touch.

• No website. Customers find the listing, but no menu, services or photos of the business's own.
• A social or ordering page only. The listing points to a page the owner doesn't control.
• A broken address. The link opens an error, a security warning or a parking page.
• Out of date. The site works, but it isn't made for phones, isn't secure or hasn't changed in years.

Check that it's busy

Before you build anything, open the business's map listing and look for signs that it's open and busy:

• Reviews from the last few months.
• Opening hours that match today.
• Recent photos or posts.
• A phone number that answers.

With none of these, the business may have closed or moved. Leave it for another month.

Choose who comes first

1. Owners you know, or who know someone you know.
2. Busy businesses with no website or a broken one.
3. Busy businesses with an out-of-date site.

A business whose site names a web designer already has help. We put it on your call list instead of your email list, so any contact starts with a call.

Build the website first

A finished website is the clearest thing you can show an owner. Press Build website, find the business, and our AI builds it from its listing and its own website in a few minutes. Check every detail on your phone, the way the owner will see it, and add whatever the Final checks list says is missing.

Screens and businesses shown are fictional.