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  1. James4B

    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    Sorry but that has nothing to do with the original topic. I came here to share a business idea with like mined people which is what I thought this forum was for? To gain insight, solid advice and feedback. I guess not.
  2. James4B

    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    All fair points Paul, and genuinely appreciate the detail — that accountant example is a really telling case study. You're right that I need to test it properly with real subscribers before I'll know the true conversion rates. The product is live, the data is flowing, so now it's about getting...
  3. James4B

    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    I see your point.
  4. James4B

    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    You mums AI... would AI say that? :)
  5. James4B

    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    Valid point and worth addressing properly. Legitimate interest is the lawful basis we'd rely on for B2B contact data — which is explicitly recognised under UK GDPR for prospecting when the recipient is a business and the outreach is relevant to their work. ICO guidance specifically...
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    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    Thanks Paul, that's genuinely helpful real-world data — and you're right that the core trades market is tough. No money, word of mouth works for them, they don't see the value in digital marketing. I've seen the same thing. But I think that's why targeting matters more than volume. If I'm...
  7. James4B

    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    Sorry, yes that's right. My system produces a list every Monday and provides a list of registered compaines to the recipients email address in PDF format. Fristly it searches companies house and then matches those companies details by scouring the internet looking for domains, phone numbers...
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    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    It's already working, I don't need it myself but it is producing results each week based on the data.
  9. James4B

    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    Appreciate that — and you're right, "goldmine" was probably overselling it. The raw data is ordinary. The value is in the enrichment layer. On GDPR — it's all public data. Company registrations, director names and registered addresses are published by Companies House specifically to be...
  10. James4B

    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    You're spot on — that's exactly the point. The automation makes it nearly zero cost to run, which means even a modest conversion rate makes it worthwhile. The difference is you're not carpet-bombing 10,000 addresses with a generic letter. You're contacting 20 people who registered this week...
  11. James4B

    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    Fair question. I'm not using it for my own cold outreach — I work in e-commerce so these aren't my target customers. I built the system because I saw the gap and I know people who sell to trades (web designers, accountants, marketing agencies) spend hours every week manually hunting for exactly...
  12. James4B

    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    Good points both — and you're right, just blasting letters to Companies House addresses is a waste of time. That's the old approach and it doesn't work because: 1. The registered address is often an accountant's office or a home address — not where the business actually operates2. Everyone...
  13. James4B

    Goldmine for finding new clients?

    Has anyone else used Companies House data to find new business leads? I work in digital sales and started digging into the Companies House API a few weeks ago. Turns out around 750 new trade businesses register every single week — plumbers, electricians, builders, beauticians, cleaners, you...
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