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Search for leads by talking: the Lode Leads conversational agent

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Every lead generation tool makes you think in their language. You pick filters from dropdowns. You select industries from a taxonomy someone else built. You write boolean strings and hope you did not miss a synonym.

Lode Leads works differently. You describe what you want in plain English, and the AI agent does the rest.

How it works

The conversational agent is a chat interface inside the Lode Leads dashboard. Instead of clicking through filter menus, you type what you are looking for:

"Find marketing directors at e-commerce companies in the UAE with 50-200 employees. They should be active on LinkedIn and ideally also have an Instagram business presence."

The agent parses your request, identifies the key parameters, and configures a multi-platform search campaign automatically:

  • Intent classification: The agent determines whether you are looking for B2B leads, B2C profiles (creators or influencers), or local businesses (Google Maps). Different search types use different platform strategies.
  • Parameter extraction: From your natural language description, the agent extracts job titles, industries, company sizes, locations, platform preferences, and qualifying criteria.
  • Campaign creation: The agent creates a campaign targeting the right platforms with the right filters. If you mention Instagram presence, it runs parallel searches on both LinkedIn and Instagram and deduplicates the results.
  • Results delivery: Leads are returned with AI scores, company details, and contact information. The agent can explain why specific leads scored high or low.

Natural language beats filter menus

Filter-based tools force you to decompose your mental model of a good lead into discrete field values. This creates three problems:

  • You miss nuance. "Companies that are hiring aggressively" is not a dropdown option. But it is a signal the AI can detect from job posting data and headcount changes.
  • You miss combinations. "Restaurants in Cairo with good Google reviews but no Instagram presence" requires cross-referencing two platforms. In a conversation, it is one sentence.
  • You miss what you do not know to ask for. The agent can suggest additional qualifying criteria: "You mentioned e-commerce companies. Should I also filter for companies that sell internationally, since your product is a shipping solution?"

Multi-platform campaign orchestration

Based on your request, the agent determines which combination of LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Google Maps will produce the best results and runs parallel searches across all of them. Results are deduplicated across platforms so the same business does not appear multiple times.

Refinement through conversation

After initial results come back, you refine through conversation:

  • "The scores are good but I'm only seeing companies in Dubai. Expand to Riyadh and Jeddah."
  • "These are too large. Filter to companies under 100 employees."
  • "Show me more like the third result -- that is exactly the profile I want."
  • "Export the top 20 leads with a score above 75 to Excel."

The agent maintains context throughout the conversation. You do not need to repeat your base criteria for every adjustment.

The agent handles campaign creation, multi-platform search, scoring, deduplication, and export. You just describe what a good lead looks like.

Try the conversational agent free. Describe your ideal customer in one sentence and get scored, multi-platform results in under 5 minutes.