B2B Marketing

Automated Lead Qualification via LinkedIn & Apollo

High-intent lead pipeline using LinkedIn Ads signals, Apollo enrichment, HubSpot CRM, and automated outreach.

25 hours

Timeline

80%

manual Effort Reduction

95%

data Accuracy

Challenge

What was slowing the business down?

Slow, manual B2B lead research with inconsistent quality and long time-to-engagement.

Solution

What we built or automated

  • Trigger on new Apollo tags; log from start
  • Intent validation via Appify scraper + GCF to check LinkedIn ad activity (50+ ads recent)
  • Push 'Good' leads to HubSpot; enrich via Apollo API with robust error handling
  • Zapier-driven personalized Gmail sequences on enrichment
  • Containerized deployment on Google Cloud Run; caching, retries, secure key mgmt
Outcomes

Business impact

  • 80% reduction in manual research effort
  • 95% accuracy in lead data enrichment
  • Accelerated outreach with near-instant email sequences
  • Scalable, observable funnel with end-to-end tracking
Tools

Tech stack

Apollo.ioApollo APIHubSpot CRMLinkedIn AdsAppifyZapierGoogle Cloud FunctionsGmail APIGoogle Cloud Run

An intent-first system: validate real ad spend signals before enrichment, then hand off to CRM with automated, personalized outreach. Built-in retries and caching keep throughput reliable.