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Overview

Use Find New Customers to discover businesses and organizations from a simple, natural‑language request. Results stream into the grid, and you can keep expanding in batches until the area is covered.
Toggle between 🔍 Find New Customers and 💡 Ask Questions at the bottom of the input. Use Find New Customers to find businesses. Use Ask Questions to research existing leads (contacts, CEOs, social links, emails, etc.).

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How searching works

  • One business type + one location: Specify a single business type (e.g., “coffee shop”) and a single geography (city, state/province, or country).
  • Up to 100 results per search: Ask for “10”, “50”, or “100”. If you say “all/every”, the system searches across multiple neighbourhoods; ask for “100 more” to continue until the area is covered.
  • Smart coverage: For broad geographies (states/countries), Flowi prioritizes where to look next and avoids duplicates while tracking progress.
  • What’s supported: Businesses and public places. No people/influencer searches, and no filters beyond business type + location.
  • Clarifications: If a location is ambiguous (e.g., “Kingston”) or you include multiple types/locations, you’ll be asked to clarify before the search runs.
Unsupported filters (e.g., owner beliefs, political values, “female‑owned”) aren’t applied in search. Run the search first, then switch to Ask Questions to research and filter for these attributes.
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Switch to Find New Customers

Click the toggle chips below the input and select 🔍 Find New Customers.
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Describe the businesses and location

Type in plain English. Examples:
  • “Find 50 coffee shops in Toronto, Ontario, Canada”
  • “Hotels in Paris, France”
  • “All restaurants in Vancouver, British Columbia”
Tips:
  • Include a clear geography (city, state/province, or country).
  • Ask for up to 100 per search. For more, say “100 more”.
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Confirm the final query

You may be shown a short confirmation with the exact Type, Geography, and Amount, or a small list of close type variations (e.g., cafe, coffee house, espresso bar). Pick one or confirm to proceed.
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Review streaming results and expand

Results populate the grid as they appear. If you need more, type “50 more” or “100 more” to continue. Flowi avoids duplicates and stops when the geography is exhausted.
You see new rows appear in the grid and the total count increases.
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Prioritize and enrich

Use the Relevance column to sort, then switch to Ask Questions to research selected leads (websites, social, contacts, and deeper analysis).

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Supported vs unsupported requests

  • Supported: “Find 100 nail salons in Miami, Florida”, “Coffee shops in Kingston, Ontario”, “Hotels in Canada”.
  • Needs clarification: “Find cafes in Kingston” (which Kingston?), “restaurants in Toronto and Vancouver” (choose one), “restaurants and bars in NYC” (choose one type).
  • Unsupported (filter at research time): “cafes with female owners”, “eco‑friendly restaurants”, “bars that support a political party”.
  • Not supported: People/influencer searches.

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Tips

  • Use full place names (e.g., “Toronto, Ontario, Canada”) to avoid ambiguity.
  • Saying “all” begins a multi‑neighbourhood sweep; then ask for “100 more” until done.
  • If you repeat a search, the system detects prior work and focuses on fresh results.