Robert Ta built a Claude Code system that generated 20,000+ qualified leads for under $300, replacing twelve paid prospecting tools. He queries an API for email addresses and LinkedIn profiles based on job role and revenue, scoring leads 0-100 to identify 7,800 hot prospects ready for outreach.
One of the biggest scams in lead generation is paying thousands of dollars to get trash leads. I'm going to show you how I replaced all of them in one afternoon for a few hundred dollars and how you can too. I used Claude Code to evaluate 12 prospecting tools against 24,000 leads, and most are a total trap. Pricing is super vague. The data is hidden. Big players like Apollo hide last names in their API, and without a full name, your entire tech stack ends up being kind of useless. I burnt 50 bucks in half a day. The fix is APIfy. All you need to do is a description of the role, revenue range, spit out the emails, verified LinkedIn profiles, and potentially their tech stack for less than a penny per lead. No name required. Comment lead. I'll send you the workflow. Then I use Cloud Code to build a custom scoring engine that rated every lead from 0 to 100. We ended up pulling 7,800 hot leads ready for outreach and 4,000 ready for nurture. This whole system runs on one command now and it costs only a couple $100.
