Agencies & marketing
How to find clients for branding & graphic design
New and growing businesses with a dated look or no consistent identity feel it every time they print a menu, a sign or a flyer.
For brand studios, logo designers and graphic designers. Six steps, from the first search to the last follow-up.
- 1
Search Google Maps for these businesses
Run each search in the city you sell to. These are the trades that buy this most.
CafesBakeriesBoutiquesBarbersCraft breweriesFood trucksFloristsPet groomers - 2
Keep the ones that are ready to buy
- Outdated Design
- The site still runs Flash or jQuery 1, or its footer year is four or more years old.
- Social Only
- Its only home online is a social profile, such as a Facebook page.
Leave out: Franchises — their brand is set by head office.
- 3
Open on the right channel
Instagram-first businesses answer a DM or WhatsApp fastest; email when the site lists one.
- 4
Lead with one thing you noticed
- A clear brand makes a small business look established from day one.
- One identity across sign, menu, socials and packaging.
- A refresh before an anniversary, a move or a second location.
- 5
Send an opener like this one
Opening messageHighlighted parts are filled in for each businessHi contact name, business name looks like a place people in city love — I think the brand could match it. I design simple, memorable identities for independent businesses: logo, colours, menu and signage that all feel like one place. Would a quick moodboard for you be interesting? Best, sender name
- 6
Follow up twice, then stop
- Day 3: a one-page moodboard in their own colours.
- Day 7: a before/after from a similar independent business.
Run it in Leads Ranger
The whole playbook, done for you.
Raptor sweeps Google Maps for the searches above, city-wide, and reads each business's own website for its real email. Every lead lands tagged with the signs from step 2, and your AI agent writes the opener for each one.
Connect Claude or ChatGPT and your assistant reads this playbook as a Skill, so “find me clients” already knows who to look for.
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