Question 1

What is LeadForge?

Accepted Answer

LeadForge is an AI-powered lead generation and outreach tool built into SiteGrade. Find businesses by location or description, audit their websites for SEO issues, estimate revenue leaks, and craft personalized outreach campaigns — all in one dashboard.

Question 2

How do I find leads with LeadForge?

Accepted Answer

Use the Find Leads panel and choose By Location (pick a country, city, and industry) or By Description (describe your ideal customer in plain English). LeadForge returns matching businesses with SEO scores and revenue leak estimates.

Question 3

Can I create outreach templates?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Go to the Templates section to create reusable templates for cold email, LinkedIn messages, Twitter DMs, and SMS. Use dynamic variables like {name}, {company}, and {industry} for personalization. AI can auto-write multiple variations.

Question 4

Is LeadForge free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. LeadForge is free to start during the current beta. You get 10 lead searches and 5 outreach messages per day. Paid Pro and Business plans with higher limits are coming soon.

Question 5

How does LeadForge relate to SiteGrade SEO audits?

Accepted Answer

LeadForge is part of the SiteGrade platform. Every lead you find can be audited with SiteGrade's SEO audit tool — just click Audit on any lead to get a full SEO report. This helps you identify pain points and craft targeted outreach.

Question 6

Can I export my leads?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Star leads, add notes, set follow-up reminders, and export everything to CSV. Import into any CRM, email tool, or spreadsheet.

Question 7

What countries does LeadForge support?

Accepted Answer

LeadForge supports any country worldwide via Google Places API. Pick a country, search for any city using the autocomplete field, and choose an industry to find local businesses. We currently cover the US, UK, Germany, and Poland with pre-loaded city lists, and any other city is supported via live Google Places Autocomplete.

Question 8

How does the SEO score work?

Accepted Answer

Each lead gets an automated SEO score from 0 to 100 based on on-page factors, meta tags, heading structure, page speed signals, and mobile-friendliness. The score helps you prioritize which businesses need your services most urgently.

Question 9

What is revenue leak estimation?

Accepted Answer

Revenue leak estimation analyzes a business website's SEO gaps and estimates how much organic traffic and revenue they are likely losing due to poor search visibility. This gives you a concrete dollar figure to use in your outreach messages.

Question 10

Can I use LeadForge for cold email outreach?

Accepted Answer

Yes. LeadForge includes template creation for cold email, LinkedIn messages, Twitter DMs, and SMS. Use variables like {name}, {company}, and {industry} for personalization. AI can auto-generate multiple variations of your outreach message.

Question 11

Do I need a SiteGrade account to use LeadForge?

Accepted Answer

LeadForge is part of the SiteGrade platform. You use the same account for both tools. Sign up for free on sitegrade.org/login to access LeadForge and the SEO audit tool.

Question 12

How accurate is the lead data?

Accepted Answer

LeadForge pulls business data from Google Places API, which provides business names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, and ratings. SEO scores and revenue leak estimates are calculated from live website analysis. Data freshness depends on Google's last crawl of each business listing.

Question 13

Can I integrate LeadForge with my CRM?

Accepted Answer

LeadForge supports CSV export of all leads, which can be imported into any CRM including HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, and Notion. Direct API integrations with popular CRMs are on our roadmap.

Question 14

What industries can I search for?

Accepted Answer

LeadForge supports searching by Google Places industry categories including restaurants, retail stores, professional services, healthcare providers, real estate agencies, auto repair shops, beauty salons, fitness centers, and many more. You can also use the By Description mode to describe your ideal customer in plain English.

Question 15

Is there a limit on lead searches?

Accepted Answer

During the beta period, free accounts get 10 lead searches and 5 outreach messages per day. This ensures fair usage of the Google Places API quota. Paid Pro and Business plans with higher limits are coming soon.

Question 16

Does LeadForge work on mobile?

Accepted Answer

Yes. LeadForge is a responsive web app that works on desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers. There is no separate app to install — just visit sitegrade.org/leadforge on any device.

Leads

Search by Location

Templates

Saved templates

Outreach

Analytics

Frequently Asked Questions

LeadForge — AI Lead Generation & Outreach Tool