Customer Finder: prospect research that looks like sales work—not another AI toy

Outbound fails in ordinary ways: tabs everywhere, a spreadsheet of guesses, and a list nobody would show a skeptical sales lead. The bottleneck is not “more models.” It is a repeatable research pass from ideal customer to target accounts.

Customer Finder on zy.ai Ultra is that pass. You brief it like a junior researcher: product, market, size, geography. You get a scannable prospect brief—companies, buyer roles, why they fit, short outreach openers—built from public sources. Then you stay in the same workspace to rewrite the message, translate it, or dig into one account.

What you are buying (in plain language)

You are buying time back on research, not a magic CRM.

• It is: ICP → target-account style list → roles → pain points → first-line drafts you edit
• It is not: scraped inboxes, guaranteed meetings, or invented emails and phone numbers
• Quality bar: thin evidence stays thin. No fake contact theater that burns trust with your team

If a junior hire handed you this brief, would you use it? If not, cut rows and tighten the ICP—then run again.

Who it is for

• Founders still deciding who should buy first
• Agencies packaging a new service for a vertical
• SDR / AE prepping a territory before heavy LinkedIn work
• GTM leads who want a one-page brief, not a 40-slide deck

If prospecting is rare, everyday chat on Free or Pro may be enough. Customer Finder earns Ultra when this work is weekly. Plans: Free · Pro $15/mo · Ultra $45/mo.

What a strong brief contains

1. ICP recap — who, where, size, offer fit (a few lines)
2. Prospect list — ideally 5–12 companies: name, niche, geo, size signal, why fit, public URL
3. Decision-maker roles — titles; named people only when public sources name them
4. Pain points & triggers tied to your offer
5. Outreach openers — 2–3 short first lines (LinkedIn / email tone)
6. Gaps — what to refine next (city, headcount, niche)

How teams run it in 15 minutes

1. On Ultra: Tools → Customer Finder (also labeled Müşteri Bulucu).
2. Write a real ICP—not three keywords.
3. Cut the list to five accounts you would actually pursue.
4. Edit first lines in the same thread. Add product truth only you know.
5. Optional: deeper pass on the top accounts with Company Intel, then send.

Briefs that work (copy and adapt)

EN: “B2B expense software for finance leaders in Germany. Companies 50–200 people. List accounts with why they fit and two LinkedIn openers.”

TR: “İstanbul, 10–50 kişilik dijital ajanslar. Ürün: içerik operasyonu. Karar verici roller, neden biz, ilk mesaj.”

Always include: what you sell, where, size or segment, and what you want back (list, angles, or both).

Why this is not “another AI tool”

• Job-shaped — the output is a sales research brief, not a chat novelty
• Same desk as drafting — research → message without paste thrash across five products
• Honest limits — public web context; humans own enrichment and the send button
• Team-readable — something you can drop into Slack without apology

Product home: /business. Related GTM workflows: business research suite.

Checklist before anyone hits send

• Would a skeptical sales lead keep this list?
• Is “why fit” specific to your offer?
• Are company links real and recent enough?
• Any invented contact fields? Delete them.
• Does the first line talk about their problem first?

How it sits next to other research modes

• Customer Finder — who might buy
• Company Intel — one account in depth
• SEO Brief — inbound content that attracts demand
• Social / News — timing and conversation
• Deep Research — longer multi-source passes

Typical week: Customer Finder → top 3 accounts → Company Intel → human-edited outreach.

Start this week

1. Write your ICP in two sentences.
2. Run Customer Finder once on Ultra.
3. Keep five names. Drop the rest.
4. Send three edited first messages.
5. Tighten geo or size and run again.

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