Instagram Hashtag Lead Scraper

The Problem

Google Maps captures existing venues but misses businesses that are active on social media before they appear in directory listings. A second discovery channel was needed to find prospects via social signals.

The Solution

A hashtag-based Instagram discovery pipeline built on the same enrichment substrate as the Google Maps scraper — shared enrichment engine, cross-channel deduplication, same JSON-first output. Proves the 'one engine, many discovery layers' productization pattern.

Key Features

• Instagram hashtag discovery via Apify
• Facebook enrichment fallback for contact data
• Shared enrichment substrate with Google Maps scraper
• Cross-channel dedup via Set-based matching
• Same JSON-first decoupled delivery pattern

Tech Stack

Outcome

Second discovery channel proving the reusable enrichment architecture. Together with Google Maps scraper, demonstrates a productizable lead-gen platform across verticals.