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Lesson 5 · 30 minutes

Find your first clients

Where to find businesses without a website — and how to contact them legally.

By the end: A list of 30 businesses and a message that gets replies.
Tools:FOUNDLY RadarPerplexity ↗Claude ↗

  1. Make your list

    With FOUNDLY Radar pick your country, city and business type: it shows only businesses without a website, sorted by who to call first. Without Radar: search Google Maps for “[type] [city]” and note every listing without a Website button.

  2. Build the preview first

    For your top 5, build a quick preview (lesson 2). A message with “I already made this for you” gets far more replies than “do you want a website?”

  3. Visit or call first

    In many EU countries (for example Germany, Austria, Romania) you may not send sales emails to businesses without their consent. Walking in or calling is the best first contact anyway: show the preview on your phone.

  4. Follow up once

    If they're interested, send the link by WhatsApp or email (now you have consent). Follow up once after 3 days. If someone says no, write it down and never contact them again.

Prompts to copy

Replace everything in [brackets] with the real details.

Call or visit script
Write a friendly 30-second script for walking into a [type of business] in [city] to show the owner a free website preview on my phone. I'm [your name], a local web designer. Goal: get permission to send them the link. Language: [language]. Natural, not salesy.
Research before you call
What do customers say in the reviews of [business name] in [city]? List what they love and any complaints, and suggest one sentence for their website hero based on that.

Done when…

  • 30 businesses on your list
  • Previews built for your top 5
  • Script practiced out loud
  • A note of everyone who said no

Common mistakes

  • Mass-emailing businesses that never agreed to it
  • Talking about technology instead of customers and bookings