Alright… I’m just going to give you the exact play here because this is too good not to use. A few days ago I set up a simple automation… It pulled 899 targeted leads from Instagram in under 8 minutes. And it didn’t stop there. It also generated a custom DM for every single prospect so I could start conversations immediately. No manual searching. No copy-pasting. No staring at profiles for hours. Just… leads + personalized outreach ready to go. Here’s the exact flow 👇 Step 1 - Find the right account Go to Instagram and pick an account that already has your ideal customers. Could be: - a competitor - an influencer in your niche - a complementary brand If their audience = your ICP, you’re in the right place. Step 2 - Scrape the followers I use Apify’s Instagram scraper. Point it at the account, hit "run", and it pulls the entire follower list. That’s your raw lead list. Step 3 - Turn raw leads into qualified prospects This is where most people waste time manually. Instead, my automation: - pulls their bio - checks recent posts - looks at engagement style - extracts any business signals Then uses AI to generate a custom DM based on that data. Every message feels personal… but it’s fully automated. Step 4 - Send messages safely at scale Everything goes into a spreadsheet that looks like this: - Column A: Username - Column B: Bio - Column C: Recent post topic - Column D: Custom DM - Column E: Send status This sheet feeds into Auto IG DM Pro. It sends 1 message every ~20 minutes throughout the day so you stay safe and don’t get flagged. The result - You stop manually hunting for leads - You reach people who already match your ICP - You send personalized messages at scale I’m seeing ~15% reply rates on these DMs. Most people try to grow on Instagram by posting more. Meanwhile, the real leverage is: Find the right people → say the right thing → do it consistently at scale. Build this once… …and you’ve got a lead engine that runs in the background every day.