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PROSPECTING GUIDE / 23For people who sell on WhatsApp

How to prospect clients on WhatsApp starts before the message.

How to prospect clients on WhatsApp without a purchased list: tell us the segment and the region, and get the businesses with the WhatsApp number they publish themselves, plus something you can mention about each one. The first message comes ready, one per business, with no mass blasts.

Search by niche and region. Publicly available contacts.
Check the features and credits in each plan.

The contact opens a door.
The context gives you a reason to talk.

Inside your radarDEMO

Barbearia Corte Alto

São Paulo · fictional example

SIGNAL TO INVESTIGATEWhatsApp in the bio, Instagram inactive

Booking happens over DM and the profile has no recent posts, so the schedule depends on whoever remembers to reach out.

The service that fits this conversation

Offer booking via WhatsApp with automatic appointment reminders.

See an outreach message

Illustrative example · fictional businesses. In your search, review the signals found in the sources.

01 / FIND A GOOD REASON

The published number alone tells you who's active in the area.

Search by activity and region. A business that sells over the phone puts WhatsApp on its profile, and that's where the conversation starts.

01

Barbershops and salons

⌕ Barbershops in Santo Amaro

What to look for

Booking only through DM, WhatsApp in the bio, and no website.

What to offer

A booking page and automatic replies for scheduling.

02

Pet shops

⌕ Pet shops in Londrina

What to look for

WhatsApp published on the profile and a service menu that's only in a photo.

What to offer

A service catalog and a win-back list for grooming clients.

03

Building materials

⌕ Building material suppliers in Cuiabá

What to look for

Quotes requested over WhatsApp and no public price list.

What to offer

An organized quote flow and follow-up on pricing.

Search suggestions. The digital signal guides the outreach; the conversation confirms the need and the priority.

02 / GIVE THE CONVERSATION CONTEXT

Your portfolio shows
what you do.
The outreach shows
why it matters.

Start with a detail about the business, not your service. One specific line beats three paragraphs of introduction.

Note+Offer+Question
FIRST MESSAGEIllustrative example
Hi! I found your barbershop here in Santo Amaro while researching local businesses. I noticed booking only happens over DM and Instagram hasn't posted recently. Can I send you two quick ideas for driving bookings through WhatsApp?

03 / TURN IT INTO A ROUTINE

From research to the next step.
All in the same Radar.

You choose the offer. Verso Radar gathers the research, helps you prepare the outreach, and organizes follow-up in the CRM.

01

Choose the segment and region

Tell us the type of business you work with and where. The search runs instantly, straight from public sources.

02

Filter for who has a published WhatsApp

The list shows the number the business itself publishes. Double-check it before sending anything.

03

Read the signal before you write

The X-ray shows the website, Instagram, and whatever the business puts out there. That's where the line that proves you actually looked comes from.

04

Send them one by one

The first message comes written for that specific business. You review it, tweak it, and send it from your own number.

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WhatsApp Prospecting / in Practice

How to prospect clients on WhatsApp without buying a list

Businesses that serve clients over the phone publish their number: on the business profile, on the website, in the Instagram bio. It's contact info the company put out there to be found, and that's different from a spreadsheet database, where no one knows where it came from or when it was collected.

  • Narrow it down by activity and region before thinking about the message.
  • Favor the number the business publishes; it's live right now.
  • Confirm the details when you reach out: phone numbers change, addresses move.
WhatsApp Prospecting / in Practice

How to send the first message without it looking like a blast

The same message sent to a thousand numbers is what gets WhatsApp to block you and the owner to ignore you. What changes the response rate is the first line saying something that only applies to that business: the neighborhood, the service it advertises, the photo that's out of date. The rest of the conversation is up to you.

  • One message per business, with a detail that proves you looked.
  • A short question at the end, answerable in one line.
  • No link in the first message, no audio, no catalog.
Illustrative outreach example
Hi! I found your barbershop here in Santo Amaro while researching local businesses. I noticed Instagram hasn't had a post since March and booking only happens over DM. Would it make sense for me to send you two quick ideas for driving bookings there?

04 / BEFORE YOU START

Questions from people who
want to move from research
to the conversation.

Where does the business's WhatsApp come from?

From the information the business itself publishes in public sources: its business profile, website, and social media. The search runs instantly, so it's the contact info that's live right now.

Does the platform send messages for me?

No. It builds the list and writes the first message for each business. Sending is up to you, from your own number, one conversation at a time. That's what keeps your account clear of blocks.

Can you tell who responds the most?

You can organize each contact in the pipeline and note what happened at each stage, from the first hello to closing. That way you see which approach and which segment respond best.

Does a repeat lead cost credits?

No. A business that already showed up in one of your searches comes back with no new credit charged for the lead. You never pay twice for the same contact.

YOUR WORK DESERVES TO BE FOUND

Build the list before you open WhatsApp

Choose your plan and build a list of businesses in your region with published WhatsApp numbers and the message ready to go.

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