“Hey! Just tried the JavaScript. It works amazing! And fast! Literally took 5 seconds to get 120 names and numbers. Thank you so much. Did you create that page [tutorial documentation] you sent me? Thank you again, it's so crazy how efficient it is.”
Kite
Sales Professional
I created a management tool for a company called Zip, solving some problems and I still do updates for them as they need more features. They had an employee that I barely met, but he had left to another job. Whatever that job was he ended up having some tedious work they asked him to do and he wanted it to be easier and faster. So he reached out to me, remembering that I enjoy solving those kinds of problems.
His problem was that he was given a profession and a city. He was then to go onto Google Maps, search the city and profession and write down all the businesses, names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. And then do it with another city and profession they provided. It took ages for him to do this. Very tedious work.
I wrote him a script and instructions. He just had to go to Google Maps and search for what he wanted, and then run my script. My script would find all the data he needed on the page, forcing it to scroll, etc, and then print it out for him to copy and paste into a spreadsheet.
I could have gotten more automated with it but that’s all he needed. Took his hours of work down to seconds. He could complete a week or that work in 20 minutes.
Full Documentation
I created comprehensive step-by-step documentation explaining how the script works, technical challenges overcome, and alternative solutions. The guide includes code examples, screenshots, and detailed instructions so anyone can use or modify the solution.
