Free Grok Bots

Free AI bots that sell your local ads.

Two ready-made Grok Bots that find local advertisers, email them like a neighbor, and keep every follow-up going on their own. Built from the sales playbook we run across 20+ local publications.

Get the bots Copy the free lead sheet

You approve every email template before anything sends. Calls are optional.

Grok Bot · Small businesses

Main Street Desk

Finds the small businesses in your towns, emails them like a neighbor and keeps every follow-up going on its own.

For: Restaurants, shops, salons, gyms, trades and local services. Usually fewer than 20 people.
Sells: Set-price ads, listings, or simply "read our newsletter"
Runs: Researches every weekday morning, checks replies every two hours

What it does

Finds local businesses with a public email and a reason to reach out now
Checks each one against your advertisers and your do-not-contact list
Writes a personal first line, then runs your approved email sequence
Stops the moment someone replies and drafts your answer
Builds an optional daily call list with a script and a voicemail

What it never does

Sends a template you did not approve
Offers discounts or freebies you did not set
Calls, texts or DMs on its own

Add to Grok Bot or download the filesFree. No signup.

Grok Bot · Bigger brands

Partnership Desk

Finds the local brands with real marketing budgets, proves they already advertise, and pitches one category-exclusive partnership.

For: Banks, credit unions, hospitals, home builders, law firms, med spas, senior living and nonprofits with local budgets.
Sells: Category-exclusive annual partnerships, one per category
Runs: Researches 5 accounts twice a week, watches for triggers every Monday

What it does

Finds brands already paying for local ads, with a screenshot of the real ad
Spots timing: a new location, a new marketing hire, budget season
Finds the marketing lead from public sources only
Keeps a map of which categories are open and which are sold
Writes a one-page custom proposal when they reply

What it never does

Quotes a price below your partnership terms
Offers a category you already sold
Sends a proposal without you

Add to Grok Bot or download the filesFree. No signup.

How it works

The bot does everything around the sale.

Research, lists, first emails, follow-ups and tracking. You only talk to the businesses that say yes.

It finds them, with proof

Each lead lands in your sheet with the reason to reach out: the ad they already run, a new location, a new hire. Nothing guessed.

It emails and follows up

Plain, personal emails from your cold email tool, with follow-ups that run themselves until someone replies. Calls are there if you want them.

It hands you the yes

Interested replies move into your CRM with a drafted answer, and the bigger ones get a one-page custom proposal.

The free lead sheet

One sheet for every lead, every brand.

The bots work from a Google Sheet you own. Run several newsletters? Each lead says which brand it belongs to, with one-click views per brand, a call list, a do-not-contact list that covers everything, and a scoreboard.

Make your copy

Grok BotThe app on Mac, Windows or iOS. The bots run on a schedule there.
A Google accountFor your copy of the lead sheet.
A cold email toolSuch as Salesforge, with a separate mailbox that has warmed up for 2 to 3 weeks. Never your main newsletter address.
A CRM, if you have oneNotion works well. Without one, the sheet does the job.

Set it up

About 15 minutes, then it runs.

Click Add to Grok Bot on each card. Prefer files? The download is a folder of plain instructions any agent can follow.

Click Add to Grok Bot on each card. You need Grok Bot on Mac, Windows or iOS.
Copy the lead sheet to your Google Drive.
Point each bot at your copy of the sheet and your cold email tool. Prefer files? Download them instead.
Answer each bot's short setup questions, then reply "approved" to the email templates.
Turn on the routines once your mailbox warmup is done.

Questions

Good to know

Are the bots really free?

Yes. The bots, the lead sheet and the setup guide are free. You need Grok Bot, a Google account, and a cold email tool such as Salesforge, which has its own pricing.

Will a bot send emails without me?

Only after you approve the email templates and your sending mailbox has finished warming up. After that, first emails and follow-ups send on their own, and every one has an unsubscribe line.

Why two bots instead of one?

Small businesses and big brands buy differently. A shop wants a simple price. A bank or hospital wants a custom proposal, a category it owns, and a longer term. Each bot does one job well.

Do I have to make phone calls?

No. Calls are optional. If you want them, the bot builds a daily call list with a script and a voicemail, and logs what happened. If you skip calls, the emails keep going.

Will it make things up?

No. The bots use only public business details, never guess an email or a budget, and only call something a paid ad when they saw the ad itself.

Can I use these with Claude instead?

The download is plain instruction files, so any agent that can read files, browse the web and use Google Sheets can follow them. Grok Bot is the easiest way to run them on a schedule.

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