Cafe leads for video producers

Build your own list of cafes, fill in missing emails and offer your video production for brands and businesses to them in small, personal batches.

Public sources for cafes
Fields that fit the industry
No credits, no rented data

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Contacts list in Riftjaw with company, phone, email, segment, campaigns and tags

Selling video production for brands and businesses to cafes

Cafes are often owner operated with a small team, and the owner is usually behind the counter or the coffee machine. They buy coffee, milk, cakes and equipment regularly, and switching supplier depends on taste, service and a good personal relationship.

Video producers usually get work through their showreel, referrals and repeat clients. A lead database of businesses that could use video lets you reach new clients between projects and remember who showed interest.

The cafes that need video production for brands and businesses are listed publicly. What most video producers lack is a list they own, with the right fields, that shows who was already contacted.

What video producers run into with cafes

Work arrives in bursts and prospecting is forgotten during busy months.

Statuses and segments show exactly where you stopped, so you can restart outreach quickly.

You want to show your work without sending heavy attachments.

Link to your showreel or a form from a campaign and see who opened and clicked.

Cafes and restaurants blur together in scraped listings.

Use a field for business type and a saved filter so your cafe campaign only reaches cafes.

Owners reply by phone or in person, so email history is incomplete.

Add notes to the contact after every call or visit and update the status by hand.

A week of prospecting in Riftjaw

Monday: collect

Export a batch of cafes from public listings and import it. Duplicates are skipped.

List of imports and scrapes in Riftjaw — Imports and scrapes in Riftjaw, each with its source, lead file, date and number of rows.

Tuesday: fill in

Derive missing emails with hello@, info@, coffee@ and orders@ and tag the records that look like a fit.

Database in Riftjaw with active contacts, segment, lead file and source — The database in Riftjaw: concept, active and archived contacts, each with its lead file and source.

Wednesday: reach

Send one mail about your video production for brands and businesses to the new segment, in small batches.

Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts — Segments such as property managers in London or roofers in the North, each ready to use in a campaign.

Friday: follow up

Opens and clicks show up on each record. Set the ones who answered to Replied or Customer, so the follow-ups of the campaign skip them.

Campaign results in Riftjaw with sent, opened and clicked per contact — Campaign results in Riftjaw: delivered, opened and clicked for every contact.

How to open a mail to cafes

Use one angle per campaign, so the results show which one gets cafes to click.

Offer a tasting or a sample, because cafe owners decide with their palate.
Talk about consistency and reliable delivery, since running out of beans or milk costs a morning of trade.
Point to something local, such as a nearby roaster or producer, which cafes like to promote.

Campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and set the button — The campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and check the preview.

Fields worth recording for cafes

Any column in your import can become a field. These are the ones worth keeping for cafes.

Field	Why it helps
Company name	The key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website.
Website	Needed to derive an email when the export has none.
Coffee brand	The roaster they use tells a roaster or machine supplier where they stand.
Food offer	Cafes that serve food buy from bakeries and food wholesalers.
Seats	Size shows likely volume of coffee and cups.
Machine	The espresso machine they run matters for service and replacement offers.
Takeaway share	High takeaway volume means more cups, lids and packaging.

Questions people ask

How can a coffee roaster use Riftjaw to find new cafes?

Import a list of cafes from public listings, add fields for coffee brand and machine, and put the cafes not using your beans yet in their own segment. Then send a short campaign offering a tasting.

Can I record visits as well as emails?

Yes. Add a note on the contact after each visit and change the status. Email history is logged automatically next to your notes.

How do I get email addresses for cafes in your area?

If your file has an email column, that wins. If it only has websites, tick the prefixes you want, such as hello@, info@, coffee@ and orders@, and Riftjaw derives addresses from each domain. Derived addresses are good guesses, not verified, so start with small batches.

Is it free to start?

Yes. The Free plan runs the whole pipeline on one list with small campaigns, and you do not need a credit card. Move to Pro when you want more lists, segments and bigger campaigns.