Optimizing Clay for Accurate Industry Reports on Conversational AI Trends

Valeria G. · 2025-02-25 13:50:12.427013+00

Hi, I'm trying to use Clay to find relevant industry reports, articles, and news within a specific time frame (e.g., the last two weeks), but I'm getting results outside of that range. I'm currently using Perplexity AI and Google News as the source. Is there a better option within Clay to get more accurate and timely results? Also, I need to ensure that all results are relevant to my company’s focus on conversational AI, automation, and customer service trends in regions like LATAM, Europe, South Africa, and the UK. How can I refine my setup to get better results?

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Here's how you can optimize your Clay setup for targeted news and industry research: 1. Use Google News integration with these refinements: • Apply the date filter option to specify results from the last two weeks • Set the language preferences for each region you're targeting 2. Leverage Claygent for more comprehensive research: • Access it through the enrichment panel under the Tools section in AI • Use the preset templates as a starting point for your research tasks 3. Enhance your results with AI summarization features: • Use summarization prompts to distill key points from news articles • Create custom prompts focused on your specific industries (conversational AI, automation, customer service) • Set up the system to surface actionable intelligence about industry trends For best results, modify the preset templates to match your specific needs and regional focus. This will help you get more targeted and relevant results for your research.
Sources: Google news integration overview | Documentation | Clay University Claygent: AI Web Scraper [Automated Outbound] - Clay University We Made 24 Prompts So You Don’t Have To [Automated Outbound] - Clay University
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Valeria G.
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I already tried using Google news, but still the results are not as relevant as I wish, even if I already added the keywords.
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Here's how you can refine your setup to get more targeted results: 1. Use the new RSS Feed reader source to: • Set up feeds from industry-specific publications and blogs focused on conversational AI and automation • Get hourly updates from your chosen sources • Filter articles by relevant topics and trends 2. Enhance your results using Clay's AI capabilities: • Create custom summarization prompts specifically tailored to extract insights about: • • Conversational AI developments • • Automation trends • • Customer service innovations • • Regional market specifics • Use these prompts to distill key points from news articles and industry reports 3. Optimize your prompt engineering: • Adapt the prompts to focus on your specific regional interests (LATAM, Europe, South Africa) • Structure your prompts differently from chat-style AI interfaces for better results at scale
Sources: New at Clay | Clay.com Prompt Engineering Crash Course [Clay 101] - Clay University We Made 24 Prompts So You Don’t Have To [Automated Outbound] - Clay University
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Hey Valeria! I have done similar things recently. I would recommend splitting up the process in several steps. One news/web scraper that just finds all news in a specific area. Then you can have another column with a very explicit function to filter out out-of-date articles. Then have some kind of relevancy ranking in a third column. So basically, try not to do too many things with just one column.
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Here's how to refine your Clay setup for more targeted results: 1. Use the new RSS Feed reader source to: • Set up feeds from industry-specific publications focused on your topics • Get hourly updates from your chosen sources • Filter articles by relevance to conversational AI, automation, and customer service 2. When using Google News integration: • Set specific date filters to ensure timely results • Configure language preferences for each region you're targeting (LATAM, Europe) • Use precise search queries for better relevance 3. Enhance results with AI prompts: • Start with our existing prompt templates • Modify them to focus on your specific industries and regions • Create custom prompts for summarizing and analyzing content relevance For best results, consider breaking down your research into separate columns - one for initial content gathering, another for date filtering, and a third for relevancy scoring.
Sources: New at Clay | Clay.com We Made 24 Prompts So You Don’t Have To [Automated Outbound] - Clay University Google news integration overview | Documentation | Clay University
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Here's how you can optimize your Clay setup for targeted news and industry research: 1. Use Google News integration with these refinements: • Apply the date filter option to specify results from the last two weeks • Set the language preferences for each region you're targeting 2. Leverage Claygent for more comprehensive research: • Access it through the enrichment panel under the Tools section in AI • Use the preset templates as a starting point for your research tasks 3. Enhance your results with AI summarization features: • Use summarization prompts to distill key points from news articles • Create custom prompts focused on your specific industries (conversational AI, automation, customer service) • Set up the system to surface actionable intelligence about industry trends For best results, modify the preset templates to match your specific needs and regional focus. This will help you get more targeted and relevant results for your research.
Sources: Google news integration overview | Documentation | Clay University Claygent: AI Web Scraper [Automated Outbound] - Clay University We Made 24 Prompts So You Don’t Have To [Automated Outbound] - Clay University
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Is that what you were looking for?
Valeria G.
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I already tried using Google news, but still the results are not as relevant as I wish, even if I already added the keywords.
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Here's how you can refine your setup to get more targeted results: 1. Use the new RSS Feed reader source to: • Set up feeds from industry-specific publications and blogs focused on conversational AI and automation • Get hourly updates from your chosen sources • Filter articles by relevant topics and trends 2. Enhance your results using Clay's AI capabilities: • Create custom summarization prompts specifically tailored to extract insights about: • • Conversational AI developments • • Automation trends • • Customer service innovations • • Regional market specifics • Use these prompts to distill key points from news articles and industry reports 3. Optimize your prompt engineering: • Adapt the prompts to focus on your specific regional interests (LATAM, Europe, South Africa) • Structure your prompts differently from chat-style AI interfaces for better results at scale
Sources: New at Clay | Clay.com Prompt Engineering Crash Course [Clay 101] - Clay University We Made 24 Prompts So You Don’t Have To [Automated Outbound] - Clay University
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Did that answer your question?
Dante E.
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Hey Valeria! I have done similar things recently. I would recommend splitting up the process in several steps. One news/web scraper that just finds all news in a specific area. Then you can have another column with a very explicit function to filter out out-of-date articles. Then have some kind of relevancy ranking in a third column. So basically, try not to do too many things with just one column.
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Here's how to refine your Clay setup for more targeted results: 1. Use the new RSS Feed reader source to: • Set up feeds from industry-specific publications focused on your topics • Get hourly updates from your chosen sources • Filter articles by relevance to conversational AI, automation, and customer service 2. When using Google News integration: • Set specific date filters to ensure timely results • Configure language preferences for each region you're targeting (LATAM, Europe) • Use precise search queries for better relevance 3. Enhance results with AI prompts: • Start with our existing prompt templates • Modify them to focus on your specific industries and regions • Create custom prompts for summarizing and analyzing content relevance For best results, consider breaking down your research into separate columns - one for initial content gathering, another for date filtering, and a third for relevancy scoring.
Sources: New at Clay | Clay.com We Made 24 Prompts So You Don’t Have To [Automated Outbound] - Clay University Google news integration overview | Documentation | Clay University
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