{"id":90,"date":"2018-02-09T06:36:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T12:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kmbrian.com\/?p=90"},"modified":"2020-11-24T12:21:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:21:25","slug":"5-secret-ninja-tricks-finding-prospects-email-addresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kmbrian.com\/blog\/5-secret-ninja-tricks-finding-prospects-email-addresses\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Secret Ninja Tricks for Finding Prospects\u2019 Email Addresses"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a marketer, outreach is one of the most important things you\u2019ll do. In fact, Social Triggers<\/a> founder Derek Halpern believes we should spend just 20% of our time<\/a>\u00a0creating content, and the other 80% promoting it (of which outreach is highly likely to play a huge part).<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your ratio? If you\u2019re like most people, it\u2019s probably nowhere near that 80-20 split. But it should be. It\u2019s much faster and more valuable to get more<\/i> eyes on content you\u2019ve already made than it is to create new stuff.<\/p>\n

It might sound too easy, maybe even lazy. If so, you\u2019re vastly underestimating the time and effort it takes to do promotion properly<\/i>. It\u2019s not a schedule-on-Hootsuite-and-be-done situation.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, even when all the ingredients are in place \u2013 an awesome piece of content and a great outreach email<\/a> \u2013 one little problem can still manage to trip you up. Any guesses?<\/p>\n

Not being able to <\/b>find the email address<\/b> of the person you want to contact.
\n<\/b>
\nThankfully, if you know a few insider tricks of the trade, tracking down<\/a> that elusive email address is much easier than you might think. In fact, anyone can do it.<\/p>\n

Here are 6 super secret ninja tricks that you<\/i> can use to help you find prospects\u2019 email addresses.<\/p>\n

1. Use a Tool<\/b><\/h2>\n

Using a tool isn\u2019t exactly a trick, but the more tools you have in your arsenal, the better equipped you\u2019ll be for finding virtually anyone\u2019s email address.<\/p>\n

While this isn\u2019t a comprehensive list of all the email-finding tools out there, these are the ones I use or have used, and can personally vouch for.<\/p>\n

Voila Norbert<\/b><\/a>
\nNorbert is fairly new to the email-finding game, but has quickly amassed a loyal following. It promises to \u201cfind anyone\u2019s corporate email\u201d using its email identification algorithm. Trusted by Facebook, Airbnb, Twitter, and Intel among others, you can try the service for yourself. Sign up and you get 50 leads for free.<\/p>\n

Pricing comes in two varieties: pay-as-you-go at $0.10\/lead, or a monthly subscription starting at $49 for 1000 leads. Additionally, Norbert can also verify your entire email list<\/a>, helping you remove old and dead addresses.<\/p>\n

Contact Out<\/b><\/a>
\nContact Out is one of the best email-finding tools I\u2019ve used, by far. It\u2019s a Chrome plugin that automatically pulls in any available contact details (typically an email address and phone number at a minimum) when you visit a prospect\u2019s LinkedIn Page. It gets multiple email addresses for most LinkedIn users, including personal (ie. @gmail.com) addresses and<\/i> business addresses.<\/p>\n

The extension is used by recruiters at about 30% of the Fortune 500.<\/p>\n

2. Check Twitter<\/b><\/h2>\n

People \u2013 especially journalists and bloggers who are open to emails from cold contacts \u2013 often put their address in their Twitter bio.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re on their website, and they use Twitter, chances are the icon will feature pretty prominently on their site (often in the header, but if not, try the footer). Sometimes it\u2019s a little more hidden (often on their contact page). Seek it out.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, you can search Google for \u201c[their name] + twitter.\u201d Of course, if there are lots of people on Twitter with their name, it might be a little tricky to pinpoint the person you\u2019re trying to find.<\/p>\n

You can often get around this by adding the industry they work in to your search. For example, to find my Twitter profile you could search for \u201csujan patel marketing + twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, if your prospect\u2019s email address isn\u2019t<\/i> in their Twitter bio, all is not lost.<\/p>\n

You can try performing an advanced Twitter search<\/a> to see if they\u2019ve ever been mentioned in a tweet.<\/p>\n

Simply enter (at) (dot) in the \u201call of these words\u201d box, and the Twitter handle of the person\u2019s email address you\u2019re after in the \u201cfrom these accounts\u201d box. If they\u2019ve ever mentioned an email address in a tweet, you\u2019ll find it.<\/p>\n

\"Twitter<\/p>\n

Finally, you can use All My Tweets<\/a> to view and search all your prospect\u2019s tweets on a single page.<\/p>\n

3. Find the Company Format and Take a Guess<\/b><\/h2>\n

Most companies use a standard format for email addresses, so if you can\u2019t find the address for the specific<\/i> person you want to contact, find the email address for someone<\/i> at the company, and edit it accordingly.<\/p>\n

If you know their first name, last name, and the company domain name, this should be easy enough. A bit time-consuming, yes, but it\u2019s been the go-to method for years.<\/p>\n

You can also use the aforementioned Email Checker<\/a> – or the very similar MailTester<\/a> or Email Verifier<\/a> – to check if it works before writing your email and hitting send.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmail has an ability many channels don\u2019t: creating valuable, personal touches \u2013 at scale<\/i>.\u201d ~David Newman
\n<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

4. Use an Email Permutator<\/b><\/h2>\n

An email permutator uses a person\u2019s name and the domain they\u2019re associated with to generate as many permutations (i.e. combinations) of addresses that, based on common email formats, could be correct.<\/p>\n

I use this Google Sheets permutator<\/a>. To try it yourself, open the doc, click \u201cFile,\u201d then \u201cMake a Copy.\u201d<\/p>\n

From there you enter your prospect\u2019s name and domain into the yellow boxes. As you do this, possible permutations of the address will appear in the green box on the left-hand side.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

What you\u2019ll also notice is that the suggested permutations appear in order, according to how common the formats are (most common at the top; least common at the bottom).<\/p>\n

That makes the next step \u2013 using a tool like Email Checker<\/a>, Email Verifier<\/a>, or MailTester<\/a> to find out if an address works \u2013 much easier. Simply start from the top, and work your way down.<\/p>\n

If you prefer a website app to a Google document, check out Email Permutator+<\/a> from Metric Sparrow. Enter what you know, hit the blue button, and get a complete list of possible combinations.<\/p>\n

5. Subscribe to Their Newsletter<\/b><\/h2>\n

A lead that happens to be an influencer or industry leader – or even someone on their way to becoming one of those – will more than likely have a personal website and\/or blog that allows you to subscribe. Sign up.<\/p>\n

Not only is this an opportunity to get to know them a little better before first contact, but you\u2019ll receive that much sought-after address in either the from: field, or at the bottom of the email message.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf #socialmedia is the cocktail party, then #emailmarketing is the \u2018meet up for coffee\u2019. The original 1 to 1 channel<\/i>.\u201d ~Erik Harbison<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

6. Ask Them<\/b><\/h2>\n

If you\u2019ve tried all of the above and you still can\u2019t find your prospect\u2019s email address, there\u2019s one last thing you can try\u2026<\/p>\n

Asking them.<\/p>\n

\u201cData means \u00ab given \u00bb in Latin. So kindly ask your clients to share it with you<\/i>.\u201d ~Beno\u00eet De Nayer<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chances are your prospect has listed a social media profile you can use to contact them, or if not, a phone number. Contact them through one of these channels and ask for their email address (it helps to explain why you\u2019d like it, too).<\/p>\n

Better yet, this is also a great opportunity to \u201cwarm them up\u201d to your real ask, and that means you won\u2019t be sending a cold email<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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