so you want to find someone’s email address.
maybe you want to contact an influencer, prospect a list of leads, or maybe you just want to ask someone a quick question.
There are many reasons why you may be looking for a particular email address. Fortunately, there are also many different (clever) ways to find them.
why is it important to find the correct email address?
If you’re sending an important email, you need to do it in front of the right person. why? because it is very difficult to get people’s attention. keep in mind that only 8.5% of broadcast emails receive a response.
Getting the right person to read your email improves your chances of getting the response you want. therefore spending time finding someone’s email address and modifying your message is 100% worth it.
This is especially true if you’re trying to communicate with someone you don’t know or haven’t talked to before.
Now, let’s search for emails….
how to find someone’s email address?
Here are some of the most robust tactics and tools I’ve used in the past – and still use – to find a person’s email address. let’s start!
1. use an email lookup tool
One of the easiest ways to find an email address is to use an email lookup service. all you have to do is enter the name of a person and/or a website, and the tool will look up the appropriate address for you.
Aunque pueden ser increíblemente útiles, no está garantizado que obtengas un resultado exitoso cada vez que lo utilices. Las búsquedas gratuitas son limitadas y las opciones de pago pueden resultar bastante caras, especialmente si no obtienes las direcciones que estás buscando.
The good news is that there is an almost endless list of email search tools on the web, so you have plenty of options to see what works for you.
all email lookup services work pretty much the same way: enter a name, try to refine it as much as possible, and the tool goes and finds the best email.
That said, there are different pricing options and types of tools available.
Here are some of the most popular email search tools to get you started (along with their prices):
- find that email – 50 free searches/month. Paid accounts start at $29/month for 500 searches ($0.058/search).
- finder expert- 300 free searches per month. Paid accounts start at $39 per month for 5,000 searches ($0.008/search).
- snov.io – 50 free searches/month. Paid accounts start at $29 for 1,000 individual searches or 500 bulk searches ($0.029/search).
- voila norbert – free trial of 50 free searches. Paid accounts start at $49/month for 1,000 searches ($0.049/search).
- hunter – 50 free searches/month. Paid accounts start at $49/mo for 1,000 searches ($0.049/search).
- findthatlead – 50 free searches per month. paid accounts start at $49/month for 5,000 searches ($0.0098/search).
- email-prospector pro – free trial of 50 free searches. paid accounts start at $1,195 per year, limited to 4,000 searches ($0.299/search).
- findemails.com – free trial of 50 free searches. Paid accounts start at $19/month for 500 searches ($0.038/search).
how to find someone’s email address for free?
If your budget is tight, here are three quick ways to find free emails:
- clearbit connect is a gmail and outlook plugin that searches a person’s email from various sources as well as your own database (related: check out the best gmail plugins and extensions to improve productivity ).
- getprospect is a chrome extension that allows you to find someone’s email address by their name and domain.
- rocketreach can quickly find emails for you, especially if your goal is a fairly high profile. just sign up for a free account and start looking for email.
2. use “@domainname.com” in duckduckgo
This little-known trick is a great way to find email addresses simply by using an alternative search engine.
running an exact search for “@domainname.com” on duckduckgo will return results for any email address attached to the domain that is publicly available.
You can include your prospect’s name in the search if you want to contact someone in particular, or just keep it generic.
Es un truco muy útil que funciona muy bien en DuckDuckGo y en otros motores de búsqueda. Desafortunadamente, Google utiliza «@» para las etiquetas de medios sociales, así que este truco no funcionará y tampoco funciona en Bing.
3. united states twitter
People sometimes include their email addresses in their tweets or in their twitter bio, but try to hide them from bots by using “dot” and “at” instead of “…” and “@”.
Go to twitter advanced search and search your prospect’s tweets for “at” and “dot”.
You will be able to choose exact phrases to search for, words to ignore, hashtags, specific accounts and time frames. play with tickets here. try including words like “email”, “scope” or “contact” to better filter the results.
Suena atrevido, pero también puedes intentar simplemente preguntarles en Twitter por su dirección de correo electrónico.
To give your tweet the best chance of being noticed and getting a response, keep it concise and include a compelling reason for them to reply:
También puedes acercarte a ellos a través de sus mensajes directos, que es más probable que tu prospecto vea sus respuestas o menciones. Dependiendo de la configuración de privacidad, es posible que tengáís que seguirse mutuamente antes de poder enviarles un DM.
how to review old tweets from anyone?
there is one last tactic you can try with twitter to check the past tweets of users. Using the all my tweets app, you can generate a list of up to 3200 past tweets from anyone for free.
this is how to use it:
go to all my tweets and log in with your twitter account.
A continuación, introduce el mango de Twitter del sitio web o de la persona con la que te gustaría conectarte para obtener sus tweets.
Una vez que los haya listado, simplemente presiona Ctrl/Cmd+F y busca cosas como @domainname, «contact», «email», «you can reach me at», y otras variaciones que puedan mostrar una dirección de correo electrónico.
4. subscribe to your prospects’ email list
Most websites will have an email list.
Si el sitio web o blog de tu prospecto incluye un boletín informativo, suscríbete a su lista de correo ya que muchos boletines se envían desde una dirección de correo electrónico personal. Esta puede ser una manera rápida y fácil de obtener la dirección de correo electrónico que estás buscando.
Even if sent from a generic [email protected] address, try replying to one of the newsletters to share an opinion or ask an insightful question and you just might get an answer.
This can help you build a relationship with the prospect and gives you a better chance of getting their personal email addresses in the future.
5. question via generic email address or contact form
Most websites have a contact form or provide a generic email address [email protected] for general inquiries.
Si bien es probable que estos sean atendidos por personal administrativo, puede tratar de usarlos para preguntar cómo ponerse en contacto con tu prospecto ideal.
6. check out the contact and about us contact pages
sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. many websites include personal email addresses in contact, about us, or to meet team members.
However, these pages can often be difficult to find in site navigation. If you can’t see what you’re looking for, check the footer or try these common url formats:
- example.com/contact
- example.com/contact-user
- example.com/contact-me
- example.com/ about
- example.com/about-me
- example.com/about-us
- example.com/team
- example. com/our-team
- example.com/meet-the-team
7. check out the author pages
Another simple starting point is the author page on your prospect’s blog or website, which is linked from their name to any articles they’ve written.
There can often be a lot of information on this page, especially if you have used WordPress themes and default settings.
8. perform a whois lookup
If you’re trying to find the email address of someone with a website (perhaps a freelance business owner, entrepreneur, or writer), you can sometimes find their contact information in the whois information of your website.
whois data is used when registering a domain and is publicly available, providing you with information about who owns the domain. everyone who has a website is required by law to share their contact details. just go to who.is and search for the email domain you’re looking for:
Por cierto, hay otras herramientas de búsqueda WHOIS disponibles, como por ejemplo:
- namecheap
- domaintools
- nominet
- dmca0s free whois tool
It doesn’t really matter which tool you use. if you’re lucky, you might see the email used to register this domain. however, whois provides an option to hide public information from public data, so this may not always work.
9. use google (and search operators)
sorry: this is obvious, but can still be overlooked. use google for its intended use: search.
Type your prospect’s name along with the “email address” and you might be in luck.
However, if the person you are looking for has a common name, this can be difficult. even if they have a unique name, you might not get very far.
You can help narrow down your search with some google search operators. these are super easy to use. just enter the operator in google and search:
- [name] + email address (or) email address
- [name] + contact (or) contact information (or) contact me
- [name] + “hometown”
- [name] + “company they work for”
- [name] + linkedin
- [name] + zoominfo
- [name] + email
- [name] + contact
If you know a bit more about your prospect (such as where they work), you can try this:
- site:companywebsite.com +[name] + email
- site:companywebsite.com +[name] + contact
- site:companywebsite.com + name. lastname[at] companyname.com
- site:companywebsite.com + firstname[at] companyname.com
- site:companywebsite.com + firstname[at] companyname.com
- site:companywebsite.com + firstnamelastname[at] companyname.com
10. use facebook
When setting up a facebook page, people often enter as much information as they can and then forget about it.
simply go to the information page in the profile and you will be able to see the email address if they have added it:
Esto hace de Facebook un gran lugar para buscar direcciones de correo electrónico para tus prospectos y probablemente te dará su dirección de correo electrónico de uso más frecuente en lugar de algo más genérico.
11. check your own email list
Depending on your own visibility within your industry, some of your potential customers may have already signed up for your newsletter.
A quick search of your email list could easily reveal exactly what you’re looking for.
Most email marketing programs will allow you to search for contacts in your list. this is how it looks in mailchimp, for example:
12. Exporta tus Conexiones LinkedIn
did you know that linkedin allows you to export your connections?
so if you’re connected with your prospect, you might be able to get their email address.
Here’s how to export linkedin connections:
Step 1 – Click me at the top of the linkedin homepage, then select settings and privacy > in the dropdown menu.
Paso 2 – Haz clic en la pestaña Privacidad y desplázate hacia abajo hasta la sección Obtener una copia de tus datos (en la sección Cómo LinkedIn utiliza tus datos):
Paso 3 – Marque la casilla de conexiones y pulse Solicitar archivo.
En unos 10 minutos más o menos, recibirás un correo electrónico con todas las direcciones de correo electrónico de tus conexiones en una práctica hoja de cálculo.
This method should be used responsibly to avoid losing your linkedin account.
13. guess knowingly
If you think about it, almost all email addresses follow the same handful of patterns. they are often based on fairly simple formats.
so if you know your prospect’s first, last, and domain, you might be able to guess their email address.
If you already have someone else’s email address from the same company, you can probably figure out which structure to use.
if not, try these common formulas:
- [firstname]@example.com
- firstname].[lastname]@example.com
- firstname][lastname]@example.com
- [initial].[last name]@example.com
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There we have it, how to find someone’s email addresses. just remember: with great power comes great responsibility.
so use these email search methods wisely. don’t spam people! don’t sell people’s email addresses. and it doesn’t bother the people you’re reaching…. you are the only one missing a great opportunity to connect and build (business) connections.