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How do I convert name+surname+companyname into email these days?
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jey_bi
Which tool still works these days?
I need this for 130k+ records.
We expect this to fail, but please update us on the results.
Most email finding services tend to have around a 30% match rate, 50% at best. The more expensive, the more likely you are to match, but I haven't seen it go higher than 50%.
You can go with something like ZoomInfo, which has a community plan that mines your email in exchange for other emails. You only get 10 though, then a sales person will call you up and attempt to aggressively negotiate a $20k+ contract with you.
Clearbit used to be the leader here, but decided to move up market and now their minimums are also $20k/yr. Though honestly I haven't seen it be much better than the other options below.
The other options are:
Depending on the application, there might be a better approach than just emailing. Happy to brainstorm if you'd like to share.
Hi Jerome, thanks for your reply. Well, indeed, there might be other ways to reach my target audience. Another one would be reaching out to followers of one Twitter profile (110k+) or followers of Facebook fanpage (only 31k+).
I don't know what would be the best shot here.
I'm assuming b2b if you're trying to cold email.
Are you trying to get to your first 10, 50, 100 customers or trying to grow something that already has a strong customer base and you know your ideal customer profile + pain points?
No, this is B2C. But luckily, I found this 130k+ LinkedIn Group, which is perfectly targetted to my service.
My service is $15/mo and theoretically speaking, everybody within this 130k+ group could become a customer. Or inside that 110k+ on Twitter. Or 31k+ on Facebook.
Ah gotcha! Nice find on the LinkedIn group.
I haven’t typically seen b2c done over cold email. With it already being cold, you need to make a connection quickly, which is hard to do over a b2c pitch on a (generally) work email checked during work hours.
Give it a try anyway though. Hunter is free for 50 emails, might as well find 50 emails, email away, and see what your reply rate is. Extrapolate the reply rate for the rest of the 130k+ people and see if I it’s worth it to you.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Jerome. To give something back, let me share a link to a tool, which was recommended to me, I didn't know it before and it looks promising: https://www.tweetattackspro.com
(although you seem so much higher in wise-guys hierarchy than myself, so you prolly know the tool already)