14 Ways to Find Any Email Address in 10 Minutes or Less
Imagine you have a great piece of content. A complete piece of awesome, we'll call it. You know exactly who you want to share it with, but you can’t find any email addresses for them.
There are some pretty obvious ways (and some not-so-obvious ways) you can attain such information. In this post, I am going to share with you my methods for acquiring the email addresses of crucial influencers, which is a critical step in amplifying your content.
1. The contact and about us pages
You might think, “Seriously, Freddie? That’s pretty obvious.” Well yeah, it is, so how comes it’s missed so often?
Some people hide these pages in footers, in random links in the sidebar, or in author images.
If you still can’t find it, just try putting it in the web address bar as in the examples below.
- Example.com/contact
- Example.com/contact-us
- Example.com/contact-me
- Example.com/about
- Example.com/about-me
- Example.com/about-us
2. The author page
Scrutinizing the author page is a much underused tactic but is the ideal starting place.
Some Wordpress themes and sites automatically show a lot of information on this page, usually linked to the author’s name on any blog post.
I found this author page on Econsultancy. Their editor-in-chief, Graham Charlton, has been so kind as to put his email address on the page.
3. WHOIS data
WHOIS data is publicly available, and is primarily used when registering a domain.
Looking at Freddie.pro’s WHOIS data, you can see my address. (Oops, that's actually my old one. I need to update that!)
Check the full data out at Who.is.
4. Google
- How would you search for anything else?
- Simply enter the name of your target, followed by “email address”.
In the example below, you can see how to quickly identify Rand’s email address within the meta descriptions. You don’t even need to click through to find it.
5. Facebook
Facebook pages are a great place to find email addresses for blogs and companies. When setting up a Facebook page, most people willingly fill in all the information they can and forget about it. This makes it super easy for you to pick up the email address they use the most.
6. Spokeo
Spokeo makes the sourcing of email addresses super easy—sometimes. All you need is an account ($5 per month), and you can get cracking on sourcing email addresses.
- It really is as simple as that. Well, usually.
The problem arises when you are searching for a popular name and have no other information about the person. You can end up with a list of potential emails, yet have no clue which one is correct.
So make certain you know as much as you can about the person beforehand (e.g., where they are based, age, and full name).
7. Your own email list
If you have any visibility in your industry, chances are good that people have signed up to your email subscriber list. Chances are also good that at least a few of those people are part of your target outreach list. By conducting a quick search of your database, you could save yourself some hassles.
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