Available as both a chrome plug-in and an independent web app, Buzzstream is a handy e-mail finder tool used by digital marketers across the globe to make email outreach much more efficient and accessible. With the help of Buzzstream, not only can you find emails more easily, but you can also build links, manage campaigns, and analyze your prospects. They also offer a variety of plans that you can choose from based on your marketing needs. Best part: there’s a free 14-day trial for majority of their paid plans, so you can test the waters before you commit.

Email Format works by studying the email address patterns utilized by medium to large scale companies. Using this approach would be best if your prospect belongs to a relatively well-known company that has been around for a while – the length of time they have been up and running makes it more likely that their email address formula is plastered somewhere on the web.

If Email Format can detect the pattern, then you’re one step closer to finding someone’s email address.

You can also use email-finder tools that zero in on LinkedIn’s profiles. They function the same way as the platforms listed above. The only difference is that they extract the information from your target person’s LinkedIn account.

FindThatLead and Adapt.io are efficient and user-friendly extensions that work specifically for LinkedIn, so if your prospect has an account, these tools might be worth a shot.

Well, what if you don’t have a Google account? Or for whatever reason, perhaps you’re just not too keen on downloading the Sales Navigator Lite extension, but you’re interested in a similar verifying service. That’s fine – there are a few other free platforms that you can opt for instead.

Let’s reacquaint ourselves with our good email-finding friend, Hunter.io. It also offers email verification services, but only to a limited extent: 100 free verification requests per month.

So if that doesn’t cut it for you, other options you can look into are:

Verify-email.org

Email Hippo

MailTester.com

Sometimes the simplest solutions turn out to be the most effective. Before trying out anything else on this list, you might want to consider going back to the basics – a thorough Google search. Try out these keywords and see where your search can land you.

• site:companywebsite.com + “name” + contact
• site:companywebsite.com + “name” + email
• [name] + email (or) email address
• [name] + contact (or) contact information (or) contact me
• [name] + email
• [name] + contact

However, if Google is failing you, you can try…

Fortunately, we live in a world with many alternative search engines. DuckDuckGo is one of them. Great news: it’s a perfect channel for finding someone’s email address.

If you search “@domainname.com” on DuckDuckGo, you’ll be awarded with all the publicly available email addresses associated with this domain (this is something that Google doesn’t do).

New catchphrase for your email scavenger hunt: Ready, set, DuckDuckGo!

Another quick and easy solution: check your prospect’s Facebook “About” section. You never know – they might not have listed their email address on their company page, but it could be displayed in plain sight on their personal social media accounts!

This is a great approach to use if you discovered your winning prospect through Twitter. Instead of digging erratically through your prospect’s Twitter feed, working desperately to find any contact details, try this: Search for the following keywords in Google: Twitter.com/USERNAME email Note: Make sure to replace “USERNAME” with your actual prospect’s Twitter handle.

While you’re already on Twitter, you can use their Advanced Search program. Try searching common keywords associated with email addresses, such as “contact,” “reach,” and of course, “email.”

Here’s a useful formula: email at (from:USERNAME)

Try looking up your target person’s email address by inputting their domain name on WHOis. You should get results that reveal the personal information of the registrant, including contact details. However, like the rest of the tips on this list, you might run into an obstacle – if the person puts a premium on privacy (which is usually the case), there is a high possibility that he/she might employ a proxy or domain privacy service to block information from the public eye.

Under those circumstances, this method might not work for you. But no worries, there’s still a plethora of alternative approaches at your disposal.

There’s a reason the saying “fortune favors the bold” exists. If none of the methods on this list have worked so far, you might have better luck requesting for your prospect’s email address directly. Yup, that plain and simple.

It’s not as uncommon as you’d think, and don’t worry – you won’t necessarily come across as audacious (just make sure you observe basic etiquette and don’t outright demand for that email address!).

One way to go about this is to reply to a tweet – perhaps you can compliment your target persons on their work, or ask a follow-up question – then proceed to propose a collaboration between their company and your own. If you’re wary about publicizing your conversation, go ahead and slide them a DM, then cross your fingers and hope they reply.

In fact, this approach can be the most rewarding out of all since it forces you to communicate with your prospect straight away. Imagine: even before sending your introductory email with your perfectly drafted pitch, you already have the confidence and reassurance that your prospect knows who you are – well, sort of, but it’s definitely a start!

Among all the other marketers hoping to form a connection with the same target person, you have already set yourself aside. So, when your prospect scans your email, there’s a much greater chance that he/she will remember you (and feel compelled to reply).

Companies usually have generic forms somewhere in their websites that are manned by customer service employees. It might feel like a long shot, but there’s nothing to lose and everything to gain by filling up one of those forms and requesting your prospect’s email address.

When they reply, you might be pleasantly surprised with the information you need freely handed to you… or they might just choose to ignore your request. But hey, why not give it a whirl?

And if all else fails, give the company a good old-fashioned ring. Maybe the customer service representative on the other end of the line might be gracious enough to fulfill your request and give you the contact details you’ve been dying to get your hands on.

This may seem like an outdated approach, but remember: these companies display their phone numbers for everyone to see on their pages. So if calling them up is the most successful way of demanding their attention, then by all means, take the chance and dial those numbers!