From the course: How to Find Sales Leads

Unlock this course with a free trial

Join today to access over 25,300 courses taught by industry experts.

Search engines

Search engines

- Once again, we can use your standard search engines to find what you need. This is where search engines are particularly powerful because they look across the entire internet for the information you're trying to find. They're not contained to one platform and its users. So if you search for, say, Acme Company sales director, then the website will search everywhere. LinkedIn is a likely candidate as people post their job roles on there, but let's say they're not on LinkedIn for now. Then their own website is also a likely result as companies like to advertise who works at the company alongside their role and responsibilities. Failing that, contact details databases like ZoomInfo, UpLead or Lead Finder will also be searched and often come up with the details. These often contain very simple information, and the really good stuff is behind a paywall, and I'd consider paying for those services, but they should at least show you…

Contents