Uncovering Your Prospects Email Address

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I am not sure how I could have missed this, but I just stumbled upon this older post on Jill Konrath’s blog. Jill talks about a wiki-style website started by Brett Owens, which could assist us in finding email naming protocols for our sales prospects.

Here’s what Jill says…

When you go there, just enter the corporation’s name in the search box on the left side and you’ll see several patterns the companies uses. For example, I typed in General Mills and this is what it showed me.

* first.last@genmills.com

* first.last@generalmills.com

Here’s the deal about a Wiki though: You’re supposed to help create the resource. If you know other patterns used by a company – add them to the Wiki. That’s how it becomes infinitely usable. The more people who chip in their knowledge, the better it is for all of us.

Once it is filled with a solid amount of data about email patterns in businesses of various sizes, this could actually be a nifty sales tool to support our email marketing methods. Also check out the comments to Jill’s post for more ideas and alternatives.