How to Build High Quality Lead Lists with FindyMail

When it comes to cold emailing, the quality of your email list can make or break your campaign. Sending emails to outdated or incorrect addresses isn’t just frustrating—it’s a waste of resources and can get your email accounts flagged/blacklisted. That’s where FindyMail steps in. This tool is designed to make your life easier by helping you find and verify high-quality leads, all in real-time (no database stored data like other tools give you).

In this post, we’ll walk you through how to use FindyMail to take your cold emails to the next level. Whether you’re just getting started or you’re a seasoned pro looking for a new edge, this guide has you covered.

Why Choose FindyMail?

Cold email campaigns are only as good as the data behind them. Traditional databases often contain outdated information, leading to bounced emails and reduced campaign effectiveness. FindyMail helps solve this problem with its real-time scraping feature. But what does that actually mean?

Let’s break it down.

The Problem with Traditional Email Databases

Traditional email databases pull data from various sources like real-time scrapers, data leaks, user uploaded contacts, and more. However, they often store this information for a long time, which means the data you get could be years old, if not older (you’d be shocked!).

The result? You’ll be sending emails to people who may have left their company ages ago or may have changed their email addresses. This in turn will lead to campaigns with low engagement and high bounce rates which will hurt the reputation of your email accounts.

FindyMail can help you prevent such situations. By using real-time scraping, it fetches the most recent and valid email addresses, reducing the chances of your emails bouncing or landing in wrong, outdated inboxes.

How to Use FindyMail

Now that you understand the importance of using updated email data, let’s explore how to utilize FindyMail’s features to generate high-quality leads.

1. Email Finder: Your Go-To for Individual Targeted Searches

This feature is perfect for when you need to zero in on a specific person.

How It Works:

Enter the person’s name and their company’s domain.

Hit “Find Email”, and FindyMail will dig up the most likely up-to-date email address for that individual.

You can also use FindyMail’s Chrome extension to scrape individual emails directly from LinkedIn profiles—super handy when you’re doing some casual LinkedIn browsing.

Use Case: Suppose you are targeting a specific decision-maker at a potential client’s company. By using the Email Finder, you can quickly find their contact information by just plugging in their name and their company’s domain.

2. Bulk Scraping: For When You Need to Go Big

If you’re looking to scale your campaigns, FindyMail’s bulk scraping features can come in handy. Whether you’ve got a list of names and domains or a bunch of LinkedIn URLs, the tool will get you the most up-to-date data you need.

Bulk Scraping from a List of Names and Domains:

To use this feature, just upload a CSV with full names and domains… and… that’s it. FindyMail will work its magic and return a list of valid emails.

Bulk Scraping from a List of LinkedIn URLs:

Just upload a list of LinkedIn URLs, and FindyMail will fetch the emails for you.

Use Case: Let’s say you have a list of potential leads from a trade show or an online directory but only have their names and company websites, and LinkedIn profiles. FindyMail’s bulk scraping will efficiently generate the emails you need to launch a large-scale cold email campaign.

3. Email Verifier: To Keep Your Lists Clean

If you already have an enriched lead list but need to ensure the emails are up-to-date, FindyMail can help you with that as well.

How It Works:

Just upload your email list and watch the tool scan for deliverable, undeliverable, and risky emails in your list.

You can then download just the deliverable leads, giving you a list that’s ready for launch.

Use Case: Let’s say you’ve built a large email list from various sources. Before launching your campaign, you can run the list through FindyMail’s validator to remove any invalid or risky addresses, a simple step that will save you from damaging your sender reputation and improve your overall deliverability.

Taking It to the Next Level with Advanced Features

If you’re looking for more than just the basics, FindyMail has you covered with some advanced features that can be integrated into your existing workflows.

1. API Integration

For the data geeks out there, FindyMail offers API integration that allows you to automate lead generation. Whether you’re using Zapier, Make, or Google Sheets, you can set up processes that keep your data up-to-date without lifting a finger.

2. Phone Number Finder

While email is the primary focus, FindyMail also offers a phone number finder, which can be useful if your outreach strategy includes calls. The tool prioritizes mobile numbers, making it easier to reach prospects directly.

Pro Tip: You can use the phone number finder to follow up on your cold emails with a call. It’s a personal touch that can make all the difference.

3. Sales Navigator Scraping

If you heavily rely on LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator, you’ll love this feature. FindyMail allows you to scrape data directly from Sales Navigator searches, giving you the best of both worlds—LinkedIn’s advanced search capabilities and FindyMail’s real-time data validation.

Pro Tip: Use Sales Navigator scraping to build hyper-targeted lists, then validate and enrich them with FindyMail for a powerful one-two punch.

How We Use FindyMail at DFY Meetings

At Done For You Meetings, we’ve seen firsthand the power of FindyMail in optimizing our cold email campaigns. Here’s how we do it:

Data Collection: We start by scraping leads from Apollo, focusing on the industries and job titles most relevant to our campaigns.
Data Enrichment: We then upload these leads to FindyMail to replace any outdated emails with fresh, up-to-date data.
Verification: We then run our enriched lists through FindyMail’s email verifier to ensure we only use valid emails.
Launch: And finally, with a clean, verified list, we proceed to launch our cold email campaigns, confident that our messages are reaching the right people.

This process has significantly reduced our bounce rates and improved our overall campaign performance, making FindyMail an essential tool in our outreach arsenal.

Wrapping Up

FindyMail is a must-have if you’re looking to get high quality, up-to-date leads. With real-time scraping, bulk processing, and reliable verification features, you’re set up for having the cleanest possible lead lists..

Ready to get started? Just follow our FindyMail tips and more from our other blog posts and you’ll be well on your way to running more effective and successful cold email campaigns.

Cheers to that!

Author:

Michael Gardiner

Michael is a cold email expert with 9 years of experience, having worked with over 250 B2B companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500s. Outside of work, you will find him traveling around the world with a goal to set foot in every country.