Developing foreign trade customers: an efficient way to find email addresses

In foreign trade business, email communication is the main way to communicate with overseas customers, so it is crucial to find the customer’s email address. This article will introduce several effective methods to help foreign trade companies develop customer email addresses.

1. Use Clearbit Connect plug-in

Clearbit Connect is a Google Chrome plug-in that can help foreign trade companies find the email addresses of potential customers. After installing the plug-in, an obvious Clearbit Connect icon will appear in the Gmail interface. For first-time use, you need to set up account information and choose free or paid version. The free version can query one hundred mailboxes per month, while the paid version provides the opportunity to query two hundred emails per month.

2. Application of Rapportive plug-in

Rapportive is also an extension for Google Chrome, mainly used to improve the functionality of Gmail. Through it, when entering a contact’s email address, you can automatically display the contact’s detailed information on LinkedIn, including information such as common contacts, experiences, interests and hobbies. This is very helpful for verifying the validity of the email.

3. Use company name and Google search

If you know the name of the target company, you can directly use the Google search engine combined with specific keywords (such as “company name + email”) to find its official contact email. In addition, adding the “@” symbol to the end of the search term (for example: “company name + email + @”) can make the search results more precise.

4. Keyword combination with Google Chrome search

Although it is rarely used in China, Google Chrome is very popular in overseas markets. Therefore, foreign trade personnel can use this platform to conduct extensive searches by entering relevant keywords plus different forms of suffixes to discover the email addresses of potential customers.

5. Customs data mining

Customs data usually contains rich customer information, such as contact information, product details, import and export volumes, etc. By analyzing this data, foreign trade companies can obtain a more accurate email list of target customers.

6. Use LinkedIn social network

LinkedIn allows users to add friends through keyword searches and then obtain the other party’s email address. Although this method is relatively time-consuming, the efficiency can be greatly improved with the help of Google plug-in tools such as Hunter and Snovio.

7. Participate in industry exhibitions

Many major trade shows publish exhibitor details, including contact details such as email addresses, on their official websites. During the exhibition, sellers have the opportunity to communicate directly with business representatives face-to-face and establish initial contacts.

The above methods provide enterprises with diverse ways to find and verify the email addresses of potential customers, so as to better conduct international business. It is worth noting that during actual operations, it is recommended that foreign trade practitioners always use professional and secure corporate email or business email to maintain the brand image and ensure the security and stability of communication.