Building contact / prospect lists

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by a searcher from The University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
in Birmingham, MI, USA

2yrs ago

Building contact / prospect lists

Hi Everyone, Found a year old thread on this and wanted to refresh - does anyone have experience hiring someone on Fiverr or Upwork to build a prospect/contact list for proprietary outreach? What best practices can you share? What databases did you use for finding specific contact information? Also, if there are any specific people you'd recommend, would love a referral.

Related: I hired someone on Fiverr to create my LLC logo and am very happy with it.

Thanks!

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reply by a searcher 2yrs ago
from The University of Michigan in Birmingham, MI, USA

^redacted‌ I got a few referrals from others, but ended up using Apollo.io to build contact lists for CPAs and Wealth Managers. Very little response overall, so I may need to trouble shoot whether it's the profession of folks I'm reaching out to, the platform, or something else.

reply by a professional 2yrs ago
from Portland State University in Portland, OR, USA

Hope this helps: I would advise against sending cold emails. Dave Kittle's got a great SF post suggesting you instead send snail mail or LinkedIn DMs. I agree with him that the type of people you're trying to connect with aren't likely going to reply to a cold email. I've been able to connect with strangers on LinkedIn, when I do so thoughtfully, because it provides people with context and social proof. redacted