Sales prospecting is a crucial part of the outbound sales process. The<\/span> first step<\/span><\/a> is defining your<\/span> ideal customer profile (ICP)<\/span><\/a>. But as soon as you\u2019ve done that, you actually need to find the right accounts, people and their contact details.<\/span><\/p>\n Here\u2019s a tool stack for step two. A collection of outbound sales prospecting tools and services that will help you regularly feed<\/span> Woodpecker<\/span><\/a> with fresh contacts via sales prospecting techniques.<\/span><\/p>\n The list building software and tools below will help you find email addresses and other contact details of your ideal prospects. Most of them involve Chrome extensions that will help you collect data directly from websites and social platforms like LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Twitter, Angel.co, Crunchbase and more. We\u2019ve reviewed 11 of them so far. More reviews are coming soon.<\/span><\/p>\n To give you a short description of the tools, I put some quotes taken directly from their websites under their hyperlinked names.<\/span><\/p>\n Hunter.io is a sales prospecting tool focused on finding and verifying professional email addresses. It is commonly used by sales, marketing, and recruiting teams that rely on email outreach as their main channel.<\/span><\/p>\n Hunter lets you search for email addresses by company domain, individual name, or role. You can also discover all publicly available email formats used by a company, which helps with outreach planning.<\/span><\/p>\n The platform includes built in email verification to reduce bounce rates and protect sender reputation. It integrates with popular CRMs and outreach tools, so verified contacts can be added directly to campaigns.<\/span><\/p>\n Hunter is best suited for teams that prioritize email accuracy over large data volumes and want a clean, simple way to build prospect lists.<\/span><\/p>\n Lusha is a sales prospecting and contact data platform built for teams that need quick access to decision makers. It helps sales and marketing teams find verified business emails and direct phone numbers for prospects based on company, role, or location.<\/span><\/p>\n Lusha works inside popular CRMs, sales tools, and browsers, which means contact data appears directly in existing workflows. Sales reps can enrich lead lists, research accounts, and identify buying roles without manual digging.<\/span><\/p>\n The browser extension pulls contact details from professional profiles in seconds. Lusha also includes basic company insights, credit based usage controls, and team level visibility, making it useful for outbound sales, recruiting, and account based prospecting.<\/span><\/p>\n Find That Email is a sales prospecting tool built to locate professional email addresses using a person\u2019s name and company domain. It is often used by sales teams and recruiters who already know who they want to contact but need a reliable way to reach them.<\/span><\/p>\n You can search individually or upload lists for bulk email discovery. The tool applies pattern matching and validation checks to reduce incorrect results.<\/span><\/p>\n Find That Email also includes email verification and basic list management features. It comes with plenty of sales tool integrations with common CRMs and outreach tools, which makes it easier to move from research to outreach without extra steps.<\/span><\/p>\n It works best for targeted prospecting where accuracy matters more than scale.<\/span><\/p>\n \nSales prospecting tools & software<\/b><\/h2>\n
1.<\/b> Hunter<\/b><\/a> (previously known as Email Hunter; check our<\/b> review<\/b><\/a>)<\/b><\/h3>\n
2.<\/b> Lusha<\/b><\/a> (check our<\/b> review<\/b><\/a>)<\/b><\/h3>\n
3.<\/b> Find That Email<\/b><\/a> (check our<\/b> review<\/b><\/a>)<\/b><\/h3>\n