If you are looking for a job or if you work in a commercial activity, you certainly spend a lot of time looking for information relating to a contact and in particular their email address in order to be able to contact this contact... Well, thanks to Clearbit, know that this is no longer inevitable.
Clearbit Connect is a Chrome extension that can be used on the web or directly in Gmail that will allow you to find the professional email of someone you don't know in a few seconds. This extension is designed for salespeople, but can be very useful for anyone looking for a contact in a company.
Pictorial summary
| ?? Quick Search | Find some professional emails in a few seconds |
| ?? Chrome extension | Compatible with web and Gmail |
| ?? Ideal customer profile | Alerts on corresponding sites |
| ?? Notification | Button lights up for targeted sites |
| ?? Company information | Number of employees, investments… |
| ?? People Section | Access to employee emails |
| ✉️ Gmail integration | Sender and Business Information Widget |
| ?? Advance search | By company, function, seniority, name |
| ?? Free subscription | 10 searches per month |
| ?? Potential for improvement | More efficient with large companies |
Using Clearbit Connect to Find Someone's Email Address
As you browse the internet, Clearbit Connect scans each site you visit to determine if it fits an “ideal customer” profile that you have previously defined (yes, I told you, it’s a business-oriented tool). If so, the color of the extension’s button lights up to alert you. But you can also use it on any site without defining an “ideal customer.”
Click on the extension button and you will then have access to a wealth of information about the company, including the number of employees, investments received, and much more. By going to the People section, you will be presented with a list of the company's employees. By selecting a person, you will have the option to retrieve their email address.
When you use it with Gmail, the extension is also very easy to use. It adds a widget in the right sidebar from Gmail. By default, in the widget, Clearbit will show you lots of information about the sender of the message and their company (if the email domain matches a company domain)!
But you can also use it to search by company by directly entering the company name and then you can search by function, seniority and name.
For example, in a few seconds I managed to find the email address of Sundar Pichai, the big boss of Google...
This extension offers a free subscription limited to 10 searches per month, if you want to use it more intensively, you will have to pay.
Well, on the other hand it doesn't work every time and I would even say that it does not work in most cases… Unsurprisingly, the tool works very well with large multinationals, but it becomes more complicated for small structures or non-American companies. But ultimately, this extension can still be useful and we can hope that it will improve over time! To be continued!
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