Tired of trying to find prospects and coming up empty-handed?
It’s time to make this sometimes discouraging task easier on yourself. Believe it or not, there are uncomplicated strategies to find prospects that will make your life a great deal easier.
Let me start by saying that you’ve come to the right place. National Cellular Directory specializes in connecting people with one another, so we kind of know what we are talking about when it comes to prospecting. Our search tools alone can help you access potential client data, but we also have a few other tricks up our sleeve.
In addition to what we have to offer; there are also other free and simple ways that you can use to go about finding your prospects’ cell phone numbers. In fact, several sales professionals are already using these tips and are gaining an unfair advantage over their competitors.
If you're dying to find out what free methods or internet hacks these sales professionals are using, then you're definitely in the right place.
I will share with you 3 of the most effective ways that you can use to look up your prospects’ cell phone numbers online (for free).
Once you're done with this guide, you should be able to start using the tips since these are highly actionable.
Let’s hop right in.
Use Google’s Advanced Search Queries
Not many people are aware of Google’s advanced search queries. What makes their search queries special is their effectiveness in pulling in more targeted search results if used correctly.
Pro Tip: Check our guide on how to use Google to find someone's cell phone number
Here’s a good example.
Let’s say you’re looking for articles with the phrase “improve online sales” on the article’s title; as you can probably imagine, you can’t do that just by simply typing in the keywords “improve online sales” on Google’s search engine, since it’ll also bring you pages where the keywords are in the article’s body, and not on the header.
The solution
Use the advanced search query, “intitle:”.
That being said, this is how your search query should look like… intitle:"improve online sales".
If you check out Google’s search results, you’ll notice that the placement of the keywords “improve online sales” is found on the article’s title, and not just on any other part of the page.
Mind you that what I showed is just one of the advanced search queries that you can use.
While there are several advanced search queries that you can use to get your prospects’ cell phone numbers using Google’s search engine, using the functions “+” and the quotation mark ("") are some of my favorites. Here’s how my advanced search queries usually look like when I search for my prospect’s cell phone number online (for free)... “Cell phone” + state + “Full name”
This is how an example would look like. “Cell phone” + Ohio + “John K. Richards”
With this kind of search query, you’ll get this result…
In most cases, you’ll obtain the information right off the bat, after typing in the advanced search query.
Look them up through Linkedin.
Since Linkedin has about 380+ million users, all composed of professionals or business owners, it makes it one of the best places for you to look for prospects.
What’s even better is that you can also view your prospects’ cell phone numbers on their profile. All you need to do is click, the “Contact Info” tab.
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It’s important to note that in several instances, your prospects won’t add their cell phone numbers on their profiles.
Also, you’ll only be able to view their phone numbers if:
- They made it available.
- They are in your network of connection.
That being said, if your prospect isn’t in your network, then you won’t be able to view their cell phone numbers through Linkedin.
In situations where you can’t view their cell phone number, all you need to do is to take note of their complete name, and the city and state they are from.
Once you’ve obtained the information, you can then go to our homepage at NationalCellularDirectory.com and do a name and address look-up.
You’ll be able to obtain their phone number after you click the “search” button.
Use White Pages
White Pages has a pretty solid database when it comes to finding people. The information you can obtain from their website about the address and phone number of the people you are looking at is quite reliable.
Once you type in your prospects’ name and the state they are from, their search engines should bring back several matches. At this point, all you need to do is click the "handset" icon so you can view their contact details.
Just a heads-up. What you will usually see after you click the "handset" icon is the person's landline number and not their cell phone number. If that happens, then you can just use our name and address look up again to find the information.
What's next?
Now that you have several free and effective ways to find your prospects’ cell phone numbers online, you can now start mining the information and start cold calling.
If you want to get ahead of your competitors, using these techniques can help get you there. These three tips (although simple) are effective and time efficient.
You can also take advantage of our Happy Hour by performing free phone number lookups to further assist you in your prospecting efforts.