Finding Contact Information

Contact Discovery bridges the gap between research and outreach. After NewBizBot builds a comprehensive profile of your prospect, you can find their verified email address and other contact details directly from the research results. The system automatically extracts relevant information from your completed research and searches multiple data sources to find contact information.

How Contact Discovery Works

Contact Discovery is triggered from a completed research result. When you click "Find contact information," NewBizBot's email finding agent automatically analyzes the research profile you've already generated and uses that context to search for contact details. You don't need to enter any additional text—the system extracts the person's name, company, role, and other identifying information directly from your research results.

The agent then executes a prioritized search strategy across multiple data sources:

1. Company domain analysis — Checks the prospect's company website and common email patterns (firstname.lastname@company.com, etc.)
2. Professional networks — Searches LinkedIn and other professional directories for publicly listed contact information
3. Public records — Examines press releases, conference speaker lists, and other public sources where contact information may be disclosed
4. Data aggregators — Queries business databases and contact enrichment services for verified email addresses

Each discovered contact includes a confidence score based on how many sources corroborated the information. Higher confidence means more verification sources confirmed the contact details.

Using Contact Discovery

In Research Mode

1. Complete a research query — First, research your prospect using a query like "Profile John Smith, CEO of Acme Corp"
2. Click "Find contact information" or press F then M — After the research completes, you'll see a button below your results to start contact discovery
3. Review results — The email finder automatically uses your research results to search for contact details
4. Ask follow-up questions — After the initial search, you can ask follow-up questions to refine or expand the search (e.g., "Also find his LinkedIn profile" or "Try searching for his assistant's contact")

The contact discovery process uses the context from your completed research, so more detailed research profiles typically yield better contact discovery results.

Understanding Results

Source Attribution

Every contact result shows where the information was found. Click the source links to verify the contact information yourself before important outreach. Common sources include company websites, LinkedIn profiles, press releases, and business databases.

What You'll Receive

Depending on availability, Contact Discovery may return:

• Work email — Professional email address at the prospect's company domain
• Personal email — Alternative contact (when work email unavailable)
• Phone numbers — Direct lines or office numbers when publicly available
• Social profiles — LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and other professional profiles

Customizing Contact Discovery

Email Finder Instructions

In Settings & Preferences, you can customize how Contact Discovery behaves with the "Email Finder Instructions" field. Use this to specify preferences like:

• "Prefer work emails over personal emails"
• "Focus on finding direct phone numbers for executives"
• "Include LinkedIn profile URLs in results"
• "Prioritize verified emails only"

These instructions guide the email finding agent's search strategy and result formatting.

Best Practices

Verify before important outreach. For high-stakes communications (investor outreach, executive contact, etc.), click through to the source links and confirm the contact information is current.

Check recency. Contact information changes frequently. If your research subject recently changed companies or roles, their email may have changed too. Look for recent sources in the attribution.

Respect privacy regulations. Use discovered contact information in compliance with applicable regulations (GDPR, CAN-SPAM, etc.). NewBizBot finds publicly available information, but you're responsible for how you use it.

Combine with research context. The best outreach references specific details from your research. Use the profile information alongside contact details to craft personalized messages.

Troubleshooting

No results found? Some individuals maintain minimal public presence. Try researching their company first, then look for the specific person in the company's leadership or team pages.

Wrong person returned? For common names, add distinguishing context to your query: "John Smith, VP of Sales at Acme Corp in Chicago" rather than just "John Smith at Acme."

Outdated information? Contact information from older sources may be stale. Check the source dates and prioritize results from recent publications or updated profiles.

Low confidence scores? When confidence is low, consider verifying through the company's website contact page, LinkedIn connection requests, or professional association directories.