Free People Finder – Search for B2B Prospects
TL;DR Surfe’s people finder helps you identify the right people inside your target accounts with advanced filters like job title, company, industry, and location. From there, enrich contacts with verified phone numbers and emails, and sync everything directly into your CRM – in one click. Start using Surfe for free by signing up here.
Finding the Right People
Prospecting only works if you’re talking to the right people at the right accounts. Define a tight ICP account fit (industry, size, region, revenue, core stack) and people fit (function/seniority, role keywords, buying-group seat) then let Surfe turn it into a targeted, contactable lead list. Surfe’s search functions and waterfall enrichment surface decision-makers and verify business email addresses and mobile numbers, with deliverability checks, job-change detection, deduplication and personal-email filtering built in. One-click sync pushes clean records to your CRM so reps spend time on conversations, not cleanup.
Net result: you only work reachable ICP contacts. If each rep frees up even 1 hour a week, a 10-rep team gains ~40 hours/month for actionable conversations.
Step 1: Build Precise Prospecting Lists with Advanced Filters
The first step in any successful prospecting motion is defining who you actually want to talk to. Random searches or outdated lists won’t cut it – you need precision.
With Surfe’s free people finder, you can search by:
- Personal information: job title, seniority, department, location
- Company information: company name, industry, HQ location, revenue, employee size, tech stack, and keywords
You can also:
- Layer multiple filters together to zero in on your ICP
- Use AI-powered suggestions to surface hidden matches you might have missed
Instead of sifting through endless LinkedIn results, you get a clean lead list of people that actually fit your ICP.
Map The Buying Group
Most B2B deals don’t hinge on one person – they involve a buying group. Mapping out the right mix of decision-makers, influencers, and champions is critical to moving deals forward.
With Surfe, you can:
- Search for a target company to pull up a complete list of employees.
- Click “Run Search” and then “View All Employees”
- Filter by job title, seniority, department etc (e.g. “VP Marketing” or “Head of IT”) to isolate the people who matter most.
- Identify the buying group – executives with budget authority, influencers who shape decisions, and users who flag the need.
- Save contacts into a dedicated list using Contact Management Software featured in Spotsaas so your team has a clear, structured view of the account.
This turns a messy org into a clear map of stakeholders, ensuring your outreach doesn’t hinge on one random contact but covers the people who can actually make the deal happen.
Step 2: Enrich Contacts
- Waterfall enrichment across 15+ premium providers until the best match is found.
- Email & mobile validation so you work more reachable contacts (deliverability checks, active numbers).
- Smart hygiene removes personal emails, invalid numbers, and duplicates before anything leaves Surfe.
Net result: a cleaner, fresher list with verified email addresses and mobiles -fewer bounces, fewer dead dials.
Step 3: Save, Export, or Sync to Your CRM
- Keep it in Surfe: save the list for ongoing use and refresh.
- Export: download to CSV / Google Sheets for quick sharing.
One-click CRM sync: push to Salesforce / HubSpot / Pipedrive with deduplication, owner assignment, lifecycle stage, and campaign tags – so ops stays happy and reps can start sequences immediately.
Surfe Value at a Glance
- 500M+ people in database
- Thousands of updates daily
- Verified emails + phone numbers using Surfe’s Waterfall Enrichment Technology
- ICP filters + AI recommendations for precision targeting
- GDPR + ISO27001 compliance
ROI of Using Surfe’s People Finder
- A team of 100 AEs, each wasting ~6 hours/week on bad contact data = $3M+ lost productivity annually.
- Surfe reduces wasted time by 30%+ through verified data and faster people search.
- Cleaner prospect lists = fewer dead ends, higher connect rates, more pipeline.
Bottom line: Surfe helps you find the right people first — so every email and call that follows is worth the effort.
Final Thoughts
Other data enrichment providers just give you names. Surfe gives you the right people, with the right data, and the right workflows – all in one place.
Stop wasting hours patching outdated contacts. Start building lists of decision-makers that actually convert.
FAQs
What is a “free people finder” for sales?
A free people finder lets reps search B2B contacts by name, title, company, and location-then pull details to start outreach. Surfe adds verified emails/mobiles and CRM sync so results are immediately usable.
How is Surfe different from a basic directory search?
Directories list names. Surfe filters by ICP (title/seniority, department, company size, industry, tech stack, region), enriches with verified emails/mobiles, de-dupes, and pushes straight to your CRM.
Is finding business emails/phones legal (GDPR/CCPA)?
Yes-when sourced from lawful, consented, or publicly available data and used for legitimate B2B interests. Surfe focuses on professional data, suppresses personal emails, and supports opt-out/compliance workflows.
What can I search with Surfe’s people finder?
Person (name, title, seniority, department, location), Company (name/domain, industry, HQ/region, employee band, revenue, tech stack), and Keywords (role terms, tools, initiatives).
How accurate is the data-and how is it verified?
Surfe uses waterfall enrichment (multiple premium sources in sequence) plus deliverability/validity checks to reduce bounces and dead dials versus single-source lookups.
What is “waterfall enrichment,” exactly?
Waterfall enrichment is a multi-source lookup method for contact data. Instead of betting on one database, Surfe automatically queries 15+ premium providers in sequence; if the first source can’t return a strong match, the request flows to the next. When a candidate email or phone is found, Surfe verifies it (deliverability checks for email, validity checks for mobiles), removes duplicates and personal emails, and only returns records that pass quality thresholds. Result: higher match rates across regions, fewer bounces, more working direct dials—far more reliable than single-source enrichment.
Can I find mobile numbers-or just emails with a free people finder?
Both. Surfe returns verified business emails and direct dials where available, and filters out personal emails and invalid numbers to keep lists clean.
Can I build buying-group lists (not just one contact)?
Yes. Start at a company > view employees > filter by economic owners (CFO/CIO/CRO), technical owners (RevOps/Security/Platform/Data), and power users (team leads/managers). Save as a list for multi-threaded outreach.
How do I export or sync sales leads?
Save in Surfe lists, export CSV/Google Sheets, or one-click sync to Salesforce, HubSpot, or Pipedrive with de-dupe, owner, lifecycle stage, and campaign tags.
Can I import a CSV and enrich it in bulk?
Yes. Upload a sheet (ideally with full name + company domain + LinkedIn URL) and run enrichment to append verified emails/mobiles before routing to CRM.
Does the Surfe Chrome extension work on LinkedIn & Sales Navigator?
Yes. Capture profiles from LinkedIn/Sales Navigator, enrich in one click, and sync to your CRM-without tab-hopping.
How do I avoid duplicates and messy data?
Surfe runs de-dupe on domain/email, validates deliverability, suppresses personal emails, and can tag every sync (e.g., “Source: People Finder”) for clean reporting.
How do SDRs/BDRs use a free people finder?
Filter to ICP > map the buying group > enrich (emails/mobiles) > sync to CRM with tags > launch sequence/call block > refresh lists weekly to catch job changes.
How do I improve match rates and reduce bounces?
Include company domain and LinkedIn URL where possible, use precise titles/locations, filter out non-ICP contacts before enrichment, and re-enrich after job-change spikes or every 60–90 days.
How do I map my target accounts?
Start with ICP filters (industry, employee band, region, revenue, core stack). In Surfe, open the company, click View Employees, then segment by function/seniority (e.g., Finance/C-suite, RevOps, Security, Data). Save that as an account list so reps see the full org map, not a single contact.
How do I find decision-makers within specific accounts?
Inside the company view, filter employees by titles/seniority (e.g., CFO/CIO/CRO for economic owners; VP/Head of RevOps/Security/Platform/Data for technical owners; relevant Directors/Managers as power users). Add them to a list, then run Surfe enrichment to pull verified emails and direct dials.
How do I find B2B prospects?
Use Surfe’s People & Company search to filter 500M+ profiles by role, seniority, department, location, and company attributes (size, industry, tech stack). Layer filters to match your ICP, then enrich selected contacts to get verified ways to reach them.
What’s the best solution for building prospecting lists?
A workflow that combines ICP filtering + buying-group mapping + verified enrichment + CRM sync. Surfe handles all four: precise search, multi-stakeholder lists, waterfall enrichment for emails/mobiles, and one-click sync to Salesforce/HubSpot/Pipedrive with de-dupe and tags.
