For most of you, gone are the days of the Yellow Pages and phonebook – manual ones anyway.

So, how do you get the contact information you need when you only have the name of a prospect and the company they work for to go by? And in a modern age where privacy matters more than ever, how do you not be creepy about it?

When it comes to prospecting, cold sales emails and cold calls both have their pros and cons. Cold emails are often seen as the easier and quicker option for salespeople, but cold calls can be far more effective in getting direct responses.

We look into the ways you can find a phone number by name, in the least creepy way possible: