- Why Scrape Emails?<\/a><\/li>
- Step 1. Grabbing Emails from the Facebook Group<\/a><\/li>
- Step 2. Use Phantombuster to Get LinkedIn Profile URLs<\/a><\/li>
- Step 3. Get Personal Emails Using Contactout<\/a><\/li>
- Start Extracting Today!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
Why Scrape Emails?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Chances are, there are contacts in your competitor\u2019s Facebook group that you haven\u2019t been able to target yet. Being able to have their email allows you to target them on one of the most scalable marketing channels out there- email, and could mean added sales \u2013 if you play your cards correctly \u2013 for your team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besides, you\u2019re also doing the market a favor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Naturally, competition is good because you\u2019re compelled to create better stuff for your market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But, here\u2019s the thing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you can put your products or services forward, you\u2019ll also be able to give consumers choices. These choices allow them a better chance to get the product that they actually need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s look at a highly competitive niche, like web design. A lot of companies offer different types of plans for different kinds of intents and purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There might be features that you are offering that are not available in your competitor\u2019s groups, that a potential customer might need. Now would you let these members suffer because they aren\u2019t getting the services that they need?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you think about it, this is also what differentiates BAMF- we offer rapid growth as a service, as opposed to conventional digital marketing that most companies offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 1. Grabbing Emails from the Facebook Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There are a lot of advertised tools out there, but we like to use the Phantombuster API because it is easy to use and we love the automation power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you do not have an account already, you can join for free for 14 days on https:\/\/phantombuster.com\/register<\/a> for 1 hour of API usage every day, which is more than enough for getting started. When you\u2019re done creating your account, confirm it by going to your inbox and clicking on their verification link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next, you need to create a Google Sheet to list the groups that you need to scrape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this sheet, list down the Facebook URLs of the groups you want to scrape from in column A. Now make sure this sheet is public so that Phantombuster can access it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Click \u201cShare\u201d on the upper right-hand corner, click \u201cGet Shareable link\u201d, click the dropdown to select \u201cAnyone with the link can edit\u201d, copy the link, and click \u201cDone\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNext, go to https:\/\/phantombuster.com\/apis#6987<\/a>, to use their Facebook Group Extractor API. Once you\u2019re done with that, click the three dots \u2013 \u201cConfigure me!\u201d \u2013 to open their configuration options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nClick on the option to the upper right, which allows you to install their chrome extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nYou need to install this extension because Phantombuster requires session cookies for operation, and the extension will access it without you having to update it yourself in Phantombuster every time the API launches. This extension is important for the authentication and automation part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nPut down the URL of the Google Sheet we asked you to make above and paste it into the field marked \u201cFacebook Group URL \/ Spreadsheet URL.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Click \u201cSave,\u201d this will take you back to the previous screen where you can now hit \u201cLaunch\u201d so that you can start pulling information from your competitors’ Facebook groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAfter the API runs, you can download a CSV file with the details of the group members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- This API will give you details on:<\/li>
- Facebook profile URL<\/li>
- Profile picture URL<\/li>
- The Facebook Unique ID for the user<\/li>
- First and Last Names<\/li>
- Job titles<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Upload this to another google sheet- we\u2019ll be using it later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now you can repeat this as many times as you want to pull data from any group that you wish to \u2013 provided that you have sufficient Phantombuster API execution time, and you\u2019re a member of those groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 2. Use Phantombuster to Get LinkedIn Profile URLs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Next, you will want to go back to Phantombuster and use their LinkedIn Profile URL Finder<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plug the editable version of the previous group members’ output sheet URL into the LinkedIn Profile Finder API, then fill in the appropriate column and CSV title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then hit Launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After it finishes processing the data, you\u2019ll receive a list of LinkedIn URLs to download. Copy these URLs into your original Google Sheet. Use VLOOKUP to match the correct Facebook profiles<\/a> to the correct LinkedIn profiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 3. Get Personal Emails Using Contactout<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Next, have a virtual assistant use the Chrome extension and software, Contactout, to go through each LinkedIn profile to grab their personal email address<\/a> and phone number (if available). Another way to do this is to plug the person\u2019s name directly into Contactout\u2019s dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This doesn\u2019t always work depending on how common their name is \u2013 that\u2019s why I use the Phantombuster -> LinkedIn URL strategy as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For these processes, you should get 60+ percent of their personal emails. Out of this 60 percent, you should get a 50 percent match rate when creating a custom audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That means if you scraped 1,000 people from a Facebook Group, you\u2019ll have a custom audience of 300 to build a Lookalike audience from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keep in mind, Contactout recently released their paid plan. They have a backlog of over 10,000 requests to get it (they don\u2019t even have a request button \u2013 you need to email them directly). As a result, it may take time to upgrade to get the paid version of 1,000 credits\/month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nowadays when you get to the ContactOut registration page, you won\u2019t even be given detailed information on pricing- just an option for you to try it out using a free account. The free account can only be used if you have a work email \u2013 so forget about using any email with @gmail in the suffix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s still highly raved about by marketers and hirers, and you shouldn\u2019t miss out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of the time of writing, their registration page was under some sort of maintenance, so we hope that you get through soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can also avail of other applications that do this in bulk such as RocketReach. It has a functionality that allows you to paste a list of LinkedIn<\/a> URLs to grab emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you manage to be one of the few early adopters who get the paid version of Contactout, then take advantage of it as soon as possible. In the past, we\u2019ve seen many tools like this get banned or acquired. That\u2019s why competitive advantages when using online software don\u2019t last forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019re just looking to collect emails from your own Facebook Group that your run or help manage, this isn\u2019t the best route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can implement a feature where participants must answer several questions to join your group. You can get their LinkedIn profile<\/a>, email, domain name, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this example, I attempt to join the Facebook Group, Under 30 Nomads. I receive a notification to fill out several questions to join:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Step 1. Grabbing Emails from the Facebook Group<\/a><\/li>
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