How to Create a Free Business Mailing List of Local Companies

Create a local business mailing list

A business mailing list for local companies is fairly easy to build with the help of the internet. If you have a great product, but you need to reach local companies in specialized markets, here are a couple of ways to do it fairly easily.

Instructions

1. Let's say you found a great new plumbing adapter at a trade show, and you've never seen it back home. You'd like to market it in your local area. You just need to develop a local business mailing list of plumbing companies.

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   Your first step is to go to www.123contractorquotes.com. Select the type of service industry you are looking for, and enter the zip code, and you get a list of plumbing companies in that town. If you want to look in neighboring towns, just use the zip code finder under the zip code box. Remember that related companies may be in your market too, so try HVAC, spa installers, etc. off the industry list. Just copy and paste the companies into a spreadsheet or print out a page for each town.

3. One drawback to that method is that you have to go town by town, and you don't get websites or phone numbers. A way to get a more complete list is to go to Google, type in the name of the business you are looking for and the zip code like this- plumbing 20151 and hit Search. This returns a list of local businesses with names, addresses, websites and phone numbers. Go to map view, and you can see where each company is located. Now you are really covering the plumbing market in the area.

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   The Google method has a couple of other advantages. It is not limited to just the zip code you entered, it will expand to find all plumbing businesses nearby. It will also find related businesses, such as suppliers, kitchen and bath contractors, and even handymen. Pretty comprehensive. In a day or so you will have a powerful business mailing list to cover as wide an area as you want.

5. The Google method also works with with non-service businesses. Just replace plumbing with book stores, craft shops, quilting, or pizza and you can build a business mailing list for those types of businesses also.

   Good luck to you, and I hope these methods help you reach a bigger market!

Tips & Warnings

• You can get US zip codes to use in your searches at www.50states.com/zipcodes/ (link below).

Resources

• 123contractorquotes.com
• 50states.com