Monday, July 6, 2009

One of my not-so-secrets, for tracking the right people down

Go to www.spoke.com. Where it says "company", type in Princess Cruises, Holland America etc. You will be provided with current information on who's who, regarding the Corporate Management. Three other sites are www.linkedin.com, www.jigsaw.com, www.zoominfo.com. Register with all 4. Then use their search tools to find key pepole at the various cruise lines.

Create a ficticious name, ie John Cramer, whatever, and use it to make your first email enquiries. Use this same ficticious name while you creep around the internet looking for the key contact person for the job you are interested in. Only use your real name, once you have located the person who is the correct contact, and you are ready to make a great "first" impression.