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Swiavich: Public library cards provide free access to 78M ReferenceUSA business records

Andrey Swiavich · We call 30k cold leads per month and land 5% as customers. Here's the playbook · Nov 17, 2022 · at 12:56

Andrey Swiavich, founder of Referizer, explains cost-effective B2B lead generation tactics to founders at the Founder 500 conference.

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“Did you know guys that you can get free leads to pretty much the same leads that ZoomInfo and InfoUSA reference series is selling to you? If you go to library, You know, there's such a thing as a library. In every city, it's kind of government thing. You go in and you get free books that you don't pay to learn and read, but they have resources online where you can sign up for zero dollars to get the library card number and go to their resources, something called Reference USA. It's powered by Info USA group. And you log in with your library card. That you don't pay 5000 dollars, zoom in for membership, and you get access to, check this out, seventy eight million businesses. Names, phone numbers, sometimes emails, location, revenue, number of employees, credit rating scores, like, 65 data points. Same data as Den and Bradstreet.”

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The claim, plainly

Public library cards provide free online access to ReferenceUSA, allowing users to query 78 million business records across 65 data points without paying for premium database subscriptions like ZoomInfo.

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Assessment

The claim accurately reflects the public library access model and capabilities of ReferenceUSA (rebranded as Data Axle Reference Solutions). Public library systems across the United States provide registered cardholders with free remote and on-site access to Data Axle's database. The platform contains tens of millions of business records (spanning 60M to 65+ million verified active records and over 100M total profiles) and features up to 65+ customizable data filters and attributes (such as executive contact information, company revenue, employee count, SIC/NAICS codes, and phone numbers), serving as a standard free alternative to commercial B2B intelligence tools like ZoomInfo.

Public library systems nationwide (e.g., Los Angeles Public Library, New Jersey State Library, Nashville Public Library) provide cardholders with free 24/7 online access to Data Axle Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA).
The core database contains 60M to 65+ million verified active U.S. business records and over 100M total business profiles.
The interface offers 40 to 65+ customizable search criteria and establishment-level data fields, matching commercial intelligence features.

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[1] njstatelib.org [2] corpuschristitx.gov [3] referenceusa.com [4] youtube.com [5] lapl.org [6] nashville.gov [7] referenceusagov.com [8] tulsalibrary.org

Data Axle Reference Solutions US Businesses million records data points Data Axle Reference Solutions ReferenceUSA public library database million businesses Data Axle Reference Solutions 78 million business records Reference Solutions Data Axle library card free online access business records

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