Alright, so today I figured I’d share how I actually managed to get in touch with this guy Owen Bull. Seems simple, right? Wrong. It was a bit of a scavenger hunt, honestly.
The Starting Point: Absolute Silence
So first off, I wanted to reach Owen Bull about this project idea. Sounded easy enough. Pulled up my email, typed a message explaining things clearly. Hit send. Waited. Checked the inbox maybe five times the first day. Nothing. Okay, maybe he’s busy. Gave it another day, then a week. Radio silence. Literally crickets. Felt like shouting into the void. Classic.
Hitting the Usual Suspects (And Failing)
Figured maybe email wasn’t his thing. Went to the standard spots next:
- Social Media: Found what seemed like his profile. LinkedIn, couple others. Sent polite connection requests with a little note about why I was reaching out. Sat there pending… forever. Ghosted. Again.
- Company Website: Dug around the website associated with him. Found a generic “Contact Us” form. Filled it out carefully, mentioned Owen specifically in the message field. Got an auto-reply saying “Thanks, we’ll get back to you!” Yeah, that was weeks ago. Nada.
Pretty frustrating. Kept thinking, “He’s just one guy, how hard can it be?” Turns out, pretty hard.
Getting Creative: The Old-School Approach
Stuck my head in my hands for a minute. Emails dead. Social media dead. Website contact? Forget it. Needed something else. Remembered reading somewhere ages ago about a professional network event he supposedly attended. Wasn’t recent, but hey, desperation breeds creativity. Started digging into any forums, community sites, old event pages related to that niche. Scrolled through so many old posts and comments.
Then, bam! Buried deep in the comments section of a tech blog post from like, two years back… someone tagged Owen Bull responding to a technical question. Nothing crazy, but they used a different email address format than the super generic one! Not the info@ stuff. It looked like a potential work alias. My brain screamed “TRY IT!”
The Leap of Faith (and finally, a ping!)
Okay, so I had this possibly outdated, possibly wrong email address pattern. Took a deep breath. Crafted another email. Kept it super short this time, respectful, just said I was struggling to connect via the other channels and hoping this might reach him. Hit send. Honestly, my expectations were at rock bottom.
Checked my phone maybe an hour later? No joke. There it was. An email alert… and it was from Owen. Subject line: “Re: Connecting”. Felt like winning the lottery. He apologized for the email chaos (“things get lost”), said he appreciated the persistence, and asked what my project was about. Finally! A human connection!
So yeah, the “reliable way”? Turns out there isn’t always one obvious path. Sometimes you gotta:
- Exhaust the obvious routes
- Hit a wall repeatedly
- Think like a detective with ancient clues
- Take a wild guess based on patterns
- Maybe, just maybe, get lucky.
Persistence paid off, but man, it shouldn’t be that cryptic. Just put a proper contact method on your profile, Owen!
