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Getting started with prospecting

Get the most out of your Prospecting platform and reach the countless decision makers.

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Written by Ella Madar
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Overview

The Lusha prospecting feature enables users to efficiently build and manage detailed prospect lists. By leveraging Lusha's extensive database and advanced filters, users can find and save targeted leads based on criteria such as industry, job title, technology, specialties, location and seniority. This feature integrates seamlessly with CRM systems and supports direct export to CSV files.

Lusha Prospecting allows you to:

  • Reveal contact details for up to 1,000 contacts at once.

  • Pull up direct dials for millions of decision-makers.

  • Target and prioritize key accounts.

  • Perform Bulk option to save time.

  • Enrich the data of up to 1,000 contacts or companies in one go.

💡Note: Contact details include an indication to distinguish between Emails, Mobile, and Direct phones. Simply search for the relevant icon near the contact name.

How to prospect?

To start, sign in to your Lusha Dashboard.

Click on the Prospect Search tab in the upper-left corner of your screen.

Decide whether you’d like to search for contacts or companies using the navigation bar.

Navigating the filter panel

Prospecting's filter panel allows you to filter contacts and companies, all under one roof, for an intuitive prospecting experience.

Use filters to refine your search process and generate lists of your ideal customers. Get results by applying at least one filter. The more filters you use, the narrower the results will

You can also follow this interactive walkthrough to learn more!


Contact and Company view option

Contact and company table views are available in Prospecting, allowing a faster and more efficient prospecting experience. Simply choose at the top if you would like to search for contacts or companies.

Couldn't find a contact or company?

You now have the option to search for similar companies/contacts when "no results" are displayed.

  • Similar contacts - based on Location, Department, and Seniority.

  • Similar companies - based on HQ location, Industry, and Employee headcount.


Favorite companies tab

  • See all of your favorite companies in one place.

  • Add a favorite company from the Prospecting Company Tab or directly from the company page.

  • When a company is added, it will appear in the Favorites tabs.

💡Note: Admins are the only ones who can remove favorite companies from company pages and the Favorites Tab.

Bulk search for companies and job titles

Upload a CSV file with a list of company names or URLs that you would like information on. This functionality allows you to search for multiple companies or job titles simultaneously, rather than performing individual searches for each one.

💡 Note: With our free/self-service plans you can search up to 100 companies at a time. Scale users can search up to 1000 companies at a time.

This feature also allows you to exclude multiple companies or job titles using the same method.

Saved and recent searches

Return to your previous searches quickly.

Click here to learn more.


Generate, save, and export lists

Convert all of your searches into accurate, clean contact lists that you can easily manage and export to a CSV file or directly to your CRM.

Generate - Select contacts across pages

  • Navigate through pages and select/exclude contacts either manually or in bulk.

  • Select an unlimited number of contacts from different pages.

  • A combination of bulk selection and manual selection is not possible. Manual selection cancels previous bulk selections and vice versa.

Save

Easily access your saved searches at any time and pick up right where you left off. Recent searches can be seen per user.

  • Use filters to find your next prospect.

  • Click “Show details” to reveal their professional contact information.

  • Click “Save to”.

  • The popup that appears will allow you to save contacts in a platform or to a specific Lusha list.

  • Click “Create new list”.

Export

Any list you create can be exported to a CSV file or uploaded directly to your CRM.

When exporting more than 149 contacts in a list, you will get it to your email and won't be able to download it directly to your browser.

💡Note: The link to export CSV link expires after 24 hours. You can always re-export to get another link directly to your email.

To learn more about list exporting, click here.

Export company data to CSVs

  • Export up to 25 companies per page.

  • Work directly off of your list or upload it to your CRM.

  • No credits are used to export companies.


Email verification and confidence indication

Understanding the deliverability potential of your emails is crucial in today's ever-changing world. We have added a new feature that shows you the estimated confidence for email delivery. Click here to learn more.


Filter by phone type

In addition to the newly introduced phone type indicators (mobile/direct), you can now filter contact details based on phone type: Mobile, Direct, Phone, and Work email.

  • Mobile - Cell phone number

  • Direct - Direct landline

  • Phone - Everything that isn’t tagged as mobile or direct

  • Work Email - Contact work email.

The Contact details filter also allows filtering by and/or between the selected values.


​Enjoy your prospecting!

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