Menu

When in the Smart Lists category, below the Smart List Navigation menu you’ll see a series of buttons. This is your action menu. Please keep in mind that for all actions (except add contact and import contacts) you must select at least one contact (merge requires you to select multiple contacts).

You can select contacts by ticking the box located to the left of their name or select an entire page or smart list by ticking the box at the uppermost left of the contact list.

Once a bulk action is taken, you’ll be able to view it’s history in the bulk actions category.

Menu Actions

The following are actions available from the menu:

Add Contact - Brings up the quick add pop-up, allowing you to set a logo, name, email(s), phone number(s), contact type, time zone, and Do Not Disturb channels for the contact.

If you wish to edit additional fields, you’ll need to navigate into the contact’s page and begin making edits from the custom fields column. For more, see below for contact management.

Pipeline change - Brings up the Add/Update Opportunity pop-up window, allowing you to add or edit their opportunity. From this pop up, you can select their pipeline, stage, opportunity name & source, their lead value, their status, and set an action name that will be shown as the bulk action name.

If the contact already has an existing opportunity in the selected pipeline, changes made will update that opportunity. If they do not yet have an existing opportunity in that pipeline, this will create a new opportunity for the contact.

Add to automation - Allows you to take the selected contact(s) and add them into an existing active workflow or campaign, bypassing any triggers. You’ll also be asked to give the action a name which is used to identify the action under the bulk actions category view. When adding, you may select the frequency at which they are added, see below for more information.

Send SMS - This action allows you to send an SMS message to your selected contact(s). You can select a number from your purchased numbers (see article on phone numbers to learn more), select templates created in your marketing>snippets area, or create a new message. You’ll also be asked to give the action a name which is used to identify the action under the bulk actions category view. When adding, you may select the frequency at which they are added, see below for more information.

Send Email - This action allows you to send an email to your selected contact(s). When sending, you can set a name and email that the email will appear to come from, a subject, and a body/attachments. In addition, you may also use templates that you have created under marketing>email>templates. You’ll also be asked to give the action a name which is used to identify the action under the bulk actions category view. When adding, you may select the frequency at which they are added, see below for more information.

Add Tags - This action allows you to add tags to your selected contact(s). You’ll also be asked to give the action a name which is used to identify the action under the bulk actions category view.

Remove Tags - This action allows you to remove tags to your selected contact(s), in addition, you can select either specific tags or remove all tags. You’ll also be asked to give the action a name which is used to identify the action under the bulk actions category view.

Delete Contacts - This action allows you to delete contacts, removing the contact from your system, including removing any past conversations, notes, opportunities, tasks, appointments, and campaigns/workflows. You’ll be asked to confirm your request to delete the contacts. You can also restore contacts using the restore category for a period of 2 months before the contact is permanently deleted.

Send Review Request - This action allows you to send an SMS or Email requesting a review from the contact. To customize your review request, see the reputation article. You’ll also be asked to give the action a name which is used to identify the action under the bulk actions category view. When adding, you may select the frequency at which they are added, see below for more information.

Export Contacts - This action allows you to export your selected contact(s). This creates a CSV download of your selected contact and the currently displayed columns in the contact view.

Import Contacts - This action allows you to import contacts or opportunities from a CSV sheet.

When importing, you’ll be asked to upload your file, be given a chance to select what you would like the system to do with the sheet, and how to find existing contacts based on your upload.

Next you’ll be asked to map fields - the system will attempt to automatically map fields, however for any fields that it has mapped or is unable to map, you can select what field in the system you would like that column to correspond to (keep in mind you can only map to existing fields). When mapping, you can also select whether to not override existing data with blank data and select to not import any unmapped fields.

Lastly, when importing, you can select to automatically add contacts to a Smart List, workflow, or give them a tag. You’ll also be asked to give the action a name which is used to identify the action under the bulk actions category view.

Email Verification - This allows you to verify the primary email for the selected contact(s). Please keep in mind that as email verification is enabled by default, most to all emails will be automatically verified. You’ll also be asked to give the action a name which is used to identify the action under the bulk actions category view.

Add/Edit to Company - This allows you to add, move, or remove a contact from a company association. You’ll also be asked to give the action a name which is used to identify the action under the bulk actions category view.

Bulk WhatsApp - We do not currently support WhatsApp messaging. If you have questions about WhatsApp messaging, please reach out to [email protected].

Merge Contacts - When selecting between two to ten contacts, this allows you to merge the two contacts together. When doing so, you will be brought to a pop-up that shows any fields with different values. From there, you can select your preferred data from across the different contacts and merge them all with the selected content being pulled through.

Frequency Rate

For many of the above actions, you’ll have the option to select the frequency rate at which contacts will be added. This includes the following options:

Add all at once - This option instantly fires off the action for all selected contacts. Keep in mind, that you may want to avoid sending too many contacts into an action at once (specifically if it involves outbound messaging) as it may cause your email or SMS to register as spam - in such a case it is recommended to use drip mode.

Add all at scheduled time - This option will add all selected contacts to the selected action all at the same time. This allows you to select the time that this occurs.

Add in drip mode - This option allows you to select the time at which contacts are added to the selected action, set the batch quantity (how many contacts are added in each batch), the repeat after time (how often a new batch will process), and set hours of operations. Once all selected contacts have been processed, the drip will end. This mode is useful for avoiding being seen as spam when sending outbound messages. For more on avoiding spam filters, see this article about warming up your outbound message campaigns.