You can directly import your Web Leads using the standard Contact Importer. You will be able to import the following Lead information:
First Name, Last Name, Title
Organization, Industry
Phone Number, Email Address, Work Address
Lead Source, Campaign
To ensure a successful import of the fields mentioned above, please to the following:
Before You Import
- Download & the Web Lead (excel) file from the DC Corporate website
- Create a copy of the Web Lead File: Web Lead Org
- In the Web Lead Org file, Delete the following columns:
- First Name
- Last Name
- In the Web Lead Org file, ensure that the Industry field is as it appears in MYcarnegieOS. E.g. In the Web Lead export file, Health Care is ‘Health_Care’. However, in OS this industry is ‘Healthcare’.
In Excel, you can perform a Find and Replace All, where you find all instances of Health_Care and replace it with Healthcare.
- Back in the original Web Lead document, right-click the ‘Form’ column and click Insert, the insert a new column.
Entitle the New column ‘Lead Source’
Finally, Copy-paste the words ‘Web Lead’ into the column for each lead.
Now you are ready to import!
Import the Web Leads – Organizations only
In MYcarnegieOS Address Book, clicking ‘Import Contact’
- Select Excel File as source
- Ensure the following information is selected:
- Do no import duplicate items
- Select the appropriate Sales Rep
- Select Leads as the Sales Process Step
- Upload the Web Lead Org file
- Match the export Organization fields with the OS fields
- Business Name = Organization
- Industry =Industry (should be select by default)
- Work Address information = Organization Address information
- Complete the validation and import process
Select the ‘Leads’ list in the Address Book, and you should see the new list of Organizations.
Import the Web Leads – Contacts
In MYcarnegieOS Address Book, clicking ‘Import Contact’
- Select Excel File as source
- Ensure the following information is selected:
- Do no import duplicate items
- Select the appropriate Sales Rep
- Select Leads as the Sales Process Step
- Upload the original Web Lead file
- Match the export Person fields with the OS fields
- First Name, Last Name, Title (should be select by default)
- Related Organization = Organization
- Work Phone = Phone
- Work Email = Email
- Work Address information = Organization Address information
- Lead Source =Lead Source
- Campaign= Form
- Complete the validation and import process
Select the ‘Leads’ list in the Address Book, and you should see the new list of Contacts, related to the appropriate Organization.