Import People into SalesLoft

Before you can engage with any Person from SalesLoft, they have to actually exist in your SalesLoft instance. That may sound complicated (and a little existential), but it simply means the Person needs to be added or imported into the platform.

SalesLoft offers multiple import methods so you can add People to your sales engagement platform in the way that best suits your needs. Do you work primarily with Leads or Contacts from a Salesforce instance? Do you gather prospects from mailing lists or conferences? Maybe you prefer to engage a limited number of Contacts, so manually adding People keeps you on top of your tasks? 

In this article, we will walk through the different importing methods and the steps to complete your import into SalesLoft, including how to:

• Create a Person
• Import People from a CSV
  
• Import People from Salesforce
• Manage Your Import List
• Finish Your Import
• View Your Import History
• Undo an Import in Bulk
• SLU: SalesLoft Imports Landing Page (Video)

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Create a Person

If you are on a call and learn about a new manager you should be communicating with, would you rather go through the bulk import steps or manually add that Person and their primary contact information so you can engage with them quickly?

That's why SalesLoft's first importing method is creating a single Person. Manual adds let you create the Person in SalesLoft using their contact information (phone number and/or email address). 

Things to Note: When adding a new Person to SalesLoft you must have either an email address or phone number associated with that Person and a partial name (like J. Smith).

To create a new Person to SalesLoft, follow these steps:

1. From the People page, click  Create People in the upper right-hand corner.
2. Select Create Person. The Create Person module will appear. 
3. Enter the following primary details. Things to Note: An email address, or at least a partial name and phone number are required. 
   • Email Address
   • First Name, Last Name
   • Office Number and Extension
     • Click Show Additional Phone Fields to add the following: 
       • Mobile Phone
       • Home Phone
4. Once you have entered an email address or phone number, you can edit any additional fields you see. The fields include the following: 
   • Related Account: This will link the Person to an Account that has been previously created in SalesLoft. Type in the name of the Account and select the related Account. If the Account does not exist in SalesLoft, you can set the Company Name field.
     
     • Things to Note: Setting the related Account to the Company Name will not create a new Account in SalesLoft. 
   • Owner: the SalesLoft user who is responsible for the actions related to that Person. 
   • Job Title: Person's job title
   • Job Seniority: Identifies the Person's job level based off of our predictive model. Select Automatically Set to use SalesLoft's Job Seniority algorithm or pick a specific Job Seniority level from the dropdown menu 
   • City/State/Country
   • Timezone
5. Click Create Person to complete the process and add the Person into SalesLoft. 
   • Alternatively, you can select one of the following: 
     • Click Cancel to close the module without creating the Person.
     • Click Create and Add Another to complete the process of creating this Person in SalesLoft, and then open a blank module so you can add an additional Person. 

SLU: Creating a Person Manually (Video)

Want to know how to create a Person manually into SalesLoft, but prefer a video format? Visit SalesLoft University to see the Creating a Person Manually in SalesLoft video tutorial. 

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Import People from a CSV

Whether you are working on an entire Leads list or a particular campaign, entering every single Person manually is not the best use of your time. This is why SalesLoft allows you to add People in bulk via CSV files. 

To learn more about CSV imports, including how to complete a CSV import, check out the Import People from a CSV article. 

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Import People from Salesforce

The Create People options also shows the option to import People from your Salesforce instance. However, if you click How to Import from Salesforce, you will be directed to this article (if that is how you arrived here, welcome!)

The Salesforce import takes place within your Salesforce instance. When you download the SalesLoft Chrome Extension, the extension adds import buttons to Salesforce. Click the import button from the individual or list view of Leads, Contacts, Accounts, Campaigns, or Reports. For more information and a complete walkthrough of how to import from Salesforce, please check out our Imports from Salesforce article.

Things to Note:

• Imports from Salesforce Lead, Contact, or Account list views will import a maximum of 500 People at a time. If your list contains more than 500 People, the first 500 will be imported.
• Imports from Salesforce reports will import a maximum of 1,000 People at a time. 
• After June 22, 2020: The import maximum has increased to 2,000 People at a time. 
• Imports from reports only apply to Lead, Contact, and Account reports. Campaign imports may only be done on the individual Campaign level. 

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Manage Your Import List

You’ve taken your list and set your import in motion. Now you need to complete the import and add all of those People to SalesLoft. Let’s walk through the features and steps to complete your import.

Complete Your Import Page

For mass imports, you will be redirected to the Complete Your Import page. On this page, you will see the following:

• Import Name: By default, your import name will be the date of the import. However, if you would like to rename the import for clarity you may type the preferred name in the text box.
• Filter by Owner
  • All Users
  • Specific Users
  • Users in Specific Groups
  • You
• Filter by Record Type: Quickly identify all of the records with specific types, such as people who are already in SalesLoft or new contacts only. This way you can select (or deselect) anyone who needs to be imported into SalesLoft. The record types include: 
  • New Record
  • Exists in SalesLoft
  • On Active Cadence
  • Contains Errors
• Search by Name, Account, or Email
• People Counter: Shows the total amount of records in the table and number of records selected.
• Import List: Complete record of all the names that were pulled from the import.
• Add Tags: Allows you to add tags to all of the People imported from the list.
• Finish Import Options: Choose from one of the two import options to complete your import.  

Your Import List

From your import list, you can quickly view People information and select specific People to include in the final import from the list. You can select People by checking the box to the left of each Person’s name.

The list may be sorted by clicking on the column headers.

The import will show the following people details:

• First Name
• Last Name
• Account Name
• Title
• Phone Number
• Email
• Cadences applies to People that already exist in SalesLoft.
• Owner 

People in the list may be highlighted in one of three colors to notify you of whether or not they’ve been previously imported into SalesLoft. 

Import list items in white mean that Person is brand new to SalesLoft. Their information will create a new record in SalesLoft.

Import list items in yellow/orange with the Person icon visible in front of their name mean that Person has been previously imported into SalesLoft. List items in this color will be unchecked by default, meaning they are not automatically being imported. You may choose to select the checkbox to add them to your final import. Importing these People will not create a new record in SalesLoft, however, their previous record will be updated with any additional field information.

People being imported who have previously been imported may have data in one of the final two columns on the import list: Cadences and Owner. This way, you can see any active Cadences People are on as well as their current SalesLoft owner. This may help you to determine which People should not be added to another Cadence, and uncheck them while importing to avoid unnecessary actions.

List items in a light blue with the rocket ship icon mean that Person has already been imported into SalesLoft and is currently running in a Cadence. List items in this color will be unchecked by default, meaning they are not automatically being imported. 

Also, you will notice that the Cadence name is listed in the Cadence column. 

Import list items in red with an error symbol prior to the name mean that Person could not be imported into SalesLoft. List items in this color will be unchecked by default, meaning they are not being imported. Hover over the error symbol to view the explicit reason for the error. 

Tagging People Upon Import

At the bottom of the import page, use the Add Tags field to choose from existing tags or create your own. Type in the tag you want to use and hit enter. Once you complete your import, the tag will apply to all People from that import list.

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Finish Your Import

Click Finish Import at the bottom of your import list to add the selected People to SalesLoft. This will create Person records for each individual.

You can view the import at a later time by navigating to the People page and filtering your People list by the import name.

Finish Your Import and Add to a Cadence

Add the selected People from your import list to SalesLoft and add them directly to a Cadence by hitting Finish Your Import and Add to a Cadence.

This allows you to take immediate action on the People from the list by dropping them into day one, step one of whatever Cadence you add them to.

Finish Your Import and Add to a Cadence Specific Step

When importing a Person directly to a Cadence, you can select any Cadence step for that Person to begin at within a Cadence.

To import a Person and add them to a specific Cadence step, follow these instructions: 

1. Click Import and Add to Cadence. The Add People to Cadence window will appear.
2. From the Add People to Cadence window, search and select the Cadence you want to add the People to.
3. On the Cadence row, select Show Steps. This reveals all of the individual steps within that Cadence, including variants.
4. Select the step to highlight it.
5. Click Add to Cadence. If a step is selected, the customer(s) will be added to the selected Cadence, at the selected step.

 

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View Your Import History

Your import history shows you a complete list of all the previous imports you’ve completed. From the Import History page, you can search for an import, undo imports, and view import information, including:

• Import date
• Import name
• Number of People imported

If you click on the specific import, you will see a filtered list view of the People from that import.

To access your import history, follow these steps:

1. Go to the People Page.
2. Click Create People.
3. Select View Import History.

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Undo an Import in Bulk

Click on the wrong list? Don't worry, we've got your back! You can undo the list and remove all the People from SalesLoft.

To undo a bulk import, follow these steps.

1. From the People page, click the Create People button.
2. Select View Import History.
3. Find the import list and select the red Undo button on the right side of the row.
4. Confirm that you would like to undo the import.

SLU: Undoing an Import(Video)

Want to know how to undo an import in SalesLoft, but prefer a video format? Visit SalesLoft University to see the Undoing an Import video tutorial. 

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SLU: SalesLoft Imports Landing Page (Video)

Want to know about the entire import landing page, but prefer a video format? Visit SalesLoft University to see the SalesLoft Imports Landing Page video tutorial.