Using the Leads Management Center

Use the following procedure to access and use the Leads Management Center.

1. Select Go To > Leads Management Center, or click Administer leads on the Getting Started toolbar.
2. At the Leads Management Center, select from these options to process your set of leads:

Import data from a variety of sources including ACT!, DBF, ASCII, SDF, SQL, or XMLClosed Acronym for Extensible Markup Language. XML is a universal format that uses tags for exchanging structured documents and data on the Internet. files.

(see Importing and Exporting Data)

Assign an owner/manager and record curtaining to control who can update or view a lead.

Assign an Automated ProcessClosed A sequence of two or more events, which are the step-by-step instructions that GoldMine evaluates to perform a defined series of activities. Also known as an Automated Process. to process the leads according to a predefined track of actions and triggers (see Executing Processes ).

Schedule an activity to route, manage, and schedule one or more activities using calls, next actions, appointments, literature requests, forecasting sales, events, to-dos, and e-mail communication.

(see Scheduling and Completing Activities)

Organize filters/groups to work with leads and filter and group. Create new, add or remove members from existing, or modify the criteria of filters and groups. To add a current lead to an existing filter or group you must walk through the steps of editing the filter or group.

(see Filters and Groups)