To leverage the power of Voodoo, you need high-quality Contacts in your system.  Where can you get names and email addresses of Known Contacts to "seed" your Voodoo account without purchasing non-permission-based lists that make you a spammer?  This Voodoo QuickTip will help you with some creative thinking to discover sources of contacts available to almost anyone.
 
Voodoo QuickTip - Sources for Contacts to Import into Voodoo

1)  Start by importing your Address Book from your Current Email System. Voodoo has a great time-saving feature that allows you to import directly from the most popular email systems including:  Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, Outlook and Apple Mail. Check out our blog post on how to use this feature: Import Contacts Directly from Your Address Book.  

2)  Next, consider exporting contacts from your Contact Management Application. You might need to explore your app’s help menus to learn how to export your selected data in CSV format. Most apps do this in their sleep! Just Export or Save As a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file.  If you are a Salesforce user check out our post on Importing Contacts & Leads from Salesforce. 

 3)  Another excellent source of known contacts is your LinkedIn account. Here are step-by-step instructions on Exporting Your LinkedIn Connections and Importing into Voodoo.

4)  Check with your Sales Staff for contacts in their Personal  and LinkedIn Lists. 

5)  If you run Events or Tradeshows check for any Manual Lists, Scanned Leads or Exhibitor Attendee Lists. In some cases, exhibitors are entitled to a permission-based list of attendees as part of their booth fee.

6)  Brainstorm with your team about any other Freestanding Lists that may be stored in Excel somewhere. You would be surprised at how many of these lists actually exist. 

7) Don't forget your most fertile list of all: Current Customers.  It's easy to get so caught up in prospecting and finding new leads that we forget about our current customers.  They are already sold on you and your services, and many of them probably don't know about some of the new products and services you can educate them about using the email and video content in your Voodoo system.

The most important thing to remember is always review your list to comply with anti-spam law and to be sure you are emailing people who have expressly given permission, have an established business or personal relationship with you, and a legitimate interest in your content, company, or what you offer.

eVideo Launcher and Business Builder users: brainstorm today about where you can find high-quality Contacts and add them to your lists by logging into your Voodoo account.  

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This Voodoo feature is a jump-starter and a time-saver — the easiest way to upload your email contacts into Voodoo. 

If you store email address books in more than one place, you're not alone.  Most people have separate personal and professional address books, both locally on their PC and in the Cloud. 

Now you can access common email address books from within your Voodoo account and import contacts directly.  No export-to-import, no field mapping, no pesky csv files — just a few simple steps and you're done.

Voodoo Feature - Import Contacts Directly from Your Address Book

Here's what you do:

eVideo Launcher Users:

1) Step 1: Choose your campaign

2) Step 2:  Choose Recipients, select I want to import contacts from address book and name your contact list

3) Click the Import Contacts from my Address Book button

4) Select your email provider from the list.  If asked, Allow Access. 

5) Your contacts will appear in a checklist.  You can select All or None with the checkbox at the upper left, or select individual contacts.

6) Click Next to import your selected contacts.  It only takes a few seconds!

Campaign Manager Users:

1) Click into the Contact Lists feature.

2) Click Add a New Contact List or Manage Contacts to add contacts to a list that already exists. (Bonus: contacts added to a pre-existing list are automatically de-duplicated.)

3) Select Import Contacts from my Address Book.

4) Select your email provider from the list. If asked, Allow Access.

5) Your contacts will appear in a checklist.  You can select All or None with the checkbox at the upper left, or select individual contacts. 

6) Click Next to import your selected contacts.  It only takes a few seconds!
 

Campaign Manager and eVideo Launcher users can access this feature right now by logging into your Voodoo account. (It works equally well on a Mac or PC.)

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