How to Add Tags to New Contacts During Import in Surplus Systems

Enhance your contact management by learning how to tag new contacts during the import process in Surplus Systems CRM. This article provides a step-by-step guide on seamlessly categorizing contacts as you add them to your database, facilitating better segmentation and targeted communications right from the start.


If you want to efficiently manage your contacts, using tags is a highly beneficial strategy. Adding tags during the import of a new contact list allows for easier sorting and categorization. Below, we describe two methods to add tags when importing new contacts.

Option 1: Adding Multiple Tags to Individual Contacts This method is suitable if you need to apply multiple or varied tags to contacts within the list. Here’s how to do it:

  1. Open your .csv file that contains the contact list.

  2. Add a new column titled "Tags."

  3. In this column, enter the tags for each contact, separating multiple tags with a comma. These tags will automatically be created and assigned during the import process.

Example: If you have four contacts in your .csv file and you wish to assign the tag "Test1" to all four, and "TestTag" to just two, arrange your "Tags" column accordingly.

Option 2: Adding Tags to the Entire Contact List Use this method if you wish to uniformly add one or more tags to all contacts in the list. Follow these steps:

  1. Prepare your .csv file with the contact list.

  2. Create a "Tags" column.

  3. Enter the same tags for each contact, which will apply universally across the list during the import.

1. To start, click Contacts Tab.

1 To start, click on the element.

2. Click Import Contacts

2 Once that's done, click on the element.

3. Upload your spreadsheet here.

3 Click on "Upload a file".

4. Click on "Next".

4 Click on "Next".

5. You need to map your contacts here

5 Next up, click on "Select".

6. Once that's done, click on "Next".

6 Once that's done, click on "Next".

7. Afterwards, click Advanced

7 Afterwards, click on the element.

8. Add Tags here

8 Click here.

9. Sample Tag

For instance:

If you wish to apply the tag "test" to every contact in the list, just type "test" into the specified field.

Keep in mind that you can add either a single tag or multiple tags. You also have the option to use existing tags or create new ones during the import.

By using these methods, you can easily add tags to your new contact list imports, helping you organize and manage your contacts more efficiently.

9 Click on "What do you want to do with contact/s in the .csv file?".

10. Click on "Submit".

10 Click on "Submit".

11. Next up, click on "to view progress. Click here".

11 Next up, click on "to view progress. Click here".

12. Successfully imported contacts!

12 Following that, click on "Kaye Soliva".
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