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StPatrick
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Lifecycle Status for Vendors

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Hi,

Inveitably vendors get into our leads workflow.  Does it make sense to create a "Vendor" option to filter them out? Or do you just leave them as "--" (the unset option)?

 

Thanks

 

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jolle
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Lifecycle Status for Vendors

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Hey @StPatrick, thanks for reaching out! This is a really good question.

 

Whether you use "Vendor" within "Lifecycle stage" or another custom property, I would definitely categorize those contacts somehow. You should know who every contact in your CRM is so that you can include/exclude them in the needed emails/lists/reports. 

 

If there is a set of recurring vendor email domains, you could create a workflow that will automatically set them to "Vendor" if their Email domain = "[vendor email domain]" or if their "Email" contains"[vendor email domain]."

 

Or if you happen to have a list of the vendor emails you use somewhere, you could do a bulk import and update. 

 

Hope this helps!!

Jacob Olle

Marketing Operations Manager

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jolle
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Lifecycle Status for Vendors

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Hey @StPatrick, thanks for reaching out! This is a really good question.

 

Whether you use "Vendor" within "Lifecycle stage" or another custom property, I would definitely categorize those contacts somehow. You should know who every contact in your CRM is so that you can include/exclude them in the needed emails/lists/reports. 

 

If there is a set of recurring vendor email domains, you could create a workflow that will automatically set them to "Vendor" if their Email domain = "[vendor email domain]" or if their "Email" contains"[vendor email domain]."

 

Or if you happen to have a list of the vendor emails you use somewhere, you could do a bulk import and update. 

 

Hope this helps!!

Jacob Olle

Marketing Operations Manager

HubSpot Certified Trainer

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