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Importing Contacts

Learn all the methods available to import contacts into Enginy, from LinkedIn and Crunchbase to CRM, CSV, and manual creation.

Click Add Contacts (from within a list) or Create new (from the Lists dashboard) to open the Create List modal for contacts.

AI Finder (Contacts)

Works the same as the AI Finder for companies. Provide a text description of your ideal contact and the AI generates a matching list.

Find Contacts on LinkedIn

Before opening the Search for Contacts modal, you’ll see AI Recommendations contact presets. Clicking one opens the modal with the relevant tags already filled in. These presets use information tailored to your identity. Recommendations refresh weekly.

The Search for Contacts modal has the following structure:

Opens a Search for Contacts modal.

Identity Selection

  • Toggle Choose an identity to use a specific Sales Navigator account.

Tabs

  • General Search — Use filters to search LinkedIn.

  • Sales Navigator URL — Paste a Sales Nav search URL directly.

Important: Sales Navigator URL import just works if a Sales Navigator Identity is chosen.

Contact Information Filters

Filter

Notes

Current Job Title

Includes AI enrichment option.

Geography

Includes AI enrichment option.

Past Job Title

Includes AI enrichment option.

Function

Dropdown selector for job function/department (e.g., Sales, Marketing, Engineering, HR, Finance).

Seniority Level

Dropdown selector for seniority (e.g., Entry, Senior, Manager, Director, VP, CXO).

Years in Current Company

Tenure at the current employer (range selector).

Years in Current Position

Time in the current role (range selector).

Years of Experience

Total professional experience (range selector).

First Name

Free-text filter to match leads by first name.

Last Name

Free-text filter to match leads by last name.

Profile Language

Filter by the language set on the LinkedIn profile.

School

Free-text filter by educational institution attended.

Company Information Filters

Filter

Notes

Industry

Includes AI enrichment option.

Company Headquarters Location

Includes AI enrichment option.

Company Headcount

Dropdown ranges (e.g., 1–10, 11–50, 51–200, etc.).

Current Company

Select one or more current employers to include/exclude results.

Past Company

Filter leads by previous employers (include/exclude).

Company Type

Dropdown selector (e.g., Public company, Privately held, Nonprofit, etc.).

Intent Filters

Filter

Notes

Changed Jobs

On/Off toggle.

Posted On LinkedIn

On/Off toggle.

Identity-Specific Filters (requires Sales Navigator)

Filter

Notes

Connection

Dropdown selector (e.g., 1st/2nd/3rd+ degree).

Persona

Dropdown selector based on your Sales Navigator personas (if available).

Connections Of

Select a team member/identity to find leads connected to that person.

Shared Experiences

On/Off toggle.

Following Your Company

On/Off toggle.

Past Colleague

On/Off toggle.

Viewed Your Profile Recently

On/Off toggle.

Lead Lists

Select one or more Sales Navigator lead lists to filter results.

People You Interacted With

Filters leads you’ve interacted with on LinkedIn (e.g., messages, profile views, etc., depending on availability).

Account Lists

Select one or more Sales Navigator account lists to filter results.

Groups

Filters leads by LinkedIn Group membership (when available).

Tip: Save your filter configuration by clicking the Create new profile button at the bottom of the filters panel.

Notes:

  • If fewer than 100 contacts are found, you can’t reduce the import count any further. The minimum import is 100, but if the results contain fewer than 100, you can only import that available number. If you need fewer, manually select the contacts you want to import.

  • Importing 1 contact costs 1 credit and 1 scraping.

Import from LinkedIn Post

  1. Paste the LinkedIn post URL (format: linkedin.com/posts/...).

  2. Click Import. This imports users who engaged with the post (likes, reactions, comments). You are asked to chose whether to import People who liked OR People who commented OR People who engaged.

AI Suggested Posts are available as preset cards based on your AI Playbook data (e.g., "Posts from Competitor", "Posts Mentioning Competitors", "Posts from Industry Mention"). The AI uses your company info, competitors, and ICP to suggest relevant posts.

Notes:

  • The post does not need to be yours — it can be anyone's post.

  • Importing 1 contact costs 1 credit and 1 scraping.

Import from LinkedIn Event

  1. Paste the LinkedIn event URL.

  2. Click Import. This imports event attendees.

  3. AI Suggested Events are also available.

Note: Importing 1 contact costs 1 credit and 1 scraping.

Import from LinkedIn Poll

  1. Paste the LinkedIn poll URL.

  2. Click Import. This imports polls from posts.

Note: Importing 1 contact costs 1 credit and 1 scraping.

Import from LinkedIn Connections

Select an identity from your Enginy account and import all of their LinkedIn connections.

Note: Importing 1 contact costs 1 credit and 1 scraping.

Import from LinkedIn Followers

Select an identity and import all of their LinkedIn followers.

Notes:

  • Connections and followers are distinct. A person can follow your profile without being a connection.

  • Importing 1 contact costs 1 credit and 1 scraping.

Import Contacts from Crunchbase

Opens a Find contacts from Crunchbase modal.

Saved Searches — Reuse previously saved filter sets.

Overview Filters

Field

Notes

First Name

Search box to add First names Tags.

Last Name

Search box to add Last names Tags.

Job Title

Search box to add Job title Tags.

Organization

Search box for Organizations.

Location

Search box for Locations.

Gender

Male AND/OR Female AND/OR Not Provided checkboxes.

Investment Activity Filters

Field

Notes

Investor Type

Dropdown list of Investor types: Individual/Angel AND/OR Investment Partner.

Number of Investments

Input Min - Max Range

Number of Founded Organizations

Input Min - Max Range

Number of Portfolio Organizations

Input Min - Max Range

After applying filters, a preview appears. Configure the import count or select the ones you want and click Import to add to a new or existing list.

Tip: Save your filter configuration by clicking the Save Search button at the bottom of the filters panel.

Notes:

  • This action doesn't consume scrapings; you need to scrape later using Find data by name.

  • Importing 1 contact costs 7 credit.

Import Contacts from [CRM]

Same filter-based approach as for companies: use HubSpot Property, Operator, and Value to define filters. Preview results and import.

Notes:

  • Match with existing contacts toggle uses the CRM integration Sync configuration: Contact identifier mapping.

  • This action doesn’t consume credits nor scrapings.

Import Contacts from [CRM] List

Select a contact list from the CRM dropdown and import.

Tip: Switch on the Match with existing contacts toggle to avoid duplicating contacts while importing.

Note: This action doesn't consume credits nor scrapings; you might need to scrape later using Find data by LinkedIn URL (preferred) or Find data by name.

Import Contacts from CSV

  1. Upload or browse for your CSV file.

  2. Map CSV columns to Enginy fields.

  3. Click Add to List and select a new or existing list.

Important:

  • To import contacts, you must map columns to either:

    • First Name + Last Name + Company Name, or

    • LinkedIn Profile URL.

  • If your CSV doesn’t include the required fields but contains other data (e.g., a Country column), you can temporarily map that column to one of the missing required fields to force the import. After the import, use Move Values to move the data into the correct field.

  • Some columns are automatically recognized and mapped to the corresponding Enginy fields, but others are not. For the ones that are not, you need to map them manually; otherwise, they’ll be ignored and won’t be imported.

Note: This action doesn't consume credits nor scrapings; you might need to scrape later using Find data by LinkedIn URL (preferred) or Find data by name.

Create a New Contact Manually

Two options:

  • Search Contact on LinkedIn — Use the search bar to find and auto-fill contact data.

  • Add Manually — Fill in the fields yourself:

Contact fields

Field

Required

First Name

Yes

Last Name

Yes

Company Name

Yes

Job Title

No

Country

No

LinkedIn Profile URL

No

Mobile Phone

No

Professional Email

No

LinkedIn Headline

No

Geo Region

No

Years in Company

No

Years in Role

No

Image URL

No

LinkedIn Profile ID

No

Profile Bio

No

Company fields

Field

Required

Website

No

Domain

No

Industry

No

Number of employees

No

Year founded

No

Company city

No

Street address

No

Company LinkedIn URL

No

Company description

No

After filling in the fields, choose a new or existing list to create the contact.

Note: If you select a Contact from the search box, it will be imported with scraped data (consuming 1 scraping). If you manually fill in the fields and create it, it won’t be scraped (it won’t consume 1 scraping nor 1 credit); you may need to scrape it later.

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