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Companies section: overview

Easily organize, track, and manage company-level outreach to power your account-based sales strategy.

Overview

The Companies section in lemlist is your central hub for managing accounts in an account-based prospecting strategy. Located in the left sidebar, it gives you visibility into company details, associated contacts, and team activity for each account.

Companies section in the left sidebar with a company selected from the list

What Companies Section Shows

Each company profile displays:

Company details:

  • Company name

  • Added date

  • CRM sync status

  • LinkedIn page

  • Company status

  • Owner

  • Website

  • Industry

  • Location

Company details shown in the General tab of a company profile

Associated contacts:

  • All people from the company in your database

  • Quick access to contact profiles

  • Option to add new contacts

Contacts tab showing contacts associated with a company

Activity timeline:

  • Complete history of team interactions

  • Emails sent and opened

  • Other logged company activities

  • Timeline view by date

Activities tab showing the company activity timeline

Activity Timeline Features

Clean, Structured Layout

Timeline organized chronologically with clear visual hierarchy

Easy to scan through past company interactions

Includes activity cards with more detailed context when available


Expand or Review Activities

Use the Activities tab to review interaction history for a company in one place.

This helps your team understand what has already happened before reaching out again.


Use Timeline Context for Collaboration

From the timeline, your team can:

  • Review recent activity before contacting an account

  • See engagement history in chronological order

  • Coordinate next steps with better context


Filter and Sort Companies

Quickly find companies using filters.

To add a filter, click Filters, then click Add a filter. You can then choose the field you want to filter by, such as Specialties, Tagline, Type, Description, Founded on, Headquarters, Company Domain, Salesnav URL, LinkedIn, or Owner.

Filters menu and available filter fields in the Companies section

Import Companies

Access Import

From the Companies section, click Import new companies.

Import new companies button in the Companies section

Import Methods

Choose your import source from the available options.

Import source options including CSV import

CSV import

  1. Click CSV import from the import source options.

  2. Upload your CSV file and map each CSV column to the correct lemlist company field.

  3. If needed, choose whether existing values should be overwritten, then click Push to Companies to confirm the import.

CSV field mapping screen with Push to Companies button


Best Practices

Use for account-based prospecting - Focus on company-level strategy, not just individual contacts

Assign owners - Designate team members responsible for each account

Review timelines regularly - Check activity before reaching out to coordinate with team

Use company fields - Keep important company information organized and up to date

Filter strategically - Create views for different account segments

Coordinate with team - Check who's already engaged with the company before making contact

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