By the end of this guide, you'll know how to search lemlist's People database using filters, push qualified leads directly to campaigns or Contacts, and save searches for future use.

Building targeted lead lists manually is time-consuming. Scraping LinkedIn, verifying emails, and enriching data can take hours or days. lemlist's People Database eliminates this friction by providing:

Instead of spending hours sourcing leads, you can find, filter, and launch campaigns in minutes, allowing you to focus on messaging and outreach strategy.

Before using the People Database:

The People Database is a B2B contact search engine built into lemlist, containing:

✅ 450M+ verified contacts from publicly available LinkedIn profiles

✅ Advanced filtering by job title, location, seniority, and more

✅ Automatic deduplication – Excludes leads already in your campaigns or Contacts

✅ Private searches – Your search results and imported leads are visible only to you

Think of it as LinkedIn Sales Navigator + contact details + direct campaign integration in one tool.

Step 1: Open the People Database

From the lemlist sidebar (left menu), click People database.

Step 2: Get familiar with the People Database page

On the People Database page, you’ll see the Filters panel on the left and the main area on the right where your results will appear after you apply filters.

Step 3: Add a Job Title filter

In the Filters panel, select filters you want to use. For example, click Current job title.

Step 4: Include the job title you want

Type a job title (or pick one from suggestions), then click Include next to the title you want to target, or exclude those you don't want to benincluded in your search.

Step 5: Review the applied filters and results

Once filters are applied, they appear at the top of the results area (for example: Current job title is Sales, Country is Australia, and Not already in a campaign). Your results list will populate accordingly.

Important disclaimer about selecting “ALL” leads

The People Database displays results in pages of 100 leads per page, and by default it shows up to 30 pages (up to 3,000 leads).

When you click the checkbox at the top of the table to select “all,” it selects only the 100 leads on the current page (not all leads across all pages).

If you want to select leads across all 30 pages, you must select them page by page: select the 100 leads on page 1, go to page 2 and select the 100 leads there, then page 3, and so on.

Step 6: Select leads and open the “Push” menu

Use the checkbox at the top of the table to select the leads on the page, then click Push 100 leads to … in the bottom-right corner.

Step 7: Choose where to push the leads

From the menu, choose either:

Step 8 (Push to campaign): Select the campaign

If you chose Push to campaign, select the destination campaign from the dropdown (or click Create campaign).

Step 9 (Optional): Choose enrichment options before pushing

Before confirming, you can enable/disable options like Find verified emails and Find phone numbers (these may consume credits depending on your plan).

Step 10: Save the current search

Click the save icon at the top of the People Database page, then click Save this search.

Step 11: Name and confirm your saved search

Enter a descriptive name for your search, then click Confirm.

Step 12: Reuse a saved search later

Open the saved searches menu again and select your saved search to re-apply the same filters and refresh the results.

Your data is private:

✅ Your searches are visible only to you – Other lemlist users cannot see what you search for

✅ Your imported leads are exclusive – Leads you push to campaigns or Contacts are yours alone

✅ No data sharing – lemlist does not reuse or sell your imported lead data

✅ Public data source – Database is built from publicly available LinkedIn profiles (not private data)

What lemlist does:

What lemlist doesn't do:

Issue: I can't save my search

Root cause: No filters applied, or "Save Search" feature not available in your plan

Fix:

Issue: Search results include leads already in my campaigns

Root cause: The exclusion filter is not applied

Fix:

Issue: I pushed leads but they're not showing up in my campaign

Root cause: Leads were pushed to Contacts instead of Campaign, or the wrong campaign was selected

Fix:

Issue: I tried to select “ALL” leads, but only 100 were pushed

Root cause: The “select all” checkbox selects only the current page (100 leads), not all pages.

Fix:

Start broad, then narrow: Begin with 2–3 filters (job title + country) and refine from there.

Test small batches first: Push 50–100 leads as a test before scaling.

Save searches for personas: Create separate saved searches for each persona you target so you can refresh lead lists quickly.