A Saved Search automatically returns every contact in the database that matches your chosen criteria, while a Targeted List contains only the specific contacts you have manually added to your account.
Agility will never add contacts to your lists automatically and will only remove contacts if their profiles are deleted from the database.
🔹 Why Use Saved Searches?
A saved search returns every contact in the database that matches your search criteria. A targeted list contains only the contacts that you have chosen to save to a list in your account. Agility will never add contacts to your lists, and will only remove contacts whose profiles are removed from the database.
It is saved searches that are live and help you to update your targeted lists with several available options:
Check which contacts are already on your lists
Check which contacts are new to the database
Check which contacts have recently been updated
Review the profiles and recent coverage of each contact
Our suggested practice is to have a saved search for every targeted list, or related lists.
E.g. a saved search to generate healthcare media contacts in general, and then targeted lists of contacts in each region or media type to help you fine-tune your outreach.
🔹 Create and Access Saved Searches
As soon as you enter any search criteria, or when you view the results of your search, you are given the option to save it by selecting Save Search at the bottom of the screen.
To enter a previously saved search, go to Saved Searches under Discover at the top of the screen, or on the left-hand panel.
🔹 Review Contact Profiles
By clicking on any of the results, you can view their profile on the right-hand panel, which can be expanded to reveal further information about them and their outlet.
The blue icons alongside the personal profile take you to their:
Outlet details
Any of your lists they are already on
Recent coverage
Social media feed
🔹 Check Which Contacts Are Already on Your Lists
If you want to check whether the contacts are already on any of your lists, click the dropdown menu above the contact profiles which says “Select List(s) to add contacts to” when you hover over it.
Then select the list you wish to check the contacts against.
In the screenshot below, two contacts have blue ticks against them to show that they are on the chosen list, “Beauty & hair care.”
🔹 Filter for New Contacts
If you want to further filter those not on your list to show only contacts that are new to the database, select the Status filter, New Contacts, and any date.
This screenshot shows which contacts have been added to Agility since June 30th.
🔹 Add Contacts to a Targeted List
To add any contact to a saved targeted list, simply select the contacts and click the orange icon to Add Selected to List(s).
With “Beauty & hair care” already selected, the contacts will be added to that list.
If no list is selected, you are presented with the option to select from all lists or create a new one.