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Find Leads, how to source verified contacts.
Find Leads fills a contact list two ways. Ask Ciela to build the search in chat: describe who you want, preview a few sample matches, and launch. Or import a CSV you already have and skip sourcing entirely. Both land as a normal contact list you can send to or hand to a campaign.
Quick facts
- Lives at
- /dashboard/find-leads
- Built in
- Ciela chat
- Cost
- 10 credits per verified lead (≤150), 5 above; preview and CSV import are free
- Range
- Start small; up to 10,000 leads per search
- Comes back with
- Name, title, company, email, phone, LinkedIn, location
- Already have a list?
- Import a CSV
Pick a path
Path A: Ask Ciela
Describe your target in plain English. Ciela builds the search, you preview sample matches, then launch. Best when you want a fresh, verified list.
Path B: Import a CSV
Already have contacts? Upload a CSV and it becomes a usable list in seconds, no credits. Use it to start sending today.
Path A, Ciela builds it for you
Walkthrough
Open Ciela chat
Go to /dashboard/ciela and start a new message. You don't need any filter terminology, just describe the kind of business and person you want to reach.
Type what you want, in plain English
Name the niche, the role, the location, and roughly how many. "Find me 100 owners of US med spas, verified emails only" is plenty. Ciela picks the underlying filters (titles, seniority, company keywords, size) with smart defaults and asks you about anything ambiguous.
Read her summary and tweak if needed
Ciela replies with a one-line breakdown of the filters she set, for example Verified emails, owners and founders, US-wide, med spa keywords, 1-50 employees. Tell her to widen the location, add titles, or exclude a role and she adjusts. You can start with a small validation pull; searches cap at 10,000 leads.
Preview sample matches
On the launch card, hit Preview matches to see a handful of sample contacts (company, title, location) before you spend anything. It costs no credits. If the sample looks off, tweak the filters and preview again; if it looks right, launch.
Click Launch on the card
The card shows the count, the credit cost (10 credits per verified lead (≤150), 5 above), and the ETA. Click Launch to start sourcing. A pending list is created immediately, so you can draft and queue a campaign against it the same turn; it starts the moment the leads land. Any shortfall under the count you requested is refunded automatically.
Pick up your leads in Find Leads
Track the run under Your searches. We email you the moment the verified list is ready, and it opens as a normal contact list you can send to, trim, or hand to a campaign.
What to say to Ciela
Phrase bank
Copy any of these as a starting prompt. Swap in your niche and geo.
- Med spasFind me 100 US med spa owners, verified emails, 1 to 50 staff.
- HVAC100 HVAC contractor owners in Texas, exclude technicians and installers.
- PI law100 personal injury law partners, solo and small firms, US-wide.
- Dental750 dental practice owners in Florida, exclude hygienists.
- Roofing100 roofing company owners in the Midwest, exclude crew titles.
- Agencies100 founders of AI automation agencies, anywhere in the US.
If you don't know exactly what to ask for, just describe the customer you want. "I sell AI services to local dentists, find me people who should hear my pitch" works fine.
Path B, import your own CSV
Walkthrough
Open Find Leads and choose Import a CSV
Go to /dashboard/find-leads. The Import a CSV card lets you turn a list you already have into a usable contact list, with no credits spent.
Format your CSV
The first row is the header. We auto-map the common columns, any of these names work:
email(required, rows without an email are skipped)first name/last name, or a singlenamecolumncompany,title,phone,linkedin
Name the list and upload
Give the list a name (or we use the file name), click Upload CSV, and the contacts import instantly. The new list shows up under your lead lists and is ready for a campaign right away.
Importing is the fastest way to start sending today while a managed search is still sourcing. The two run in parallel, you never have to choose one over the other.
Common mistakes
Six things that produce a thin or empty list
Most are handled for you when you let Ciela set the filters.
Too few filters
A search with only a location is too broad and returns a noisy list. Give Ciela at least a role/seniority and an industry or company keyword so the cohort is tight.
One keyword variant
Shops brand inconsistently ("med spa" vs "medical spa" vs "medspa" vs "aesthetics"). Let Ciela include 2-4 variants so you don't miss half the market. She does this by default.
Count too broad for a first pass
Start with a small validation pull when quality matters more than volume, then scale the search once the sample looks right.
CSV with no email column
Import maps a column named
email(or similar). Rows without an email are skipped because campaigns need somewhere to send.Targeting a protected class
Ciela will refuse to build a search that targets people by race, religion, gender, age, or any other protected class. Target by industry, role, size, and geography instead.
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Need help?
Ciela can walk you through any step. Or write to support@ciela.ai and we'll jump on the connection with you.