# Contacts

## Getting Started:

Towards the top right you,  just under the "help" button and right next to the search bar you will see buttons that will let you add filters, save your search, or clear your search:

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To get started - just add a few filters and keywords! GovTribe will then find contacts in the federal government that work in this market based on the data you entered.

Check out our Search 101 page for tips and tricks on how to best leverage keywords and filters for your business needs:

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[Search 101](/user-guide/getting-started-understanding-the-basics/search-101.md)
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Once you have created a list of contacts you can either click into the title of each to investigate further, or group and categorize your contacts using tags and contact groups.

The export button, shared like a cloud, will also allow you to export the results you see to a CSV file.

## Contact Insights

Each Contact in Beacon has a profile displaying:

* Name & Organization: Basic info like job title, agency, or company.
* Contact Details: Email, phone (if available).
* Activity History showing what contracts and files that contact is associated with.

Insights provide a quick, high-level, over of that contact so at a glance you can see data such as what contact information is available, their recent activites such as if they have been listed as a point of contact for a solicitation, as well as a buyer profile generated by our AI giving you a better idea of who this contact is.

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## Creating Contact Groups:

The groups button will allow you to save batches of contacts:

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Simply select the folks you would like to add to a group using the check box to the left of their name, and then select the groups button.  Next, following the menu wizard to add these folks to an existing group or a new one.

When the wizard opens, you can either select an existing group from the drop down or create a new group by typing a name and hitting enter:

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**Video Example:**

The following video will quickly walkthrough:

1. Making a search for contacts in the Air Force, with an Engineering role.
2. Creating a Contact Group for those folks
3. Creating a saved search to that we can be notified about new contacts that get found

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