# Track Partner Recruitment Efforts Overview

As you [search through Discover](https://help.impact.com/brand/performance-program/recruiting-partners/discover/discover-overview), you'll come across partners that seem a good fit for your program. You should tag these partners as *prospects* to track your recruitment efforts more efficiently and see where in the new partner funnel (the journey a partner goes on to join your program) they are.

#### Partner recruitment process

When recruiting partners, the partner recruitment process will guide you from marking potential partners, and communicating with them to archiving partners.

1. [Mark potential partners as prospects](https://help.impact.com/brand/performance-program/recruiting-partners/prospective-partners/mark-potential-partners-as-prospects)
2. [Manage your new partner funnel](https://help.impact.com/brand/performance-program/recruiting-partners/prospective-partners/manage-your-new-partner-funnel)
3. [Send an email or message to a prospect](https://help.impact.com/brand/performance-program/recruiting-partners/prospective-partners/contact-a-prospect)
4. [Send a proposal to a prospect](https://help.impact.com/brand/performance-program/recruiting-partners/prospective-partners/send-a-proposal-to-a-prospect)
5. [Archive partners](https://help.impact.com/brand/performance-program/recruiting-partners/prospective-partners/archive-partners)
