# Contact a Prospect

Once you’ve marked a potential partner as a [*Prospect*](https://help.impact.com/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/performance-program/recruiting-partners/prospective-partners/mark-potential-partners-as-prospects), you can message or email them within the impact.com platform. To email a joined partner, see [Email a Partner](https://help.impact.com/brand/what-would-you-like-to-learn-about/platform-features/reach-out-to-partners/emails/email-a-partner) instead.

#### Message a prospect

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Important:** Your prospect must have Messaging enabled for them to appear in your messaging list.
{% endhint %}

1. From the left navigation bar, select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-256572041ef9ad75d3e67aab1e9567ec34b8b0e8%2Fd99a087cccc9a98794d66a4acf8e8cafc425b112ce63c86d965965b30e3b91b4.svg?alt=media) **\[Discover]** → **Prospects**.
2. Hover your cursor over the prospect to which you want to send a message, then select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8ec3e877b1397045c61d394485e72ac4d93120ee%2Fc6ddb46c637059f06e86c790a911217a9428f5c47b5efef046f90555e85b03cd.svg?alt=media) **\[More]** → **Message**.
3. Enter the message you'd like to send.
   * Optionally, you can ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-8a8d53b8213cbc775f140da1793eae45e545aea1%2Fac7713ef448343c401b031417b972b0647df6d6717fca53b1ea458fe41eb4191.svg?alt=media) **\[Attach]** the following file types: CSV, PDF, JPEG, PNG, GIF.
   * impact.com scans all incoming and outgoing attachments for viruses.
4. Once you've composed your message and added your attachments, select **Send**.

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#### Email a prospect

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="via Marketplace" %}

1. From the left navigation bar, select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-256572041ef9ad75d3e67aab1e9567ec34b8b0e8%2Fd99a087cccc9a98794d66a4acf8e8cafc425b112ce63c86d965965b30e3b91b4.svg?alt=media) **\[Discover]** → **Find Partners** → **Partner Marketplace**.
   * Alternatively, if you have a creator program, ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-256572041ef9ad75d3e67aab1e9567ec34b8b0e8%2Fd99a087cccc9a98794d66a4acf8e8cafc425b112ce63c86d965965b30e3b91b4.svg?alt=media) **\[Discover]** → **Find Creators** → **Creator Marketplace**.
2. Select the **All Partners** tab.
   * Alternatively, select the **All Creators** tab.
3. Hover your cursor over the partner you want to email, then select the partner tile.
4. In the slide out that appears, select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b851101b4b81a7445e5e35af29a59f1186248491%2F6cf6e4fefa0704c19e110aeb5933f03b5e42d94ec8f8cea0ea6bcc7c235923ce.svg?alt=media) **\[Email]**.
   * See the *Email details reference* below for more information on how to fill out the email.
5. Select **Send** when you're done.

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{% endtab %}

{% tab title="via Prospects screen" %}

1. From the left navigation bar, select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-256572041ef9ad75d3e67aab1e9567ec34b8b0e8%2Fd99a087cccc9a98794d66a4acf8e8cafc425b112ce63c86d965965b30e3b91b4.svg?alt=media) **\[Discover]** → **Prospects**.
2. Hover your cursor over the prospect you want to email, then select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b74926a3e18d22a0c40b8da061b226404a428760%2Fimage%20\(11\).png?alt=media) **\[More]** → **Email**.
   * See the *Email details reference* below for more information on how to fill out the email.
3. Select **Send** when you're done.

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{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

**Bulk email prospects**

1. From the left navigation bar, select ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-256572041ef9ad75d3e67aab1e9567ec34b8b0e8%2Fd99a087cccc9a98794d66a4acf8e8cafc425b112ce63c86d965965b30e3b91b4.svg?alt=media) **\[Discover]** → **Prospects**.
2. Hover your cursor over each prospect and select the ![](https://4048883401-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FwMLlMoFBtKJa8ptd3zaw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d2954616dc486c3e12c9211e20ff376bda0ab1af%2F7586e04e82e7c7203e5c82320dd417f8ac564cae5035024fdf0eb2ed017e6376.svg?alt=media) **\[Checkbox]** next to each prospect that you want to include in the bulk email.
   * To email all prospects on the first page, select **Select All** at the top of the table. Manually select any additional prospects on the following pages.
3. Above the table, select **Email**.
   * See the *Email details reference* below for more information on what to include in the email.
4. Select **Send** when you're done.

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<summary>Email details reference</summary>

| Detail         | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| From name      | Who the email is from (e.g., your name).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Reply to email | <p>The "return address" of the email (e.g., your email address).</p><p><a href="../../../platform-features/reach-out-to-partners/emails/connect-your-personal-email-to-your-impactcom-account">Connect your personal email to your impact.com account</a> to send emails to prospective partners directly from your email address.</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Subject        | This will appear in the subject line of the email.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Content        | This will be the email's contents.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Special Tokens | <p>You can embed special tokens into the email content that will dynamically populate values:</p><p>• <code>{adcode\_\<adid>}</code> — Populates with the full ad listing of the specified <code>\<adid></code> value (e.g., <code>{adcode\_1122330}</code>).</p><p>• <code>{mpid}</code> — Populates with the ID value of the partner’s account (e.g., 98765).</p><p>• <code>{mpname}</code> — Company name.</p><p>• <code>{firstName}</code> — Populates with the first name of the partner (e.g., John).</p><p>• <code>{lastName}</code> — Populates with the last name of the partner (e.g., Doe).</p><p>• <code>{currentDay}</code> — Populates with the current date (e.g., January 19, 2038).</p><p>• <code>{currentTime}</code> — Populates with the full date in ISO format (e.g., 19-Jan-2038 03:14:08 UTC).</p><p>• <code>{currentMonthYear}</code> — Populates with the current month and year (e.g., January, 2038).</p> |

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