> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.intentleads.si/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Target the right people

> Which filter to reach for, and how to get from everyone who matches to the people you'd really call.

At the end of this playbook you'll know which filter fits which job, how filters combine, and how to tell which one is costing you volume. The filters are the same on intent lanes and search lanes.

## How filters combine

* Every filter you use narrows the lane: a person has to pass all of them.
* Inside one filter, values are alternatives: "owner, practice manager" means either.
* On an intent lane, **How we got here** on the Overview tab shows the count before and after your filters, and **History** → **Full funnel** shows each step. If one step loses most of the people, start there.

![The Job and career section with job titles entered and the other rows set to Any](https://mintcdn.com/intentleads/16GfXNJlPs26aspr/images/app/intent-filters-job.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=16GfXNJlPs26aspr\&q=85\&s=00f7c96cbc35568dcea05b6960d1f6ea)

Filters are grouped by what they describe. A green dot means the filter is in use.

## Job titles or seniority

Both live under **Job and career**. They do different jobs:

| Use | When | Example |
| - | - | - |
| **Job titles** | You want a specific role, whatever its level. Words in the title, in any order. | contain "practice manager", "office manager"; leave out "assistant", "intern" |
| **Seniority** | You want a level, across roles. Owners and partners are separate from the C-suite. | Owner, Partner |
| **Department** | You want a function, whatever the title says. | Sales, Business Development |

Combine them to be precise: seniority **Owner** with titles containing "dentist" finds practice owners, not associate dentists.

The same section has **years of experience**, **past job titles**, **past employers**, **schools** and **headline mentions**, for things like "10+ years, previously at a big four firm" or "headline mentions implants".

## Company size and revenue

Under **Company**:

* **Company size**: an exact staff range (at most 5,000 apart), or size bands, which work best for 1,000+ staff.
* **Revenue**: annual revenue bands, from under $1M to $1B and over. There's no exact-revenue filter.
* **Industry**, plus industries to leave out.
* **Keywords**: words in the company's own description, like "injection molding" or "implants". It's the sharpest way to pin down a niche.
* **Industry codes**: NAICS (2 to 6 digits; a short code covers everything under it) and SIC.
* **Company name**: words to include or leave out, like leaving out "group" and "holdings".
* **HQ location**, and **US-headquartered companies only**.

## Location and radius

Under **Location**, **Radius** keeps people within 5 to 100 miles of a US ZIP code or city ("77077" or "Houston, TX"). Choose what it's measured from:

* **the company's address**: for businesses you'd visit, or that serve their area;
* **where the person lives**: for people who work across sites, or from home;
* **the company's address (or home if none)**: the widest of the three.

It shows how many ZIP codes the circle covers, and the lane page draws it on a map. For a whole state or city instead, use **State**, **City** or **ZIP code** (where the person lives), or **HQ location** under **Company** (where the company is).

![An intent lane's Filters tab with a 50-mile radius around Houston drawn on a map](https://mintcdn.com/intentleads/16GfXNJlPs26aspr/images/app/lane-filters-tab.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=16GfXNJlPs26aspr\&q=85\&s=4ae0fe12a12dbe3b854c20102f56bbff)

The radius on a lane's Filters tab: 50 miles from Houston, 220 ZIP codes.

## Target accounts

When you already know the companies you want, upload them in **Lists** → **Target accounts**: a CSV or text file with a domain or company LinkedIn page per row. Lanes match on domains, so include them.

![The Lists page: a drop zone for target accounts, and Do not contact](https://mintcdn.com/intentleads/16GfXNJlPs26aspr/images/app/lists.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=16GfXNJlPs26aspr\&q=85\&s=3d22d38f18e5d780e9de8d62c5c1e609)

Drop in a file of the companies you sell to.

Then each lane decides how to use the list, under **Company** → **Target accounts** in the form, or on its **Filters** tab:

| Setting | What it does | Use it when |
| - | - | - |
| **With industries** | Only listed companies that also match the lane's industries. | Your list is broad and the lane is about one industry. |
| **Instead of industries** | Any listed company, whatever its industry. | The list *is* your market. |
| **Off** | The list isn't used. | This lane is about new accounts. |

Counts that use target accounts are approximate: someone tied to two listed companies can be counted twice. An export never buys anyone twice. See [Target accounts](https://docs.intentleads.si/guides/lanes.md#target-accounts).

## Must-haves

**Each person must have** keeps only people with the contact details you need: a mobile, a mobile not on do-not-call lists, a business email (or one checked as valid), a personal email, a direct phone or a LinkedIn profile. Nobody without them is counted or exported, so you never pay for them.

Each one makes the lane smaller, so add only what your outreach uses: a mobile for calls and texts, a business email checked as valid for email. On a search lane, the same switches sit on the lane page, and flipping one recounts for free.

![A search lane with the Everyone must have switches: Mobile on, the rest off](https://mintcdn.com/intentleads/16GfXNJlPs26aspr/images/app/search-lane.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=16GfXNJlPs26aspr\&q=85\&s=c6dfe21982aa06db235b9bbbcaaf22f1)

On a search lane, flip a must-have and the estimate recounts.

## Leave people out

* **Do not contact** in **Lists** leaves companies and people out of every lane, before anything is bought: customers, competitors, people who opted out. See [Leaving out companies and people](https://docs.intentleads.si/guides/exclusions.md).
* **Leave out titles containing**, industries to leave out, company description words to leave out, and company name words to leave out, inside a lane.
* **Advanced: AND / OR groups** for anything else, like "department is none of human resources". Leave-outs also drop people with no value for that field, so prefer "any of" for what you want. See [More filters](https://docs.intentleads.si/guides/more-filters.md#good-to-know).

## Worked examples

All made up, to show the pattern.

> [accordion] Operations leaders at mid-size logistics companies (intent)
>
> A warehouse robotics integrator wants people comparing automation options.
>
> | Filter | Setting |
> | - | - |
> | Keywords | warehouse automation, warehouse robotics, autonomous mobile robots |
> | Seniority | Vice president, Director |
> | Department | Operations |
> | Company size | 200 to 2,000 staff |
> | Revenue | $50M–100M, $100M–250M |
> | Must have | A business email checked as valid |
>
> Seniority and department do the work here, rather than titles: operations leaders have many different titles.

> [accordion] Dental practice owners around Austin (search)
>
> A dental equipment dealer wants owners it can call, near its showroom.
>
> | Filter | Setting |
> | - | - |
> | Seniority | Owner, Partner |
> | Job titles | contain "dentist", "dds"; leave out "associate", "hygienist" |
> | Radius | 25 miles of Austin, TX, from the company's address |
> | Company keywords | description mentions "implants" |
> | Company name | leave out "group", "holdings" |
> | Must have | A mobile not on do-not-call lists |
>
> Leaving out "group" and "holdings" in the company name drops most multi-site groups, if you sell to independent practices.

> [accordion] IT leaders at your named accounts (intent)
>
> A security company has 400 named accounts and wants to know who there is researching its space.
>
> | Filter | Setting |
> | - | - |
> | Keywords | SOC 2 compliance automation, security awareness training |
> | Target accounts | Your 400 domains, **Instead of industries** |
> | Seniority | C-suite, Vice president, Director |
> | Department | Information Technology |
>
> With target accounts doing the narrowing, there's no need for industry or size filters.

## When the count is too small

1. Find the step that loses the most people: **History** → **Full funnel** on an intent lane, or remove filters one at a time on a search lane and recount.
2. Loosen that one first: more titles, a wider radius, a bigger size range, one fewer must-have.
3. On an intent lane, a lower signal or one more keyword also brings more people in. See [Choose keywords that work](https://docs.intentleads.si/playbooks/choosing-keywords.md).

Every count, estimate and sample is free, so try as many versions as you like before you export.


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