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

# How to use contacts

> Save a name, email, phone, and business, then assign the contact to the links they placed.

Contacts store the people behind your placements. Fields are name, email, phone, and business. Assign a contact to one or more links so you can filter and search by them later.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/ples/fv9e3631thkaIOyB/images/contacts.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=fv9e3631thkaIOyB&q=85&s=8bdcf744ba636d84fb31ce61100e5d36" alt="Contacts page with names, emails, business, and Add contact" width="3024" height="1756" data-path="images/contacts.png" />
</Frame>

## Add a contact

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Contacts">
    Go to `/contacts`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Add contact">
    Use **Add contact** in the header.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Fill the fields">
    Enter first name (required), last name, email, phone, and contact type (**Personal** or **Business**). For business contacts, add a business name. Example: David at a publisher David works with.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Save the contact. It appears in the list with how many links are assigned.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Assign contacts to links

<Steps>
  <Step title="While adding links">
    On `/links-add`, pick contacts in the Contacts step.
  </Step>

  <Step title="On existing links">
    Select rows on `/links` and use bulk **Edit Contact**, or open [link details](/article/link-details) and manage contacts there.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Filter Links by contact, or find a contact from [header search](/article/filter-sort-search).

## What's next?

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Tags" icon="tags" href="/article/tags">
    Create colored tags and assign up to 5 per link.
  </Card>

  <Card title="How to add backlinks" icon="plus" href="/article/add-backlinks">
    Add up to 150 backlink URLs per submission after you choose a domain.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Bulk actions" icon="list-checks" href="/article/bulk-actions">
    Select links to add tags, edit contacts, update disavow, or delete rows.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Link details" icon="panel-right" href="/article/link-details">
    Open a link for status, metrics, target URL, last check, and the visualizer.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
