LeadSquared’s Near Me Feature

1. Feature Overview

From the LeadSquared mobile app, through Leads – Near Me, you can view all the leads present within a 15-kilometre radius from your location. This helps you plan your journey for the days when you have to meet leads to complete various tasks (Meetings, KYC Verifications, etc.) and activities (Sales Activities, Home Visits, etc.).

Leadsquared - Leads Near Me

Additionally, through Explore – Near Me, you can also view businesses located within a 5-kilometre radius. This helps you save time when identifying and reaching out to potential customers. For e.g., a salesperson can use this feature to identify all the supermarkets present in HSR Layout, Bangalore. You can also save this business as a lead.

Leadsquared - Explore Near Me

 

2. Prerequisites

  • You must be an Administrator User in order to configure this feature.
  • To accurately display leads near you, leads must contain valid data in the Address field.
  • Users must have the LeadSquared app installed on their mobile devices, and location permission access must be enabled. To know more, please refer to Location Tracking on LeadSquared Mobile.
  • In order to use the Explore – Near Me feature, you must –

 

3. Leads – Near Me

3.1 View Leads

To view the leads near you –

  1. Open the LeadSquared mobile app, tap Mobile App Menu, and then tap Near Me.
    • Alternatively, from the top-right corner of the homepage, tap Leads Near Me Icon.
  2. On the Near Me screen, the Leads view is displayed by default.
  3. Under Leads, you can view the list of leads near you.
    •  To view the following options, tap Three dots menu
      • Change Location – Tap to change the location in which you’re searching for leads.
      • Settings – Tap to enable/disable the Cluster View for leads.
    • To increase the search radius, tap the default value of 1km, and select the new radius from the available options.
    • To add new leads, tap LeadSquared - Add new lead icon, enter the relevant details and submit.
  4. To view the lead’s details, tap the relevant lead icon. Additionally, tap Leads Menu to perform the following actions on the lead –
    • Add Activity
    • Add Task
    • Add Opportunity

3.2 Customize Lead Icons

You can customize lead icons displayed on the Leads Near Me page on the LeadSquared Mobile App.

  1. On your LeadSquared Web App, navigate to Apps>Journeys.
  2. Click LeadSquared - journeys settings icon and select General.
  3. Set up unique shapes and colours for different Lead Stages or Lead Lists to recognize leads within their assigned territories.
  4. Click Confirm to save the changes.

Leadsquared - Custom Lead Icons

These unique lead icons will be visible on your Mobile App.

Leadsquared - Leads Near Me

 

 

4. Explore – Near Me

Important: You must have access to your Google Map API Key to use this feature.

To view businesses near you –

  1. Open the LeadSquared mobile app, tap Mobile App Menu, and then tap Near Me.
    • Alternatively, from the top-right corner of the homepage, tap Leads Near Me Icon.
  2. On the Near Me screen, tap Explore.
  3. If you’ve already saved Explore Keywords (Schools, Pharmacies, etc.), tap an existing word.
  4. Else, from the top-right corner, tap LeadSquared Mobile App Search, and search for the business type you’re looking for.
  5. Tap Explore Near Me on the relevant business type to perform the following actions –
    • Tap Phone Call Explore Near Me to call the business. This will work only if they’ve updated their number on Google.
    • Save as Lead – Tap to save this business as a lead.
    • Directions – Tap to view directions to the business location through Google Maps.
  6. To increase the search radius, tap the default value of 750m, and select the new radius from the available options.
Note: To show search suggestions to your users (e.g., when they type “Hos”, the search results will show a list of all the places that contain the words “Hos” in their title, like Hosmat Hospital, Manipal Hospital, etc.), enable the Explore – Suggestive Search Additional Setting.

Leadsquared - Near Me

You can also search for businesses outside of the radius defined. To do this, move the screen outside the blue circle, and tap Search this area.

Leads Near Me

Additionally, all existing pins on Google Maps will show up by default. You can tap on these pins to view details about the business.

LeadSquared Near Me

 

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