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Express Sign — Quick Start

For Ann & Mike

Contacts · Search & filters · Notes · Deals · Quick Add
Screenshots from your live workspace · June 2026

1. Your daily starting point — Contacts

Top menu → Contacts → People tab

Contacts list
  • Columns: Assigned to, Status, Activity, Last active, Next task, Playbook, Deal chip.
  • Left stripe = urgency. Click a name to open; click headers to sort.
  • Deal column shows name + stage + $ — click to jump to the deal.

2. Search — text, presets, and AI

Works on Contacts, Deals, and most list screens

Search closeup
  • Type name, company, city, phone, or email — results narrow as you type.
  • Press / for presets (“my contacts”, “needs follow-up”).
  • Purple AI badge for natural-language search. Shift+? for shortcuts.

3. Sort, filter, and View Settings

Shrink a big list to “my work today”

View Settings Mine
  • View Settings (sliders) → ASSIGNMENT → Mine for your leads only.
  • Quick filters: Starred, Needs action, Has deal, New lead. Save combos as views.
  • Funnel icon: assignee, status, tags, tasks, deals. Clear All resets.

4. Contact overview

Everything about one person on one screen

Contact overview
  • Summary cards: tasks, deals, quotes, communication.
  • Playbook checklist — Express Signs sales steps on the contact.
  • WHO block + Notes & Activity timeline on the right.

5. Logging a call or note

Updates Last active and the team timeline

Add note
  • Notes & Activity → Note, Call, Email, Text, or Voice.
  • Capture quote requests, callback dates, who you spoke with.
  • Save Note or Cmd/Ctrl+Enter.

6. Editing contact info

Reassign, update phone, tags, company

Edit contact
  • Yellow Edit on the left rail or header.
  • Update WHO fields — assigned to, phone, company, tags.
  • Green Save or red Cancel.

7. Open the deal detail page

Three paths — pick what matches the moment

Contact deals tab
  • Contact → DealsOpen deal (most common after a call).
  • Click the deal chip on the Contacts list.
  • Top menu Deals → click a Kanban or list card.

8. Edit deal details and amount

Details tab — type, brief, stage, $, close date

Deal summary
  • Deal Details card → Edit → type, fulfillment, brief, owner → Save.
  • Stage & Numbers → Edit → stage, amount, est. close → Save.
  • After quoting: move to Quoted, enter amount, set close date.

9. The Deals board (pipeline)

Kanban by stage — drag cards to update

Pipeline Kanban
  • Top menu → Deals. Toggle Kanban or List.
  • Drag between columns to change stage.
  • Header shows pipeline $, weighted forecast, open deal count.

10. Quick Add — new lead in one step

Lightning bolt on the Contacts toolbar

Quick Add
  • Full name + email or phone (at least one).
  • Assign to Mike or Ann; optional company/address.
  • On save: optional create deal, email, follow-up task → Save.

Quick reference

Daily habits

Mine + Needs action · Log calls on the contact · Open deal from Deals tab · Quoted + amount after every quote · Quick Add for inbound calls

Full guide: File → Templates → Express Sign quick start · PDF in workspace docs

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