Welcome aboard! We’re excited to have you join the ClearCRM community. Whether you’re coming from another platform or starting fresh, our goal is to make your onboarding as smooth as possible so you can start seeing results quickly. This guide will walk you through the essential first steps — from setting up your account to exploring powerful features that help you stay organized, automate processes, and grow your business.
1. Set Up Your Profile and Preferences
Before diving into the main features, take a moment to personalize your account.
Update your profile details with your name, company, and contact information.
Add your logo and brand colors so your outgoing communications feel professional and on-brand.
Adjust your timezone and date formats to ensure your scheduling, reminders, and records are accurate.
A well-set-up profile ensures that everything from email templates to proposals reflects your brand identity from day one.
2. Import Your Data or Start Fresh
If you’re moving over from another CRM or keeping existing customer records, our Import tool makes the process painless.
You can upload leads, contacts, customers, and deals in bulk using a CSV file.
Map your existing columns to ClearCRM’s fields so everything lands exactly where it should.
Review and confirm before importing to prevent duplicates or misplaced data.
If you’re starting fresh, you can manually add new records — perfect for testing things out before fully committing your existing data.
3. Automate Emails, Tasks, and Workflows
One of the fastest ways to scale your productivity is to let ClearCRM handle repetitive work for you.
Use email sequences to follow up automatically with leads and customers.
Create recurring tasks so nothing slips through the cracks.
Set up workflow automations to trigger actions when specific conditions are met — for example, assigning a lead to a sales rep as soon as they fill out a form.
4. Track Leads, Close Deals, and Boost Conversions
ClearCRM gives you a central place to capture, organize, and follow up on every opportunity.
Capture leads automatically from forms, campaigns, or manual entries.
Organize them in a customizable Kanban-style board to visualize your pipeline.
Move deals through drag-and-drop stages, making it easy to see what’s next and where to focus.
By keeping all your opportunities visible and structured, you’ll reduce missed follow-ups and increase your conversion rates.
5. Explore Key Features to Maximize Value
Once your basics are set up, take a tour of the tools that will keep your team aligned and efficient:
CRM: Manage leads, contacts, customers, and deals all in one place.
Sales: Create estimates, proposals, contracts, and invoices — and track payments with ease.
Marketing: Build forms, create campaigns, manage assets, and launch landing pages.
Service: Handle tickets, chats, and knowledge base articles to keep your customers happy.
Projects: Plan, assign, and track work from start to finish with collaboration tools.
Each section works together, so you can run your business without switching between disconnected systems.
6. Get Comfortable with the Interface
Our clean, intuitive layout is designed to help you find what you need quickly.
Navigation bar: Quickly jump between areas like CRM, Sales, Marketing, and more.
Action buttons: Always visible to let you create new records from anywhere.
Search and filters: Narrow down records instantly without endless scrolling.
The more you click around, the faster you’ll get familiar with the layout and shortcuts.
7. Next Steps and Resources
To help you keep the momentum:
Watch our Getting Started videos for step-by-step walkthroughs.
Check the Knowledge Base for quick answers and how-to articles.
Join our community to connect with other ClearCRM users and share tips.
By following these steps, you’ll have a solid foundation for using ClearCRM to its fullest potential. Whether you’re nurturing new leads, automating follow-ups, or closing deals, you’ll be working faster, staying organized, and making data-driven decisions from the start.