Access a Contact's Phone Number

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Dustin Nathaniel Keys
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Overview

After you've set up the dialer and read Apollo's Cold Calling Best Practices, you're ready to reach out to prospects over the phone. You can access personal phone numbers directly from Apollo, enabling you to contact prospects through a multichannel outreach strategy.

Check out the following sections to access a contact's phone number.

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Access a Contact's Phone Number

To access a contact's phone number:

  1. Launch Apollo and click Search > People.
  2. Use search filters to find the person you want to dial.
  3. Click Access mobile beside the contact's name.

Example phone numbers are shown for a contact

  1. Alternatively, click a person's name to view a contact and then click Access mobile.

Example phone numbers are shown for a contact

  1. You can access the following types of personal phone numbers on Apollo:
    • Mobile number
    • Work - direct
    • Home
    • Other: Other includes any personal phone numbers not labeled mobile, work, home, or corporate.
 
Credit Crunch

Apollo charges you credits to access a contact's verified personal phone number, regardless of whether the number is on a do not call registry. Apollo doesn't charge credits for HQ or corporate phone numbers.

  1. Apollo accesses the phone number, if available. If the phone number is on the do not call registry, Apollo warns you.

Example phone numbers are shown for a contact

  1. Click the phone number to make a call with the dialer.

Example phone numbers are shown for a contact

You have now accessed a contact's phone number.

 
Dial It In

To make calls on Apollo, get an Apollo phone number and set up the dialer. Then you're ready to make and receive calls without switching apps.

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Access Contact Phone Numbers in Bulk

To get contact phone numbers in bulk:

  1. Launch Apollo and click Search > People.
  2. Use search filters or a saved search to find the people you want to dial.
  3. Check each person you want to save.

Example prospects are selected

  1. Alternatively, use bulk selection along the top to select multiple people at once:
  1. Click Save.

Example phone numbers are shown for a contact

  1. Under mobile numbers, check Try to find mobile numbers, then click Save.

The try to find mobile numbers option is checked

 
Credit Crunch

Apollo charges you credits to access a contact's verified personal phone number, regardless of whether the number is on a do not call registry. Apollo doesn't charge credits for HQ or corporate phone numbers.

You have now saved contacts and accessed mobile numbers in bulk. You're ready to make and receive calls with prospects.

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Next Steps

With your contact's phone number, you're ready to add contacts to a multichannel sequence, save them to a list, export them to your CRM, or run an AI power-up to get to know them more deeply.

 
The Cold Call Kingdom

Ready to make some calls? Read Apollo's book Outbound Sales Chapter 4: Cold Calling for tips to conquer cold and warm calling then make and receive calls directly in Apollo.

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