{"id":725,"date":"2026-10-12T08:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/crm-lead-sources\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:08:34","slug":"crm-lead-sources","status":"publish","type":"rd_doc","link":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/crm\/crm-lead-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Manage lead sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What it is<\/h2>\n<p>Lead sources are the one list of where your contacts came from, such as Zillow, past clients or doorknocking. Keeping one list means two spellings of one origin stop being two answers, so reports can total them.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to find it<\/h2>\n<p>CRM &gt; Lead Sources<\/p>\n<h2>Steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Press <strong>Add a source<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-howto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-howto-crm-lead-sources-1.webp?v=1791835713\" alt=\"In CRM &gt; Lead Sources, press Add a source\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>In CRM &gt; Lead Sources, press Add a source<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Enter a <strong>Name<\/strong>, such as Zillow.<\/li>\n<li>Pick a <strong>Category<\/strong>: Prospecting, Marketing, Referral, Partner or Other.<\/li>\n<li>Press <strong>Add source<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-howto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-howto-crm-lead-sources-2.webp?v=1791835713\" alt=\"Name it, pick a category, then Add source\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Name it, pick a category, then Add source<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Use the arrows to reorder, <strong>Edit<\/strong> to rename, and <strong>Retire<\/strong> to stop offering it.<br \/>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-howto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-howto-crm-lead-sources-3.webp?v=1791835714\" alt=\"Edit, Retire, or open the contacts with no source\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Edit, Retire, or open the contacts with no source<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Press <strong>Open the ones with no source<\/strong> to see contacts that still need one.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The top of the page shows how many contacts are filed under a source and how many have none.<\/li>\n<li>Renaming changes the wording everywhere, and keeps every contact filed where it was.<\/li>\n<li>Naming a source Zillow now means a later import of zillow lands on the same source.<\/li>\n<li>Retiring is reversible and keeps every contact and number as it is. Deleting leaves those contacts with no source.<\/li>\n<li>Only owners and managers write this list. Anyone can file a contact under a source.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lead sources are the one list of where your contacts came from, such as Zillow, past clients or doorknocking. Keeping one list means two spellings of one origin stop being two answers, so reports can total them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1978,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_rd_doc_route":"\/crm\/lead-sources","_rd_doc_source_id":"crm-lead-sources","_rd_doc_checked":"2026-10-12","_rd_doc_meta_description":"Lead sources are the one list of where your contacts came from, such as Zillow, past clients or doorknocking. Keeping one list means two spellings of one origin stop being two answers, so reports can total them.","footnotes":""},"rd_doc_category":[19],"class_list":["post-725","rd_doc","type-rd_doc","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rd_doc_category-crm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rd_doc"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1981,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/725\/revisions\/1981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rd_doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc_category?post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}