Boulevard software has three separate and distinct lists. Each list serves a specific purpose and is designed for a specific type of contact. Boulevard also allows you to move people from list to list based upon their current status.
The Customer List is for anyone who purchases from you.
The Unit List is for personal recruits and anyone on your team. If you are a Director, this can include Adoptees and offspring units.
The Address List is a catchall for everyone else from warm chatter leads to businesses you frequent to other Mary Kay people who are not part of your team or unit. A common scenario is when you meet someone, she becomes a warm chatter lead and is added to your Address List. You may talk with her several times and will input call notes each time. When she books her class or purchases product, she is moved to the Customer List. Her notes are retained. Perhaps she is a happy customer for several years then you recruit her. She is then moved to the Unit List. All of her previous purchases are retained as are call notes and account balance information.
Moving people from list to list when their status changes is the best way to keep your Boulevard software from becoming cluttered with duplicate contacts and erroneous information.
For more information on this topic, you can view the following Help topics: Convert a contact to a customer, Convert a contact to a recruit, Convert a customer to a contact. Use the key word convert.
You can also review the example, Handling warm chatter leads, in Boulevard Extras Volume 2.
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The three lists in Boulevard software default to sorting by Last/First Name (based on Preferences) and include Next Contact and phone numbers.
You can also add or delete columns from each list. For instance, a lot of business is handled electronically now. You can insert Email Address into the Customer List. You might even want to add the Preferred Contact and remove the extra phone numbers. Adding or removing a column allows you to sort by those criteria. Try it yourself. Each list offers different column options to customize your lists. Adding a column to your list is simple. Just right-click on the column header and select Insert Column. Select from one of the many choices.
For more information on this topic or directions from Help, press the F1 key once you have the Column Definition dialog open. At any time, you can reset the list(s) back to their default by right clicking on the header and choosing Reset Columns. Adding a column temporarily can be useful when sorting for one particular piece of information. In this case it is easy to reset it back to default so the information in the list remains as useful as possible.
To find out other ways to tailor your Boulevard software for your business, visit the Customizing Boulevard section of our website.
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Don’t lose anyone in your Boulevard software again. We know there are times your customer leaves just a first name on your voicemail, doesn’t sign their email, or part of the phone number is cut off in her message. Boulevard makes finding them easy.

Search By Name: Each list in Boulevard allows you to type part of their name to locate. Your lists in Boulevard are alphabetized. Therefore, type the first few letters of the person’s name (First or Last, depending on how your list is sorted). Boulevard will bring you to the closest match alphabetically (e.g., type Smi and Boulevard will bring you to Smith, Smitherton, Smitty, etc.). Select the name by double-clicking.
Search By Phone or Email: Depending upon what phone fields you show in the selected list (Customer, Unit, or Address), you can sort the list by phone number. Then using the same tip from above, type the part of the information you know and voila! Boulevard brings you to the contacts who most closely match the information you provided.
You can also use Boulevard’s Find feature by clicking on the magnifying glass icon located on the right side of your toolbar.
For more information on customizing the view of your Customer, Unit, or Address lists, in your Boulevard Help, search topic: Column Definition. (To locate this help topic, copy and paste the title into the Search selection of Help.)
To find out other ways to tailor your Boulevard software for your business, visit the Customizing Boulevard section of our website.
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If you have a really long Customer, Unit, or Address List, is it taking extra time to scroll all the way down for someone whose last name begins later in the alphabet?
No problem! Just quickly type the first few letters of a name and your Boulevard software will bring you closer. Save time finding people with this valuable feature. You can use this feature in the Product List, too!
Learn more about all Boulevard software features.
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