Sales Navigator Glossary

Last updated: 1 year ago

The LinkedIn Sales Navigator Glossary is an alphabetical set of terms related to Sales Navigator, along with their descriptions. 

Term Description
Account Companies that you already do business with or companies you'd like to pursue and save. 
Account Lists Includes all saved companies.
Account Center

Account Center, divided into People, Activity, Reports, and Settings, allows admins to manage their users, curate content, view history of actions performed by all admins on your Sales Navigator dashboard, generate reports on usage, and leverage partnerships.

Note: Account Center is being changed to People Management. We are gradually making this experience available, and you might not have access to it at this time. When you sign in to Sales Navigator and click the Admin option, if you see the People tab, then you have access to the new People Management experience.

Account Map Users can visualize and identify account relationships and arrange leads in Tiers on the Account page. Identify potential account gaps when mapping key stakeholders and influence buyers.
Admin Home  Admin Home is a quick and easy place for admins to get started with Sales Navigator Account Center. 
Alerts With Alerts on your Sales Navigator homepage, you can view notifications about your saved leads and accounts.
Buyer Circle Includes relevant stakeholders, and helps sales reps and managers identify and engage with those stakeholders.
Buyer Intent Provides sellers with key insights on accounts that are showing intent. This feature helps sellers to reach out to the right people in the right accounts at the right time.
Columns Customize and filter your view to optimize the information you see, update, and leverage.
CRM Sync CRM Sync helps you instantly log and import sales activity to and from your CRM, so you can focus on selling.
Discover  Helps you receive 'New Matches' based on your sales preferences. You can further refine your recommendations using the filters on the left rail.
Dismiss Recommendations Dismissing recommended leads or accounts that don't match sales preferences, either by clicking on the cross button against a lead or by choosing to Select All leads and clicking on the cross button.
Embedded Profiles  Embedded Profiles let you view LinkedIn and Sales Navigator information about leads and accounts within your CRM. A CRM admin must install Sales Navigator for Salesforce or Microsoft Dynamics 365, to enable and configure Embedded Profiles.
1st degree connection People you are directly connected to because you have accepted their invitation to connect, or they have accepted yours.
Help Navigates to Help Center, Learning Center, and Community.
Homepage Alerts Focuses on your favorite things from the newsfeed, so you view information that requires your attention.
InMail Private messages that allow you to contact anyone on LinkedIn without an introduction or contact information. InMail can be sent from a member profile page, search results in Sales Navigator, and search results in your Sales Navigator inbox. These are not free messages and will use a credit when you send an InMail.
Jump Back In Feature that helps you view your most recent activity.
Lead A person you already do business with or people you'd like to pursue and save on Sales Navigator. 
Lead Lists An organized list that includes all saved individuals or leads.
Legal Navigates to user Agreement, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy.
LinkedIn Inbox A virtual folder on your LinkedIn profile, where messages are sent and received. 
Lists  Organize your workflow and keep track of leads, accounts, and your existing network.
Messaging A virtual folder on your LinkedIn profile or in Sales Navigator, where messages are sent and received.
My Open Deals List of open opportunities from your CRM that can be viewed and customized.
My Network (Lists) includes all 1st-degree connections.
Personas Helps you identify leads that match your target buyer. By creating and using Personas, you can quickly zero-in on the right leads in an account. You can create a Persona in Sales Navigator by function, seniority, job title, and geography to discover insights across leads and accounts that you are interested in.
Profile Image Icon Section in the top right corner of the homepage, which includes; Account, Help, Legal, and Sign-out.
Quick Actions With this feature in Account Center, you can quickly manage one or more users by applying only one action.
Recommended Accounts Accounts based on your sales preferences, search history, and profile interactions, to help identify new prospects and build an account list.
Recommended Leads Leads based on your sales preferences, search history, and profile interactions, to help identify new prospects and build a lead list.
Relationship Explorer

Using the Relationship Explorer, sellers can uncover hidden allies and supporters, find warm paths in, and multi-thread to build relationships with multiple buyers, all otherwise hidden and unknown.

Sales Navigator Coach Introduces core features in Sales Navigator so you leverage those features to reach your sales goals.
Sales Navigator Inbox A virtual folder in Sales Navigator, where messages are sent and received. 
Sales Navigator Settings Page The settings page to view your Account type and InMail Credits, edit your Profile Viewing options, sales, and email preferences.
Sales Spotlights This feature leverages LinkedIn data to assist in segmenting your search results and easily discover prospects that are more likely to engage with you. You can use Spotlight filters, such as: Changed jobs in the last 90 days, Posted on LinkedIn in 30 days, Teamlink introduction, Mentioned in the news in the last 30 days, and more.
Saved Searches Lead and account searches that you save, including keyword strings and filter refinements, to run the search at any time.
Search Bar Section at the top of the homepage, to search for a specific boolean or keyword.
2nd Degree Connection People who are connected to your 1st-degree connections. You can send them an invitation by clicking Connect or contact them through an InMail message or an introduction.
Sign-Out Clickable option to leave or exit your Sales Navigator account.
Social Selling Index  Measures how effective you are at establishing your professional brand, finding the right people, engaging with insights, and building relationships. 
TeamLink A tool that allows you to view your team’s connections and network to find the best path to a lead through a 1st degree connection.
3rd Degree Connection

People who are connected to your 2nd-degree connections. 

If their full first and last names are displayed, you will be able to send them an invitation by clicking Connect. 

If only the first letter of their last name is displayed, clicking Connect is not an option but you can still contact them through an InMail message or an introduction.

User Queue User queue actions in Account Center allow you to easily select, manage, and update users, all in one view.
Who's Viewed Your Profile Shows you details on people who have viewed your LinkedIn profile over the last 90 days. Click the Me icon at top of your Sales Navigator homepage and select Who's Viewed Your Profile.