# Advice Needed! How to correctly seperate Contacts / Associates

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/advice-needed-how-to-correctly-seperate-contacts-associates/21380>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** mautic-4\
**Created:** [October 23, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/advice-needed-how-to-correctly-seperate-contacts-associates/21380 "2021-10-23T15:48:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![andizu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/andizu/32/5591_2.png) [@andizu](https://forum.mautic.org/u/andizu)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/advice-needed-how-to-correctly-seperate-contacts-associates/21380/1 "2021-10-23T15:48:41Z")

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**Your software**  
My Mautic version is: 4.0.1  
My PHP version is: 7.4.1  
My Database type and version is: MySQLi - 5.7.34-cll-lve

**Your problem**  
My problem is:  
I have tracking set to add new contacts from a subscribe form on my site. All works well here they are added to a campaign and feed the required emails + points added. I also have over 40,000 companies (Bars, restaurants, hotels etc… that are listed and searchable on my website for any of our visitors. What I wish to do is to add these 40,000 to Mautic but keep them separate from the visitors to our website. I wish to offer them up to a different campaign and corresponding drip-feed emails/broadcasts. I am not sure the correct way to go about this? Do I add them as companies? Or as contacts and somehow tag them to separate them? You help and advise would be much appreciated?

Thanks you! 🙂

These errors are showing in the log:

Steps I have tried to fix the problem:

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**Author:** ![mikew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mikew/32/5156_2.png) [@mikew](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mikew)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/advice-needed-how-to-correctly-seperate-contacts-associates/21380/2 "2021-10-24T07:38:24Z")

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There are a number of ways to do this.

1. Add them with a tag and to a specific segment
2. Create a custom field and mark them appropriately and add to a segment.

I would add them as contacts and associate them to a company.

You can then use your segments both in segment blasts or in campaigns to send out different communications to different users

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**Author:** ![andizu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/andizu/32/5591_2.png) [@andizu](https://forum.mautic.org/u/andizu)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/advice-needed-how-to-correctly-seperate-contacts-associates/21380/3 "2021-10-24T11:16:51Z")

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Thanks Mike I shall give that a try! 😉