# Creating first Tasks

## Lets create first tasks in SmartTask.

What does your team need to accomplish today? This week? Next Week?

Simply click on the 'Add Task' button at the top in Tasklist View.

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Please refer to [importing-tasks-from-csv](https://guide.smarttask.io/fundamentals/task/creating-a-task/importing-tasks-from-csv "mention") to import from excel file

## Task Followers

Once you have added a task the second most important thing is adding followers. Similar to CC in an email we would add relevant persons as followers to a task. Followers would get an immediate notification in case of a comment or update in the task.

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**Task visibility**: Task is visible to all followers, project members and administrators.\
**Tip**: If a task is related to a particular project make sure that project is added to the task.
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For more details on task creation, monitoring and relating functionalities checkout the section - [Task Fundamentals](https://guide.smarttask.io/fundamentals/task).&#x20;