takethemeeting
Opinionated
15
AE
Sales Nav plus Zoominfo is the secret sauce to prospecting. See if your company can cover the cost of seats and share among your team if needed.
RevOpsRevealed
Opinionated
1
VP Sales and Marketing
I agree. You need a data platform and LI sales navigator to get anywhere.
Diablo
Politicker
1
Sr. AE
This is it. Combo of multiple tools should be leveraged to reach the goal.
takethemeeting
Opinionated
0
AE
It’s ironic because what I sell consolidates devops tools yet I use multiple platforms in my day to day
Feds_Watchin
Politicker
0
AE
I concur with this.
In33dcoffee
Personal Narrative
0
Director Enterprise Accounts
Agreed! 
Derrbeahr
Good Citizen
0
DM
Idk, Lead IQ plus LINav is pretty good. All right there,  as opposed to zoominfo's whack data.  Not that lead IQ is perfect... its just pReTty... 

takethemeeting
Opinionated
1
AE
Zoominfo has a lot of dead lines and isn’t as up to date with current roles, so I agree the data can be whack
HappyGilmore
Politicker
10
Account Executive
It's amazing how expensive sales nav is for a product that is either slow as shit or doesn't work 70% of the time. 
paddy
WR Officer
1
Director of Business Development
Criminals
HappyGilmore
Politicker
1
Account Executive
They legally rob people and orgs of their money.
funcoupons
WR Officer
9
👑
LinkedIn blows in basically every way possible. 
paddy
WR Officer
4
Director of Business Development
retweet
funcoupons
WR Officer
22
👑
I look at it once per day and every damn time the first thing I see is either:

"Congratulate some fucker you've never met and definitely don't care about on his work anniversary!"

or

"When I was 18 I had no job, no car, two heads and a wooden peg leg. I needed someone to give me a chance...






See More"

LinkedIn makes me want to beer funnel an entire bottle of Kahlua.
paddy
WR Officer
6
Director of Business Development
I'd pay to see you beer funnel a bottle of Kahlua. We're gonna make this happen one day coupons
funcoupons
WR Officer
3
👑
Just thinking about it makes me want to throw up but so does thinking about LinkedIn so...

I have a feeling that when you and I party together we're going to end up in jail or getting married by Elvis in Vegas.
paddy
WR Officer
2
Director of Business Development
Why not both?
funcoupons
WR Officer
1
👑
Can we plan for jail after the wedding? Orange isn't my color and I don't want it on my wedding day.
paddy
WR Officer
2
Director of Business Development
Yes, after we rob the Kahlua factory
funcoupons
WR Officer
2
👑
k sounds like a plan. 
nomdeguerre
Executive
3
Account executive
Record it and post it as "content" on LI... preferably with a selfie stick while walking around in a random neighborhood ;-)
funcoupons
WR Officer
1
👑
NGL, I'd watch the hell out of that.
NoSuperhero
Politicker
0
BDR LEAD
Funny, I stopped paying attention to all that noise within 2 months of using linkedin. It's great to exchange business ideas when you connect with the right people. The times that's happened though have been almost near to none, just from what I witness from certain leaders. IDk.
mrsexyspizza
Politicker
8
Account Executive
My biggest beef is SalesNav and your personal LI profile are considered two separate instances. So any activity you do outside of SalesNav isn't logged, which makes it impossible to effectively keep track and prospect.
paddy
WR Officer
3
Director of Business Development
YES, so fucking annoying
jefe
Arsonist
0
🍁
I don't understand this AT ALL.

But then they also seem to be insistent on tying your Sales Nav to your primary LI email, meaning I get alerts to my personal account instead of my work account.

So frustrating.
CCP
Opinionated
0
VP, Business Development
yeah I agree that's annoying for sure. 
GDO
Politicker
0
BDM
That´s indeed bullshit. They should at least give the option
PhlipOut
Politicker
0
Account Executive
I think it's to lock you in, So basically one you use SalesNav you can never leave it (in your same role) or all your data is gone.

Also F them for limiting the tools that can integrate/pull data from it
FeelItInMyPlums
Valued Contributor
2
Sales Account Executive
Linked in is great for finding your next job.  Lead gen?  meh
Broncosfan
Politicker
2
Account Manager
I could not disagree with a post more. If you’re adding it solely for InMails, correct its a ripoff. I use it to manage leads and keep up to date on what prospects are prioritizing. It’s essential to eliminate the noise of the main feed trash that LI as a whole has become.
paddy
WR Officer
2
Director of Business Development
You lost me at being a Broncos fan.
Broncosfan
Politicker
0
Account Manager
That's fair
CuriousFox
WR Officer
1
🦊
I haven't used it in over a year but it used to be worth it. As long as your company pays for it I'd keep using it.

ZoomInfo is pretty good too.
The_Sales_Badger
Notorious Answer
1
Account Executive
Damn - lol Im crushing on Linkedin, I budget 1k a year specifically for that. Not trying to be a dick, but do you have a set digital strategy?
paddy
WR Officer
2
Director of Business Development
I'm actually doing well on LI also with prospecting. That's why I'm pissed, because now I'm limited to use it
DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
0
Rolling 20's all day
What has your method been?
Mbeezy4sheezy
Good Citizen
0
Sr. Enterprise Account Executive
I've had limited success in sales nav - seems like InMails come across like ads no matter how custom the verbiage is.  What do you guys sell and how have you been successful on sales nav? 
paddy
WR Officer
1
Director of Business Development
To just look them up, see what they do, and ask if there's a way to make money together. Idk nothing crazy
ThatsWhatSheSaid
Valued Contributor
0
Intergalactic Sales Director
Not trying to be a dick, but do you even lift bro?
UserNotFound
Politicker
1
Account Executive
I keep reading this as Lil Nas X is a fucking ripoff. 

Why does my brain do these things?!
paddy
WR Officer
2
Director of Business Development
Shhhh...relax, have some Kahlua my sweet angel.
UserNotFound
Politicker
1
Account Executive
Kahlua is so gross... I dont get your infatuation. Now if you told me to have a beer, titos and soda, even a seltzer- I'm in. 

Kahlua reminds me of alcoholic chocolate milk. 
paddy
WR Officer
2
Director of Business Development
I'm reporting you.
UserNotFound
Politicker
1
Account Executive
No need... your lack of upvotes is a worse fate. :/
paddy
WR Officer
1
Director of Business Development
I'll have zero trouble recouping that at some point today trust me
UserNotFound
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Lol- I meant your lack of upvotes on my responses that you comment on. Not like on your actual posts... I'm sassy but not a damn heathen!
Feds_Watchin
Politicker
2
AE
Ugh this whole subject reminded me of a bottle of jeger and a 100 degree day on a golf course.
Riss
Opinionated
1
I don’t even know anymore 🤪
LI is my main prospecting tool, but I don't use inmails except in very rare cases. It's always been limited, but I built my profile and network and now I can book crazy meetings based on just looking like someone legit in the space. I connect with about 70% of the connections I make. I essentially have Nav for the lists, notifications, and the mass searches which has been totally worth it for my time. But my target market is bias'd to people who are active on LI.. 
DrSmallprint
Politicker
1
Account Executive
Download the Seamless.ai or Zoom info chrome extension. Game changer. 
Incognito
WR Officer
0
Master of Disaster
You got the cheap version maybe? Idk. My company set me up with it and I have no limits. We’re also one of the largest brokerages in the country so 🤷‍♀️

I actually don’t even really use it tbh - my target demographic isn’t really on LinkedIn much. 
paddy
WR Officer
3
Director of Business Development
If $80/month per user is the cheap version I'm doubling down on my comment about the special place in hell for them. Satan is just sitting there sharpening his pitchfork waiting for these bastards.
Incognito
WR Officer
1
Master of Disaster
You’re not wrong lol

To be fair, the world is opening up again, people are gonna value in person shit so much more. I’ll bet that LI traffic is WAY down atm. 



S omeone with better credentials than I - please confirm! 
Feds_Watchin
Politicker
1
AE
Dude for your line of work you should look into aidentified.
Incognito
WR Officer
0
Master of Disaster
Looked them up. Why? Do you work for them? I’m not seeing the value. 

What would make it worthwhile?
Feds_Watchin
Politicker
0
AE
I do not. They first broke into the financial and real estate verticals. I was just given a free license as part of a networking group.
Incognito
WR Officer
0
Master of Disaster
Yeah - I saw the testimonials from real estate and financial firms. Seems like this might be good for personal lines maybe? (Home/auto)
desperado
Politicker
0
Head of Sales
What limit are you running into? You can get short-term banned by sending too many connections without notes or having people click "I don't know this person" on your requests. 
paddy
WR Officer
2
Director of Business Development
Idk man. It just seems to me there shouldn't be a limit.
desperado
Politicker
0
Head of Sales
I agree. If you're attempting to make meaningful connections. But I guess they have the limits in place to prevent spam (they need to control these recruiters, cause it clearly doesn't work on them)
billymfstrings
Valued Contributor
0
Account Executive
Weird. I haven’t experienced any limits. My company recently purchased licenses for the entire sales org. The only limit I have on my end is the 150 InMail credits - could be wrong but I believe that resets monthly anyway so it’s not really an issue for me. Maybe check in with your Account Manager at LI to see if they can provide some explanation?
Feds_Watchin
Politicker
0
AE
That’s a great set up. I only get 20 a month but they do roll over. Not use it or lose it.
nomdeguerre
Executive
0
Account executive
Well, MS did pay over $26Bn for LI, so I'm sure they are trying hard to monetize their investment... to be clear I definitely agree with you.

Another thing I find annoying about LI is that they share next to no data with you. Clearly, they know exactly who has looked at my content and profile but they won't share any of that information. Even if someone clicks my content LI still won't tell me who it was, so it has little value to me and makes it impossible to understand if LI activity is driving any business.
tonysoprano
Big Shot
0
Sr. AE
I love Sales Nav as far as what it can do for me, but it has to constantly be reloaded and rebooted like, no shit, 50+ times a day. it's ridiculous 

Figure it out Weiner
ragnarlothbrok
Politicker
0
Key account manager
annnnnd it is shit in my opinion
RevOpsRevealed
Opinionated
0
VP Sales and Marketing
The 100 connect requests a week sucks!!
TheRealPezDog
Notable Contributor
0
Account Manager
Put it this way:  If my company didn't pay for it, I would certainly not.  It really adds no value other than being able to send 150 inmails/month.  I'll take zoominfo all day though, cell numbers is the best way to talk with someone and talking with someone is the best way to qualify them. 
dryspongebob
Opinionated
0
Business Development Manager
LinkedIn can suck my toe, and not in a spicy fun way.
Justatitle
Big Shot
0
Account Executive
Anytime a platform can have an influencer it’s already got low expectations for me. LinkedIn sucks 
itwasluck
Opinionated
0
Account Executive
Sales Navigator to verify who the contacts are you need to reach out to and ZoomInfo to find their contact info. One two punch combo. 
cw95
Politicker
0
Sales Development Lead
'tis indeed, navigator also has a habit of not letting you know you've got a message in navigator and not on normal linkedin.
ThatsWhatSheSaid
Valued Contributor
0
Intergalactic Sales Director
I consider the "difference between a  boss and a leader" memes a hate crime.  
Mr.Pickles
Arsonist
0
Sr. Customer Success Manager
+ zoominfo || don't forget zoominfo
No_ty
Politicker
0
Sales Dir.
not my favorite to be honest
JJASBE
Catalyst
0
Director, Solutions Sales
Let me offer a different view.  I believe one of the keys to LI SN success is the conversations you get to have over time with key prospects.  

If you arrange your lead list effectively, your home page becomes a 'what my leads care about' page, filtered to get rid of all other noise.
From there, interacting and engaging with your prospects' posts by adding insightful comments, celebrating wins, and posing questions can position you as someone with something to say to those prospects.

Over time, you build high-level relationships, stand out from competitors, add value- and any cold call becomes a 'warm call,' on the basis of the familiarity you intentionally built.

As you begin to get engagement within post comments from these prospects, the rule of reciprocity kicks in.  You'll find that once you connect with them, they'll begin interacting with your posts etc as well.  IMHO, this is relationship-building at scale, and is impossible to do across a large swath of prospects without SN.

Doing this takes roughly 30 minutes per week, but yields big results.
It's mid-long tail, but the ROI becomes evident, typically <90 days.

When I started doing this consistently, I realized SN was an indispensable tool for the work I do.
SignThis_SalesGirl
Good Citizen
0
Director of Business Development
Totally agree there. Zoom info is expensive as hell but it drills down to the right info and contacts. You'll be set! 
JuicyKlay
Celebrated Contributor
0
AM
You’re 100% right. LinkedIn has gone way downhill 
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