LinkedIn Premium can be a good solution if you know how to use it
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Used it to find more industry connections, share industry news, and to create new prospects and leads. Since people change positions and companies, they usually update their LinkedIn account, so we hope to get more accurate contacts for our campaigns.
Pros
- Good at finding people and contacts within certain company profiles
- Nice to see the profile with updated job history to validate the contact
- Easy to find other contacts within the same organization
Cons
- limited search capabilities, credits, and restrictions and connections
- difficult to filter some contacts by desired categories depending on payment tier. Can be expensive.
- it takes time to build brand credibility and get access to certain types of connections
- Not easy to search for contacts and download a list for prospecting. Limited to connections list.
Return on Investment
- found good connections and contacts for companies in our industry
- not the best system for navigating around, still more for career finding than business prospecting compared to the competition
- the ROI is there for a short term, but not a long-term solution for us due to the cost and some limitations compared to the competition offering like a Hoovers, Zoominfo, etc.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
D&B Hoovers, ZoomInfo Marketing and GetProspect
Other Software Used
D&B Hoovers, ZoomInfo Marketing, GetProspect



