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A promising, yet not satisfying solution
I bought a Closely licence for lead generation. When testing it, I noticed that the LinkedIn search engine feature would not be as precise as the one of LinkedIn itself. We cannot segment our audience accurately. There would not be any filter such as level of seniority, company size, etc. The LinkedIn inbox messages are not up to date. As for the LinkedIn Campaigns, I cannot run another of these as the application would ask me to pay some extra expenses. In brief, I do not use Closely.
AlexC_Closely
May 9, 2024Hi! Thanks a lot for the feedback. I feel like I could clear things up a bit.
Search/Audiences:
You are absolutely right about the search capabilities of our Lead Finder search. Our database contains scraped contacts, available for export instantly, without having to wait for the scraping, because they were already scraped at some point (and quite possibly, refreshed). This database is intended to be used for email outreach after passing it through our built-in email verification tool. As with any B2B database, the information is accurate to a certain degree (we have tested many B2B database tools).
if you're looking for an audience for your Linkedin outreach - it's always best to just import your Linkedin search URL :)
Inbox:
We are working on getting the inbox faster pretty much all the time :) We believe it's an absolutely necessary thing to use an inbox rather than your own account. The added delay (which would become lower and lower as we make things better) is a necessary trade-off for keeping the Linkedin account safe (i.e. you decrease the amount of actions performed from multiple devices).
Launching campaigns:
I am curious about the issue with launching Linkedin campaigns. Are you saying that you could not launch a second campaign or you could not launch the campaign at all?
Thanks!