What do you like best about Metadata.io?
Metadata does a lot of things well that allow me and my digital demand team to support the rest of our marketing organization. Such as:
1. Targeting: the platform has a plethora of targeting options which can be a bit overwhelming, but the combination of LinkedIn targeting + Salesforce dynamic lists has been especially powerful for us. Particularly for ABM campaigns, we can use SFDC fields (including 6sense predictive values) to build dynamic account lists. This means we don't have to manually refresh account lists in the ad platform.
2. Reporting: Metadata's reporting is awesome. I find it even more valuable than our multi-touch attribution tool. Take a look at their Reports tab; the triggered opportunities and cohort dashboards are probably my two favorites.
3. Automation: the platform can auto-optimize bids and budget around CPL, CPC, pipeline, pipeline ROAS, revenue, ROAS... whatever you prefer. This is a huge time saver. When we have an ad/campaign that is working, I know Metadata is going to keep it well funded, taking budget away from the poor performer.
4. Ease of use: once you're up and running, launching a new ad campaign, or new creative variation, takes a fraction of the time.
5. Lead enrichment: huge win for our BDR team. The vast majority of leads now have business emails, unlike our pre-Metadata LinkedIn Lead Gen campaigns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Metadata.io?
Onboarding was a challenge, particularly because of our lead flow. We had lots of issues getting leads from LinkedIn to Metadata into Marketo into Salesforce. This may have been a unique problem due to our instance, but Metadata couldn't help much. I wish there had been more pre-sale discussion and planning around the lead workflow, as well as more support from Metadata regarding Marketo/Salesforce. The average person may not realize that Metadata is manually enriching lead information and then pushing that into your marketing automation system. The lead info does not flow via a lead form (like the rest of our inbound efforts and past LinkedIn Ad campaigns).
The platform is also costly, especially compared to using the ad channels directly which costs nothing beyond the ad spend. However, it is less expensive than an agency and allowed us to bring our paid social management in-house, which was a big win for my team. Because of the cost, Metadata is not for everybody. But if you're in B2B, sell a high ARR product, and spend a lot monthly in paid social, Metadata is very valuable.
There's a somewhat steep learning curve, but that is to be expected with such a powerful tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.