Comments on: I Love Jigsaw. I Hate Jigsaw.

By: Topher

Topher — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:47:30 +0000

I would also try NetProspex.com. They are sort of like Jigsaw but I have had much lower email bounces from their data.

By: Topher

Topher — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:47:30 +0000

I would also try NetProspex.com. They are sort of like Jigsaw but I have had much lower email bounces from their data.

By: readycontacts

readycontacts — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:38:04 +0000

Exactly. I think the model is innovative but its like selling contacts that are uploaded by someone on a bulk basis .. may be from the company's internal directory. How else can you get Security Guard kind of contacts. These are all added in bulk and may not be valid for B2B marketers.

I am looking forward to Jigsaw evolving their model to address some these problems. I am sure / hope they do.

By: readycontacts

readycontacts — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:34:51 +0000

Miles, your points are valid, but Jigsaw is barely 50% accurate and I have seen enough examples of this. Its not about the money but about the time that is wasted. Again, like I said Jigsaw has done something truly amazing but they have yet to perfect the model and there is a lot of bad quality that is not a good use of sales team's time.

There are company like ReadyContacts, Reachforce, Catapult Profiling and others that will guarantee your 100% accuracy of contacts and most importantly deliver role-based contacts that are way more relevant than just titles.

I think all sorts of sources of leads like Hoovers, Jigsaw, ReadyContacts, Catapult, InfoUSA and others are valid but each of them have their own pros and cons. I think its all about quality and not quantity though – getting 5000 names is less effective than 500 role-based decision makers. Every organization must decide what is more valuable for them: quality, accuracy, price and role-based identification.

By: Miles Austin

Miles Austin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:00:12 +0000

Jigsaw is the best available resource for business contact information period. There are third party “list-validation” services in the market, and I have written reports from them stating that overall review shows mid 80% accuracy with a list of 1600 names. In addition, if you do buy this data and find bad info, you can note that in the database and get your money back or get another lead. Anyone else doing that.

It is never going to be able to make a 100% perfect list, especially in this environment of layoffs of over 500,000 in November alone. As far as ethics, everyone that hands out a business card gave that information to the public domain as far as I am concerned. After 20+ years in sales, I have never had someone hand me their card and say, keep it private. Never. Come on.

By: Rob Leavitt

Rob Leavitt — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:54:46 +0000

Purchasing opt-in lists to me is a necessary evil in some situations, but this seems more evil than necessary. Even leaving aside the list quality issues, it seems unethical on a fundamental level to be able to purchase lists that “participants” have no right of refusal.

By: Kelley Mitchell

Kelley Mitchell — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:34:53 +0000

I agree. I'm split on how I feel about Jigsaw as well. It's like a necessary evil.

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