5 must-haves for boosting sales with social media
DESCRIPTION
Your customers have changed. How you find them and engage with them has changed too. It’s more important than ever for sales organizations to recognize this opportunity to build relationships and generate new leads using social media. The problem is what tools to use, metrics to track and how to train them. In this session, you will learn about the 5 easy steps you should take, that will empower a sales team to engage with customers in social networks. You will also learn what tools work best and how to measure the results.TRANSCRIPT
5 Must-Haves For Boosting Sales With Social Media
Wednesday, April 6th, 11:30am - 12:10pm
Overview
• What is Customer 2.0
• Social Media Meets Sales
• 5 Steps for Social Selling in B2B
• Tools for Social Selling
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“70% of the B2B buying process happens online”SiriusDecisions Inc.
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There are 7 Times more web pages on the internet than people on the planet.
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1 out of every 8 minutes online is
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5 Steps for Social Selling in B2B1. Listening
2. Trigger Events
3. Empowering sales
4. Leverage B2B Social Networks
5. Starting on Twitter
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#1 Listen to your sales territory
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“Social media has become massively more important because customers have stopped listening to vendors and analyst/reviewers. Think about that. Most of your marketing and analyst
relations and press relations are being trumped by customers talking to customers.”
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Social media empowers sales people!
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#2 Look for the Sales Triggers
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When you can spot an opportunity while it’s still a blip, you have the knowledge to act.
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B2B Customers are using social media to
make buying decisions. Sales teams need to be engaged to find these
prospects.
“Social media has become massively more important because customers have stopped listening to vendors and analyst/reviewers. Think about that. Most of your marketing and analyst relations and press relations are being trumped by customers talking to customers.”
Geoffrey James, BNET
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#3 Empower Sales to be Super.
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Engage in communities that discuss topics and issues that you can help with.
Share information that your prospects and customers want.
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Sales Can Add Value and Build a Pipeline Using Social Media
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LinkedIn Facts• Primarily B2B sales activity
• 100M+ users - 67% are buyers
• 2 Billion people searches in 2010
• Executives from all Fortune 500 are members
• Half a million+ LinkedIn groups exist
• More than 1 million company pages
Why sales people should be engaged
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• Find new opportunities• Learn more about your prospects• Build relationships with influencers• Generate interest in your product/service• Create better alignment between sales & marketing
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Customize headline
Add Websites
Add Twitter
Add Photo
The 5 Most Important Items to Update
Customize link
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Knowing who viewed your profile is an
opportunity to find new
customers.
Who is looking at you?
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140 million. The average number of Tweets people sent per day, in the last
month.
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Join the Twitterverse
• Add a picture
• Create your Bio
• Follow people, companies, brands.
• Update your followers
• Have a personality
• Don’t be spammy
• Keep a good following ratio
• Don’t ignore a genuine DM
• Never argue with someone
5 Steps for Social Selling in B2B1. Listening
2. Trigger Events
3. Empowering sales
4. Leverage B2B Social Networks
5. Twitter
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