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Implementing A Successful Social Selling Program: Overcoming 3 Major Challenges

Implementing A Successful Social Selling ProgramIn a recent webinar with The American Marketing Association (AMA), marketers from around the country were asked about their organizations were doing around Social Selling. For those of us that are in the Social Selling world, there were many positive signs.

For example, 20% of respondents indicated that they have plans to roll-out Social Selling while over 40% said that their sales professionals were dabbling in it. Asking this question even a year ago wouldn’t have seen numbers this high in either of these categories.

So as you begin to think about implementing your Social Selling strategies and programs, I’d like to provide you with three high-level obstacles that you’ll need to focus on and have plans to firmly address.

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Does Having LinkedIn Sales Navigator Make You A Social Seller?

Does Having Linkedin Sales Navigator Make You A Social Seller?

We in the sales community need to learn how to separate skills and tools.

  • Does having a phone make you a great cold caller?
  • Does having CRM make you a better salesperson?
  • And similarly, does having LinkedIn Sales Navigator make you a social seller?

Having LinkedIn Sales Navigator alone doesn’t make anyone a social seller. Sales Navigator is a fantastic tool – it helps speed up some tasks that take longer using the free version of LinkedIn. But, questions still persist.

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6 Ways to Empower Your Sales Team With Content

 

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Marketing vs. Sales Enablement: Who Fosters Digital Transformation?

Marketing VS Sales Enablement

“Marketing is absolutely the place to drive this transformation [in sales]… If you don’t have a corporate strategy around social media and social selling, and if you don’t proactively build that strategy collectively with sales, then however many number of sales people you have is however many strategies you have. It’s completely intersected.” –Bryan Jones, VP Commercial Marketing at Dell

I recently read this quote from Bryan Jones, VP Commercial Marketing at Dell. I both agree and disagree with Bryan. Here’s why.

In world-class organizations, digital transformation is the role of the sales enablement department. Sales enablement is part of the Revenue Generating team, which includes sales operations, sales, and marketing. Great sales enablement teams connect these commercial departments, and act as the bridge between the VP of Sales and the VP of Marketing.

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Content Roundup: Content That’s Shaken, Not Stirred

 

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It’s A Buyer Funnel, Not A Sales Process [Infographic]

Your buyers have typically completed 57% of their process before actively engaging with Sales. So what are you doing to help them along their journey? The modern buyer is online using search engines, doing their due diligence, joining online communities, on social media to become better informed about their challenges and potential solutions. Your buyers know what they’re looking for and if not, they have the power of copious amounts of knowledge available at their fingertips.

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8 Expert Tips to Generate More Engagement From Your B2B Content

 

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Before And After: The Transformation Of Two Social Sellers

The Transformation of Two Social SellersIf you’ve been following this blog or just following Social Selling in the market overall, you’ll know that it has caused a lot of buzz, energy and excitement.

But it’s also created confusion amongst some in sales, marketing, enablement, and beyond. And it’s understandable why; there is a lot of info on the possibilities and real-life stories of those that are practitioners.

“I produced 9 new sales equating over $262,565.00 in new revenue over the past 3 months that I would not have had otherwise.” – Keith Gill

Today we present the stories of two sales professionals who talk about their personal stories with social below. Their results aren’t random. They’ve followed a prescriptive process that’s now fully integrated within their overall sales process.

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How to Make More From Less with Content Atomization

 

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How NOT to Sell to Marketers