Pointclear

MARCH 13, 2014

The interviews are available on our blog and YouTube channel. In the blogs each interview is broken down into smaller segments that allow you to watch brief clips around a specific topic. Matt Heinz, Heinz Marketing, The Quality of Sales Leads is Abysmal. Marketers and sales people need to be working towards the same goals.

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Inside Sales Social Selling Outbound Lead Rank 235

SBI Growth

JULY 23, 2013

Sales Operations leaders have seen the power of Social Selling. Corporate Communications sees inherent risk in mobilizing a social sales force. Marketing worries about the brand’s consistency. You need to know how Social Selling effects each division. PR handles the messaging and reinsures the market.

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Social Selling Benefit Top of Funnel Guidelines 323

Sales 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2014

” I’m the marketing director here. OK, some other words we’re in my mind but this a ‘”family blog.”). As you know I put a fair bit of effort and passion into this blog to help sales people (and their companies) sell better. The type of people that read this blog. My response 3 mins later.

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Social Selling Webinar Metrics Follow-up Lead Rank 322

Score More Sales

MARCH 25, 2014

Last week, a list on Forbes contained my name as one of the top 30 social selling influencers in the world. Just four years ago, I had a different target market and was giving workshops around the U.S. Ken truly is a leader in inside selling strategies. She helped spearhead social selling at Oracle.

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Social Selling Oracle Eloqua Influencer 232

SBI Growth

JULY 8, 2013

Social selling is a technique being adopted by many B2B sales organizations. Social selling addresses the increasing community of buyers that leverage social media. However, company policies against social media are hampering many a sales team. In this post, I outline the 4 main components of social selling.

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Social Selling Company Social Media Policies 320

Vengreso

AUGUST 21, 2023

In the digital era, sales professionals need to embrace social selling training to remain relevant and successful. This equips them with vital skills to engage with prospects on their preferred social media platforms, building meaningful relationships that lead to increased revenue. Tips for adoption of social selling training.

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Social Selling Training Outsourcing Services Top of Funnel 52

Crunchbase

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Marketing strategies that may have been effective pre-COVID may no longer deliver the desired results now, especially as people’s habits for shopping and buying seemingly changed overnight. Social selling involves researching, connecting and engaging with leads and customers on social media platforms.

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Social Selling Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Media 98

Fill the Funnel

AUGUST 1, 2013

Your social selling home base should be your blog. Your blog should become your platform from which everything you do online will originate. A real blog, with your own domain name (hopefully your name) if available will serve you and your career for years to come. Core Questions: Are you blogging already?

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Social Selling Real Estate Top of Funnel Funnel 121

SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

This is why there is such a push for compelling content marketing strategies these days. Blogs, ebooks, webinars, social media. As the Sales Leader, you have high expectations for Marketing to deliver. Are you prepared to defend yourself if Marketing places the same accountability on you? Who owns the other 60%?

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Social Selling Social Media Eloqua Webinar Metrics 308

SBI Growth

JANUARY 7, 2013

As a sales rep, you can’t rely solely on Marketing to develop your presence. Building a strong digital presence is key to Social Selling and is a consistently growing trend. Share your expertise via company blog posts, press releases, trade articles, etc. 2) Utilize Your Marketing Department’s Expertise.

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Social Selling Ideal Customer Profile Harvest Social Media 321

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2013

I’m amazed at all of the companies contacting us who want to learn about social selling and all of the confusion in the marketplace. It makes social selling a goldmine topic – which we appreciate, but the confusion out there among mid-market companies and SMBs is frustrating. Increase Opportunities.

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Social Selling GoldMine Lead Rank Lead Scoring 219

Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

So let us stop with this current catch phrase of social selling just to sell some webinar, book, etc, you get my drift. Now social marketing specific to B2B is a subset of marketing just as direct mail, advertising, business to business networking and promotional items all are. Prospecting is marketing!

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Social Selling B2B Direct Mail Marketing 153

Score More Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Working with and talking to many SMB and smaller mid-market companies in the past year, what is certain is the uncertainty some folks have around social selling for business-to-business (B2B) companies. 1) They feel they don’t have the time to “add” social strategies to their sales and marketing repertoire.

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Social Selling Webinar Metrics Retail Outbound 236

Vengreso

JANUARY 21, 2020

An effective social selling strategy clearly defines your target audience, the metrics that will define success, and templates for optimized social profiles and outreach to prospects. Social selling is not selling on social media. Social selling is not selling on social media.

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Social Selling Strategy Social Media Buyer Persona 88

The Pipeline

MARCH 31, 2011

Social Selling University – Webinar. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Social Selling , Social media , Trigger Events , Webinar , execution. About Social Selling University. Gap Selling. Interactive Selling. Social Buying.

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Social Selling Webinar Metrics Pipeline Social Media 216

SalesHandy

JULY 5, 2021

Which is where social selling comes in. Social selling isn’t a completely new concept in B2B sales – it’s been around since social platforms like LinkedIn and Twitter exist. Throughout this blog, we’ll learn all about it – how to make social selling part of your process, along with bonus tips.

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Social Media Social Selling Media Sales Qualified Lead 98

LinkedFusion

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But they are no match for B2B selling. It offers abundant opportunities for B2B marketing, mutually beneficial relationships, and competitive analysis. The majority of platform users are business-focused; hence LinkedIn has a more concentrated target market for B2B businesses. What Is Social Selling on LinkedIn?

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LinkedIn Social Selling Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 40

LinkedFusion

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

But they are no match for B2B selling. It offers abundant opportunities for B2B marketing, mutually beneficial relationships, and competitive analysis. The majority of platform users are business-focused; hence LinkedIn has a more concentrated target market for B2B businesses. What Is Social Selling on LinkedIn?

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Social Selling LinkedIn Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank 40

Score More Sales

JULY 27, 2013

Have you made time to learn how to leverage LinkedIn and other social selling strategies to help you grow your visibility? Below are some of my fantastic and amazing social selling colleagues – all of us, like Score More Sales, are LinkedIn Sales Solutions Channel Partners. Matt Heinz - Founder, Heinz Marketing.

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Social Selling Maximizer Resources LinkedIn 189

Score More Sales

OCTOBER 15, 2014

A mid-sized, mid-market company has some great advantages over a giant, slow-to-change organization when it comes to shifting to a more social approach to learn about your buyers and reach those buyers. After all, buyers are online and are reaching out for social proof about the services and products they seek for their businesses.

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Social Selling Company Ideal Customer Profile Twitter 223

Increase Sales

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Social media has created a new aspect within small business called social selling. Even though some small business coaches, social media coaches and small business consultants who are promoting this new aspect presume that all sales are social, this presumption is almost negated when reading their articles, blogs or books.

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Social Selling Social Media Small Business Small Business 139

Zoominfo

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In a prospect’s path to become a customer, they often engage in a number of digital touchpoints—social media posts, paid advertisements, email promotions, blog posts, webinars, and eBooks to name a few. Enter: Marketing attribution. What is marketing attribution? 6 Types of Marketing Attribution Models.

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Lead Rank B2B Top of Funnel Marketing 236

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Yesterday, this post appeared on the Sales Thought Leaders Blog to add fuel to the fire. I''m actually a proponent of social selling, not a detractor. Both of my companies have Twitter accounts that tweet Blog posts, news and retweet many of the tweets from other sales thought leaders. I believe they are.

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Social Selling Cold Calling Referrals Social Media 180

Score More Sales

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Nearly every day I get asked about good blogs, books, and resources for the sales reps on the front lines – those with quotas who have to come up with new ideas and think outside of the box for success. Top Sales World recently published their list of the Top 50 Sales & Marketing Blogs. Think outside of the box?

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Resources B2B Oracle Lead Rank 232

No More Cold Calling

MARCH 17, 2016

Any sales professional who says it’s easy to keep up communication on social networks is either lying or doing it incorrectly. Done right, social selling is a time-consuming task that requires thought and focused effort. Your marketing department can help by providing relevant content to the sales team.

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Social Selling Lead Rank Lead Scoring Social Media 120

Tony Hughes

OCTOBER 16, 2018

2015 will see the dawn of the rise of "LinkedIn Centers" to steadily replace traditional B2B marketing activities for demand generation and phone based telemarketing for lead generation (in-house or outsourced). I recommend building a ‘skunk-works’ team and begin to experiment if you want to lead and avoid being left behind in a Social 3.0

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Social Selling LinkedIn Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel 83

Increase Sales

APRIL 29, 2016

Social selling for SMBs continues to be in the business and news. Sales experts and gurus continually write and speak about this “new way” to sell or to market. Why is social selling so popular? What I appreciate about this theory is its simplicity. First, it reaffirms people buy from people.

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Social Selling Motivation Social Media Incentives 70

Increase Sales

MARCH 4, 2015

Social selling is a lie, a rather big one at that. There are numerous definitions for social selling. One of the more concise ones is offered by Hubspot : “Salespeople use social media to interact directly with their prospects. .” Marketing involves channels to distribute the message.

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Social Selling Sales Qualified Lead Social Media Small Business 70

Zoominfo

MAY 3, 2020

In a prospect’s path to become a customer, they often engage in numerous digital touchpoints—social media posts, paid advertisements, email promotions, blog posts, webinars, and eBooks to name a few. Enter: Marketing attribution. What is Marketing Attribution? Let’s get into it!

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Paid Content B2B Lead Rank Top of Funnel 130

A Sales Guy

JULY 24, 2014

Frankly, I’m getting a little tired of hearing people talk about social selling. Somewhat ironic, I know, given how much I talk about and use social sales efforts today. You can’t execute social selling in a vacuum. You can’t execute social selling in a vacuum. It’s not social selling.

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Social Selling Scale Trade Show Fashion 121

SBI Growth

JULY 21, 2013

When will Sales catch up with Marketing? This blog is focused on the transformation of Sales to incorporate buyer-centered tools. Download 8 Strategic Imperatives of Buyer-Centric Selling. Marketing Leaders Guide the Way. A strength of the marketing discipline is a natural thirst for buyer insights.

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Marketing Top of Funnel Decision Maker Infusion 335

Crunchbase

MAY 20, 2022

The author is an expert in their field and we are honored to feature and promote their contribution on the Crunchbase blog. Integrating social selling into a sales strategy. With social media being a reference and research point for many prospective customers, sales reps need strategies to ensure their profile stays top of mind.

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Social Selling Buyer B2B Social Media 52

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

I think it’s a fair question, many people wonder whether they should be investing in social channels, how much time to invest, whether there is a payoff. Social selling, social business, and the technologies underlying them are evolving so quickly that it’s very confusing. This bring us to social selling.

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Social Selling Channels Twitter LinkedIn 100

Zoominfo

MARCH 5, 2018

It’s no secret, sales and marketing teams don’t always work well together. In fact, research shows that 53% of sales professionals are unhappy with the support they get from marketing ( source ). Consider these statistics ( source ): Only 8% of companies have strong alignment between sales and marketing.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Sales Qualified Lead Buyer Persona 201

Nimble - Sales

AUGUST 10, 2021

In the world today, with the technology and access that we have through the internet, there is a wealth of information available to marketers. Depending on the size of your company or marketing team, the sheer size of the potential data can be staggering. The post Why Marketers Love Using Nimble appeared first on Nimble Blog.

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Marketing CRM Data Case Study 145

Zoominfo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As we regularly remind readers on the ZoomInfo blog—the inception of the Internet brought about the sharing of information at a never before seen rate. Today we’re closing out this three-part series with a post for our marketing audience. So, if you’re on the hunt for new marketing resources, look no further. Go check it out!

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Channels Marketing Lead Rank Outsourcing Services 220

Adaptive Business Services

MAY 15, 2019

Or maybe… LinkedIn and Social Selling? Since you are obviously a business hero because you read our blogs, we’re sure you are more likely to focus on the last one. After all, LinkedIn is to social selling what yin is to yang. Make sure your profile stands out and is convincing to your target market.

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Social Selling LinkedIn Ideal Customer Profile Top of Funnel 48