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Transcript of Building Your Sales Team's LinkedIn Skills
Insider Secrets
for
Building Your Team’s
Kurt ShaverThe Sales Foundry
Sales Skills
Want to reach me?
Forget cold calls.
You have to get
introduced or post
something that
catches my eye.”
“…get introduced…”
Get Referrals
“…or post something that catches my eye.”
Share Content
Isn’t LinkedIn for finding a
job?
The Aberdeen Group
31% Greater team quota attainment with social selling techniques
LinkedIn =Social Media
Marketing handles Social
Media
B2B Lead Sources
Sales
Appointments
Social Influence
Connections, Intros, Posts
Insurance: Grow Network of Referral Partners
• Attorneys
• Bankers
• CPAs
2. Training
Knowledge Discipline
2. Training
• To learn new skills
• To “read the room”
• For your network to respond
Profile Network Listen Engage
Basic: Headshot
Insider: Headline
Profile Network Listen Engage
Basic: 500+
Insider: Buyers
Profile Network Listen Engage
Basic: Search
Insider: Saved Search
Profile Network Listen Engage
Basic: Home Page Updates
Insider: View Recent Activity
Chris hasn’t had an activity over the last two weeks
Walt hasn’t had an activity over the last two weeks
Will hasn’t had an activity over the last two weeks
Susan hasn’t had an activity over the last two weeks
Bill hasn’t had an activity over the last two weeks
Carol hasn’t had an activity over the last two weeks
Zeke hasn’t had an activity over the last two weeks
Kate hasn’t had an activity over the last two weeks
Marketing
Intern/Social
Media Wiz
Socially Savvy
Top Rep
Traditional Sales
Training Company
Miller-Spin-
Centric
Internal Sales Training
Miller-Spin-
Centric
Social Selling Specialist• Years of experience
• Thousands of clients
• Proven results
How are we going to pay for social sales
training?
1. Take from other budgets
2. Self-funded by rep
3. HR career development
funds
4. MDF funds for resellers
5. Roll up assn. or dealers
Management’s Role
What sort of content are you
sharing to attract buyers?
Does anyone here have high-level
connections at your prospect?
How many appointments have you booked using
LinkedIn?
L1: Your Connections
L2: Your Connections’ Connections
L3: Your Connections’
Connections’ Connections
535
318,200
10,311,800
LinkedIn Connections of Sales Reps
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178179185195227228235248 257276
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# of Connections
+5,994 L1
+1,000,000 L2
+XX,XXX,XXX L3
LinkedIn Connections of Sales Reps
Website Visit
Trade Show
Track social lead sources the same way
as traditional lead sources
Miller-Spin-
Centric
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assessment of
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