Kurt Shaver - Building a Social Selling Culture: New B2B Buying Habits

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Sales Acceleration Summit - This session is now available on demand: http://www.insidesales.com/events/2014/sales-acceleration-summit/kurt-shaver Session Overview As B2B buying habits have changed due to the Internet, Social Selling has proven to be an effective way to reach decision makers early in the sales cycle. Still, Social Selling has been a bottoms-up approach for most corporations. That is because apps like LinkedIn and Twitter are free tools that salespeople started using before most corporations implemented any standards or training. Now, sales leaders are wondering how to manage social activities to achieve higher sales productivity. In this session, you will learn: - The Current State of Corporate Social Selling - 3 Steps to Building a Social Selling Culture - New Methods for Managing a Social Selling Team

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Building a Social Selling Culture

Turning Bottoms-Up Tactics Into Top-Down Strategies

Kurt Shaver

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[email protected]

@kurtshaver

#SalesSummit

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Agenda

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Social Business

Social Selling

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Social Business

Social Selling

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Social Business

Social Selling

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Isn’t LinkedIn just for finding a job?

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The Aberdeen Group

31% Greater team quota attainment with social selling techniques

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LinkedIn = Social Media

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Talk to Marketing

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Marketing Sales Rep

B2B Lead Sources

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My salespeople know how to use

LinkedIn.

VP of Sales500+ Connections

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My salespeople know how to use

LinkedIn.

VP of Sales500+ Connections

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My salespeople know how to use

LinkedIn.

VP of Sales500+ Connections

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Managed

Strategy and Formal Training

Every Rep for Themselves

Stages of Sales Technology Adoption

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Managed

Strategy and Formal Training

Every Rep for Themselves

Stages of Sales Technology Adoption

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Managed

via System

Strategy and Formal Training

Every Rep for Themselves

Stages of Sales Technology Adoption

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Degree of Difficulty

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Social Selling

Degree of Difficulty

CRM

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Social Selling

Degree of Difficulty

CRM

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The Players

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The PlayersVP of SalesGoals and

Executive Support

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The PlayersVP of SalesGoals and

Executive Support VP MarketingCreator of Content

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The PlayersVP of SalesGoals and

Executive Support VP MarketingCreator of Content

Enthusiastic Top RepLead by Example

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The PlayersVP of SalesGoals and

Executive Support VP MarketingCreator of Content

Enthusiastic Top RepLead by Example

Sales ManagerReinforce during Account Reviews

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The PlayersVP of SalesGoals and

Executive Support VP MarketingCreator of Content

Enthusiastic Top RepLead by Example

Sales ManagerReinforce during Account Reviews

Sales OpsCommunications

and Measurement

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3 Steps

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Goals

3 Steps

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Goals

3 Steps

Train

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Goals

3 Steps

Train

Manage

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1. Set GoalsSales

Appointments

Social Influence

Connections,

Introductions,

Groups, Posts

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1. Set GoalsSales

Appointments

Social Influence

Connections,

Introductions,

Groups, Posts

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1. Set GoalsSales

Appointments

Social Influence

Connections,

Introductions,

Groups, Posts

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1. Set GoalsSales

Appointments

Social Influence

Connections, Intros, Posts

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Examples:

Insurance: Connect with ABCs

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Examples:

Insurance: Connect with ABCs

IT VAR: Intros outside of IT

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Examples:

Insurance: Connect with ABCs

IT VAR: Intros outside of IT

Staffing: Post co. blog and external source

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2. Training

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2. Training

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Knowledge

2. Training

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Knowledge Discipline

2. Training

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Elements

Profile

Network

Prospect

Engage

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It Takes Time

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2. Training Options

Miller-Spin-Centric

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2. Training Options

Marketing Intern/Social Media Wiz

Miller-Spin-Centric

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2. Training Options

Marketing Intern/Social Media Wiz

Socially SavvyTop Rep

Miller-Spin-Centric

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2. Training Options

Marketing Intern/Social Media Wiz

Socially SavvyTop Rep

Traditional Sales Training Company

Miller-Spin-Centric

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2. Training Options

Marketing Intern/Social Media Wiz

Socially SavvyTop Rep

Traditional Sales Training Company

Miller-Spin-Centric

Certified Social Selling Specialist

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How are we going to pay for social sales training?

1. Take from other budgets

2. Co-op funds for resellers

3. Roll up of assn. or dealers

4. Rep’s own wallet (reimburse?)

5. HR career development funds

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3. Manage

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What has been your highest viewed post

this month?

Does anyone here have high-level

connections at that account?

How many new appointments have you booked using

LinkedIn?

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LinkedIn Connections of Sales Reps

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# of Connections# of LinkedIn Connections

+5,994 L1

+1,000,000 L2

+XX,XXX,XXX L3

LinkedIn Connections of Sales Reps

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Website Visit

Trade Show

LinkedIn

Twitter

Track social lead sources the same way as traditional lead

sources

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Social Selling Dashboard

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Goals

3 Steps

Train

Manage

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Find Out How Your Team is Doing

• 10 LinkedIn KPIs

• Compare to industry

benchmarks

• Establish baseline

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Find Out How Your Team is Doing

thesalesfoundry.com/score

*Report fee waived through April for qualified companies of 25+ reps

• 10 LinkedIn KPIs

• Compare to industry

benchmarks

• Establish baseline