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Offshore DBA and Development ServicesMyles Halsband (508-400-4100)
Make Groups Not Calls
Using LinkedIn Groups to Grow Sales
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More Calls Made but Less Connections
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Existing Clients & Prospects Easily Annoyed by Routine Sales Calls
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Outbound Marketing (e.g. , sales calls) is…
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Is Being Supplanted by Inbound Marketing (e.g., social networking)
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Groups
Connect to clients and prospects by offering content which they may find valuable
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92% of Professionals Use LinkedIn®
Source: SocialMedia.com (11/9/09)
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• LinkedIn® and especially LinkedIn® Groups have panache
• LinkedIn® invites more likely to stimulate a response than emails or phone calls.
Not all fish will be allowed into this club!
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How?
• Join LinkedIn® if you haven’t done so
• Go to groups
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Attracting Attention
Join and create groups when you have expertise and contribute content.
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Find Relevant & Compelling Issues
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Invite Clients & Prospects to Participate
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LinkedIn Learning Resources
• LinkedIn Learning Center
• Getting Social with LinkedIn
• 5 Tips for Creating, Promoting and Managing a LinkedIn Group
• Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Ways to Use Linkedin
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Offshore DBA and Development ServicesMyles Halsband (508-400-4100)
Myles HalsbandBoston SoftDesign
200 Wells Ave., Suite 201Newton, MA 02459
617-5527-4292 (office)508-400-4100 (cell)