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A Guide to Successful Social Selling

@aseemb [email protected]

Aseem Badshah

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• Founder and CEO of Socedo – helps companies generate leads from social media data

• Created Uptown Treehouse – a social media agency in Los Angeles

• Have worked in social media for the last 7 years

About Me

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Utilizing social media as a medium to make your sales

process more effective.

What Is Social Selling?

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Two Steps in Social Selling

Step 1: Identify the Right Lead

Step 2: Connect and Engage

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Lead Discovery

Bio/Profile Info•Job Title (CEO)•Company (Microsoft)•Profession (Marketing)• Interests (Music)•Hobbies (Athlete)

Stream/Topic Info•Who does your target engage with?

•What keywords do they use?•Events or Hashtags?•Specific articles?

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Bio/Profile Data

Topic/Stream Data

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ABC = ?

• Always Be Closing

• Always Be Coding

• Always Be Connecting

Join the Conversation, Learn and Engage before Selling

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• Follow the lead on Twitter

• Favorite or Like their post

• Share/ReTweet their content

• View their LinkedIn profile

Light Touch

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• Reply to a post/conversation

1. Address the lead by name

2. Make a comment on the topic of the post

3. Ask a light question

Medium Touch

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Medium Touch

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• Direct Call

• Email

• Facebook Message

• LinkedIn InMail

Heavy Touch

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• Dedicate an hour everyday to Social Selling

• Follow 10 new target customers

• Respond to 5 Tweets (Ask a Question)

• ReTweet or Share 3 Messages

• Participate in a LinkedIn Group or Blog thread

• Experiment!

Make it a Habit & Scale Your Efforts

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• Cold calling and emailing are becoming less effective everyday.

• Leads are no longer just a name and job title.

• Relationships and influence matters.

• Social media is coming out of the caveman days.

A New World of Sales

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Learn more at blog.socedo.com