LinkedIn has forever changed the traditional sales process. However, many sales managers and dealer principles have some real fears related to sales reps using LinkedIn:
Fear One: My Best Reps Will Get Recruited Away
Fear Two: The Competition Will Steal Our Current Accounts
Fear Three: Reps Will Stop Cold Calling
Fear Four: Reps Will Spend All Day Sitting At Their Computers
In this webinar, Larry Levine will hit these four fears straight on. You'll hear real-world stories about how reps are using LinkedIn to blow past their quota. You'll also learn about four core digital prospecting skills that your sales team needs to succeed.
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LinkedIn and Copier Sales-Debunking the Four Fears
1. LINKED IN AND COPIER SALES:
DEBUNKING THE FOUR FEARS
Darrell Amy
Chief Innovation Officer
Dealer Marketing
Larry Levine
Social Sales Coach
Social Sales Academy
3. MY STORY
• 27 ½ years in the industry
• Los Angeles sales “rat race”
• Zero account base
• 2014 Results
– >$600,000 in net new business
– $1,250,000 in sales revenue
against a $840,000 budget
– $1,600,000 pipeline leveraging
LinkedIn relationships www.linkedin.com/in/larrylevine1992
11. FEAR #1
MY BEST REPS
WILL GET
RECRUITED
AWAY
• Your reps were being
recruited long before
LinkedIn
• Keep reps with good
leadership, training, service
and comp plans
13. 5.4 people
Are now involved in the average
B2B transaction
Creates 5.4 different buying
criteria & personalities
Corporate Executive Board, 2012
14. FEAR #2
COMPETITION
WILL STEAL
OUR CURRENT
ACCOUNTS
• Your competition already
knows who your current
accounts are
• You can add privacy settings
to your profile so only your
friends can see your
contacts
18. LINKEDIN ALLOWS YOUR REPS :
1. Get appointments for net-new business
2. With the real decision makers
3. While showcasing the expertise of your team/dealership
4. And protecting your current accounts
19. FEAR #3
REPS WILL
STOP COLD
CALLING
• Cold calling isn’t dead, it’s
just different
• LinkedIn creates warm calls
and more effective
appointments
22. FEAR #4
REPS WILL
SPEND ALL
DAY SITTING
AT THEIR
COMPUTERS
• LinkedIn enables
24 Hour-a-day Prospecting
• Mobile Apps make down
time productive
23. ABC: ALWAYS BE CONNECTING
• 24 Hour Prospecting
– In between appointments
– In the evening
– Weekends
• Lead the way as a
dealership by having a
social presence
24. EMPLOYEES WITH SOCIALLY-ENCOURAGING EMPLOYERS
ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE LIKELY TO HELP BOOST SALES
THAN EMPLOYEES WHOSE EMPLOYERS AREN’T SOCIALLY
ENCOURAGING – 72% VS. 48%”
– Weber Shandwick
26. HOW TO ENSURE FAILURE
1. Have someone who has never
sold a copier (or anything) teach
your reps
2. Write a big check to LinkedIn for
Sales Navigator and expect
success
29. SOCIAL SALES ACADEMY
Larry Levine
Social Sales Coach
llevine@socialsalesacademy.net
214-224-0050 x.302
Online On-Site
www.socialsalesacademy.net
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Editor's Notes
More from the IDC Study:
Complex decisions are fraught with risk. To increase trust and confidence in making high-stakes company purchase decisions, B2B buyers leverage their professional networks. Social media makes accessing these networks more efficient. New global research, conducted by IDC in February 2014, finds that online social networks play a vital role in the purchase process of 84% of the most senior B2B buyers. In the final stage of the purchasing process, when stakes are highest, online networks are the number one preference of buyers.
Sales professionals are advised to pay attention to this trend. The rise of digital communications has already eroded the opportunity to sell face to face. For example, IDC's 2012 IT Buyer Experience study reported that an average of nearly 50% of the purchasing process for technology solutions is complete before a salesperson becomes involved. Reduced face-to-face time is not the only change salespeople need to worry about now. Relationship building, referrals, and recommendations are also shifting online. To succeed today, sales professionals must answer their social phones.
Dig in – who are your second degree connections – who can you connect with – like minded folks who are valuable.