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Inside Look at SAP's ROI Using
LinkedIn Sales Navigator
​ Vidya Subramanian
​ Head of North America Field Acquisition
​ LinkedIn
​ Kirsten Boileau
​ Director of Digital Innovations
​ SAP
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The Buying Process Has Changed
The State of Sales
Corporate Executive Board 2013 – Winning The Consensus Purchase
Corporate Executive Board 2012 – New Decision Timeline
Harvard Business Review 2012 – Tweet Me, Friend Me, Make Me Buy. Decision makers are C-level
people are involved in the
average B2B buying decision
5.4
of typical purchase
decisions are made before a
customer talks to sales
57%
of decision makers
ignore cold outreach
90%

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LinkedIn is Here to Help
400M+
Members
2B+
Updates
Billions
Relationships

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Today:
your personal
network
All that LinkedIn
has to offer
YOU
Just what
you need
for sales
LinkedIn Can Help You Expand Your Reach

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Get More Out of LinkedIn with LinkedIn Sales Navigator

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SAP’s Social Selling ROI
​ Kirsten Boileau
​ Director of Digital Innovations
​ SAP

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SOCIAL SELLING
• THE NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS: CONVERGENCE OF
MARKETING AND SALES
• REQUIRES SHIFT IN MINDSET: FROM PUSH TO PULL, FROM
SELLING TO FACILITATING BUYING
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How SAP started with Social Selling
2012
Sales
Navigator
Licenses
Created 50
opportunities
in 45 days
Cost per
opportunity
ROI was 20X
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Create a
professional
brand
Find the
right people
Engage with
insights
Build strong
relationships
Social Selling Index (SSI)
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TOOL AND TOOL + ENABLEMENT =
7X MORE PIPELINE
MAXIMIZING ROI
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Our top Social Sellers (SSI>70) achieve on average
154%
of
quota
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On average, at SAP, sales reps with SSI >70 achieve 32%
more revenue and are 10% more likely to achieve quota
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APJ social sellers with SSI >70 have 64%bigger deals
and 73% bigger pipeline
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​ Teams that invest in the training that my team provides on
average achieve 15-20% higher SSI than those that
only invest in the tools.
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What does enablement look like in the large enterprise?
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Education and
Enablement
AccountabilityAwareness

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Awareness
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Awareness
ü Dedicated resources
ü Communications plan
ü Executive sponsorship

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Education and Enablement
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Education and
Enablement
ü Education strategy
ü Plan for scale
ü Community and collaboration

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Accountability
Accountability
ü Measurement
ü Gamification
ü Recognition program

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Thank you
Connect with me on LinkedIn: Kirsten Boileau
Follow me on Twitter: @kirstenboileau
​ Kirsten Boileau
​ Director of Digital Innovations
​ SAP

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