The Science of Social Selling:Measuring adoption and results with LinkedIn. Lauren Mullenholz Insights Leader, LinkedIn
Alexander Low, Head of Client Development Office Agency, JLL
Regression analysis: Simple Linear Regression Multiple Linear Regression
Sales connect London presentation JLL
1. Lauren Mullenholz
Insights Leader
LinkedIn
The Science of Social Selling:
Measuring adoption and results with LinkedIn
Alexander Low
Head of Client Development
Office Agency
JLL
#salesconnect
2. How have others seized the opportunity?
MeasurementEducationExec Alignment
7. The components of social selling
Create a
professional
brand
Find the
right
people
Engage with
insights
Build strong
relationships
100
8. The impact of SSI
New clients
Meetings secured
Opportunities generated
Source:
LinkedIn Social Selling & Sales Performance Study, October 2014 . Compares high SSI sales professionals defined as SSI above 70 to low SSI sales professionals below 30. Only
based on the subset who attribute generating an opportunity via LinkedIn.
11. It’s lonely at the top
46.7%
51.9%
0-20 21-69 70+
SSI distribution for all sales professionals
1.4%
Sources:
Aug 2015 SSI average, All Sales Professionals according to LinkedIn.
12. Social sellers are trending up globally
Aug 2014 Aug 2015
21.2
28.2
+33%
Sources:
Aug 2014 to Aug 2015 SSI average, All Sales Professionals, Cohort – Aug 2014.
17. Tech and professional services lead
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Retail & Consumer Products
Manufacturing/Industrial
Aero/Auto/Engineering
Government/Education/Non-profit
Healthcare & Pharmaceutical
Financial Services & Insurance
Oil & Energy
Professional Services
Tech, Telecom, & Media
Aug 15 Aug 14
Sources:
Aug 2014 to Aug 2015 SSI average, All Sales Professionals, Cohort – Aug 2014.
18. But retail, manufacturing, and auto are growing quickly
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Retail & Consumer Products
Manufacturing/Industrial
Aero/Auto/Engineering
Government/Education/Non-profit
Healthcare & Pharmaceutical
Financial Services & Insurance
Oil & Energy
Professional Services
Tech, Telecom, & Media
Aug 15 Aug 14
+37%
+37%
+43%
Sources:
Aug 2014 to Aug 2015 SSI Average, All Sales Professionals, Cohort – Aug 2014.
19. The
Chasm
Early Majority Late Majority LaggardsInnovators and
Early Adopters
Social Selling
‘12-’14 ’18-’19 ’20+’16-’17
Tech/Media
Professional Services
Retail, Auto,
Manufacturing
34
2015
21
2015
Sources:
Aug 2015 SSI average, All Sales Professionals, Cohort – Aug 2014.
20. SMBs show greater social selling adoption
27.1
27.9
30.5
Enterprise Mid-Market SMB
Sources:
Aug 2014 to Aug 2015, All Sales Professionals, Cohort – Aug 2014.
22. The
Chasm
Early Majority Late Majority LaggardsInnovators and
Early Adopters
Social Selling
‘12-’14 ’18-’19 ’20+’16-’17
SMB
ENT, Mid Market
31
2015
27
2015
Sources:
Aug 2015 SSI average, All Sales Professionals, Cohort – Aug 2014.
23. Globally there’s room on the adoption curve
All Sales Professionals
Median: 22
SC Attendees
Median: 63
0 100
Sources:
Aug 2015, All Sales Professionals according to LinkedIn compared to Sales Connect London attendees. SSI score as of October 6, 2015.
24. Leaderboard
1 93
2 92.8
3 92.7
4 92.5
5 92.1
6 91.7
7 91.5
8 91.4
9 90.3
10 89.9
Richard van der Blom
Alan Crean
Xavier Monty Wendy van Gilst
Oliver S. Bauer
Ben Savage
Marcus Leathwood
Jordi Gili
Craig Evans
Paul Lewis
Sources:
SSI score as of October 6, 2015.
25. 19.2
23.1 24.3 24.3
Competitor 1 Competitor 2 Competitor 3 Competitor 4 JLL (all non HR
Employees)
JLL UK Social
Sellers
50.6
24.8
from belief to adoption
JLL’s SSI compared to competitors:
Sources:
Benchmark is composed of SSI of global non HR employees in Cushman & Wakefield (incl DTZ), Lambert Smith Hampton, Colliers International, CBRE
Aug 2015 SSI average, JLL Sales Navigator users vs JLL Competitor Sales Professionals (global non HR employees) Vs Competitor Competitor Sales Professionals (global non HR employees).
SSI
26. 44%
46%
10%
0%1%
33%
62%
5%
0-20 21-45 46-69 70+
JLL’s journey: creating a competitive advantage
5X
Over
Sources:
Aug 2015 SSI average, JLL Sales Navigator users vs Competitor Competitor Sales Professionals (global non HR employees).
27. Focus shifts to more sophisticated techniques as SSI
scores increase
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
1-20
21-69
70+
SSIBuckets
Professional Brand
Professional Brand
Professional Brand Right People
Right People
Right People
Insights
Insights
Insights
Relationships
Relationships
Relationships
Sources:
Aug 2015 SSI distribution by component scores, JLL Sales Navigator users.
28. Ahead of the competition in all SSI components
1.3xEstablish a
professional
brand
1.9xFinding the right
people
2.3xEngaging with
insights
3.4xEstablishing
relationships
Sources:
Aug 2015 SSI average, JLL Sales Navigator Users vs Competitor Sales Professionals (global non HR employees).
29. From SSI to outcomes
2.5x 3.2x
Profile views from
decision makers
Business decision
maker connections
JLL vs. competitors…
Sources:
Aug 2014 to Aug 2015, JLL Sales Navigator Users vs Competitor Competitor Sales Professionals (global non HR employees), no cohort.
Decision maker is defined as an professional with a Director+ seniority.
32. 53% of customer loyalty driven from sales
experience
• Rep offers unique, valuable perspectives
on the market
• Rep helps me navigate alternatives
• Rep helps me avoid potential land mines
• Rep educates me on new issues and
outcomes
• Supplier is easy to buy from
• Supplier has widespread support across
organization
53%
Source: CEB
33. Buying decision making process
57%
Learn
Define
Needs
Assess
Options
Make
Decision
Result
Source: CEB
34.
35. 35.0
40.0
45.0
50.0
55.0
8/1/14 9/1/14 10/1/14 11/1/14 12/1/14 1/1/15 2/1/15 3/1/15 4/1/15 5/1/15 6/1/15 7/1/15 8/1/15
SSI
From belief to adoption
JLL’s social selling story
Initial Investment
& Training
Initial Coms
& Gamification
Additional
Training
50.6
Sources:
Aug 2014 to Aug 2015, JLL Sales Navigator Users, Cohort – Aug 2014.
36. 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81 91 101
Pre Sales Navigator
August 2015
JLL’s social selling story
From belief to adoption
NumberofSalesNavigatorUsers
Median 50.8
SSI
Median 36.4
SSI
Sources:
Aug 2015, JLL Sales Navigator Customers, Pre SSI is the score prior to onboarding with Sales Navigator, while Aug 2015 is the SSI score as of Aug 2015 for all JLL Sales Navigator users.
37. User success stories
34.7
78.3
125%Increase in SSI
since becoming
a SN user
When I first joined, we tended to do quite a
lot of cold calling. We don't do as much of
that anymore. We’ve got many more
avenues where you can get warmer leads
and warmer introductions.
Dan Brown, Business Development
Sources:
Aug 2015 SSI, Pre SSI is the score prior to onboarding with Sales Navigator.
38. Dashboards are used to consistently measure
behavior and leaderboards drive adoption
39. The SSI free dashboard is generating organic interest
40. Pre-Sales Navigator vs. August 2015
JLL has implemented SSI and seen impressive results
14%Increase in
establising a
professional
brand
18%Increase in finding
the right people
54%Increase in
engaging with
insights
64%Increase in
establishing
relationships
33%Increase
in SSI
Sources:
Aug 2015, JLL Sales Navigator Customers, Pre SSI is the score prior to onboarding with Sales Navigator, while Aug 2015 is the SSI score as of Aug 2015 for all JLL Sales Navigator users.
41. JLL employees establish themselves as thought leaders
Measuring soft ROI: employee engagement
Social engagement
Sharing content
Behavior around CRM
Breaking down silos
44. This is the new talent solutions – any sales
organization that doesn’t have this is behind the
competition
Competitive advantage concept
Tool + sales skills
45. You can’t change what you don’t measure
SSI matters and accountability is key
Celebrate success
47. The evidence is very clear for social selling
Changing customer buying behaviour
57%
of the buying
journey is done
BEFORE a sales
rep is involved.
54%
of people are now
involved in the
average B2B
buying decision.
75%
of B2B buyers now
use social media
to research
vendors.
90%
of decision makers
say they never
respond to cold
outreach.
74%
of buyers choose
the sales rep that
was FIRST to add
value and insight.
48. Key drivers of customer loyalty
Source: CEB
53% 19% 9%19%
Sales
experience
Company
and brand
impact
Product and
service
delivery
Value-to-
price ratio
51. User success stories
I think my increase in SSI was probably
saving my contacts, creating some leads
and then actually using it on a really
regular basis.
Alana Gilpin, Customer Relationship Manager
SSI score
49