Post on 08-May-2015
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Social Selling B2B
February 18, 2014
The companyFounded in 1995
Employs 32 people in Toronto & Ottawa
Insight, creativity, connection
www.thornleyfallis.com
Me!
• 20 years in PR• Social media specialist since 2006• Former newspaper columnist & active
conference speaker• Vice president of content marketing• IABC Ottawa, United Way Ottawa• Married, 2 kids, 1 grandkid
Why social selling?
• People are tuning out traditional advertising and marketing.
• Customers and prospects are using social media all the time (fish where the fish are).
Using social selling boosts performance
What do successful social sellers do?
• Social collaboration– Internal use of social media to share knowledge
• Listening– Learning about customers; what they share, who
with
• Participating– Providing value, not sales messages
How do they do it?
• Expand lead generation through social media• Provide training to sales staff members• Implement customer support via social• Use data (analytics) to support marketing &
messaging
Effective social sales processes
• Identification of influencers• Support sales team with compelling social
content• Rapid response planning & implementation• Turning likes into leads
IBM Public Cloud: From social to sales
• Key strategy: Listen and respond– Prospect questions, complaints and pain points
• Key strategy: Publish valuable content– Research and develop content that responds to
questions and issues raised online
• Key Strategy: From social to sales– Sales professionals drive prospects towards IBM
web pages for sales conversations
IBM Public Cloud results
• 19% of sales leads originate from social media• 11% of these leads clicked through to
ecommerce web pages
Questions?