Respectful Foundations of Social Selling for Business
I was thinking of titling this article “Can I Slam You Over the Head with My New Product?” because that is exactly what non-respectful social selling feels like to a consumer. Online or offline there is a way to be social that flows like warm honey and ways to be social that feel like fingernails…
Social Selling: Find A Way To Their Heart
I was enjoying the warmer weather in Chicago this past weekend and was listening to “Find A To My Heart” by Phil Collins and these lyrics resonated in how I build trust and relationships with my prospects, clients, and all my friends on social media. Effective B2B Social Selling must appeal to the buyer with…
Social Selling Thought Leadership: The New B2B
By Rob Peters Traditional B2B selling has died, long live social selling thought leadership. The information empowered and socially connected B2B decision-maker is not waiting for your cold call to educate them about their industry, company challenges and/or your product/services. Recent research has shown that B2B decision-makers want to talk and get their questions answered…
3 Tips with Social Selling Strategies for Business
Social media is not thought of as a place to sell products and services, but rather a community where businesses and customers can connect, solve problems, add value, and build trust. So why the use of the term ‘social selling’? This concept is the result of interacting on your social networks rather than a…
7 Unconventional Thoughts about Social Selling
Selling has always been a social activity. It’s nigh on impossible to sell anything without interacting with your audience at some point. In the past it used to be word of mouth recommendations, a nudge from a friend to go buy that new product. However in today’s world of Facebook, Twitter and Social Media in…
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